2-8-12 Cat Stevens
Folksinger Tom Rush born 1941, HM vocalist Vince Neil born 1961; Rush over Neil (except in Canada). That’s a joke, son.
CD MONA BONE JAKON re ISLAND UK 546883.2
1970 11 TRKS (’00 issue)
LP MONA BONE JAKON ISLAND UK ILPS 9118
1970 11 TRKS UK original issue
CD TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN A&M US 546884.2
1970 11 TRKS (’00 issue)
LP TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN ISLAND UK ILPS 9135
1970 11 TRKS UK original issue
LP TEASER AND THE FIRECAT ISLAND DE 85389 IT
1971 10 TRKS
CD TEASER AND THE FIRECAT A&M US 546885.2
1971 10 TRKS (’00 issue)
LP CATCH BULL AT FOUR ISLAND DE 86372 IT
1972 10 TRKS
CD CATCH BULL AT FOUR A&M US 546886.2
1972 10 TRKS (’00 issue)
CD FOREIGNER A&M US 546887.2
1973 5 TRKS (’00 issue)
LP FOREIGNER A&M US SP-4391
1973 5 TRKS thick insert
LP BUDDHA AND THE CHOCOLATE BOX A&M US SP-3623
1974 9 TRKS
CD BUDDHA AND THE CHOCOLATE BOX A&M US 546888.2
1974 9 TRKS (’00 issue)
CD GREATEST HITS A&M US 546889.2
1975 12 TRK Collection (’00 issue)
LP GREATEST HITS A&M US SP-4519
1975 12 TRK Collection, poster (calendar)
CD NUMBERS A&M US 540890.2
1975 9 TRKS (’01 issue)
LP IZITSO A&M US SP-4702
1977 10 TRKS
CD IZITSO A&M US 546891.2
1977 10 TRKS (’01 re-master)
LP BACK TO EARTH A&M US SP-4735
1978 10 TRKS embossed cover; last album as Cat Stevens
LP FOOTSTEPS IN THE DARK – GREATEST HITS Vol. 2 ISLAND DE 206.743
1984 14 TRK Collection
CD FOOTSTEPS IN THE DARK – GREATEST HITS Vol. 2 A&M US B0000269.2
1984 14 TRK Collection (’03 issue)
The arc of work I am recommending today is from roughly 1970 to 1978, for Mr. Cat Stevens. You shouldn’t have any trouble finding any of these albums – though non-US pressings may be hard to find anymore. From the above list of titles, you should be able to assemble your own “best of” that would set easily with any other singer / songwriter works of the 1970’s. The only one I don’t have as a CD is his final album as “Cat Stevens” – “Back To Earth” – fact is, I can’t name a single song on it! I have included both volumes of “Greatest Hits” as each volume has unique material.
Mobile Fidelity is presently releasing stereo SA-CD’s of his most well-known titles; I’d go for ‘em, if I found ‘em inexpensively – or if any were multi-channel releases…
