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Paul Simon Hand Signed Silent Night CD Single. This authentic Paul Simon Hand Signed Silent Night CD Single comes with a market leading unconditional 90-day money back guarantee and a lifetime COA Worldwide Shipping is available.
“7 O’Clock News/Silent Night” is the twelfth and final track on Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, a 1966 album by Simon and Garfunkel. The track consists of an overdubbing of two contrasting recordings: a simple arrangement of the Christmas carol “Silent Night”, and a simulated “7 O’Clock News” bulletin of the actual events of 3 August 1966.
The “Silent Night” track consists of Simon and Garfunkel singing the first verse twice over, accompanied by Garfunkel on piano.
The voice of the newscaster is that of Charlie O’Donnell, then a radio disc jockey. As the track progresses, the song becomes fainter and the news report louder. Matthew Greenwald calls the effect “positively chilling”.
Bruce Eder describes the track as “a grim and ironic (and prophetic) comment on the state of the United States in 1966”. Paul Simon has hand signed this 1991 CD Single on the CD inlay card in black ink. The track listing for this single is “7 O’Clock News/Silent Night,” “A Hazy Shade Of Winter” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water.”