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Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends (1968) [MFSL Ultradisc II UDCD 732]

Posted By : doctarippa | Date : 20 Nov 2009 09:04:19 | Comments : 32 |
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Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends
MFSL Gold CD - Ultradisc II UDCD 732 (1998)
FLAC | EAC Cue + Log | FULL HQ Scans | ~235 Mb
Original Release 1968 | Folk-Rock

Bookends is the fourth album by Simon & Garfunkel, released April 3, 1968. It was produced by Paul Simon, Roy Halee and Art Garfunkel. Bookends was Simon & Garfunkel's concept album, with the first side following the views of age, while the second side contained "throw away" songs from The Graduate soundtrack. Bookends was a #1 hit on Billboard's (North America) Pop Albums chart, as well as in the UK. Four singles charted: "A Hazy Shade of Winter," "At the Zoo," "Fakin' It" and "Mrs. Robinson," which peaked at #13, #16 and #23 and #1, respectively.

The album begins softly, but takes a heavier turn with the second track, "Save the Life of My Child," which uses the sounds of a distorted synthesizer and is a noted departure from the softer sound that was the signature of the duo. "Save the Life of My Child" also features a sample from their single "The Sounds of Silence" ... which starts with a bass sound personally set up by Bob Moog himself. The album also features the single "Mrs. Robinson," which was famous for its inclusion in the film The Graduate. "Overs," "Punky's Dilemma," and "A Hazy Shade of Winter" were also written by Simon for The Graduate soundtrack, but the film's producers rejected them.


Track Listing
All songs were written by Paul Simon, except where noted.

Side One
1. "Bookends Theme" (Instrumental) – 0:32
2. "Save the Life of My Child" – 2:49
3. "America" – 3:34
4. "Overs" – 2:14
5. "Voices of Old People" (Art Garfunkel) – 2:09
An audio collage recorded by Art Garfunkel in various locations in New York and Los Angeles.
The original liner notes credit the United Home for Aged Hebrews and
the California Home for the Aged at Reseda, where they were likely recorded.
6. "Old Friends" – 2:36
7. "Bookends" – 1:16

Side two
1. "Fakin' It" – 3:14
2. "Punky's Dilemma" – 2:10
3. "Mrs. Robinson" – 4:02
4. "A Hazy Shade of Winter" – 2:17
5. "At the Zoo" – 2:21

Thanks to the original uploader

EAC Ripping Log
EAC extraction logfile from 28. November 2006, 9:31 for CD
Simon & Garfunkel / Bookends [MFSL]

Used drive : PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W1210S Adapter: 3 ID: 3
Read mode : Secure with NO C2, accurate stream, disable cache
Read offset correction : 98
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : Yes

Used output format : C:\Program Files\FLAC\flac.exe (User Defined Encoder)
256 kBit/s
Additional command line options : -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" %s -8 --best --verify

Other options :
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Installed external ASPI interface


Track 1
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Posted By: martwwa Date: 20 Nov 2009 10:10:04
OH, this is nice....VERY NICE. Thanks for your time & dedication. CHEERS!
Posted By: oxforddickie Date: 20 Nov 2009 10:11:08
Thanks for the upload,but there are no scans included as mentioned. Any chance you could upload them.

Cheers

OD
Posted By: Dr. Robert Date: 20 Nov 2009 10:22:34
@ oxforddickie

There is a Arwork folder included with this RAR archive. I just verified my copy of the archive (on my Macintosh). Check again or expand with 7Zip. WinRAR does weird stuff sometimes.
Posted By: LezDawson Date: 20 Nov 2009 11:30:35
Thanks again DR! I can't wait to compare this to the Columbia Legacy 2001 remaster.
LD

EDIT

This is DEFINITELY superior to the Columbia Legacy! What's even more amazing is, the CL issue is not just a remaster, but a reMIX - they went back to the original 8-track multi-track studio tape and those tracks were remixed by Vic Anesini (he stayed extremely faithful to the original mix, so no problems there). They also used minimal compression/limiting. So the CL one SHOULD be better... but it's not. It actually sounds more digital, more grainy.
By contrast, the MFSL issue is much smoother (really noticeable on the vocals) and more REAL sounding. It is also just as dynamic as the CL issue. So I recommend THIS version to everyone.
Posted By: Down_Under Date: 20 Nov 2009 11:40:35
Thanks for sharing.
Posted By: johhenrik Date: 20 Nov 2009 11:48:19
Dude, your Photoshop skills are excellent as always. I really enjoy your cleanup of the Artwork. You think you could put together a small guide on what things you do, or is it just that you have a top of the line scanner? If I scan a page with one color, it still comes out in different shades. Yours are always so clean and professionally looking. :) I am hoping there is a quick and easy way to learn some of the stuff you know. ;)

Edit: Hehe, funny, now I just noticed this isn't your rip. Anyhow, my question still stands about the scans.
Posted By: son volt Date: 20 Nov 2009 11:51:34
Wow this is nice. Thank you!
Posted By: spinner47 Date: 20 Nov 2009 11:58:38
Thank you for the share...
Posted By: Dr. Robert Date: 20 Nov 2009 12:36:27
@ johhenrik - I did my usual photoshop clean up tricks on the scans I found.
Posted By: JustPlay Date: 20 Nov 2009 12:48:24
I found artwork as always, thank you Doc!

I don't know if you done some clean up tricks with music, but it sounds as surround sound at my system. :)))
Thank you again!
Posted By: Canardo Date: 20 Nov 2009 14:55:31
Oh, This sure sounds Great. Thanks Dottore Roberto
Posted By: aperasic Date: 20 Nov 2009 15:03:57
it says:The structure of the archive is damaged (Error #17540)

is this correct password?

Maybe repost ?
Posted By: oxforddickie Date: 20 Nov 2009 15:32:51
Re-downloaded the files (same size) but from Hot File this time. Scans there this time. how odd is that!!!???

Thanks for the upload :-)

OD
Posted By: johhenrik Date: 20 Nov 2009 15:41:22
I downloaded from RS without any problems, so nothing wrong with the file there.
Posted By: LezDawson Date: 20 Nov 2009 15:47:57
@ JustPlay: this is just a stereo recording. Maybe you left the surround button pushed in on your Mattel midi hifi? :D

Everyone: these files are perfect, no damage at all, nice scans included (I got mine from RS).
Posted By: son volt Date: 20 Nov 2009 16:21:16
All's perfect here even though I dloaded from HF where the rar size is a bit smaller, 175.9 Mb against 184462 KB on RS, and I have no idea why, some explanation?
Posted By: acaciatree Date: 20 Nov 2009 16:38:54
thank you very much for this. One of their top albums IMO.
Posted By: Dr. Robert Date: 20 Nov 2009 19:38:25
@ son volt

175.9 MB does equal 184462 KB in computer math. There are 1024 KB in MB. When dealing with computers the multiplier is always 1024 (1024 bytes in a kilobyte, 1024 kilobytes in a megabyte, etc, etc) except in one thing: line speed, there it's 1000.

1024 Bytes = 1 KB
1024 KB = 1 MB
1024 MB = 1 GB
1024 GB = 1 TB
1024 TB = 1 EB

@ aperasic - Download the file again. Yours got corrupted on download.
Posted By: thedukeofprunes Date: 20 Nov 2009 21:16:25
175.9MB = 180121.6kB. I am guessing the value was calculated wrong for one of the file hosting sites when the value was displayed on the webpage.
Posted By: son volt Date: 20 Nov 2009 21:55:34
OK, the files are identical, it's the main thing here, the calculation is a bit tricky though :)
Anyway thanks for the great post (the artwork is amazing as well as music, I'm going to make a poster out of it)!!!
Posted By: rockness87 Date: 21 Nov 2009 15:34:27
@ JustPlay:
It sounds surround because they (MFSL) ADDED it (to make an "audiophile" sound) !
They did it on almost MFSL UDCD "2" (only 2, I don't now why).
Search on STEVE HOFFMAN forum, there's an interesting discussion..
Posted By: Kondor_pl Date: 21 Nov 2009 15:40:40
Improved file .cue for foobar:

“REM GENRE Rock
REM DATE 1968
REM DISCID 8B06F50C
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v0.95b3"
PERFORMER "Simon & Garfunkel"
TITLE "Bookends [MFSL]"
FILE "01 - Bookends Theme.flac" WAVE
TRACK 01 AUDIO
TITLE "Bookends Theme"
PERFORMER "Simon & Garfunkel"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "02 - Save the Life of My Child.flac" WAVE
TRACK 02 AUDIO
TITLE "Save the Life of My Child"
PERFORMER "Simon & Garfunkel"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "03 - America.flac" WAVE
TRACK 03 AUDIO
TITLE "America"
PERFORMER "Simon & Garfunkel"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "04 - Overs.flac" WAVE
TRACK 04 AUDIO
TITLE "Overs"
PERFORMER "Simon & Garfunkel"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "05 - Voices of Old People.flac" WAVE
TRACK 05 AUDIO
TITLE "Voices of Old People"
PERFORMER "Simon & Garfunkel"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "06 - Old Friends.flac" WAVE
TRACK 06 AUDIO
TITLE "Old Friends"
PERFORMER "Simon & Garfunkel"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "07 - Bookends Theme.flac" WAVE
TRACK 07 AUDIO
TITLE "Bookends Theme"
PERFORMER "Simon & Garfunkel"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "08 - Fakin' It.flac" WAVE
TRACK 08 AUDIO
TITLE "Fakin' It"
PERFORMER "Simon & Garfunkel"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "09 - Punky's Dilemma.flac" WAVE
TRACK 09 AUDIO
TITLE "Punky's Dilemma"
PERFORMER "Simon & Garfunkel"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "10 - Mrs. Robinson.flac" WAVE
TRACK 10 AUDIO
TITLE "Mrs. Robinson"
PERFORMER "Simon & Garfunkel"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "11 - A Hazy Shade of Winter.flac" WAVE
TRACK 11 AUDIO
TITLE "A Hazy Shade of Winter"
PERFORMER "Simon & Garfunkel"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "12 - At the Zoo.flac" WAVE
TRACK 12 AUDIO
TITLE "At the Zoo"
PERFORMER "Simon & Garfunkel"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
”
Posted By: davee58 Date: 23 Nov 2009 22:17:39
Thanks . . .
Posted By: itsartolie Date: 25 Nov 2009 10:48:21
Many thanks for this classic
Posted By: Rago13 Date: 12 Mar 2010 09:20:56
Gracias por compartirlo!
Thanks for sharing!
Posted By: super0zero Date: 29 Mar 2010 06:13:13
nice share.thx
Posted By: TRuler Date: 29 Apr 2010 20:14:48
SimGar_Book_2496.part1.rar
SimGar_Book_2496.part2.rar
SimGar_Book_2496.part3.rar

What is the password that files doctarippa?
Posted By: jagoro Date: 21 May 2010 20:13:28
TRuler: password is DocRob
Posted By: jazzever Date: 03 Jun 2010 23:23:28
You have tons of resignation Doc, beyond your profissional day by day.Thank you indeed!
Posted By: Laserman59 Date: 30 Jul 2010 04:56:06
Thank you Doctarippa for this great share. :-)
Posted By: tbmusic Date: 16 Feb 2011 00:47:57
thsnks
Posted By: Zilver Date: 21 Jan 2012 00:55:10
Thank you very much for this upload: greetings from Holland!
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