Simon and Garfunkel-Bridge Over Troubled Water-Vinyl LP--1970-Original pressing

Original pressing of "Bridge Over Troubled Water". The vinyl and cover are VG+, there is small edge wear along the top side and the bottom side of the album cover, small scuffing on the spine side. (see pictures) The song lyrics are printed on the back of the album cover.

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"Bridge Over Troubled Water" is Simon and Garfunkel's last release before their breakup in 1970.

                                                

Release Date--January 26, 1970

Label--Columbia Records

Condition of vinyl--VG

Condition of cover--VG

Catalog #KCS 9914 Stereo

 

Track Listing

All songs written and composed by Paul Simon except where noted. 

Side One

"Bridge over Troubled Water"   4:52

"El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" (Daniel Alomía Robles, English lyrics by Paul Simon, arranged by Jorge Milchberg)   3:06

"Cecilia"   2:55

"Keep the Customer Satisfied"   2:33

"So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright"   3:41

 

Side Two

"The Boxer"   5:08

"Baby Driver"   3:14

"The Only Living Boy in New York"   3:58

"Why Don't You Write Me"   2:45

"Bye Bye Love" (live recording from Ames, Iowa) (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant)   2:55

"Song for the Asking"   1:49

 

Personnel

Paul Simon – lead vocals, guitar

Art Garfunkel – lead vocals

Los Incas – Peruvian instruments

Joe Osborn – bass guitar

Larry Knechtel – piano

Fred Carter, Jr. – guitar

Peter Drake – Dobro, pedal steel guitar

Hal Blaine – drums

Jimmie Haskell and Ernie Freeman – strings

Jon Faddis, Randy Brecker, Lew Soloff & Alan Rubin - brass

Roy Halee – engineer and co-producer

Album Notes

Personnel includes: Paul Simon (vocals, guitar); Art Garfunkel (vocals);Fred Carter, Jr. (guitar); Jimmy Haskell, Ernie Freeman (strings); Larry Knechtel (keyboards); Joe Osborn (bass); Hal Blaine (drums) Los Incas. Producers include: Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Roy Halee. Recorded between August 11 and November 15, 1969. Originally released on Columbia Records (9914). Includes liner notes by Bud Scoppa. 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-flavored title track, which took some evolution to get to what it finally became, however, much of Bridge Over Troubled Water also constitutes a stepping back from the music that Simon & Garfunkel had made 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. ~ Bruce Eder

 

 

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