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The 50th anniversary remaster was completed at Abbey Road Studios, and was overseen by original album producer, Paul Samwell-Smith. The 50th anniversary remaster of the album was mixed by David Hefti on CD and LP, the Super Deluxe Edition also includes a CD of previously unreleased studio material and bonus tracks, an alternate version of the album on LP, as well as a third and fourth CD featuring 23 live performances from 1971.

#Cat stevens teaser and the firecat plus

Other 50th Anniversary reissue formats include a 2CD Deluxe Edition, plus 1CD and 1LP Remasters.

#Cat stevens teaser and the firecat full

The set is presented in a rigid clamshell box and is the latest in a series of boxsets - so far consisting of Back To Earth, Mona Bone Jakon and Tea for the Tillerman - that celebrate the albums in full depth with the direct involvement and direction of Yusuf and his son Yoriyos, who curates and designs each boxset.Р”Р„lso now available is a slimmed down version of the Super Deluxe Edition, including the 108-page book in a soft cover format, along with the 4CDs and Blu-ray, housed in a rigid slipcase. Presented in a remastering of YusufРІР‚в„ўs original artwork, the release includes: 41 previously unreleased audio tracks and 21 live video performances on disc for the first time, amongst an entire CD and LP of studio demos and alternate mixes a stunning 44-page, 12РІР‚Сњ soft cover replica of the original Teaser and the Firecat book, hand written and illustrated by Yusuf in 1972, and now featuring text in 10 languages and a 108-page hard-cover 12РІР‚Сњ essay book, alongside a host of other rarities across 4CDs, Blu-Ray, 2 LPs and 7РІР‚Сњ vinyl. Half a century later, Teaser and the Firecat has been given the ultimate treatment in a brand new Super Deluxe Edition set the most in-depth and definitive version of the album possible. As well as being part of this latter movement, Cat Stevens was himself inspired by it. Along with burgeoning heavy rock and the socially-conscious R&B of Funkadelic and Sly And The Family Stone, it was the era of the poetical singer-songwriter. With the '60s now in the rear-view mirror РІР‚вЂњ The Beatles gone, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin having already passed on, and Jim Morrison tragically joining their number in July '71 РІР‚вЂњ there was a distinct mood of change in the air. The 12 months of 1971 was a transitional year in pop culture in which the album joined John LennonРІР‚в„ўs Imagine, David BowieРІР‚в„ўs Hunky Dory, Joni MitchellРІР‚в„ўs Blue, Marvin GayeРІР‚в„ўs WhatРІР‚в„ўs Going On, The Rolling StonesРІР‚в„ў Sticky Fingers and Led Zeppelin IV as the soundtrack to the momentous 500,000 strong anti-Vietnam war March on Washington D.C., the largest demonstration against US war in history, and the РІР‚СљFight of the CenturyРІР‚Сњ at Madison Square Garden, New York City which saw Joe Frazer hand Muhammad Ali his first ever defeat. Teaser and the Firecat walked tall in what was a year of classic albums and events that would echo down the decades.

Later, РІР‚СљThe WindРІР‚Сњ would see Teaser and the Firecat celebrated anew, rising to prominence following the songРІР‚в„ўs use in Wes AndersonРІР‚в„ўs much celebrated film РІР‚СљRushmoreРІР‚Сњ as well as the Oscar-winning Cameron Crowe film, РІР‚СљAlmost Famous.РІР‚Сњ Through his spell-binding gift for songwriting and his introspective vision, Cat delivered a universal sense of hope and peace in Teaser and the Firecat that still resonates profoundly to this day. РІР‚вЂњ that propelled Cat Stevens into superstardom, spawning some of his most unforgettable hits including РІР‚СљMoonshadow,РІР‚Сњ РІР‚СљPeace TrainРІР‚Сњ and РІР‚СљMorning Has Broken,РІР‚Сњ songs by a youthful spiritual seeker, wise beyond his years that would lay the pretext for a poignant new wave of soulful troubadours and poets. Following last yearРІР‚в„ўs 50th anniversaries of the era-defining albums, Tea for the Tillerman and Mona Bone Jakon, Yusuf / Cat Stevens is celebrating the succeeding album that immortalized his status as a forerunner in the singer-songwriter movement РІР‚вЂњ the 1971 multi-platinum selling landmark record, Teaser and the Firecat РІР‚вЂњ with a suite of 50th anniversary editions, available now via A&M/UMe.Р”В¬at Stevens achieved phenomenal success with his early work, but it was Teaser and the Firecat, his third LP with Island Records РІР‚вЂњ A&M in the U.S.