The Very Best of Cat Stevens

~ Release by Cat Stevens (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
# Title Rating Length
1 Matthew & Son
3.5 2:43
2 The First Cut Is the Deepest
3.65 3:03
3 Lady D'Arbanville
3 3:45
4 I've Got a Thing About Seeing My Grandson Grow Old
5 2:42
5 Wild World
4.1 3:21
6 Where Do the Children Play?
4 3:52
7 Hard Headed Woman
3 3:49
8 Father and Son
4.45 3:40
9 The Wind
3.65 1:43
10 Morning Has Broken
4.15 3:21
11 Moonshadow
4.3 2:51
12 Peace Train
4 4:11
13 Sitting
2.5 3:13
14 Can't Keep It In
3 3:02
15 Foreigner Suite (excerpt)
2 7:23
16 Oh Very Young
3.2 2:36
17 Another Saturday Night
4.4 2:31
18 Majik of Majiks
3 4:32
19 (Remember the Days of the) Old Schoolyard
3 2:45
20 Just Another Night
4 3:51

Credits

CD 1

acoustic guitar:
Alun Davies (tracks 13–14)
bouzouki:
Angelos Hatzipavli (tracks 9–12)
Andreas Toumazis (tracks 9–12)
strings:
Del Newman (British conductor, orchestrator, arranger) (tracks 9–12)
strings arranger:
Del Newman (British conductor, orchestrator, arranger) (tracks 5–8)
Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam) (track 19)
Jean-Alain Roussel (track 19)
mandolin and piano:
Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam) (track 13)
drums:
Harvey Burns (tracks 5–12)
Gerry Conway (tracks 9–14)
Andy Newmark (track 19)
organ:
Jean-Alain Roussel (track 19)
guitar:
Alun Davies (tracks 9–12)
Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam) (tracks 5–12)
guitar [2nd]:
Alun Davies (tracks 5–8)
bass:
Alan James (bassist) (tracks 13–14)
Bruce Lynch (track 19)
John Ryan (producer) (tracks 5–8)
Larry Steele (British bassist, percussionist, guitarist & vocalist) (tracks 9–12)
electric guitar and organ [Diamond organ]:
Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam) (track 14)
keyboard:
Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam) (tracks 5–12)
celesta, Moog, percussion and piano:
Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam) (track 19)
piano:
Jean-Alain Roussel (track 14)
congas:
Larry Steele (British bassist, percussionist, guitarist & vocalist) (tracks 9–12)
arranger:
Anders Neglin (track 10)
composer:
Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam) (tracks 1–3, 5–9, 11–14, 16, 19)
[traditional] (Special Purpose Artist) (track 10)
Sam Cooke (track 17)
lead vocals:
Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam) (tracks 9–12)
lyricist:
Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam) (tracks 1–3, 5–9, 11–14, 16, 19)
Sam Cooke (track 17)
Eleanor Farjeon (track 10)
producer:
Mike Hurst (musician and record producer from London, England) (tracks 1–2)
David Kershenbaum (track 19)
Paul Samwell-Smith (tracks 5–14, 16)
Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam) (tracks 16–17, 19)
recording engineer:
Vic Smith (track 1)
solo violin:
John Rostein (tracks 5–8)
vocals:
Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam) (tracks 5–8)
Elkie Brooks (track 19)
Suzanne Donaldson-Lynch (track 19)
phonographic copyright by:
Universal Island Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK record company) (1970) (tracks 5–12)
Island Records (not for release label use, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (1972) (tracks 13–14)
Island Records (not for release label use, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (1974) (track 16)
A&M Records, Inc. (1977) (track 19)
publisher:
Ackee Music Inc. (tracks 13–14)
Cat Music Ltd. (track 8)
Duchess Music Corporation (track 2)
Irving Music, Inc. (tracks 9–12)
Island Music (Island Music Ltd.) (track 12)
Salafa Ltd. (tracks 3, 5)
Sony Tunes, Inc. ( – ????) (track 5)
Freshwater Music Ltd. (1970 –) (tracks 5–8)
Irving Music, Inc. (1970 –) (tracks 5–8)
cover recording of:
Another Saturday Night (track 17)
later parody versions:
My Wand Has Broken (track 10)
Your Butt Is The Deepest (parody for Robin Quivers) (track 2)
later translated parody versions:
Das Wennze meins-Lied (track 8)
later translated versions:
Gläds åt var morgon (track 10)
Maanantai (track 1)
Månskugga (track 11)
Nu är det lördag igen (track 17)
白いバラ (track 3)
later versions:
Fleur sauvage (track 5)
recording of:
(Remember the Days of the) Old Schoolyard (track 19)
Can’t Keep It In (track 14)
Father and Son (Cat Stevens) (track 8)
Hard Headed Woman (track 7)
Lady d’Arbanville (track 3)
Matthew and Son (track 1)
Moonshadow (track 11)
Morning Has Broken (track 10)
Oh Very Young (track 16)
Peace Train (track 12)
Sitting (track 13)
The First Cut Is the Deepest (track 2)
The Wind (track 9)
Where Do the Children Play? (track 6)
Wild World (track 5)

Release Group

Wikidata: Q2414860 [info]