RARE MFSL MOBILE FIDELITY CAT STEVENS TEA 4 TILLERMAN 1971 MAGICAL MEMORIES

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      SCARCE ORIGINAL MOBILE MASTER RECORDING

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  • CAT STEVENS
    " Tea For The Tillerman "
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• USA -MOBILE FILDELITY - MFSL 1-035

  
  SCARCE, CLEAN, COLLECTIBLE! 
  
  **** This is a CLEAN MINTY original pressing!
  
  Notoriously prone to wear - here you get very little prior use detectable to the thick cover - almost all survivors have wear - TOP COPY HERE !
  
  Contains the cardboard inner fold out as shown in photo
  
  Most amazing **BEST** SOUND QUALITY around ~ Original "limited edition" MOBILE FIDELITY SOUND LABS issue of the LEGENDARY "Tea For The Tillerman" ! What distinguishes an Original master Recording LP from any other record ?
  
  1. Original Master Recordings are exclusively transferred from the original stereo master tape that the musicians recorded in the studio (not from a second, third, or fourth generation copy of that master tape).
  
  2. Each Original Master Recording employs Mobile Fidelity Sound lab's exclusive half-speed mastering process, thus capturing every nuance of sound from the master tape.
  
  3. Quality, not quantity, is the overwhelming consideration in the creation of each Original Master Recording. The number of pressings is strictly controlled. These limited editions assure you that the quality of the last pressing matches the quality of the first.
  
  4. Original Master recordings are custom pressed overseas by the Victor Company of Japan (JVC). Super Vinyl, an exclusive compound far superior to even so-called 100% virgin vinyl, is utilized to achieve maximum clarity and startling quietness.... Super Vinyl also bestows unsurpassed durability to each Original Master Recording LP, achieving a "playing lifespan" at least five times longer than mass- produced records.
  
  5. Each Original Master Recording is ultra-packaged to maintain flatness and prevent warpage.
  
  MFSL became well known for quality vinyl pressings and went out of business in the 1990's -- their pressings are now extremely sought after and only getting harder to get by the day....
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1. Just some of the highlights include the following: "Where Do the Children Play" is a passionate, raw appeal for love in this world, for people to look outside of their own interests for just a moment and to consider what it means to be a part of a society: that our actions have consequences, and that we leave legacies; and that we do not inherit this world from our fathers, but borrow it from our children. When those first notes float from the speakers, one is immediately inundated with the passion of Stevens' appeal in this track.
   "Hard Headed Woman" is a visceral appeal for love in this world, for genuine, meaningful romantic love, a love that is pure and lacks the self-conscious love of love that is championed by lesser popular music artists. This is a track about the human need for human contact, about the intense need that each of us has to be connected with another person. This is a song about symbiosis, and how the world has inexplicably commercialised love.
   "Wild World" is the Cat Stevens song that everyone knows and immediately recognizes, and this not necessarily a bad thing, as this track more so than any other here contains the essence of the album, and of Stevens' message at large: that the complexity and tumult of the world, and its effect on individual people can be overwhelming in a myriad of ways; that human emotions are subject to the tremendous inertia loosed upon us by the mind-boggling scale of our society, and that it is so, so easy to become lost. We are so beholden to the established ideology of the culture in which we persist that any sort of personal action is necessarily contingent upon the proper navigation through the staggering miasma of institutions and traditions, as well as to the physical challenges of living a meaningful life. This song is a bold underlining of the philosophy of "Tea for the Tillerman," and a beautiful underlining at that. "Miles From Nowhere," is a powerfully introspective track about the relationship between the human spirit and the human body. While perhaps a tired notion in ad of itself, the way Stevens approaches this idea is unique: for him, and for us in turn, this relationship is a microcosm of the relationship that been sung about up to this point in the album: that is, the relationship between individual people and the society in which they live. The images of mountains and valleys described by Stevens here cannot help but summon up the grandeur and sublimity of nature experienced by the Romantic poets, and the pantheism it inspired in them. Here is a track from the heart of a man throughly invested in his own quest for spiritual peace. "I think I'll take my time to get there" may be the most beautiful lines in the entire album, and they beautifully anticipate the message of its following track. For as long as a piece of art like this LP can exist, and as long as themes can be explored and questions can be asked, then this LP is worth celebrating.
   SIDE 1 WHERE DO THE CHILDREN PLAY HARD-HEADED WOMAN WILD WORLD SAD LISA MILES FROM NOWHERE
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   SIDE 2 BUT I MIGHT DIE TONIGHT LONGER BOATS INTO WHITE ON THE ROAD TO FIND OUT FATHER & SON TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN
   
   
   
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6. The cover: rated: "EX" (excellent) 43 years young ~ overall, it looks great, solid collection keeper ...no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ... VERY collection worthy rarity ... 4 sharp corners, look NO further!  ...

1. The vinyl: Rated: Rated: M- nice clean plays outstanding ! Best copy around...final copy
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