Wednesday Morning, 3 AM

Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
Studio album by Simon & Garfunkel
Released	October 19, 1964
Recorded	March 10–31, 1964
Studio	Columbia Studios, New York City
Genre	Folk
Length	31:38
Label	Columbia
Producer	Tom Wilson
Simon & Garfunkel chronology

Wednesday Morning, 3 AM is the name of the first album by Simon and Garfunkel. It came out in 1964. Some of the songs on the album were written by Paul Simon, but others were written by other people. The songs "Wednesday Morning, 3 AM", "The Sounds of Silence", "Bleecker Street" and Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are a-Changin'" are on the album. The album did not sell well, though the song "The Sounds of Silence" was later released as a successful single in 1966.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Paul Simon, except where noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Recorded	Length
1.	"You Can Tell the World"	March 31, 1964	2:47
2.	"Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream"	March 17, 1964	2:11
3.	"Bleecker Street"	March 10, 1964	2:44
4.	"Sparrow"	March 31, 1964	2:49
5.	"Benedictus"	March 31, 1964	2:38
6.	"The Sound of Silence"	March 10, 1964	3:08

Side two
No.	Title	Recorded	Length
1.	"He Was My Brother"	March 17, 1964	2:48
2.	"Peggy-O"	March 31, 1964	2:26
3.	"Go Tell It on the Mountain"	March 31, 1964	2:06
4.	"The Sun Is Burning"	March 17, 1964	2:49
5.	"The Times They Are a-Changin'"	March 10, 1964	2:52
6.	"Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M."	March 17, 1964	2:13
Total length:			31:38

Bonus tracks (2001 CD reissue)
No.	Title	Recorded	Length
13.	"Bleecker Street" (demo)	March 10, 1964	2:46
14.	"He Was My Brother" (alt. take 1, previously unreleased)	March 17, 1964	2:52
15.	"The Sun Is Burning" (alt. take 12, previously unreleased)	March 17, 1964	2:47

Personnel

Paul Simon – acoustic guitar, banjo on "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream", vocals
Art Garfunkel – vocals
Barry Kornfeld – acoustic guitar
Bill Lee – double bass

Charts

Chart (1964 and 1966)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	24
US Top LPs (Billboard)	30

References

↑ Willis, Ellen (2011). Out of the Vinyl Deeps: Ellen Willis on Rock Music. University of Minnesota Press. p. 103. ISBN 978-0816672837.
↑ DeBolt, Abbe Allen (2011). Encyclopedia of the Sixties: A Decade of Culture and Counterculture. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 604. ISBN 978-0313329449.

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[1] Willis, Ellen (2011). Out of the Vinyl Deeps: Ellen Willis on Rock Music. University of Minnesota Press. p. 103. ISBN 978-0816672837.

[2] DeBolt, Abbe Allen (2011). Encyclopedia of the Sixties: A Decade of Culture and Counterculture. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 604. ISBN 978-0313329449.

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