Tea for the Tillerman (Audio CD)

While the pressing is excellent the sonics are disappointing. It's not that it sounds bad, but other versions are better. The vocals are recessed and the guitars have less presence.....the overall sound is more subdued. The original U.S. and U.K. versions are more dynamic and forceful. If you want a high quality audiophile version I would recommend the Analogue Productions over this.

My fault. I should have checked more carefully. It is stereo even though it is SACD. It is two channel and not multi-channel. It is a fine album, don't get me wrong. I was just disappointed that I was not more discerning.

Since the 70's when this album was first written, I have loved this album. I love every track, especially "Sad Lisa", and "Everything into white". This album shows the real genius of Cat Stevens, as he was in The Day. Tea for the Tillerman will always be one of my favorite albums, right up there with my love for the Beatles.Briefly, I do not think of the Cat Stevens now but of earlier days when he not exited off a plane and has not entry to certain countries.I lost myself in the hauntingly beautiful "Sad Lisa" with its etheral strings and melody.I did some research online about his past and he was declared a musical genius at age 15. He was also amamzingly artisitic and illustrated both the from "Tea for the Tillerman' as well as "Teaser and the Firecat"album covers.

Just listened to my LP again after getting a new player and I am blown away with the quality of this album. With so much scratches on the LP, I had to download the streaming version from Amazon Prime (thank you Amazon). Almost every song is good with cohesive and smooth transition from one song to the next and it just floored me that I haven't heard a quality album by a newer artist (with maybe Adele's 21 being an exception) that compares to this. No matter what name he goes by now, just call him a musician of highest caliber.