Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water #D Limited Edition 180g 45rpm (New)

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Serial #6272/7500!

Limited to Just 7500 Numbered  Copies!
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 51/500!

Mastered from the Original Master Tapes with Mobile Fidelity's One-Step  Process: Bridge over Troubled Water UD1S 45RPM Box Set Is the Ultimate Analog  Version of Simon and Garfunkel's Masterpiece

Lavish Packaging Includes Opulent Box and Special Foil-Stamped Jackets:  Deluxe Audiophile Pressing Strictly Limited to 7,500 Numbered Copies (Limit One  Per Customer)

A Beacon of Hope and Hymn of Reassurance: Grammy-Winning 1970 Work Features  Meticulous Production, Watershed Performances, Gorgeous Songwriting, and Healing  Spirit

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.

Simon and Garfunkel's epochal album reaches three-dimensional sonic and  emotional heights never before attained on Mobile Fidelity's 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.

The lavish packaging and beautiful presentation of Mobile Fidelity's Bridge over  Troubled Water pressing befit its extremely select status. 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. Mobile Fidelity's 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.

More About Mobile Fidelity UltraDisc One-Step and Why It Is Superior
Instead of utilizing the industry-standard three-step lacquer process, Mobile  Fidelity Sound Lab's new UltraDisc One-Step (UD1S) uses only one step, bypassing  two processes of generational loss. While three-step processing is designed for  optimum yield and efficiency, UD1S is created for the ultimate in sound quality.  Just as Mobile Fidelity pioneered the UHQR (Ultra High-Quality Record) with JVC  in the 1980s, UD1S again represents another state-of-the-art advance in the  record-manufacturing process. MFSL engineers begin with the original master  tapes and meticulously cut a set of lacquers. These lacquers are used to create  a very fragile, pristine UD1S stamper called a "convert." Delicate "converts"  are then formed into the actual record stampers, producing a final product that  literally and figuratively brings you closer to the music. By skipping the  additional steps of pulling another positive and an additional negative, as done  in the three-step process used in standard pressings, UD1S produces a final LP  with the lowest noise floor possible today. The removal of the additional two  steps of generational loss in the plating process reveals tremendous amounts of  extra musical detail and dynamics, which are otherwise lost due to the standard  copying process. The exclusive nature of these very limited pressings guarantees  that every UD1S pressing serves as an immaculate replica of the lacquer sourced  directly from the original master tape. Every conceivable aspect of vinyl  production is optimized to produce the most perfect record album available  today.

Features:
• Limited to One Copy Per Customer
• Numbered, Limited Edition - Only 7500 Copies
• UltraDisc One-Step
• 45rpm Speed Edition
• 2LP Box Set
• Special foil-stamped jackets
• Housed in an opulent box
• Production and Mastering by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab

Selections:
1. Bridge Over Troubled Water
2. El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
3. Cecilia
4. Keep The Customer Satisfied
5. So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright
6. The Boxer
7. Baby Driver
8. The Only Boy Living In New York
9. You Don't Write Me
10. Bye Bye Love
11. Song For The Asking