CAT STEVENS Tea For The Tillerman 1971 UK ISLAND - NEAR MINT
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Jul 30, 2018
Sold Date
Jul 20, 2018
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£ 25
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CAT STEVENS Tea For The Tillerman 1971 UK ISLAND - NEAR MINT
CAT STEVENSTea For The Tillerman
1971 UK ISLAND (ILPS 9135) PRESSING
GREAT COPY - PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY THROUGHOUT WITH GORGEOUS SOUND
PRESSED WITH THE SECOND ISSUE PINK RIM ISLAND LABELS
MATRIX: ILPS 9135 A - 3 u STERLING LH / ILPS 9135 B - 3 u STERLING LH
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE FIRST ISSUE OUTER LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by the E.J. Day Group, London and Bedford" WITH TEXTURED MATT INNER SURFACES
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PALE BLUE POLY-LINED ISLAND INNER SLEEVE
Mona Bone Jakon only began Cat Stevens' comeback.
Seven months later, he returned with Tea for the Tillerman, an album in the same chamber-group style, employing the same musicians and producer, but with a far more confident tone.
Mona Bone Jakon had been full of references to death, but Tea for the Tillerman was not about dying; it was about living in the modern world while rejecting it in favour of spiritual fulfilment.
It began with a statement of purpose, "Where Do the Children Play?," in which Stevens questioned the value of technology and progress. "Wild World" found the singer being dumped by a girl, but making the novel suggestion that she should stay with him because she was incapable of handling things without him. "Sad Lisa" might have been about the same girl after she tried and failed to make her way; now, she seemed depressed to the point of psychosis.
The rest of the album veered between two themes: the conflict between the young and the old, and religion as an answer to life's questions. Tea for the Tillerman was the story of a young man's search for spiritual meaning in a soulless class society he found abhorrent. He hadn't yet reached his destination, but he was confident he was going in the right direction, traveling at his own, unhurried pace. The album's rejection of contemporary life and its yearning for something more struck a chord with listeners in an era in which traditional verities had been shaken. It didn't hurt, of course, that Stevens had lost none of his ability to craft a catchy pop melody; the album may have been full of angst, but it wasn't hard to sing along to. As a result, Tea for the Tillerman became a big seller and, for the second time in four years, its creator became a star
Side 1:
Where Do The Children Play? (3:50)
Hard Headed Woman (3:46)
Wild World (3:18)
Sad Lisa (3:40)
Miles From Nowhere (3:32)
Side 2:
But I Might Die Tonight (1:50)
Longer Boats (3:10)
Into White (3:24)
On The Road To Find Out (5:07)
Father And Son (3:37)
Tea For The Tillerman (1:01)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with just a few light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT/EXCELLENT+
Both surfaces shine like-new with nothing but a couple of completely harmless hairlines/brush marks on Side Two
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Plays beautifully throughout with nothing to fault.
No clicks, ticks or pops or even any appreciable surface.
An exceptionally clean player and all round really great copy
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
A crisp, clean, sharp and fresh gatefold with nothing to fault bar a tiny touch of laminate cracking on the bottom corner of the spine
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
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