SIMON AND GARFUNKEL Bridge Over Troubled Water 1970 UK CBS 1st PRESSING
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Jul 31, 2015
Sold Date
Jul 21, 2015
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SIMON AND GARFUNKEL Bridge Over Troubled Water 1970 UK CBS 1st PRESSING
SIMON AND GARFUNKELBridge Over Troubled Water
UK CBS (63699) FIRST ISSUE (January 1970)
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE SOLID ORANGE CBS LABELS
MATRIX: SBPG 63699 A-1 / SBPG 63699 B-1
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FRONT LAMINATED, DEEPLY GLOSSY SINGLE SLEEVE "Printed and made by the E. J. Day Group, London and Bedford" WITH TOP AND BOTTOM PINCHED SPINE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL CBS COMPANY ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE
Bridge Over Troubled Water was one of the biggest-selling albums of its decade, and it hasn't fallen too far down on the list in years since. Apart from the gospel-flavoured title track, which took some evolution to get to what it finally became, much of Bridge Over Troubled Water constitutes a stepping back from the music on Bookends -- this was mostly because the creative partnership that had formed the body and the motivation for the duo's four prior albums literally consumed itself in the making of Bridge Over Troubled Water.
The overall effect was perhaps the most delicately textured album to close out the 1960s from any major rock act. Bridge Over Troubled Water, at its most ambitious and bold, on its title track, was a quietly reassuring album; at other times, it was personal yet soothing; and at other times, it was just plain fun. The public in 1970 -- a very unsettled time politically, socially, and culturally -- embraced it; and whatever mood they captured, the songs matched the standard of craftsmanship that had been established on the duo's two prior albums. Between the record's overall quality and its four hits, the album held the number one position for two and a half months and spent years on the charts, racking up sales in excess of five million copies.
The irony was that for all of the record's and the music's appeal, the duo's partnership ended in the course of creating and completing the album.
Side 1:
Bridge Over Troubled Water (4:52)
El Condor Pasa (3:06)
Cecilia (2:55)
Keep The Customer Satisfied (2:33)
So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright (3:41)
SIDE 2:
The Boxer (5:08)
Baby Driver (3:15)
The Only Living Boy In New York (3:57)
Why Don't You Write Me (2:45)
Bye Bye Love (2:55)
Song For The Asking (1:39)
LABELS: EXCELLENT+
Both labels are clean and unmarked with light/moderate spindle traces
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT+
Unmarked in normal light the surfaces display harmless light hairlines under bright light
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT+
Plays beautifully throughout with little to fault - no scratches or loud clicks or pops just slight low-level surface noted on some of the quietest moments - nothing really - sounds great - one of the most gorgeous sounding, painstakingly produced albums of the period - a very strong EX+
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Tempted to grade this MINT - looks like it was made yesterday never mind 45 years ago
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