Cat Stevens
Saturnight: Stay from Tokyo
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Jun 12, 2025
Internet Unique
Cat Stevens was on the peak of his profession when Saturnight: Stay from Tokyo was launched in 1974, however the album was issued solely in Japan as a result of contractual restrictions. With this international launch 50 years later, Saturnight finds the artist as he was touring in assist of his ’74 album Buddha and the Chocolate Field. For anybody who didn’t choose it up as an import many years in the past, Saturnight serves as an excellent reside time capsule for the British singer/songwriter nicely earlier than his 2014 induction into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame.
Yusuf / Cat Stevens, as he’s referred to since adopting the title Yusuf Islam in 1978 following his ’77 conversion to Islam, was on his Bamboozle World Tour when he recorded his June ’74 present at Solar Plaza Corridor in Nakana, Tokyo, Japan for Saturnight. After having simply recorded the music in Tokyo with a Japanese brass part, Stevens fires up the group with Sam Cooke’s “One other Saturday Evening” previous to his launch of the music as a non-LP single. With a top-notch band together with guitarist/vocalist Alun Davies and percussionist Gerry Conway, Stevens’ set consists of hits reminiscent of “Wild World,” “Peace Practice,” and “Oh Very Younger,” in addition to the Buddha album tracks “King of Bushes” and “A Unhealthy Penny,” and the response from the Tokyo viewers is a transparent indication of Stevens’ recognition on the time. (www.catstevens.com)
Creator ranking: 8/10