I suppose I really should have featured this long ago. It’s just so perfect.

Simon and Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water

The prompt to post it now was that a few weeks ago I discovered another of those budget priced cover version compilations featuring Elton John. Not that it suits his voice at all.

Elton John: Bridge Over Troubled Water

This only just creeps in as it was a January 1970 release, on the Bridge Over Troubled Water LP.

Never a single, to my mind this is the best song on the album; better even than the title track. The choral effect given by the multi-tracking of the duo’s voices is sublime.

Simon and Garfunkel: The Only Living Boy in New York