Cat Stevens

Cat Stevens - The Early Broadcasts (2019) Music

Posted by Rtax at March 23, 2025

Cat Stevens - The Early Broadcasts (2019)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 187 MB
1:21:26 | Folk Rock, Pop Rock | Label: Unicorn

RARE RADIO & TV SESSIONS FROM CAT STEVENS FROM 1970 & 1971 Born Steven Georgiou on 21 July 1948 in London, the man who became world famous as Cat Stevens was the youngest child of a Greek Cypriot father and a Swedish mother. At age 15, inspired by the popularity of the Beatles, the young aspirant became interested in playing guitar. He soon discovered he had some talent as a songwriter, after listening to songs and albums by Bob Dylan, Nina Simone, blues artists Lead Belly and Muddy Waters, Biff Rose Leo Kottke and Paul Simon. He also sought to emulate composers of musicals, like Ira Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein. In 1965 he signed a publishing deal with Ardmore & Beechwood and recorded several demos, including The First Cut Is the Deepest . In 1966, at age 18, he was heard by manager/producer Mike Hurst, who arranged for him to record a demo and helped him get a record deal. Stevens' first few singles were hits: I Love My Dog reached number 28 on the UK Chart, and Matthew and Son , the title song from his debut album, and rose to number 2.

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Cat Stevens - Teaser and the Firecat (1971) [2CD Deluxe Edition 2008] (Repost) Music

Posted by gribovar at Feb. 1, 2025

Cat Stevens - Teaser and the Firecat (1971) [2CD Deluxe Edition 2008]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 428 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 158 MB | Covers - 15 MB
Genre: Folk Rock, Pop Rock, Singer-Songwriter | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Universal-Island Records (B0012187-02)

This expanded collection includes a bonus CD which features 10 bonues tracks including rarities, demo versions and previously unreleased live performances from the BBC. Also included is an extensive booklet which features complete original artwork, plus new liner notes.
Even as a serious-minded singer/songwriter, Cat Stevens never stopped being a pop singer at heart, and with Teaser and the Firecat he reconciled his philosophical interests with his pop instincts. Basically, Teaser's songs came in two modes: gentle ballads that usually found Stevens and second guitarist Alun Davies playing delicate lines over sensitive love lyrics, and up-tempo numbers on which the guitarists strummed away and thundering drums played in stop-start rhythms…

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Cat Stevens - Early Tapes (1993) Music

Posted by at June 5, 2024

Cat Stevens - Early Tapes (1993)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 222 MB
38:32 | Folk Rock, Pop Rock | Label: Spectrum

A lot has been said of Cat Stevens' early music being over-produced and filled with bloated '60s studio touches, which is true, but, even so, that shouldn't obscure the fact that in these songs lie the genius that was to become Cat Stevens. And they're not altogether bad songs either. This collection opens with "I Love My Dog," which, while not brilliant, at least showed that Stevens was willing to approach songwriting from unconventional angles even at that stage. The following track, "The First Cut Is the Deepest," would have been a perfect fit for the Righteous Brothers. The majority of the songs, which aren't as consistently great as his later work, are still impressive. "I'm So Sleepy" sounds similar to some of the tracks he'd be cutting in a few years, as does the Gordon Lightfoot-esque "Blackness of the Night" and "Where Are You," which wouldn't have been out of place on Mona Bone Jakon. That's not to say that some of the songs aren't poorly done, but, overall, if the horns and strings are stripped away, you still have a Cat Stevens album.

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Cat Stevens - Early Tapes (1993) Music

Posted by Rtax at June 5, 2024

Cat Stevens - Early Tapes (1993)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 222 MB
38:32 | Folk Rock, Pop Rock | Label: Spectrum

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Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman (1970/2008/2012) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz] Vinyl & HR

Posted by at June 26, 2024

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 - Tea For The Tillerman (1970/2013) [DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC] Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDV at Dec. 10, 2024

The breakthrough album for Cat Stevens was released in 1970 and spurred on by four radio staples, it shot to number eight in the US where it has sold over three million copies. Wild World, Father And Son, Where Do The Children Play? and Hard Headed Woman are some of Stevens's most famous and popular songs that endure almost 50 years later on classic rock playlists. Among its many accolades, Tea For The Tillerman has been included on the Rolling Stone list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, ranked at number 206.

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Cat Stevens - Mona Bone Jakon (1970) US Sterling Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz Vinyl & HR

Posted by Fran Solo at Sept. 21, 2019

Cat Stevens virtually disappeared from the British pop scene in 1968, at the age of 20, after a meteoric start to his career.

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This expanded collection includes a bonus CD which features 10 bonues tracks including rarities, demo versions and previously unreleased live performances from the BBC. Also included is an extensive booklet which features complete original artwork, plus new liner notes.
Even as a serious-minded singer/songwriter, Cat Stevens never stopped being a pop singer at heart, and with Teaser and the Firecat he reconciled his philosophical interests with his pop instincts. Basically, Teaser's songs came in two modes: gentle ballads that usually found Stevens and second guitarist Alun Davies playing delicate lines over sensitive love lyrics, and up-tempo numbers on which the guitarists strummed away and thundering drums played in stop-start rhythms…

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