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October 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 38 – Keith Jarrett, “Restoration Ruin”

Keith Jarrett, Restoration Ruin, 1968 Somewhere in my quest to collect a whole heap of things by Keith Jarrett (not everything – because how could you?) I found out about this album. The Oddity In His Catalogue. Recorded and released in 1968 it is his second album. It is unlike anything else he’s made. Jarrett […]
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September 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Yusuf / Cat Stevens: Tea For The Tillerman2

Yusuf / Cat Stevens Tea For The Tillerman2 A&M My dad once told me his theory that if you started off with not quite the greatest voice you could retain it. It was too hard, he reckoned, to forever hit high notes and if you were nasally, in particular, you could make that a gift […]
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September 13, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 55

Cat Stevens, Teaser and The Firecat (1971) My copy of this album has always seemed curious to me – not quite real, not official. It took me finally committing to listing the lot on Discogs to find out that my version is in fact an ‘unofficial’ version made in Taiwan. I care only about whether […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1971, Cat Stevens, LP, Record, Teaser And The Firecat, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 55, The Wind, Vinyl ·

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April 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Hankering To Hear The Original: The Hunt, The Journey…

If you’re a record store tragic then you probably have “a list” – I mean the sort of list (mythical, in your head – at best) where you hope to find the album when and where you’re looking. It would be too easy (and boring) to just click the link and have it delivered – […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blog, Blow By Blow, Cat Stevens, Cause We've Ended As Lovers, Covers, Jeff Beck, Originals, Stevie Wonder, Syreeta, The Hankering, The Hankering To Hear The Original: The Hunt The Journey..., The Hunt, The Journey, The Vinyl Countdown, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Father & Son

I hardly ever think of Cat Stevens – but when I do, I instantly think of one thing. And it is not a particular album or song. It is not any one greatest hits compilation. It is not the fact that it was the soundtrack to any drive along the Napier-Taupo road for my high school years. And […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Cat Stevens, Father & Son, Father and Son, Greatest Hits, Poem, Poem: Father & Son ·

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March 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Cat Stevens: Three NZ Shows (Dec, 2017)

Cat Stevens is celebrating 50 years since his debut album – the world tour stops in for three New Zealand shows (Auckland, New Plymouth, Christchurch) ahead of Christmas. Tickets are on sale from April 5, 10am with My Ticketek Pre-sale, Tuesday, April 4, 10am-10pm. The 50 Year Anniversary Peace Train Tour will have Yusuf/Cat Stevens […]
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November 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

When I think of Cat Stevens: A Ballad of Father & Son(g)

I hardly ever think of Cat Stevens – but when I do, I instantly think of one thing. And it is not a particular album or song. It is not any one greatest hits compilation. It is not the fact that it was the soundtrack to any drive along the Napier-Taupo road for my high […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Ballad of Father & Son, Cat Stevens, Father and Son, Greatest Hits, When I think of Cat Stevens, When I think of Cat Stevens: A Ballad of Father & Son ·

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January 11, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 37 – Rick Wakeman, Wellington, 2012

Well, he sure gave good interview – but the gig itself was a little silly, a little sad. I loved hearing a bit of his solo piano playing – dude can fucking play! – but the jokes. Oof. Suddenly it wasn’t Rick Wakeman it was nearly Roy “Chubby” Brown. But hey, that’s his legacy and […]
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July 14, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1334

Cat Stevens, Izitso (1977) Part of the appeal of collecting vinyl, when starting out anyway, was to pick up the “other” albums by an artist; someone you knew primarily through the “Greatest Hits”. Like Cat Stevens for example. Sometimes it didn’t go much more beyond that initial purchase. I should probably listen to this again, […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1977, Cat Stevens, Izitso, Kypros, Vinyl ·

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July 1, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1344

David Bowie, Hunky Dory (1971) Last year I interviewed Rick Wakeman and that was the catalyst for digging out this record. I don’t listen to it often – the LP that is. I have Hunky Dory on an iPod (along with pretty much everything that David Bowie has released). And so I give it a […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1971, Blog On The Tracks, Cat Stevens, David Bowie, Hunky Dory, Life On Mars?, Mick Ronson, Rick Wakeman, The Man Who Sold The World, Vinyl, Yes ·

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November 10, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1488

Cat Stevens, Back To Earth (1978) One of the first albums I ever bought with my own money. Strange – as I have no fondness for it at all. But at the time – many years ago – it was really important to me to own this. Because I loved Cat Stevens and his Very […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Back To Earth, Cat Stevens, Daytime, The Very Best of 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 […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1972, Can't Keep It In, Cat Stevens, Catch Bull At Four, Greatest Hits, Joni Mitchell, LP, Sitting, Vinyl ·
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