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Simon And Garfunkel* – Bridge Over Troubled Water
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab – UD1S 2-004, Columbia – 88985444461, Sony Music Commercial Music Group – 88985444461
Series: UltraDisc One-Step, Original Master Recording
Format: 2 x Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, Remastered, 180 Grams
Box Set, Limited Edition, Numbered
Country: US
Released: Aug 10, 2018
Genre: Pop
Style: Folk Rock, Pop Rock, Soft Rock
Tracklist
A1 Bridge Over Troubled Water 4:52
A2 El Condor Pasa
Arranged By [Arrangement Of 18th Century Peruvian Folk Melody By] – Jorge Milchberg
Lyrics By [English Lyric By] – Paul Simon
Performer [Instrumental Track By] – Los Incas
3:06
B1 Cecilia 2:55
B2 Keep The Customer Satisfied 2:33
B3 So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright 3:41
C1 The Boxer 5:08
C2 Baby Driver 3:15
D1 The Only Living Boy In New York 3:57
D2 Why Don't You Write Me 2:45
D3 Bye Bye Love
Written-By – Felice And Boudleaux Bryant*
2:55
D4 Song For The Asking 1:39
Companies, etc.
Mastered At – Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Lacquer Cut at – Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Mastered At – Record Technology Incorporated – 29513
Mastered At – Record Technology Incorporated – 29514
Pressed By – Record Technology Incorporated
Distributed By – Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Inc.
Licensed From – Sony Music Entertainment
Manufactured For – Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Inc.
Manufactured By – Sony Music Entertainment
Copyright © – Columbia Records
Credits
Bass – Joe Osborn
Design – Tony Lane (2)
Dobro [Uncredited], Pedal Steel Guitar [Uncredited] – Pete Drake
Double Bass [Uncredited] – Bob Moore
Drums – Hal Blaine
Electric Piano [Uncredited], Organ [Uncredited], Keyboards – Larry Knechtel
Engineer – Roy Halee
Guitar – Fred Carter, Jr., Paul Simon
Lacquer Cut By – KW*
Mastered By – Krieg Wunderlich
Mastered By [Assisted By] – Shawn R. Britton
Percussion [Uncredited] – Buddy Harman
Photography By [Photos] – Abbott Mills, Peter Powell
Producer – Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon, Roy Halee
Songwriter [Songs By] – Paul Simon (tracks: A1, B1 to D2, B6)
Strings – Ernie Freeman, Jimmy Haskell*
Vocals – Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon
Notes
7,500 copies made hand numbered individually.
Comes with inserts showing Original Master Recording jacket front with lyrics on back of page, photograph of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel and explanation of One-Step process.
© 1970, 2017 Columbia Records
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Etched): UD1S 2-004 A5 KW@MoFi 29513.1(1)...
Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Etched): UD1S 2-004 B5 KW@MoFi 29513.2(1)...
Matrix / Runout (Side C Runout Etched): UD1S 2-004 C5 KW@MoFi 29513.3(1)...
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1: Side D Runout Etched): UD1S 2-004 D4 KW@MoFi 29513.4(1)...
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2: Side D Runout Etched): UD1S 2-004 D4 KW@MoFi 29514.4(1)...
Barcode (Text): 8 21797 20042 4
Barcode (String and scanned): 821797200424
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...................Der größte Erfolg ging einher mit dem Split des Duos. Ungezählte Wochen hielt sich das Album in den internationalen Charts; es enthält neben dem Titelsong Klassiker wie “El Condor Pasa”, “Cecilia”, das Everly-Cover “Bye Bye Love” und natürlich “The Boxer”. Gut klingen tut das Album aufgrund seiner exzellenten Produktion im Grunde in fast jeder Pressung. Die Classic Records-Ausgabe allerdings ist so gut, daß wir sie schon als “definitiv” bezeichnet haben…
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Rezension:
Trotz des unglaublichen Erfolgs blieb dies das letzte Album des Duos. Wobei die Frage natürlich erlaubt ist, was man nach einem solchen Wurf noch gemeinsam hätte erreichen können. Mit dem Titelsong und "The Boxer" gelangen zwei Pop-Manifeste, die selbst einen Phil Spector vor Neid erblassen lassen. "Cecilia" kann man als ganz frühen Entwurf für Simons spätere Glanzleistung "Graceland" interpretieren. Textlich sind gleich mehrere brillante Gesellschafts-Momentaufnahmen zu verzeichnen, was wohl auch dazu beitrug, daß die LP 1970 einen Nerv beim Publikum traf. Dann ist da noch die Aufnahme von "Bye Bye Love" als Reminiszenz an die großen Vorbilder The Everly Brothers – gleichzeitig eine Verbeugung wie eine Begegnung auf Augenhöhe! (1970/2016)
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TRACKLISTING: .........................
1. Bridge over Troubled Water .........................
2. Condor Pasa (If I Could) .........................
3. Cecilia .........................
4. Keep the Customer Satisfied .........................
5. So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright .........................
6. Boxer .........................
7. Baby Driver .........................
8. Only Living Boy in New York .........................
9. Why Don't You Write Me .........................
10. Bye Bye Love .........................
11. Song for the Asking .........................
............... ORIGINAL RECORDING 1969 BY COLUMBIA RECORDS IN USA .............
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Mastered from the Original Master Tapes with our One-Step Process: Packaging Includes Opulent Box and Special Foil-Stamped Jackets
Deluxe Audiophile Pressing Strictly Limited to 7,500 Numbered Copies (Limit Two Per Customer)
Unifying, soothing, comforting: Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge over Troubled Water quickly became the album of an era upon release in 1970, the benchmark set serving as a beacon of hope and hymn of reassurance during a time marked by polarizing changes, social unrest, uncertain politics, and the dawn of a new era. These uplifting reasons – to say nothing about the gorgeous songwriting, meticulous production, and watershed performances – attest to why it is more relevant than ever in our current climate. Music, Bridge over Troubled Water simultaneously suggests and proves, heals all wounds and lifts all boats. We are honored to give the seminal effort Rolling Stone named the 51st Greatest Album of All Time unsurpassed treatment befitting the most important recordings.
Simon and Garfunkel's epochal album reaches three-dimensional sonic and emotional heights never before attained on our opulent UD1S (UltraDisc One-Step) box set. Strictly limited to 7,500 numbered copies, this ultra-hi-fi collector's edition literally and figuratively brings you closer to music that picks up where the duo's Bookends leaves off. You'll enjoy deep-black backgrounds, boundless soundstaging, pointillist details, staggering dynamics, and arguably, the most lifelike tonalities and nuances ever committed to vinyl. Experienced via UD1S, Bridge over Troubled Water places Simon, Garfunkel, and their cadre of session pros in your listening room. Every note, breath, and movement is reproduced with exquisite accuracy, wowing clarity, and impeccable balance. Consider this edition your new go-to reference.
Housed in a deluxe box, this UD1S version contains a unique print, special foil-stamped jackets, and faithful-to-the-original graphics that illuminate the splendor of the recording. No expense has been spared. Aurally and visually, this reissue of Bridge over Troubled Water exists a curatorial artifact meant to be preserved, poured over, touched, and examined. It is made for discerning listeners that prize sound quality and creativity, and who desire to fully immerse themselves in the art – and everything involved with the album, from the images to the textures and liner notes.
The best-selling record in the U.S. for several years running, and winner of six Grammy Awards – including nods for Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Engineered Recording – Bridge over Troubled Water endures as a staple of accessible sophistication, angelic elegance, effortless singing, unhinged ambition, and therapeutic spirit. While it would turn out to be the final studio set for a duo surrounded by creative and personal disagreement, Simon and Garfunkel's collaborative ethos and soaring harmonies – combined with reflective narratives centered on the American experience, friendship, romance, and farewells – combine to turn the 11-track work into a paean to resolution, reconciliation, calm, and balance.
Home to the legendary title track graced by Garfunkel's pacifying solo lead vocals as well as the equally famous folk ballad "The Boxer," Peruvian-based "El Condor Past (If I Could)," upbeat "Cecilia," and rock n' rolling "Baby Driver" – recently the inspiration behind the film of the same name – Bridge over Troubled Water remains as renowned for its musical diversity as its lyrical poignancy. Moving beyond the templates they'd perfected on four prior albums, Simon and Garfunkel embrace a then-unimaginable swath of styles. Rock, pop, gospel, country, R&B, South American, and jazz strains course throughout the songs, each sparked with bold experiments yet grounded in a well-orchestrated melange of melody, rhythm, and classicism that makes every note feel personal, familiar, and warm.
Not for nothing is Bridge over Troubled Water one of the finest-sounding albums ever made. Featuring instrumentation helmed by members of Los Angeles' fabled Wrecking Crew as well as multiple choral and string sections, songs took hundreds of hours to complete and involved pioneering recording techniques. Evoking both Phil Spector's live"Wall of Sound" approach as well as inventive effects, Bridge over Troubled Water is a triumph of texture, atmosphere, and architecture. Our premier UD1S edition brings the record's unique traits to the fore. Whether the reverberation generated by Garfunkel's cassette recorder on "Cecilia," echoing drums captured in a corridor heard throughout "The Boxer," automobile noises peppering "Baby Driver," layer upon layer of voices dotting "The Only Boy Living in New York," or echo-chamber percussion on the title track, each and every detail comes through with unprecedented accuracy, clarity, and dimensionality. In every regard, Bridge over Troubled Water exudes genius.
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