(2020) Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman [Super Deluxe Edition]


Review:
Seven months after Mona Bone Jakon, Cat Stevens released . The multiplatinum album cemented the artist’s reputation and included some of his best-known hits, including “Wild World,” “Father and Son,” and timeless classics like “Where Do the Children Play” and “On the Road to Find Out.” The deluxe 50th anniversary box packs in 5 CDs: CD 1 includes the 2020 remaster of the original album mix, while CD 2 houses the 2020 remix by David Hefti. The recent album Tea For The Tillerman ² is reprised on CD 3, while CD 4 contains demos, alternate versions, and unreleased tracks. Among them are “Can This Be Love?” “It’s So Good,” “Love Lives in the Sky,” “The Joke,” and “Honey Man,” a duet with Elton John. Also featured are “If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out” and “Don’t Be Shy” from the still-absent-from-CD soundtrack to Harold and Maude. CD 5 is filled with 25 live recordings from The Troubadour in L.A.,  KCET also in L.A., the BBC In Concert performance, Beat Club, various French TV appearances, and four songs recorded at New York’s Fillmore East.





Tracklist:

CD 1: Original Album (2020 Remaster)
01.Where Do the Children Play?
02.Hard Headed Woman
03.Wild World
04.Sad Lisa
05.Miles from Nowhere
06.But I Might Die Tonight
07.Longer Boats
08.Into White
09.On the Road to Find Out
10.Father and Son
11.Tea for the Tillerman

CD 2: Original Album (2020 Mix)
01.Where Do the Children Play?
02.Hard Headed Woman
03.Wild World
04.Sad Lisa
05.Miles From Nowhere
06.But I Might Die Tonight
07.Longer Boats
08.Into White
09.On The Road To Find Out
10.Father and Son
11.Tea for the Tillerman

CD 3: Tea for the Tillerman
01.Where Do The Children Play?
02.Hard Headed Woman
03.Wild World
04.Sad Lisa
05.Miles From Nowhere
06.But I Might Die Tonight
07.Longer Boats
08.Into White
09.On The Road To Find Out
10.Father and Son
11.Tea for the Tillerman

CD 4: Demos / Outtakes / Alternate Versions
01.Wild World (Demo)
02.Miles From Nowhere (Studio Demo)    
03.But I Might Die Tonight (Deep End Movie Version)
04.Can This Be Love? *
05.Honey Man (duet with Elton John)
06.It’s So Good *
07.If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out (Demo)
08.Don’t Be Shy (Demo)
09.I’ve Got A Thing About Seeing My Grandson Grow Old
10.Love Lives In The Sky
11.The Joke
12.If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out
13.Don’t Be Shy

Tracks 1 and 2 released on Tea For The Tillerman: Deluxe Edition, UMe 00602517870888, 2008.
Track 3 released on But I Might Die Tonight Record Store Day single, Island/UMC/Cat-O-Log 7″ 0602508644597, 2020.
Tracks 4 and 6 previously unreleased.
Tracks 5, 9, 10 and 11 released on the box set Cat Stevens, A&M Records 314 585 285-2, 2001.
Tracks 7, 8, 12 and 13 released on Harold and Maude LP box set, Vinyl Films VFR-2007-3, 2007.

CD 5: Live
01.Where Do The Children Play? (Live at the Troubadour) *
02.Hard Headed Woman (Live at the Troubadour) *
03.Longer Boats (Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, USA - 1970) *
04. Wild World (Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, USA - 1970)
05.On the Road to Find Out (Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, USA - 1970)
06.Father and Son (Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, USA - 1970) *
07.Into White (Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, USA - 1970) *
08.On the Road to Find Out (Live at Kcet Studios, Los Angeles, USA - 1971)
09.Where Do the Children Play (Live at Kcet Studios, Los Angeles, USA - 1971)
10.Wild World (Live at Kcet Studios, Los Angeles, USA - 1971)
11.Miles From Nowhere (Live At KCET Studios, Los Angeles, USA (08/06/71)
12.Longer Boats (Live At KCET Studios, Los Angeles, USA (08/06/71)
13.Father and Son (Live at Kcet Studios, Los Angeles, USA - 1971)
14.Wild World (Cat Stevens in Concert - 1971)
15.Into White (Cat Stevens in Concert - 1971)
16.Tea for the Tillerman (Live On BBC Radio - 1970) *
17.Wild World (Live On the Beat Club - 1970)
18.Hard Headed Woman (Live On the Beat Club - 1970)
19.Wild World (Recorded for Ortf, Pop Deux - 1970) *
20.Father and Son (Live at the Fillmore East, Ny, USA - 1970) *


Tracks 4, 5, 13 and 17 released on Tea For The Tillerman: Deluxe Edition, UMe 602517870888, 2008.
Tracks 8-14 previously released on A Classic Concert: Tea For The Tillerman Live, MDV Visual DVD MVDV-4778, 2008.
Track 15 previously released on The Very Best of Cat Stevens CD/DVD set, Universal 9811208, 2003.


Media Report:
Genre: folk-rock
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits