Nostalgia is big business and the record industry loves a good anniversary reissue. Once or twice a decade, why not repackage an old album? Maybe remaster it. Maybe add a big pile of extra tracks no one thought it worth inflicting on the public before. For the 50th anniversary of his ‘Tea For The Tillerman’ album, Yusuf/Cat Stevens has done something different, though. He’s re-recorded the whole album anew, calling it ‘Tea For The Tillerman²’ or just ‘T4TT²’.
Back when he first wrote and recorded the original album, he was a young man in his early 20s. It was, nonetheless, his fourth studio record. And also his first big success.
Its influence was strong back in the early 70s and has continued through the decades. But now Stevens is a different man. He doesn’t really go by the name Stevens anymore, for one thing. Which means that when he sings “we’ve come a long way” on opening track ‘Where Do The Children Play?’, the lyric carries a different weight.
“Though my songwriting adventures were never limited to ‘Tillerman’, the songs on that album certainly defined me and pointed the way for my mysterious life’s journey”, he says.
He goes on: “Since those originative sessions in Morgan Studios, Willesden, in 1970, ‘Tillerman’ has grown and developed its own gravitas and influence on music history and as the soundtrack to so many people’s lives. Like it was destiny waiting to happen, ‘T4TT²’ feels like the timing of its message has arrived again”.
The new version of the record will be released on 18 Sep. Listen to the new version of ‘Where Do The Children Play?’ here:
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- Cat Stevens - Teaser And The Firecat - 180 Gram - Repress - UK - vinyl LP - £49.99, $62.99, €60.49 (Back In Stock) (arrived 14-Dec-2024 18:00)on December 22, 2024 at 8:51 am
CAT STEVENS Teaser And The Firecat (Limited Edition 2008 UK/EU 10-track LP pressed on 180-gram Virgin Vinyl, with labels that reproduce the original Island pink rim 'palm tree' design, textured gatefold picture sleeve. Originally released in 1970 and featuring the classics Moonshadow & Peace Train. This copy remains sealed in its hype-stickered sleeve)
- Cat Stevens - Teaser And The Firecat - 180 Gram - Repress - UK - vinyl LP - £49.99, $62.99, €60.49 (New Item) (arrived 10-Dec-2024 11:34)on December 22, 2024 at 8:51 am
CAT STEVENS Teaser And The Firecat (Limited Edition 2008 UK/EU 10-track LP pressed on 180-gram Virgin Vinyl, with labels that reproduce the original Island pink rim 'palm tree' design, textured gatefold picture sleeve. Originally released in 1970 and featuring the classics Moonshadow & Peace Train. This copy remains sealed in its hype-stickered sleeve)
- Cat Stevens - Numbers - Sealed - US - vinyl LP - £75.00, $94.50, €90.75 (New Item) (arrived 11-Oct-2024 17:00)on December 22, 2024 at 8:51 am
CAT STEVENS Numbers (1975 US 9-track vinyl LP, superbly designed die cut picture sleeve complete with 16-page book of lyrics and illustrations. The cover has some light creasing, however remains factory sealed and unplayed almost fifty years on! SP4555)
- Cat Stevens - Mona Bone Jakon - 180 Gram Vinyl - UK - vinyl LP - £35.00, $44.10, €42.35 (New Item) (arrived 11-Oct-2024 17:00)on December 22, 2024 at 8:51 am
CAT STEVENS Mona Bone Jakon (Sealed UK/EU issue 11-track LP pressed on 180gram VINYL, re-press of Stevens' third album from 1970, displaying more of a singer-songwriter/folk-ier sound than his previous releases and setting a blueprint for his later '70s output, includes 'Lady D'Arbanville'. Housed in picture sleeve replicating the original release. The cover has a couple of light creases, but is still sealed in the '180 GRAMM' stickered shrink. Please note, the shrink has some a apart along the open edge, but not fully and not enough to remove the disc from inside)
- Cat Stevens - Mona Bone Jakon - 180 Gram Vinyl - UK - vinyl LP - £35.00, $44.10, €42.35 (New Item) (arrived 11-Oct-2024 15:17)on December 22, 2024 at 8:51 am
CAT STEVENS Mona Bone Jakon (Sealed UK/EU issue 11-track LP pressed on 180gram VINYL, re-press of Stevens' third album from 1970, displaying more of a singer-songwriter/folk-ier sound than his previous releases and setting a blueprint for his later '70s output, includes 'Lady D'Arbanville'. Housed in picture sleeve replicating the original release. The cover has a couple of light creases, but is still sealed in the '180 GRAMM' stickered shrink. Please note, the shrink has some a apart along the open edge, but not fully and not enough to remove the disc from inside)
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