Released on the LP in late 1969, but ruled the charts in late winter of 1970. This is in on my list of all time top 5 songs. My senior year of college.. and brought be joy that summer during basic in the USAF with all that hassle. Simply one of the greatest popular songs of all time!
This has to be one of the best songs ever put on vinyl. I remember when it won record of the year at the Grammys. I was pulling hard for the Beatles "Let It Be". But over time I have come to realize just how powerful this song is. It is, in a word, fantastic.
Yes, 1968 Record of the Year. I guess being a die hard Beatles fan I was thinking maybe karma would be at work when Let It Be went up for Record of the Year in 1970. But I do admit that BOTW was the better song and recording that year, but the '68 award was simply shocking to me. Seems the Grammys were pretty much always anti-Beatles, awarding them only a couple of awards over their amazing seven year run together.
@@ricko5885 1968 Record of the Year Mrs Robinson. Song of the Year, ready, Little Green Apples. The year Hey Jude was released. Figure that out. 1970, Bridge took both.
I first heard this song while in a bar in Bangkok, Thailand while on R&R from Viet Nam. It had a very special meaning to me then and still does to this day.
I want to say thank you so much for all of your sharing. I miss the days of youth and sitting around the record player for hours every night with the crackle of music. Please continue to share for all the days to come.....I wish I still had all my old vinyl :)
Bridge over troubled water Sung by Simon & Garfunkel When you're weary, feeling small 당신이 지치고 스스로 초라하다고 느낄 때 When tears are in your eyes 당신의 눈에 눈물이 고일 때 I will dry them all 내가 그 눈물을 말려 드리겠습니다. I'm on your side 살기 힘들고 친구도 찾아볼 수 없는 순간에 Oh when times get rough and friends just can't be found 내가 당신의 편이 돼 드리겠습니다. Like a bridge over troubled water 마치 거친 풍랑속에서도 버텨내는 다리처럼 I will lay me down 내 몸을 눕혀 세상 풍파위에 놓인 다리가 되겠습니다. Like a bridge over troubled water 마치 거친 풍랑속에서도 버텨내는 다리처럼 I will lay me down 내 몸을 눕혀 세상 풍파위에 놓인 다리가 되겠습니다. When you're down and out 당신이 너무나도 지쳐서 완전히 삶의 의욕을 상실했을때 When you're on the street 당신이 할 일을 잃고 길거리를 헤맬때 When evening falls so hard 당신이 해가 지고 찾아드는 저녁을 맞이하기가 괴롭게 느껴질때 I will comfort you 내가 당신을 위로해 드리겠습니다. I'll take your part oh when darkness comes 어둠이 내리고 고통이 온 사방에 퍼져있을때 and pain is all around 당신의 짐을 내가 대신 들어 드리겠습니다. Sail on, silver girl, sail on by 은빛으로 물든 내 여성이여 계속 항해를 하세요. Your time has come to shine 당신의 시대가 빛을 발할 시간이 다가왔습니다. All your dreams are on their way 당신의 모든 꿈들이 이제 서서히 실현돼가고 있습니다. See how they shine 그들이 얼마나 밝게 빛나는지 보세요. Oh if you need a friend 아! 그대가 만일 친구를 필요로 한다면 I'm sailing right behind 내가 바로 당신 바로 뒤에서 항해할테니. Like a bridge over troubled water 마치 험한 풍랑위에 우뚝 선 다리처럼 I wll ease your mind 내가 당신의 마음을 편안하게 해드리겠습니다.
O, what a wonderful track!! I was surprised that the third verse backing sounds of orchestra, which is very clear and Hal's drums know their savings, all and all so nice balanced construction! Thank you so much for splendid rare disk🎵🚀
I love this mono mix so much better especially the cello line at the out-tro and the held C flat before the last note. This makes a big difference for the climatic ending.
J. Peters Art spent two weeks recording the vocals working in reverse, from the ending to the beginning, with the first verse taking the most time to perfect.
To my knowledge, this was never edited - at least officially. However, it's possible that some radio stations might have done their own edits to get the running time down below 3 minutes. But I don't know how you would do that with this record. There is no "clean" point to perform the edit. As far as stereo 45's - they first really started to appear in the late 60's. I don't know why they lagged the albums, perhaps it was the fact that most youth in the 60's did NOT have a stereo record player.
WABCRADIO77 It's more likely most 45s were mono because most hit records were heard over AM car radios which were only mono. Mono mixes were almost always much hotter than their LP stereo versions. It's these hot mono mixes that made these records sound so awesome then - and now!
It was more a matter of being played over a car or pocket transistor radion which were only AM. And the Top 40 stations were only AM at this time. Mono mixes sounded better and hotter over these radios, so this was preferred by far over stereo. To this day I still overwhelmingly prefer the mono mixes of classic 1960s-1970s singles - the way I first heard them, over our car radio and my transistor radio.
@WABCRADIO77 I also have a GE Wildcat record player, but it's stereo, and it plays mono records too s well as stereo records. The first stereo 45 was an Elvis Presley song "Stuck On You" in 1959, but stereo 45 wasn't continued on until 1971 or 1972 where all record label started to release stereo 45.
Although you are correct that Elvis Presley's first stereo single was "Stuck On You" / "Fame And Fortune" (1960 actually), there were some attempts at stereo singles by Elvis in 1969. These would include "Charro" from the "Memories" / "Charro" single ("Memories was still in mono while "Charro" was in stereo) as well as "How Great Thou Art" / "His Hand In Mine." Both "How Great Thou Art" and "His Hand In Mine" were presented in stereo. There were a few other stereo singles in the early 1960s by Elvis as well, These would consist of the aforementioned "Stuck On You" / "Fame And Fortune," "It's Now Or Never" / "A Mess Of Blues," "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" / "I Gotta Know" and "Surrender" / "Lonely Man." After the "How Great Thou Art" / "His Hand In Mine" single, RCA reverted back to mono on the singles until late 1971. The last mono commercial single was "It's Only Love" / "The Sound Of Your Cry." The next single "Merry Christmas Baby" / "O Come All Ye Faithful" was in stereo. Now there is a major exception to all of this. The promo RCA Elvis Presley singles for the most part were issued in mono rather than in stereo like their commercial counterparts. This lasted primarily up until 1975; the last being the "Bringin' It Back" / "Pieces Of My Life" single. There are some exceptions to even this. For example, the 1974 promo version of "I've Got A Thing About You Baby" / "Take Good Care Of Her" was also issued in stereo for inexplicable reasons. The 1975 single, "My Boy" / "Thinking About You" had its promo version simply feature both a stereo and a mono mix of "My Boy" and it didn't feature "Thinking About You." Likewise, the same thing occurred with the "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" single. The commercial release paired it with "Mr. Songman" and both were in stereo. The promo version simply had "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" in both stereo and mono. Even after it seemed that mono mixes died out around 1975, there are a few unusual mono mixes on Elvis from the latter part of his career and even posthumously. There was a 1977 promo single featuring "Let Me Be There" in both stereo and mono. The track had originally appeared on the 1974 live album, "Elvis, Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis" and was reused on the 1977 album, "Moody Blue." In Canada, there were mono mixes made of "The Last Farewell" and "Little Darlin'." Also, in the United States, there was both a stereo and a mono mix made of the 1981 "Guitar Man" remake that topped Billboard magazine's Country singles chart for Elvis posthumously. I highly recommend the Elvis records website www.elvisrecords.us I should also point out that in the late 1960s when RCA began producing stereo singles, it wasn't just Elvis that they issued stereo singles on. There were a number of other RCA artists that had stereo RCA singles prior to 1971. I can't speak for any other artist specifically or for that matter, any artist on another label besides RCA. The only thing I've tried to do is explain when and where Elvis Presley had stereo singles issued.
Actually, the first stereo 45s pre-dated "Stuck On You" - "Born Too Late" by the Poni-Tails in 1958 is acknowledged as one of the first stereo 45s. There were others.
The mono mix for this is the way to go. The cello is mixed higher, and there are more highly-reverbed drum sounds on the very end that are not in evidence on the stereo. Oh, and I see that copy played was from Terre Haute, IN. (My pressing is from Pitman, NJ.)
I drive past the old Pitman plant everyday . It still lays eerily dormant to this day . A friend of mine worked on the construction crew when the plant was being built around 1958 - 1959 or so .
The last chord lasts ten seconds on the mono version. Eight seconds on the stereo version. Also the drums sound loud going into end in mono. In stereo the drums are loud then fades into the music. Plus the cellos are mixed louder in mono
I have the original CBS Australian copy. Seems to have a bit of sibilance on it, don't know if a bad pressing (and it was only at the start) or what....but the mono mix runs rings on the stereo mix. Higher cellos, vibes and bass.
Because the mono mix was going to be played on the AM radio, careful attention was paid to how EVERYTHING sounded in the mix. Many times stereo was just put together to separate elements, rather than caring where things went in the stereo spectrum.
Thanks for posting this gem. Was this song ever released with an edited time? I had assumed the complete version was released as a single. This song is too good to be edited. One thing I'm curious of...why were mono singles being released when albums started going all stereo beginning in 1968? You would think that also would have applied to the singles.
MadelineVlogz It's a turntable, not a record player. Turntables just spin the record but you need a separate amplifier and speakers to hear the music. A record player is a self-contained unit that has all the above. But record players are usually inexpensive and will damage your records as you play them.
Beautiful song by a great but now former duo,thanks for up loading the video. By the way do you happen to have any records by the former British 1960's duo of Peter And Gordon? If so please play one of their recrds on You Tube as I am a big fan of their's. Thanks! Cheers" Critty200
I have this 45 but yours sounds better, probably because it's a mono recording and I'm using my Nagaoka stereo cartridge. This would sound better with a mono cartridge.
At 4:55, this song must have been at the very limit of what you could record on one side of a 45. And then only with some sort of microgroove process. This record sounds excellent. But I would suspect that microgrooving would have decreased the overall sound quality and frequency range of the record. This 45 probably would not have been possible in the early 1960's!
Art sings the first two verses solo. Paul sings the melody (Art sings higher harmony) in verse 3 through the line "see how they shine", Art sings the grand finale solo.
