CAT STEVENS--MATTHEW AND SON-1st Deram Album

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Aug 28, 2009 Sold Date

Aug 21, 2009 Start Date

£ 8 Start price

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Cat Stevens: Matthew and Son 1967 UK Deram DML 1004.

Mono.

Original 1967 UK 1st pressing with the Grooved labels and 1A / 1A matrix endings. Laminated Clout and Baker sleeve.

Beautiful copy of this hard to find album. Very little wear to the sleeve apart from some minor discolouration and a light crease to the bottom.

Stunning full gloss vinyl. Possibly played two or three times. Very few spindle marks which are so difficult to see. Plays through superb. Very hard to find another in this condition.

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Matthew and Son is the first album by English singer-songwriter, Cat Stevens. Stevens began writing songs during his early teenage years. His earliest influences included the sound of early British bands, like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, influenced by popular American Rhythm and Blues music. At the same time, folk influences from artists like Bob Dylan and Simon & Garfunkel left a strong mark on him, along with some of the musicals being performed so close to his childhood home in Soho, that often he could hear the songs drifting up through his room. Stevens' brother, David Gordon, attracted the attention of Mike Hurst, (formerly of the The Springfields) in hopes of finding a producer interested in his younger brother's music, and after a demo was recorded, a deal was struck between the two. The album was not released until 1967, however recording began on July 10, 1966, with a few advance singles appearing around that time

Although the album was not released until 1967, the first advance single, "I Love My Dog" was released in 1966. It was initially recorded only by Stevens' guitars, piano & vocals. However, Hurst encouraged Stevens to add a staccato, tympani–and–viola arrangement; something not done before on pop music songs. Bassist John Paul Jones makes his debut on the first singles two years before becoming a member of Led Zeppelin. The B-side of the first single, "Portobello Road", was written by Kim Fowley, who encouraged Stevens to write a melody for the song. The single initially reached #28 on the UK charts, followed by "Matthew and Son", the next single and title track, which soared to #2 on the charts there, propelling Stevens into a popular cleancut teenage crooner

Side one

"Matthew and Son" –2:46

"I Love My Dog" –2:23

"Here Comes My Baby" –2:58

"Bring Another Bottle Baby" – 2:44

"Portobello Road" (Cat Stevens/Kim Fowley)– 2:29

"I've Found a Love" – 2:32

"I See a Road" – 2:11

Side two

"Baby Get Your Head Screwed On" – 2:22

"Granny" – 3:12

"When I Speak to the Flowers" – 2:25

"The Tramp" – 2:11

"Come On and Dance" – 2:10

"Hummingbird" – 2:36

"Lady" – 3:04

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