"Bridge Over Trouble Water" sounds artificial

Would also like to add: remember that exactly where, and in what order, your recordings will ultimately land is overwhelmingly determined by the quality of your setup.

For the longest time, I believe it was J Gordon Holt, who went around proclaiming the relative recording quality of various vinyl editions in general, but as his system progressed into the $30k territory, he found himself reversing his opinions on several of his recommendations and ultimately felt himself forced to admit that trying to divine overall recording quality was actually too hazardous for anyone to do definitively.

I'm in the $65K + range for my system and it is very well matched components and cables.  I have been doing this for a long time.  Trust, there are great sounding recordings, there are good recordings, there are not so good recordings, and there are terrible recordings.  Some reissues are good and some are fabulous.  It's all over the map.

mozartfan, by the way since you mentioned Carol King, the reissue of 'Tapestry'  by Mobile Fidelity, Original Master Recording, is absolutely fantastic.  That one you can turn the volume knob way, way up.  It has dynamic range, slam, and sonic bliss that will shock you.  Well worth the higher price for a MoFi edition.

Probably because the song sucks in the first place. But YMMV

No @simao, mm doesn't v. ;-) I do like Paul Simon's first two solo albums, though.

I was at my local record store today. I had some time so I leisurely looked at everything. I almost bought a couple of oldies I've had in the past and enjoyed feeling like I should really have in my collection again. Kind of must haves like Cat Stevens Tea for the Tillerman but I didn't buy because I listened to it so heavily in the 70's. I know all the lyrics to all the songs. I just don't think I can listen anymore. Kind of like The Godfather. I love the film but I've seen it one too many times. I enjoy discovering new artists these days.