Posts Tagged Cat Stevens

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March 11, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1586

Cat Stevens, Catch Bull At Four (1972) I am happy I have this album for one reason. For one song. Sitting. Hearing it – as the opening track, side one of this, the most successful album Cat Stevens ever had in America, is a revelation. It is my favourite Cat Stevens song. And there it [...]

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February 20, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1613

Art Garfunkel, Watermark (1977) I found it rather odd rediscovering a bunch of Art Garfunkel solo albums. I mean, who listens to them? I reckon there’s some people out there with the Garfunkel-surname that haven’t even bothered checking them out. I’ve seen Art Garfunkel live twice – once as a solo act and once as [...]

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December 29, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1696

Joni Mitchell, Clouds (1969) It’s no secret that I’m a huge Joni Mitchell fan but this album was never one of my favourites. It probably was one of the gateways though; I started with a best-of compilation (well, two – the Hits and Misses discs) and from there I started collecting Joni’s albums. Blue of [...]

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December 23, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1705

James Taylor, Greatest Hits (1976) Dad was obsessed with this album – this and Cat Stevens. And mum used to get sick of them. They were always on car trips; Cat Stevens is the sound of the Napier-Taupo road for me. James Taylor was always the sound of the stretch of the journey post-Taupo, on [...]

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December 20, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1708

Cat Stevens, Tea For The Tillerman (1970) I’m sure I’ve told the story before but here we go anyway: my dad’s a big Cat Stevens fan and we have this Greatest Hits album playing in the car over and over and I tell him I really like the song Father & Son. I say, “it’s [...]