SIMON AND GARFUNKEL Bridge Over Troubled Water (MFSL) RARE US 1st Pressing MINT-
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SIMON AND GARFUNKEL Bridge Over Troubled Water (MFSL 1-173) RARE US 1st Pressing MINT-
RARE original US first pressing of Simon And Garfunkel`s classic album, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" on Columbia/MFSL Records (January 1970). Originally released on Columbia Records in 1970, this specific audiophile pressing by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL) was issued in 1984.
"Half Speed production and mastering by Original Masteringworks. Specially plated and pressed on High Definition Super Vinyl by Victor Company of Japan Ltd. Source: The Original Stereo Master Tape. Mastered with the Ortofon Cutting System. Manufactured and distributed by MFSL, Inc., under license from Columbia Records, Inc." - From the sleeve notes.
"It wasn't clear at the time, but Bridge Over Troubled Water was an album about the end -- a casually ambitious look back at an expiring musical partnership (Simon and Garfunkel) and decade (the Sixties). Recorded in late 1969, it's largely remembered for a pair of big-themed production masterworks: "The Boxer" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water," led by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, respectively. "Bridge" quickly attained the beloved stature of a hymn, while "The Boxer" -- a metaphor for the immigrant experience in America -- ranks with Simon's finest songs. At the other extreme are sprightly tunes that hearken back to the duo's Fifties roots: "Cecilia," whose echoed hand claps sound like an early hip-hop drum loop, and "Keep the Customer Satisfied," the antic tale of a flimflam man staying ahead of the law. During the Bridge sessions, Garfunkel was often working on the film Catch-22 in Mexico; Simon gently notes his absence in "The Only Living Boy in New York." The notion of life chapters closing also permeates the folksy bossa nova "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright." It's ironic that "Bridge Over Troubled Water," a gospel-style song of reassurance and solidarity that Simon wrote as a vehicle for Garfunkel's golden tenor, would be one of their final collaborations. But they exited on an exhilarating note." - Parke Puterbaugh for Rolling Stone, 1985.
GRADING:
- MINT- COVER, carefully handled. Please see photos for details.
- Pristine, lightly laminated sleeve with full original shine and lustre.
- Slight corner bump at bottom right.
- Two superficial, small creases to the spine.
- Comes with the custom-printed MFSL cardboard slide and a rice paper inner sleeve.
MINT- RECORD in pretty much perfect condition.
- Perfect vinyl on both sides, with impeccable audio reproduction throughout.
- No hairlines, scuffs or any other signs of any previous play whatsoever.
- Original white MFSL Records labels with a single spindle line on each side.
- The matrix stamps in the run-off grooves read "MFSL-1-173 -A1-3" and "MFSL-1-173 -B1-2".
- This record is fully certified to be the original Japanese first pressing of "Bridge Over Troubled Water", released on MFSL in 1984.
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