CAT STEVENS - Mona Bone Jakon (Reissue) - LP - 180g Sky Blue Vinyl [JUN 14]

LP - Limited Edition 180g Sky Blue Vinyl Reissued as part of Universal's 2024 Colour Vinyl Campaign. Presented here using the 2020 Remastered audio.    

Following the 1967 Decca releases of Matthew & Son and New Masters, Cat Stevens became a bone fide pop star. However, stardom and a year recovering from TB gave him pause and time to reflect.

Emerging from his recuperation with a new deal with Chris Blackwell’s Island Records, 1970 saw the release of Mona Bone Jakon, and with it came a new sound which would forge the Cat Stevens sound we know and love today.

Produced by Paul Samwell-Smith (formerly of The Yardbirds), the album featured the single “Lady D’Arbanville” as well as the fan favourites “Trouble”, “I Wish, I Wish” and “Maybe You’re Right”.  The track “Katmandu” also featured Peter Gabriel on flute.

50 years on, the songs on Mona Bone Jakon still sound as fresh as the day they were recorded, and are presented here using the 2020 Remastered audio, on 180 gram Sky Blue vinyl for the very first time. 

Tracklist: 

A1.        Lady D'Arbanville    
A2.        Maybe You're Right    
A3.        Pop Star    
A4.        I Think I See The Light    
A5.        Trouble    

B1.        Mona Bone Jakon    
B2.        I Wish, I Wish    
B3.        Katmandu    
B4.        Time    
B5.        Fill My Eyes    
B6.        Lilywhite