Last night listening to Cat Stevens album, "Tea For The Tillerman" from start to finish. Start to finish ..... Something I rarely seem to do any more. Flash back to teenage years and a evening phone call from a friend telling me to be quiet and listen. He proceeded to play the record over the phone. I was hooked. One of those records where upon exposure, you would run out and buy it the next day. One of those rare records that still sounds as fresh today as it did 40 years ago. One that I always come back to. Catch me one the right day and I might just tell you that it's the greatest record of all-time.
I always hoped for a follow-up from Cat Stevens that could match it. While there was still some good music to come, I was never satisfied. This is the masterpiece!! That period from 1970-1975 produced several desert-island-disc masterpieces from different artists. Quite possibly the most fertile five years of the Singer/Songwriter genre. FM-radio playing various album cuts instead of the AM top-40 hits that had dominated until then. A great time to be listening and discovering new music.
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