Simon & Garfunkel / Same Title ~ Gift Pack Series
Japan ONLY Limited BOX 2P SET


CBS SOPH - 71 ~ 72

Appendices: "Original OBI", "Box Cover", "Inner Sleeves", “Postcard ( promotional use )”, “Booklet" & “Fold-Out Poster Calendar”

Description: This is rare Japan Only Box 2LP Set ( released in 1974? ) of S&G, comin' with complete appendices. AD on obi reads "Limited Edition". Booklet is with "Japanese liner notes" and "English & Japanese lyrics". This double album includes 24 tracks ( See the track-list below ). An enclosed poster shows the calendar of its release-year in its lower portion which was issued only for this box set. It’s hard to find this box-set in complete set even in our country nowadays. Scarce item from Japan to serious collector.

Side A: The sounds of silence, He was my brother, Bleecker street, The times they are a-changin’, April come she will, I am a rock

Side B: Scarborough fair – Canticle, Fakin’ it, Bookends theme, Old friends, America, A hazy shade of Winter

Side C: Mrs. Robinson, Punky’s dilemma, The boxer, Baby driver, Cecilia, El condor pasa

Side D: The 59th street bridge song, Bye bye love, For Emily whenever I may find her, Kathy’s song, Homeward bound, Bridge over troubled water


Condition: VG+/EX+/EX- ( Cover / Disc 1/2 )


COVER: Cover is good in condition, except for lightly worn corners and outer edges. Some minor short scratches are in part on the back. Front lid and inside box are clean.
Otherwise it has no tear, ring-wear, dent, strip, stain and writing...OK.

DISC 1: Disc 1 is excellent in condition, keeping glossy. A few slight scuffs are on each side. There are a few spindle-marks on each label. Otherwise it has none of any scratch & hairline, which is to be rated as "EX+".

DISC 2: Disc 2 is also excellent in condition, keeping glossy. It has some slight scuffs on Side B and a few on Side A. There are a few spindle-marks on each label. Otherwise it has none of any scratch & hairline, which is to be rated as "EX-".

OBI: G, being largely torn in the top & bottom edges. Back side is stained with brown spots. Spine-edge is discolored ( See photo ).

BOOKLET: VG+, being slightly tanned and rippled on the surface of each page.

INNER SLEEVES: G+ each, being creased with brown spots in places on its surface of each side. Otherwise no tear & split on edges.

POSTCARD ( promotional use ): VG+, being slightly tanned on the surface of each side.

POSTER-CALENDAR: EX ( still unused )