Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) [2CD+DVD] {40th Anniversary Edition Columbia 2011}

Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) [2CD+DVD] {40th Anniversary Edition Columbia 2011}

EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC+CUE+LOG -> 528 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 231 Mb

DVD-9 -> 6.79 Gb | All Regions | NTSC 16:9 | English (LinearPCM, 2 ch)

~ 72 min | Subs: Eng, Ned, Fr, De, Po, Es, It | ISO Image

Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (jpg) -> 210 Mb | 5% repair rar

© 2011 Columbia / Legacy | 88697828292

Rock / Soft Rock / Folk Rock / Psychedelic

Bridge Over Troubled Water has sold over 25-million copies worldwide and was one of the biggest-selling albums of its decade, topping the charts world-wide including 33 weeks at #1 and six years in the chart in the UK alone. 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, was a quietly reassuring album; at other times, it was personal yet soothing; and at other times still, it was just plain fun. It was certainly their most musically ambitious, with "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "The Boxer" employing thundering drums and tasteful orchestration, and "Cecilia" marking one of Simon's first forays into world music rhythms. It also caught the confused, reflective tenor of the times better than almost any other popular release of 1970. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of this remarkable record, this is a brand new 2CD/DVD configuration. On the DVD is Songs Of America (originally broadcast on CBS, this TV special is comprised of footage of the 1969 tour. Songs of America has never before been commercially available since it’s 1969 broadcast which TV sponsors refused to endorse because of its distinct anti- Vietnam War message) and a brand new documentary about the making of Bridge Over Troubled Water, featuring new 2010 interviews with Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Roy Halee and more key principles involved with making of the album. The massive commercial success of Bridge Over Troubled Water -- it topped the charts for ten weeks, won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, included four hit singles, and has sold more than five million copies in the U.S. -- tends to exaggerate its significance in the Simon & Garfunkel catalog. Actually, it's a step down from the masterpiece of Bookends, containing some filler, such as the comic if slight "Baby Driver" and the pleasant if inessential live cover of the Everly Brothers' "Bye Bye Love"; it also lacks the previous album's musical and thematic unity. Still, one is admittedly splitting hairs when talking about an album that contains such classics as the title song and "The Boxer," as well as such notable tunes as "Cecilia," "El Condor Pasa," and "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright." This is Simon & Garfunkel's most popular album because it legitimately spoke to its audience, and much of it continues to set standards in thoughtful pop music decades later. [The 40th Anniversary Edition of Bridge Over Troubled Water adds little in the way of music -- indeed, it strips away the two bonus tracks (“Feuilles-O” and an alternate “Bridge Over Trouble Water”) added to the 2001 remaster of the classic -- but there is a handsome booklet and an additional DVD that contains the CBS television special Songs of America, a documentary of Simon & Garfunkel’s 1969 tour never rebroadcast since its original airing, as well as a new documentary about the making of the album.] 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 Hal Blaine — drums Pete Drake — Steel guitar, Dobro Jimmy Haskell and Ernie Freeman — strings Bryan Beck - flute, saxophones, horn section tracklist: CD1 (Original Album): 01. Bridge Over Troubled Water 02. El Condor Pasa (If I Could) 03. Cecilia 04. Keep the Customer Satisfied 05. So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright 06. The Boxer 07. Baby Driver 08. The Only Living Boy in New York 09. Why Don't You Write Me 10. Bye Bye Love 11. Song for the Asking CD2 (Live 1969): 01. Homeward Bound 02. At The Zoo 03. The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) 04. Song For The Asking 05. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her 06. Scarborough Fair / Canticle 07. Mrs. Robinson (from the Motion Picture The Graduate) 08. The Boxer 09. Why Don't You Write Me 10. So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright 11. That Silver-Haired Daddy Of Mine 12. Bridge Over Troubled Water 13. The Sound Of Silence 14. I Am A Rock 15. Old Friends / Bookends Theme 16. Leaves That Are Green 17. Kathy's Song DVD: 01. Songs Of America - Originally aired on CBS, and unavailable since its 1969 broadcast, this TV special is comprised of footage of the 1969 tour, intimate backstage conversations, historic news footage and more. 02. The Harmony Game - brand new documentary about the making of Bridge Over Troubled Water, featuring new 2010 interviews with Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Roy Halee and more key principles involved with the making of the album.