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An electric version of Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence" was released on 12 September 1965 (as "The Sounds of Silence").

The original, acoustic, version had appeared on the duo's debut album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., which had been released in October 1964 but sold poorly. A dejected 23-year-old Paul Simon moved to London to begin work on a solo album, and 22-year-old Art Garfunkel returned to study at Columbia University.

During the spring/summer of 1965 producer Tom Wilson learned that "The Sound of Silence" was gaining radio play and Wilson thought the song could be converted into a pop song, the way the Byrd's had changed Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" and ushered in "folk rock" (Wilson had produced 4 Dylan albums).

On 15 June, after overseeing recording sessions on Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," Wilson kept guitarist Al Gorgoni and drummer Bobby Gregg, and brought in guitarist Vinnie Bell and bassist Bob Bushnell to provide overdubs on the original "The Sound of Silence." Neither Simon or Garfunkel were notified (as Wilson and the record label considered the disbanded duo a "nonentity"). Simon did not learn about the release until he saw that it had made the Billboard charts (it would hit #1 in early January 1966). He was reportedly "horrified" when he heard the re-recorded version. It sold more than 1 million copies in the US and Simon & Garfunkel quickly reformed.

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Dick Hyman & Mary Mayo ‎– Moon Gas (1963)

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I know I said we’re not gonna talk about Twin Peaks at all, we planned to keep it out of here, yet we must mention its prequel Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, since we are discussing Angelo Badalamenti’s tunes for David Lynch. While the soundtrack did not share the reception of its movie, it did not have the impact of the television series. It’s a shame, really, because Badalamenti included some of his greatest work on it. Listen to the title theme, which does hint at one of the most known songs from Twin Peaks, but Badalamenti adds several different elements to it that bring it into another dimension. We hear a crueller world than that of the ABC series and Badalamenti adjusts himself accordingly. He syncs with Lynch, who tries to tell the audience what the show was really about.

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I went thru all the soundtracks for David Lynch's masterpiece television Twin Peaks and I reached the following conclusion – most of the music from Twin Peaks could stand on its own. True, the images complemented it or even enchanced it, yet the compositions can be heard outside of the series and still work. Take a look or, better, take an ear at this one in the link, which is from Twin Peaks Music: Season Two And More compilation, cause it sounds like a jazz song with bad intentions and worse discipline. It is groovy in its dissonance, even though it does not really go anywhere. There is no resolution to its melody, it is only variants on the same mood. Yes, we could say that it is intentionally like this, since it has to service David Lynch's plot, but that is a simplistic view. Yes, Mr. Badalamenti made tunes that put Lynch's twists higher, however, he also did them in such a way they could be listened to anywhere else.