Art Garfunkel Angel Clare CD

 Art Garfunkel Goes Folk
I own this music on vinyl and have searched high and low for the recording on CD. I really enjoy all tracks and it is super to hear the music again - I no longer have a record player so have been unable to play the vinyl recording.
Submitted by lesley (York, U.K.) 
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 An oldie but goodie
I have recently moved to Sri Lanka and no longer have a deck on which to play my old 33's...including Art Garfunkel's Angel Claire which is one of my old favourites...especially as it has so many English folksy songs...nostalgia for me. Having this now on cd means that I get a much clearer...no more rasping of rpms...quality of sound. The music is timeless and has a mixture of moods in the music from up beat to teary ballads. Rock and roll it is not...but the timeless folk songs and the quality of Art's voice make it a real winner...it should be back in circulation ...not limited to web searching.
Submitted by a reviewer (Sri Lanka) 
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 still amazing after all these years
I remember that I discovered this album on a whim Christmas Eve 1973 in a music store in Wexford Ireland. I took it home and listened to it all night. I loved it, and - in that weird sense that doesn't seem to happen with albums any more - I have never stopped loving it. In fact I have always since thought of it as, in many ways as the perfect album of its genre. It features a combination of three amazing talents - Roy Hallee as producer (we have forgotten what the word means), Jimmy Webb (mainly) as writer and Art Garfunkel's as vocalist. I am surprised and delighted - from the available online reviews - to see that reaction to this album remains immediate and current.
Submitted by patrick (vancouver canada)
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 One of his best
In 1970, Art Garfunkel wowed the world when he sang "Bridge Over Troubled Water" on Simon & Garfunkel's final studio album. Shortly thereafter, S & G announced their breakup. By the early '70's, fans wondered if Garfunkel would continue in the adult contemporary genre and they also wondered what the material would be like since Paul Simon was now keeping his tunes for his own solo albums. "Angel Clare", from 1973 was the answer. It was and still stands as one of his best albums. "All I Know" is outstanding, "I Shall Sing" is funky and many of the others are gentle and airy. To my mind it was a total "album" rather than a string of songs thrown together. It was the album that launched his solo years and nearly 30 years later it is well worth rediscovering.
Submitted by a reviewer (Ypsilanti, MI)
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