Cat Stevens

Cat Stevens – New Masters (Deluxe Edition) [2004 Remaster] (1967/2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · February 22, 2024 · Comments off

Matthew & Son and New Masters – both released in 1967 – feature some classic songs including ‘I Love My Dog’, ‘Matthew & Son’, and ‘The First Cut Is The Deepest’.

These new editions feature ‘newly enhanced’ vocals courtesy of Abbey Road Studios’ ‘demix’ software used on the original master tapes. SDE’s understanding is that this is used when the vocals are not available isolated on one channel (because otherwise you could simply do a standard remix with the vocals pushed higher).

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Yusuf / Cat Stevens – King of a Land (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · August 1, 2023 · Comments off

King of a Land is an epic body of work. More than a decade in the making, its 12 new songs are full of extraordinary surprises. Unique and transportive, Yusuf’s music, words and melodies paint a vivid picture of a world which embraces the lost lands of truisms and stainless youth, and brings it into touching distance. His poetical storytelling invites the listener on a journey towards the gates of an alternative universe to that which we presently inhabit – where happy endings can possibly happen. From the gloriously unexpected hard-rock intensity of ‘Pagan Run’ to the Tchaikovsky-inspired orchestration on ‘How Good It Feels’, the delicate acoustic balladry of ‘He Is True’ through to the driving Phil Spector-goes-gospel vibe of ‘Highness’, the Travelling Wilburys-styled rolling Americana groove of ‘All Nights, All Days’, and the ornate, atmospheric ‘Son Of Mary’, ‘King of a Land’ is an epic body of work. The album’s artwork was created by Peter H Reynolds, the award-winning children’s illustrator.

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Cat Stevens – Catch Bull At Four (50th Anniversary Remaster) (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · January 2, 2023 · Comments off

On its original release in 1972, Cat Stevens’ fourth LP on Island/A&M, ‘Catch Bull At Four’, spent three weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200, making it his biggest album of all time. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Island Records / UMe reissues a newly remastered version of ‘Catch Bull At Four’.

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Cat Stevens – Tea For The Tillerman (1970/2013) DSF DSD64

SACD / DSD By admin · November 17, 2022 · Comments off

Mona Bone Jakon only began Cat Stevens’ comeback. Seven months later, he returned with Tea for the Tillerman, an album in the same chamber-group style, employing the same musicians and producer, but with a far more confident tone. Mona Bone Jakon had been full of references to death, but Tea for the Tillerman was not about dying; it was about living in the modern world while rejecting it in favor of spiritual fulfillment. It began with a statement of purpose, “Where Do the Children Play?,” in which Stevens questioned the value of technology and progress. “Wild World” found the singer being dumped by a girl, but making the novel suggestion that she should stay with him because she was incapable of handling things without him. “Sad Lisa” might have been about the same girl after she tried and failed to make her way; now, she seemed depressed to the point of psychosis. The rest of the album veered between two themes: the conflict between the young and the old, and religion as an answer to life’s questions. Tea for the Tillerman was the story of a young man’s search for spiritual meaning in a soulless class society he found abhorrent. He hadn’t yet reached his destination, but he was confident he was going in the right direction, traveling at his own, unhurried pace. The album’s rejection of contemporary life and its yearning for something more struck a chord with listeners in an era in which traditional verities had been shaken. It didn’t hurt, of course, that Stevens had lost none of his ability to craft a catchy pop melody; the album may have been full of angst, but it wasn’t hard to sing along to. As a result, Tea for the Tillerman became a big seller and, for the second time in four years, its creator became a pop star. ~~ AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann

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Cat Stevens – Tea For The Tillerman (1970/2011) SACD ISO

SACD / DSD By admin · November 15, 2022 · Comments off

Cat Stevens – Tea For The Tillerman (1970/2011)
Folk Rock | SACD ISO: DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Artwork | 1.53 GB
Label: USA – Analogue Productions – CAPP 9135 SA | Release Year: 2011

Tea for the Tillerman is an album by singer-songwriter Cat Stevens. This album, Stevens’ second during 1970, includes many of Stevens’ best-known songs including “Where Do the Children Play?”, “Hard Headed Woman”, “Wild World”, “Sad Lisa”, “Into White” and “Father and Son”. Four of the tracks (“Where Do the Children Play?”, “On the Road to Find Out”, “Tea for the Tillerman” and “Miles from Nowhere”) were featured in the Hal Ashby and Colin Higgins’ black comedy film entitled Harold and Maude, in 1971. The track “But I Might Die Tonight” was featured on another 1971 film: Deep End by Jerzy Skolimowski. Stevens, a former art student, created the artwork featured on the record’s cover.

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Cat Stevens – Teaser And The Firecat (1971/2021) [High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-Ray Disc]

Studio Masters By admin · November 6, 2022 · Comments off

Title: Cat Stevens – Teaser And The Firecat
Year: 1971/2021
Genre: Folk Rock, Pop Rock

Released: Island Records – 00602435949628, Cat-O-Log Records – 00602435949628, UMC – 00602435949628
Duration: 00:32:49 + 01:16:22
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Container: BDMV
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Audio Codec: LPCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video 5939 kbps 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio # 1: LPCM Audio English 2304 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit

Yusuf/Cat Stevens celebrates 1971’s landmark album with this extensive Super Deluxe 4CD/Blu-ray Box Set. It includes the 50th Anniversary remaster of the original album on CD and Blu-ray HD Audio completed at Abbey Road Studios and overseen by the original album producer, Paul Samwell-Smith. Also included are 41 previously unreleased demos, sessions, and live tracks, plus 21 previously unreleased TV performances, and an illustrated 108-page softcover essay book.

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Cat Stevens – Mona Bone Jakon (2020) [High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-Ray Disc]

Blu-Ray Audio By admin · November 6, 2022 · Comments off

Title: Cat Stevens – Mona Bone Jakon
Year: 2020
Genre: Folk Rock, Pop Rock

Released: Island Records Ltd
Duration: 00:35:26+00:35:18+00:32:02
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Container: BDMV
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Audio Codec: LPCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video 14930 kbps 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio # 1: LPCM Audio English 2304 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit

Back in 1970 and following a period of illness and recuperation, singer-songwriting troubadour Cat Stevens re-emerged with a new record deal with Island Records and a spiritual and artistic rebirth. ‘Mona Bone Jakon’, his first album for Island, showcased a markedly different change in direction for Cat, unveiling with it a remarkable set of new compositions that included classics like ‘Trouble’, ‘Maybe You’re Right’ and the UK hit single ‘Lady D’Arbanville’. To commemorate the album’s 50th anniversary comes this definitive super deluxe box set of ‘Mona Bone Jakon’. Sounding as fresh as the day it was recorded, the original album is represented here by a brand new 2020 remaster of ‘Mona Bone Jakon’ by Geoff Pesche at Abbey Road, overseen by original producer Paul Samwell-Smith 2020 on CD, as well as a new 2020 Mix by David Hefti on both CD and LP. The set also includes an exclusive third CD of previously unreleased demos, and a fourth featuring 18 live performances from 1970/71. This box is rounded out with a live 12” etched vinyl E.P. of a rare audience recording of ‘Live At Plumpton Jazz & Blues Festival’ from August 1970, and with a BluRay disc featuring the original promo video of ‘Lady D’Arbanville’, plus eight live TV performances, and the HD audio of the new Mona Bone Jakon 2020 Mix. Also included is a 98-page beautifully illustrated hardcover book with extensive new sleevenotes. Finally there’s also a selection of memorabilia including Island Records press kit, two Island press photos, a replica 1970 Plumpton Jaxx and Blues flyer, a Cat Stevens tour sticker and ‘dustbin’ greetings card and pop art print in a card envelope.

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Yusuf, Cat Stevens – Tea For The Tillerman² (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · November 6, 2022 · Comments off

Cat Stevens was only 22, but already impressively bearded and professing worldly wisdom, when he released 1970’s ‘Tea for The Tillerman’, a cosy collection of pop-leaning folk songs. The record made the shy singer-songwriter a global phenomenon. With swooning lead single ‘Wild World’ – a tribute to the Londoner’s girlfriend, actor Patti D’Arbanville – he invented the softer side of dad-rock, and topped it all off with a cutesy cover illustration of the titular tillerman sipping on a nice cup of Earl Grey.

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Cat Stevens – Tea For The Tillerman (1970/2000) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · November 6, 2022 · Comments off

“The 192/24 download is … the definitive version of this classic album.” – The Absolute Sound, May/June 2012
The groundbreaking, multi-platinum folk/rock masterpiece, Tea for the Tillerman remains one of

singer/songwriter Cat Stevens’ finest works. The beautifully written and well-arranged album encompasses themes of spiritual fulfillment, delivering hit after hit. The album includes “Where Do the Children Play?,” “Sad Lisa,” “Father and Son” and the highly regarded single “Wild World.” Tea for the Tillerman established Stevens as a driving force in music history and this high resolution release offers the ideal way to experience this timeless classic.

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Cat Stevens – Back to Earth (1978/2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · November 6, 2022 · Comments off

BACK TO EARTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, REMASTERED TO STUNNING EFFECT AT ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS. In 1978, after having sold millions of records and become one of the biggest international artists of the 1970s, Cat Stevens decided to step out of the rock star spotlight and walk away. That year, he was to release his final album under that name. The appropriately-titled Back To Earth was his parting gift: an album that saw the London-born singer saying farewell to his fans, while obliquely explaining his decision to quit in songs such as ‘Last Love Song’ and ‘Just Another Night’. “What’s going on behind the appearance of stardom or the stage itself can be a completely different world,” he says now, “and that’s what it was a lot of the time. I kept my sanity and I kept my eyes open.” Back To Earth was indeed a remarkable return to form, reuniting Stevens with Paul Samwell-Smith, the producer of his landmark, multi-platinum albums Tea For The Tillerman (1970) and Teaser And The Firecat (1971), as well as continuing his creative partnership with long-time guitarist Alun Davies. Musically, the album was a blend of the acoustic balladeering and spiritually-questing style that had made the singer a worldwide star, along with more distant echoes of his years growing up as Steven Demetre Georgiou in London’s West End. Tracks such as ‘New York Times’ and ‘Randy’ recalled the influence upon him of the UK capital’s theatre land, and – since parts of the album had been recorded in New York City – Broadway. “There was this other side of me which was the sort of musical composer,” he remembers. “I loved musicals and I was surrounded by them where I lived. So, I had Bernstein in my blood.” Long overdue for re-evaluation, Back To Earth is a brilliant and fascinating album capturing Yusuf/Cat Stevens at a defining point in his life. Marketing: Media wide and artist social announcement. Messaging schedule to include all artist platforms. Committed paid activity to run alongside organic messaging to include search marketing, banner and retargeting campaign.

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