Cat Stevens - Tea For the Tillerman 50th Anniversary 2LP + 5CD + Blu-Ray Box Set

The Yusuf / Cat Stevens Cat-O-Log Collection - Tea for the Tillerman - Super Deluxe Edition

Half a century after its release, the 50th anniversary Super Deluxe Collector’s Edition box set represents the definitive collection relating to one of the most beloved albums of all time. Featuring a new 2020 Remaster, also completed at Abbey Road Studios and overseen by original album producer Paul Samwell-Smith, and Mix, of the original 1970 Island Records multi-track master tape, overseen by Yusuf and engineer David Hefti. The 2020 Mix also appears on the 1LP format which is exclusive to this box set. CD3 features the newly released ‘Tea For The Tillerman²

Contents & Track Listing

CD1: Tea for the Tillerman, 2020 Remaster
Remastered at Abbey Road Studios and overseen by producer Paul Samwell-Smith.

CD1-1: Where Do The Children Play?
CD1-2: Hard Headed Woman
CD1-3: Wild World
CD1-4: Sad Lisa
CD1-5: Miles From Nowhere
CD1-6: But I Might Die Tonight
CD1-7: Longer Boats
CD1-8: Into White
CD1-9: On The Road To Findout
CD1-10: Father And Son
CD1-11: Tea For The Tillerman

CD2: Tea for the Tillerman, 2020 Mix
Newly mixed from the original Island multi-track master tapes.

CD2-1: Where Do The Children Play?
CD2-2: Hard Headed Woman
CD2-3: Wild World
CD2-4: Sad Lisa
CD2-5: Miles From Nowhere
CD2-6: But I Might Die Tonight
CD2-7: Longer Boats
CD2-8: Into White
CD2-9: On The Road To Findout
CD2-10: Father And Son
CD2-11: Tea For The Tillerman

CD3: Tea for the Tillerman²
50 years on from the original release, Yusuf recasts the same 11 songs for a new age with dramatic results.

CD3-1: Where Do The Children Play?
CD3-2: Hard Headed Woman
CD3-3: Wild World
CD3-4: Sad Lisa
CD3-5: Miles From Nowhere
CD3-6: But I Might Die Tonight
CD3-7: Longer Boats
CD3-8: Into White
CD3-9: On The Road To Findout
CD3-10: Father And Son
CD3-11: Tea For The Tillerman

CD4: Demos, Alternate Versions, Bonus Tracks
Contains 13 tracks, including demo and alternate versions, plus additional songs from 1970.

CD4-1: Don't Be Shy
CD4-2: The Joke
CD4-3: I've Got A Thing About Seeing My Grandson Grow Old
CD4-4: Honey Man
CD4-5: But I Might Die Tonight (Deep End Movie Version)
CD4-6: Love Lives In The Sky
CD4-7: Can This Be Love? (Previously Unreleased)
CD4-8: If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out (Previously Unreleased)
CD4-9: It's So Good
CD4-10: Miles From Nowhere (Studio Demo)
CD4-11: Wild World (Demo)
CD4-12: If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out (Demo - Previously unreleased)
CD4-13: Don't Be Shy (Demo - Previously unreleased)

CD5: Live
Contains 20 live performances, including complete performances at The Troubadour and Filmore East, plus live broadcast performances from USA, UK, France, and Germany.

CD5-1: Where Do The Children Play? (Live At The Troubadour, Decembert 1970)
CD5-2: Hard Headed Woman (Live At The Troubadour, December 1970)
CD5-3: Longer Boats (Live At The Troubadour, December 1970)
CD5-4: Wild World (Live At The Troubadour, December 1970)
CD5-5: On The Road To Find Out (Live At The Troubadour, December 1970)
CD5-6: Father And Son (Live At The Troubadour, December 1970)
CD5-7: Into White (Live At The Troubadour, December 1970)
CD5-8: On The Road To Find Out (Live At KCET Studios, Los Angeles, USA, 08/06/71)
CD5-9: Where Do The Children Play (Live At KCET Studios, Los Angeles, USA, 08/06/71)
CD5-10: Wild World (Live At KCET Studios, Los Angeles, USA, 08/06/71)
CD5-11: Miles From Nowhere (Live At KCET Studios, Los Angeles, USA, 08/06/71)
CD5-12: Longer Boats (Live At KCET Studios, Los Angeles, USA, 08/06/71)
CD5-13: Father And Son (Live At KCET Studios, Los Angeles, USA, 08/06/71)
CD5-14: Wild World (Cat Stevens In Concert, BBC Live Recording, 27/11/71)
CD5-15: Into White (Cat Stevens In Concert, BBC Live Recording, 27/11/71)
CD5-16: Tea For The Tillerman (BBC Live Recording, 16/06/70)
CD5-17: Wild World (Beat Club, Germany, 25/08/70)
CD5-18: Hard Headed Woman (Beat Club, Germany, 25/08/70)
CD5-19: Wild World (Pop Deux, France, 01/11/70)
CD5-20: Father And Son (Live At Fillmore East, November 1970)

Blu-Ray: Video + HD Audio
Contains "Father And Son" original promo videos, the new "Where Do The Children Play?" promo video, plus 14 live TV and studio performances. Also features the 2020 Remaster and 2020 Mix in HD 24bit/48kHz audio.

BD-1: Father And Son (Official Video (1970))
BD-2: Where Do They Children Play (Official Video (2020))
BD-3: On The Road To Find Out (Live At KCET Studios, Los Angeles, USA, 08/06/71)
BD-4: Where Do The Children Play (Live At KCET Studios, Los Angeles, USA, 08/06/71)
BD-5: Wild World (Live At KCET Studios, Los Angeles, USA, 08/06/71)
BD-6: Miles From Nowhere (Live At KCET Studios, Los Angeles, USA, 08/06/71)
BD-7: Longer Boats (Live At KCET Studios, Los Angeles, USA, 08/06/71)
BD-8: Father And Son (Live At KCET Studios, Los Angeles, USA, 08/06/71)
BD-9: Wild World (Cat Stevens In Concert, BBC Live Recording, 27/11/71)
BD-10: Into White (Cat Stevens In Concert, BBC Live Recording, 27/11/71)
BD-11: Father And Son (Cat Stevens In Concert, BBC Live Recording, 27/11/71)
BD-12: Wild World (Beat Club, Germany, 25/08/70)
BD-13: Hard Headed Woman (Beat Club, Germany, 25/08/70)
BD-14: Wild World (Gala Du Midem, France 24/01/70)
BD-15: Wild World (Deux Sur La 2, France, 12/10/70)
BD-16: Wild World (Pop Deux, France, 01/11/70)

BD-17: Where Do The Children Play? (24bit/48khz HD Audio)
BD-18: Hard Headed Woman (24bit/48khz HD Audio)
BD-19: Wild World (24bit/48khz HD Audio)
BD-20: Sad Lisa (24bit/48khz HD Audio)
BD-21: Miles From Nowhere (24bit/48khz HD Audio)
BD-22: But I Might Die Tonight (24bit/48khz HD Audio)
BD-23: Longer Boats (24bit/48khz HD Audio)
BD-24: Into White (24bit/48khz HD Audio)
BD-25: On The Road To Findout (24bit/48khz HD Audio)
BD-26: Father And Son (24bit/48khz HD Audio)
BD-27: Tea For The Tillerman (24bit/48khz HD Audio)

LP: Tea for the Tillerman, 2020 Mix
Newly mixed from the original Island multi-track master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl.

A1: Where Do The Children Play?
A2: Hard Headed Woman
A3: Wild World
A4: Sad Lisa
A5: Miles From Nowhere

B1: But I Might Die Tonight
B2: Longer Boats
B3: Into White
B4: On The Road To Findout
B5: Father And Son
B6: Tea For The Tillerman

12" EP: Live at the Troubadour, December 1970
180g vinyl featuring 7 previously unreleased performances recorded live at the Troubadour in December 1970.

C1: Where Do The Children Play?
C2: Hard Headed Woman
C3: Longer Boats
C4: Wild World

D1: On The Road To Find Out
D2: Father And Son
D3: Into White

Hardcover Book + Memorabilia
96-page hardback book featuring rare photos, new liner notes, track annotations, and memorabilia. Also contains exclusive illustrations, bookmark, lyric sheet, collectors sticker, and Troubadour poster.

50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Box Set. Includes 180g Vinyl LP, 180g 12" Vinyl EP, 5 CDs & Blu-Ray! Featuring 21 Unreleased Tracks, Live Recordings & Other Rarities!

Following his spiritual and artistic rebirth, and hot on the heels of his incredibly well-received release, ‘Mona Bone Jakon’, Cat Stevens unveiled his second album of the year in November 1970 … and it was to become one of the defining musical statements of the new decade. ‘Tea For The Tillerman’, not only consolidated Cat’s success in the UK and forged him a glittering new career in the USA, it also set him on the road to global superstardom and gave the world songs like ‘Wild World’, ‘Father & Son’, ‘Where Do The Children Play?’ and many more.

To commemorate the album’s 50th anniversary comes this definitive super deluxe box set of Tea For The Tillerman’. With the songs’ messages as powerfully relevant today as they were in 1970, the original album is represented here on CD by a brand new 2020 remaster at Abbey Road Studios by Geoff Pesche, overseen by original producer Paul Samwell-Smith, as well as a new 2020 Mix on CD by David Hefti. It also includes, in full, Yusuf’s September 2020 reimagined ‘Tea For The Tillerman 2’ album featuring new interpretations of the classic originals. The box also includes an exclusive fourth CD of outtakes, alternate versions and demos, and a fifth featuring 25 live performances from 1971 including some recorded at the legendary LA music venue The Troubadour.

Alongside the 5CDs and gatefold vinyl LP the box also comes with a live 12” vinyl E.P. of the Troubadour recordings and, on BluRay, the original promo video of ‘Father & Son’, plus live performances, and the HD audio of the new ‘Tea For The Tillerman’ 2020 Mix. Also included is a 98-page beautifully illustrated hardcover book with extensive new sleevenotes. Finally housed in a card envelope within the box is a ‘Pick Up A Good Book’ bookmark, a Yusuf / Cat Stevens designed ‘Miles From Nowhere’ print, a reproduction handwritten lyric sheet for ‘Miles From Nowhere’, a fold-out ‘Live From The Troubadour 1970’ poster, and a ‘Tea For The Tillerman’ sticker.

Album Credits

Producer – Paul Samwell-Smith

Vinyl Cut / Remaster – Geoff Pesche

Release Information

Label: Cat-O-Log Records / Island Records - 602508395086

Format:
Box Set, Deluxe Edition, 50th Anniversary Edition
CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
CD, Album, Reissue, 2020 Mix
CD, Album, Reissue
2 x CD,
Blu-ray Audio, Album
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, 2020 Mix
Vinyl, 12", EP

Country: US

Released: 2020

Genre: Rock

Style: Folk Rock, Post Rock