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{{Short description|1964 studio album by Simon & Garfunkel}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Simon & Garfunkel]]
| cover      = Simon & Garfunkel, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964).png
| alt        =
| released   = {{start date|1964|10|19}}
| recorded   = March 10–31, 1964
| venue      =
| studio     = [[Columbia 30th Street Studio|Columbia 30th Street]], New York City
| genre      = [[folk music|Folk]]<ref>{{cite book|last= Willis|first= Ellen|date= 2011|title= Out of the Vinyl Deeps: Ellen Willis on Rock Music|url= https://archive.org/details/outofvinyldeepse00will_0|publisher= [[University of Minnesota Press]]|page= [https://archive.org/details/outofvinyldeepse00will_0/page/103 103]|isbn= 978-0816672837|url-access= registration}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= DeBolt|first= Abbe Allen|date= 2011|title= Encyclopedia of the Sixties: A Decade of Culture and Counterculture|publisher= [[Greenwood Publishing Group]]|page= 604|isbn= 978-0313329449}}</ref>
| length     = 31:38
| label      = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| producer   = [[Tom Wilson (producer)|Tom Wilson]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Sounds of Silence]]
| next_year  = 1966
}}
'''''Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.''''' is the debut studio album by the American [[folk rock]] duo [[Simon & Garfunkel]]. Following their early incarnation as rock 'n' roll duo Tom and Jerry, [[Columbia Records]] signed the pair in late 1963. The album was produced by [[Tom Wilson (producer)|Tom Wilson]] and engineered by [[Roy Halee]]. The cover and the label include the subtitle "exciting new sounds in the folk tradition". Recorded in March 1964, the album was released on October 19.
The album was initially unsuccessful, so [[Paul Simon]] moved to London, England and released his first solo album ''[[The Paul Simon Songbook]]''. [[Art Garfunkel]] continued his studies at [[Columbia University]] in his native New York City, before reuniting with Simon in late 1965. ''Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.'' was re-released in January 1966 (to capitalize on their newly found radio success because of the overdubbing of the song "[[The Sound of Silence]]" in June 1965, adding electric guitars, bass guitar and a drum kit, which was done under the direction of producer Tom Wilson without the duo's knowledge), and reached {{abbr|No.|number}}&nbsp;30 on the [[Billboard 200]]. It was belatedly released in the UK two years later (in 1968) in both mono and stereo formats.
The song "He Was My Brother" was dedicated to [[Andrew Goodman (activist)|Andrew Goodman]], who was their friend and a classmate of Simon at [[Queens College, City University of New York|Queens College]].  Andrew Goodman volunteered in [[Freedom Summer]] during 1964 and was abducted and killed in the [[murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner]].
The album is included in its entirety as part of the Simon & Garfunkel [[box set]]s ''[[Collected Works (Simon and Garfunkel album)|Collected Works]]'' and ''[[The Columbia Studio Recordings (1964–1970)]]''.
==Production==
The album was produced by [[Tom Wilson (producer)|Tom Wilson]] and engineered by [[Roy Halee]] between March 10–31, 1964.
“Benedictus" was arranged and adapted from [[Orlando di Lasso]]'s ''Missa Octavi toni'', a [[Renaissance music|Renaissance]] setting of the ordinary of the mass. The text, in [[Latin]], is ''[[Benedictus qui venit|benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini]]'' ([[KJV]]: ''Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord''&thinsp;). The song is arranged for two voices with cello and sparse guitar accompaniment.
==Artwork==
==Reception==
The album was initially unsuccessful, having been released in the shadow of the [[British Invasion]]. This resulted in [[Paul Simon]] moving to England and [[Art Garfunkel]] continuing his studies at [[Columbia University]] in New York City.<ref name="SIMONS">{{cite book|last=Simons|first=David|title=Studio Stories – How the Great New York Records Were Made | location = San Francisco | publisher = Backbeat Books | year = 2004 |isbn=9780879308179| url = https://archive.org/details/studiostorieshow00simo|url-access=registration}} Cf. pp.94–97.</ref> It ultimately reached {{abbr|No.|number}}&nbsp;24 on the [[UK Album Charts]], albeit in 1968, long after the duo had re-formed and gone on to greater success.<ref>{{cite web |title=wednesday morning, 3am {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/wednesday-morning,-3am/ |website=www.officialcharts.com |access-date=27 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Following the success of "The Sound of Silence," the album peaked at {{abbr|No.|number}}&nbsp;30 on the ''Billboard'' album chart in 1966.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Simon & Garfunkel |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/simon-garfunkel/chart-history/tlp/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=27 May 2021}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| extra_column = Recorded
| all_writing = [[Paul Simon]], except where noted
| title1 = You Can Tell the World
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Bob Gibson (musician)|Bob Gibson]]|[[Hamilton Camp|Bob Camp]]}}
| extra1 = March 31, 1964
| length1 = 2:47
| title2 = [[Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream#Simon and Garfunkel version|Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream]]
| writer2 = [[Ed McCurdy]]
| extra2 = March 17, 1964
| length2 = 2:11
| title3 = Bleecker Street{{efn|[[Bleecker Street]] is in [[Manhattan]], New York City.}}
| extra3 = March 10, 1964
| length3 = 2:44
| title4 = Sparrow
| extra4 = March 31, 1964
| length4 = 2:49
| title5 = Benedictus
| writer5 = Traditional; arranged by Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel
| extra5 = March 31, 1964
| length5 = 2:38
| title6 = [[The Sound of Silence|The Sounds of Silence]]
| extra6 = March 10, 1964
| length6 = 3:08
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| extra_column = Recorded
| title1 = He Was My Brother
| extra1 = March 17, 1964
| length1 = 2:48
| title2 = [[The Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie|Peggy-O]]
| writer2 = Traditional; arranged by Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel
| extra2 = March 31, 1964
| length2 = 2:26
| title3 = [[Go Tell It on the Mountain (song)|Go Tell It on the Mountain]]
| writer3 = Traditional; arranged by Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel
| extra3 = March 31, 1964
| length3 = 2:06
| title4 = The Sun Is Burning
| writer4 = {{hlist|[[Ian Campbell Folk Group|Ian Campbell]]}}
| extra4 = March 17, 1964
| length4 = 2:49
| title5 = [[The Times They Are a-Changin' (song)|The Times They Are a-Changin']]
| writer5 = {{hlist|[[Bob Dylan]]}}
| extra5 = March 10, 1964
| length5 = 2:52
| title6 = Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
| extra6 = March 17, 1964
| length6 = 2:13
| total_length = 31:38
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Bonus tracks (2001 CD reissue)
| extra_column = Recorded
| title13 = Bleecker Street
| note13 = demo
| writer13 = Paul Simon
| extra13 = March 10, 1964
| length13 = 2:46
| title14 = He Was My Brother
| note14 = alt. take 1, previously unissued
| writer14 = Paul Kane
| extra14 = March 17, 1964
| length14 = 2:52
| title15 = The Sun Is Burning
| note15 = alt. take 12, previously unissued
| writer15 = Ian Campbell
| extra15 = March 17, 1964
| length15 = 2:47
}}
==Personnel==
* [[Paul Simon]] – acoustic guitar, banjo on "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream", vocals
* [[Art Garfunkel]] – vocals
* Barry Kornfeld – acoustic guitar
* [[Bill Lee (musician)|Bill Lee]] – double bass
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Chart (1964 and 1966)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
|[[UK Albums Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|24
|-
|US [[Billboard 200|Top LPs]] (''Billboard'')
|style="text-align:center;"|30
|}
==Footnotes==
{{notelist}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Simon and Garfunkel}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:1964 debut albums]]
[[Category:Simon & Garfunkel albums]]
[[Category:Columbia Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Tom Wilson (record producer)]]