Vinyl Album - Cat Stevens - Teaser And The Firecat - A&M

Vinyl Album

Artist:	Cat Stevens
Title:	Teaser And The Firecat
Label:	A&M
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	SP-4313
Date:	Sep 1971
Format:	LP
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	33 Own, 2 Want
Price Guide:	$272
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PRICE GUIDE

$272

Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	Cat Stevens	The Wind	Cat Stevens	Rate
A2	Cat Stevens	Rubylove	Cat Stevens	Rate
A3	Cat Stevens	If I Laugh	Cat Stevens	Rate
A4	Cat Stevens	Changes IV	Cat Stevens	Rate
A5	Cat Stevens	How Can I Tell You	Cat Stevens	Rate
B1	Cat Stevens	Tuesday's Dead	Cat Stevens	Rate
B2	Cat Stevens	Morning Has Broken	Cat Stevens, E. Farjeon	10.0 Rate
B3	Cat Stevens	Bitterblue	Cat Stevens	Rate
B4	Cat Stevens	Moonshadow	Cat Stevens	9.0 Rate
B5	Cat Stevens	Peace Train	Cat Stevens	10.0 Rate

Notes

BB Album Reviews: October 9, 1971

Produced by Paul Samwell-Smith

Images

Number: 810896 THUMBNAIL Uploaded By: checkm8 Description: Front Cover	Number: 810897 Uploaded By: checkm8 Description: Back Cover	Number: 810898 Uploaded By: checkm8 Description: Gatefold (left)	Number: 810899 Uploaded By: checkm8 Description: Gatefold (right)
Number: 810900 Uploaded By: checkm8 Description: Gatefold (full)	Number: 1184039 Uploaded By: W.B.lbl Description: A side (label variant from Columbia Records' Pitman, NJ plant).	Number: 1184040 Uploaded By: W.B.lbl Description: B side (label variant from Columbia Records' Pitman, NJ plant).	Number: 810901 Uploaded By: checkm8 Description: Side 1 Label (from Columbia Records' Terre Haute, IN plant)
Number: 810902 Uploaded By: checkm8 Description: Side 2 Label (from Columbia Records' Terre Haute, IN plant)	Number: 1457156 Uploaded By: TheDroid Description: Side One Label - Monarch Records, Los Angeles, CA	Number: 1457157 Uploaded By: TheDroid Description: Side Two Label - Monarch Records, Los Angeles, CA	Number: 1923649 Uploaded By: Vinylville Description: A Side Label (Repress)
Number: 1923650 Uploaded By: Vinylville Description: B Side Label (Repress)

Comments and Reviews


W.B.lbl 4th Oct 2023		G-d - or, in his case today, Allah - only knows.



Break-In Master 10th Apr 2023		What makes this album worth $272.00?



sladesounds 7th Dec 2021		From songfacts: Stevens got the lyrics from a hymn book he found at a bookstore while looking for (public domain) song ideas. It was a children's hymn by Eleanor Farjeon, who also wrote a lot of children's poetry. Stevens explained on The Chris Isaak Hour: "I accidentally fell upon the song when I was going through a slightly dry period and I needed another song or two for Teaser And The Firecat. I came across this hymn book, found this one song, and thought, This is good. I put the chords to it and then it started becoming associated with me." Children in England, where Stevens grew up and attended church, could have heard Farjeon's hymn in primary school. Scottish children sang the old Gaelic hymn, "Child in a manger, Infant of Mary" to this tune. This hymn, which is based on a melody called "Bunessan" (named for a small island town in Scotland), predated "Morning" and was written in Gaelic by Mary MacDonald before being translated into English. For Scottish children it was a Christmas hymn. Rick Wakeman, who was a session musician at the time, played the piano on this track, marking the first time he appeared on a hit single. He joined Yes a short time later. There is also a Wikipedia page for the song.



Magic Marmalade 7th Dec 2021		I have to admit to being one of those people who thought Morning Has Broken was a traditional / older song, re-arranged by Cat Stevens - Words here credit is given to someone else. (I think because they used to make us sing it at school, like a hymn in assembly :) Anyone clarify? And should composer credits be adjusted because of it? (It doesn't seem that clear to me as to the meaning of the credits given)



Vinylville 11th Apr 2019		Added images of the silver repressing label.



TheDroid 22nd Sep 2017		Added third label variant images pressed by Monarch Records. The deltas for this are: Side One Δ 16292 Side Two Δ 16292-X.



W.B.lbl 15th Aug 2017		It should be noted that some pressings of this were by RCA Rockaway (with their Dynaflex thickness and 1" diameter pressing ring) - albeit with Columbia Pitman's label fonts as on {Images #1184039 & 1184040}.



W.B.lbl 5th Nov 2016		Added Columbia Pitman label variant; ({Images #810901 & 810902} came from Columbia Terre Haute).



checkm8 2nd Aug 2015		added cover and label images