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Summary: NEW REMASTERED VERSION AVAILABLE
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In September 2007, a Japanese mini-sleeve version of this title was released, along with a re-issue of all the other S&G 'sleeve catalog titles.
The Japan 'sleeve version of this title is remastered, whereas this CD is a 40-year-old LP-EQ'd master, and sounds terrible.
If you are looking to sonically match the "The Graduate" with the 2001 S&G remastered studio albums, the Japan 'sleeve edition is the only remastered version available.
Link to the 2007 Japan mini-sleeve remastered version of The Graduate.
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Summary: The Graduate - soundtrack
Comment: A great piece of history wwith music that never gets old. Timless, and wonderfully produced.
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Summary: A Taste of Two Worlds
Comment: Before you buy this, listen to the samples first. In an echo of previous reviews, I agree that this is not a comprehensive Simon and Garfunkel album, nor is it meant to be. This is a collection of contrasts, an example of the Generation Gap as represented through the eyes of Benjamin Braddock. In the musical juxstaposition of youth and middle age, modernism and antiquity, we experience the '60's just before the "Age of Aquarius" and psychedelia. This is a wonderfully novel album, good for cocktail parties and conversation; a blast from the past, if you will. If lounge music is your bag, invest in this classic. It is pretty groovy in that makes unhipness hip, in a very retro sort of way. It inspires me to put on my mini skirt and get out the martini shaker. It is great to put in a shuffle mix with some Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and a S&G disc like "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, & Thyme". Talk about a taste of two worlds...Enjoy.
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Summary: '60s SOUNDTRACK
Comment: Whimsical soundtrack to the 1967 Mike Nichol's film blends the foxtrot generation with the soft-core hippie music of '60s Simon and Garfunkel. Hence, you get the folkish and electric versions of "Sounds of Silence" alongside '40s cocktail lounge big band that sounds like your local TV station holding a telethon, and a hot striptease blues number, (in the film it's when Dustin Hoffman takes Katharine Ross to a strip joint), with blazing sax and rolling drum solo. The centerpiece here is Simon's traditional English folk, "Scarborough Fair", with it's precise musicbox harpsichord sounding impossibly perfect. And, where have you gone, "Mrs. Robinson"? Only the first altered stanza is found here, as it was in the movie.
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Summary: Grusin breaks the mood
Comment: The haunting score of "The Graduate" was provided effectively by Simon & Garfunkel. It's the lyrics and eerie acoustics that provide the real backdrop for the film and the soundtrack. I felt kind of disturbed by the Grusin tracks, although appropriate in the film, end up being scanned by on my CD player to hear Simon and Garfunkel in a continuous unfolding of the film. It's beautiful in the car on a crisp autumn day. Scarborough Fair is the true star of this soundtrack and April Come She Will. I wasn't born until 1975, but always held onto the cusp of this age of music because it reflected the real mood of the film, one I didn't appreciate as a kid in the 80s, but understood after I became a college graduate. It's great to have the authenticity of the original score, but if you're buying "The Graduate" solely for Simon & Garfunkel, you may find 90% of the score sitting on your dad's music shelf . . .
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