Cat Stevens - Mona Bone Jakon (1970) US Sterling Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Cat Stevens - Mona Bone Jakon
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz | 900mb
Mastered At Sterling Sound
Label: A&M Records/SP4260 | Released: 1970 | This Issue: 197? | Genre: Folk-Rock
A1 Lady D’Arbanville 3:40
A2 Maybe You’re Right 3:20
A3 Pop Star 4:10
A4 I Think I See The Light 4:00
A5 Trouble 2:50
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B1 Mona Bone Jakon 1:38
B2 I Wish, I Wish 3:45
B3 Katmandu 3:17
B4 Time 1:26
B5 Fill My Eyes 2:58
B6 Lilywhite 3:40
Arranged By [Additional Arrangements] – Del Newman
Bass – John Ryan
Flute – Peter Gabriel
Guitar [Additional] – Alun Davies
Illustration [Front Cover] – Cat Stevens
Lacquer Cut By – LH*
Percussion – Harvey Burns
Photography By – Richard Stirling
Producer – Paul Samwell-Smith
Written-By – Cat Stevens
Notes
Catalog# on front of sleeve: SP4260
Catalog# on back of sleeve and spine: SP 4260
Catalog# on labels: SP-4260
This version has the silver and gold label with large A&M logo in the background.
No release year displayed.
Published by Irving Music Inc. (BMI)
A&M Records, 1416 N. La Brea, Hollywood, California 90028
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): SP-4419
Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): SP-4420
Matrix / Runout (Runout etched side A / STERLING stamped (Var. 1)): A&M SP- 4419. IND. 4
Matrix / Runout (Runout etched side B / STERLING stamped (Var. 1)): A&M SP- 4410- IND- 4
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz | 900mb
Mastered At Sterling Sound
Label: A&M Records/SP4260 | Released: 1970 | This Issue: 197? | Genre: Folk-Rock
A1 Lady D’Arbanville 3:40
A2 Maybe You’re Right 3:20
A3 Pop Star 4:10
A4 I Think I See The Light 4:00
A5 Trouble 2:50
-
B1 Mona Bone Jakon 1:38
B2 I Wish, I Wish 3:45
B3 Katmandu 3:17
B4 Time 1:26
B5 Fill My Eyes 2:58
B6 Lilywhite 3:40
Arranged By [Additional Arrangements] – Del Newman
Bass – John Ryan
Flute – Peter Gabriel
Guitar [Additional] – Alun Davies
Illustration [Front Cover] – Cat Stevens
Lacquer Cut By – LH*
Percussion – Harvey Burns
Photography By – Richard Stirling
Producer – Paul Samwell-Smith
Written-By – Cat Stevens
Notes
Catalog# on front of sleeve: SP4260
Catalog# on back of sleeve and spine: SP 4260
Catalog# on labels: SP-4260
This version has the silver and gold label with large A&M logo in the background.
No release year displayed.
Published by Irving Music Inc. (BMI)
A&M Records, 1416 N. La Brea, Hollywood, California 90028
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): SP-4419
Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): SP-4420
Matrix / Runout (Runout etched side A / STERLING stamped (Var. 1)): A&M SP- 4419. IND. 4
Matrix / Runout (Runout etched side B / STERLING stamped (Var. 1)): A&M SP- 4410- IND- 4
Cat Stevens - Mona Bone Jakon (1970) US Sterling Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Cat Stevens - Mona Bone Jakon (1970) US Sterling Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Cat Stevens - Mona Bone Jakon (1970) US Sterling Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
This Rip: 2017
Cleaning: RCM Moth MkII Pro Vinyl
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Cartridge: SHURE M97xE With JICO SAS Stylus
Amplifier: Marantz 2252
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Vinyl Condition: NM-
This LP: From personal collection
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Cat Stevens virtually disappeared from the British pop scene in 1968, at the age of 20, after a meteoric start to his career. He had contracted tuberculosis and spent a year recovering, from both his illness and the strain of being a teenage pop star, before returning to action in the spring of 1970 — as a very different 22-year-old — with Mona Bone Jakon.
Fans who knew him from 1967 must have been surprised. Under the production aegis of former Yardbird Paul Samwell-Smith, he introduced a group of simple, heartfelt songs played in spare arrangements on acoustic guitars and keyboards and driven by a restrained rhythm section. Built on folk and blues structures, but with characteristically compelling melodies, Stevens’ new compositions were tentative, fragmentary statements that alluded to his recent “Trouble,” including the triviality of being a “Pop Star.” But these were the words of a desperate man in search of salvation. Mona Bone Jakon was dominated by images of death, but the album was also about survival and hope. Stevens’ craggy voice, with its odd breaks of tone and occasional huskiness, lent these sometimes sketchy songs depth, and the understated instrumentation further emphasized their seriousness. If Stevens was working out private demons on Mona Bone Jakon, he was well attuned to a similar world-weariness in pop culture. His listeners may not have shared his exact experience, but after the 1960s they certainly understood his sense of being wounded, his spiritual yearning, and his hesitant optimism. Mona Bone Jakon was only a modest success upon its initial release, but it attracted attention in the wake of the commercial breakthrough of its follow-up, Tea for the Tillerman.Review by William Ruhlmann , AllMusic.com
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