Cat Stevens – Teaser And The Firecat LP Neon Orange Vinyl 180g Ltd Ed New Sealed
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Cat Stevens – Teaser And The Firecat LP Neon Orange Vinyl 180g Ltd Ed New Sealed
One of his best with The Wind, Morning Has Broken, Peace Train, Moonshadow, Tuesday's Dead Last 4 photos stock
Teaser and the Firecat is the fifth studio album by Cat Stevens, released in October 1971.
At the Australian 1972 King of Pop Awardsthe album won Biggest Selling LP
The album contains 10 songs, including the hits "Morning Has Broken", "Moonshadow" and "Peace Train". It is also the title of a children's book written and illustrated by Stevens. The story features the title characters from the album cover, top-hatted young Teaser and his pet, Firecat, who attempt to put the moon back in its place after it falls from the sky. Published in 1972, the book has been out of print since the mid-1970s.
The album was a commercial success, surpassing the heights achieved by Stevens' previous album, Tea for the Tillerman, reaching both the UK and US top 3 and also spending fifteen weeks at the top of the Australian charts, becoming the biggest-selling album of the country in 1972.
In 1977 an animated version, narrated by comedian Spike Milligan, using the song "Moonshadow", was a segment in Fantastic Animation Festival. In November 2008, a "deluxe edition" was released featuring a second disc of demos and live recordings.
English keyboardist Rick Wakeman played piano on "Morning Has Broken" and English musician Linda Lewis contributed vocals on "How Can I Tell Yo
English pop musician and folk singer Cat Stevens included a version of Morning Has Broken on his album Teaser and the Firecat (1971). The song became identified with Stevens due to the popularity of this recording. It reached number six on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, number one on the U.S. easy listening chartin 1972, and number four on the Canadian RPM magazine charts
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