Cat Stevens - Back To Earth (1978) Original US Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Cat Stevens - Back To Earth
inyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz & 16bit/44kHz | 900mb & 200mb
Mastered at Sterling Sound by Lee Hulko
Label: A&M Records/SP-4735 | Released: 1978 | Genre: Folk-Rock
A1 Just Another Night 3:47
A2 Daytime 3:54
A3 Bad Breaks 3:27
A4 Randy 3:08
A5 The Artist 2:27
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B1 Last Love Song 3:27
B2 Nascimento 3:14
B3 Father 4:07
B4 New York Times 3:25
B5 Never 2:59
Phonographic Copyright (p) – A&M Records, Inc.
Copyright © – A&M Records, Inc.
Published By – Ashtar Music B.V.
Credits
Bass – Bruce Lynch (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B3, B5), Cat Stevens (tracks: A3)
Design – Bloomfield/Travis
Drums – Dave Mattacks (tracks: A2 to A4, B1, B3), Gerry Conway (tracks: A1, B2, B5)
Electric Guitar – Cat Stevens (tracks: B2, B3)
Electric Piano – Jean Roussel (tracks: B1, B2)
Engineer – Declan O’Doherty, Don Gehman, Freddy Hansson, Jeff Titmus, Jesse Henderson (2), Mike Stavrou, Nick Blagona, Stig Kreutzfeldt
Guitar – Cat Stevens (tracks: A1, A4 to B1, B5)
Keyboards – Cat Stevens (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B1, B3), Jean Roussel (tracks: A3, B5)
Mastered By – Lee Hulko
Organ [Hammond] – Jean Roussel (tracks: B4)
Photography By – Ed Cooper (3)
Piano – Jean Roussel (tracks: A1)
Producer – Paul Samwell-Smith
Synthesizer – Cat Stevens (tracks: B4)
Typography [Lettering] – Cooke Key
Vocals, Producer – Cat Stevens
Words By, Music By – Alun Davies (tracks: A2, A3), Cat Stevens
Notes
“Daytime” was written for the UNICEF ‘Year of the Child’
This album was mixed using the Aphex Aural Exciter.
Published by Ashtar Music B.V. All Administrative Rights for the World Controlled by Colgems-EMI Music Inc. (ASCAP)
℗ 1978 A&M Records, Inc. © 1978 A&M Records, Inc.
Issued with a printed inner lyrics-sleeve.
Parts of the cover are embossed.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side A – Label): SP 5207
Matrix / Runout (Side B – Label): SP 5208
Matrix / Runout (Side A – Runout): SP 5207 M4 ∆ 23816
Matrix / Runout (Side B – Runout): SP 5208 M5 ∆ 23816-X
Matrix / Runout (Side A – Runout, variant): SP 5207 M7 ∆ 23816
Matrix / Runout (Side B – Runout, variant): SP 5208 M1 ∆ 23816-X
Matrix / Runout (Mastering Stamp – Runout): STERLING
Rights Society: ASCAP
inyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz & 16bit/44kHz | 900mb & 200mb
Mastered at Sterling Sound by Lee Hulko
Label: A&M Records/SP-4735 | Released: 1978 | Genre: Folk-Rock
A1 Just Another Night 3:47
A2 Daytime 3:54
A3 Bad Breaks 3:27
A4 Randy 3:08
A5 The Artist 2:27
-
B1 Last Love Song 3:27
B2 Nascimento 3:14
B3 Father 4:07
B4 New York Times 3:25
B5 Never 2:59
Phonographic Copyright (p) – A&M Records, Inc.
Copyright © – A&M Records, Inc.
Published By – Ashtar Music B.V.
Credits
Bass – Bruce Lynch (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B3, B5), Cat Stevens (tracks: A3)
Design – Bloomfield/Travis
Drums – Dave Mattacks (tracks: A2 to A4, B1, B3), Gerry Conway (tracks: A1, B2, B5)
Electric Guitar – Cat Stevens (tracks: B2, B3)
Electric Piano – Jean Roussel (tracks: B1, B2)
Engineer – Declan O’Doherty, Don Gehman, Freddy Hansson, Jeff Titmus, Jesse Henderson (2), Mike Stavrou, Nick Blagona, Stig Kreutzfeldt
Guitar – Cat Stevens (tracks: A1, A4 to B1, B5)
Keyboards – Cat Stevens (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B1, B3), Jean Roussel (tracks: A3, B5)
Mastered By – Lee Hulko
Organ [Hammond] – Jean Roussel (tracks: B4)
Photography By – Ed Cooper (3)
Piano – Jean Roussel (tracks: A1)
Producer – Paul Samwell-Smith
Synthesizer – Cat Stevens (tracks: B4)
Typography [Lettering] – Cooke Key
Vocals, Producer – Cat Stevens
Words By, Music By – Alun Davies (tracks: A2, A3), Cat Stevens
Notes
“Daytime” was written for the UNICEF ‘Year of the Child’
This album was mixed using the Aphex Aural Exciter.
Published by Ashtar Music B.V. All Administrative Rights for the World Controlled by Colgems-EMI Music Inc. (ASCAP)
℗ 1978 A&M Records, Inc. © 1978 A&M Records, Inc.
Issued with a printed inner lyrics-sleeve.
Parts of the cover are embossed.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side A – Label): SP 5207
Matrix / Runout (Side B – Label): SP 5208
Matrix / Runout (Side A – Runout): SP 5207 M4 ∆ 23816
Matrix / Runout (Side B – Runout): SP 5208 M5 ∆ 23816-X
Matrix / Runout (Side A – Runout, variant): SP 5207 M7 ∆ 23816
Matrix / Runout (Side B – Runout, variant): SP 5208 M1 ∆ 23816-X
Matrix / Runout (Mastering Stamp – Runout): STERLING
Rights Society: ASCAP
Cat Stevens - Back To Earth (1978) Original US Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Cat Stevens - Back To Earth (1978) Original US Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Cat Stevens - Back To Earth (1978) Original US Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
This Rip: 2017
Cleaning: RCM Moth MkII Pro Vinyl
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Amplifier: Marantz 2252
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Vinyl Condition: NM-
This LP: From personal collection
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In retrospect, it is not hard to find hints of a coming change in the final album Cat Stevens made before a near-death experience and a religious conversion. “I must be heading for a breakdown,” he notes in “Bad Brakes,” the album’s sole singles-chart entry; there are songs titles like “Last Love Song” and “Never”; and there is, throughout, an elegiac tone to the mostly quiet ballads. But it is just as easy to see Back to Earth as an intended return to the simple style of albums like Tea for the Tillerman and thus a return to form: producer Paul Samwell-Smith is back on board, along with his subdued arrangements, and Stevens is again investigating his favorite themes, including children (“Daytime”), the father-son relationship (“Father”), and the vulnerable nature of romantic love, in plain-spoken verses. The year 1978 was late for a sensitive singer/songwriter to make a comeback; most of the folkies were getting tossed off the major labels by then. So, it’s doubtful that Back to Earth could have re-established Cat Stevens even if he had been willing and able to promote it. As it is, the album serves as a satisfying coda to his pop career.Review by William Ruhlmann , AllMusic.com
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