"Bridge Over Trouble Water" sounds artificial

I linked to the Roy Halee interview.  He says that he banged on a garbage can with a microphone inside when recording "Summer in the City" by the Lovin' Spoonful.  Sorry, to me that is not music.

The Mobile Fidelity Ultradisc One step Bridge sound quite good unlike the Greatest Hits vinyl and cd version and all of the  other cd versions that I have including the  2011 remaster.

Obviously Mr Garfunkel couldn't take those high notes in the end so he needed some help which screwed up the recording a bit (done better today). The same with Mr Mercury. But he had Mr Taylor to help him out. Whats the problem? Still a very enjoyable and interesting recording. You can clearly follow what they did in the studio. Thanks to high-res. 

Yes, that's an unwelcome (and unexpected) result of having a highly (or even just modestly) resolving system.  Sometimes it reveals some hidden gems of detail that you never paid attention to before, but it also can shine a spotlight on the warts.  I find myself seeking out good sounding recordings from artists that I would've never listened to in my youth, and find myself stopping familiar albums halfway through because they are not pleasurable to listen to.  Examples: I listened to Heart's "Magic Man" from the Dreamboat Annie album the other day, and thought to myself halfway through when the synthesizer kicks in, "Boy, that's a cheesy sounding synth".  Black Sabbath's Paranoid album, "Hand of Doom" has some cymbal bell taps at the beginning, and the drummer was out of time with those - never noticed that before. 

Well, there's so much fine new (and old) music to listen to so I'm fine with that and don't complain anymore. Problem is when friends or children come visiting and they all request those crappy recordings.... :-(