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White Hot StamperCat Stevens Teaser & The Firecat
(Item #: stevetease_1909_2)
 Our Price: $599.99

- These KILLER sides each rating a Triple Plus (A+++) or close to it will rock your world with their amazing richness, clarity, transparency and ENERGY
- This Brilliant Classic Folk Rock recording on the rare British Island pink rim label offers superb Demo Disc Quality sound
- AMG 5 Stars and a Top 100 album - in some ways it's the Best Sounding record Cat Stevens ever made
- Tuesday’s Dead, Morning Has Broken, Bitterblue, Moonshadow, Peace Train - and that's just side two! What side of any album has five songs of such quality?

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White Hot Stamper (with issues)Cat Stevens Tea for the Tillerman
(Item #: steveteafo_1909_2)
 Our Price: $499.99

- This superb UK Pink Rim Label Island pressing of TFTT - The Pinnacle of British Folk Rock from 1970 - earned Shootout Winning Triple Plus (A+++) grades or very close to them on both sides
- This import is ALIVE with musical energy and Tubey Magical Analog sound the likes of which you may never have experienced
- The emotional power of the songs is communicated completely - we can assure you the experience will be like playing the album for the first time (so this is your chance!)
- 5 Stars on Allmusic, a stunning Demo Disc, and a permanent member of the Better Records Top 100

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White Hot StamperCat Stevens Mona Bone Jakon
(Item #: stevemonab_1906_9)
 Our Price: $349.99

- With Triple Plus (A+++) sound on the first side and solid Double Plus (A++) sound on the second, this copy of Cat Stevens' brilliant third album will be very hard to beat
- So transparent, open, and spacious, nuances and subtleties that escaped you are now revealed as never before
- When you play I Wish I Wish and I Think I See The Light on this vintage pressing, we think you will agree with us that this is one of the greatest Folk Rock albums of them all
- "A delight, and because it never achieved the Top 40 radio ubiquity of later albums, it sounds fresh and distinct."

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Nearly White Hot StamperCat Stevens Teaser & The Firecat
(Item #: stevetease_1909_3)
 Our Price: $299.99

- An impressive copy of this Cat Stevens classic, with stunning Nearly Triple Plus (A++ to A+++) sound on both sides - just shy of our Shootout Winner
- This pressing is clearly fuller, bigger, more lively and more Tubey Magical than almost any other copy we played
- AMG 5 Stars and a Top 100 album - in some ways it's the Best Sounding record Cat Stevens ever made
- Tuesday’s Dead, Morning Has Broken, Bitterblue, Moonshadow, Peace Train - and that's just side two! What side of any album has five songs of such quality?

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Super Hot StamperCat Stevens Tea for the Tillerman
(Item #: steveteafo_1907_3_1909)
 Our Price: $299.99

- This superb UK Pink Rim Label Island pressing of TFTT - The Pinnacle of British Folk Rock from 1970 - earned solid Double Plus (A++) grades on both sides - exceptionally quiet vinyl too!
- This import is ALIVE with musical energy and Tubey Magical Analog sound the likes of which you may never have experienced
- The emotional power of the songs is communicated completely - we can assure you the experience will be like playing the album for the first time (so this is your chance!)
- 5 Stars on Allmusic, a stunning Demo Disc, and a permanent member of the Better Records Top 100

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White Hot StamperCat Stevens Catch Bull At Four (UK Island)
(Item #: stevecatch_1902_1907)
 Our Price: $199.99

- With Triple Plus (A+++) sound or close to it on both sides, this very specific UK pressing is absolutely amazing - the vinyl has issues though
- Bigger, more dynamic, more lively, more present and just plain more EXCITING than anything we heard - that's why it won our shootout
- This British pressing with the right stamper can show you the sweeter, tubier Midrange Magic that we is the hallmark of all the best Cat Stevens' recordings
- "Though some of the lyrics retain Cat’s fanciful imagery... he shows a new emotional directness, especially on side two, the albums "down" side. This is reflected in Cat’s singing, which becomes more assured and more emotive with each album."

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Super Hot Stamper (Quiet Vinyl)Cat Stevens Teaser & The Firecat
(Item #: stevetease_1901_7_9)
 Our Price: $149.99 Sale Price: $99.00 (You save $50.99 / 34%)

- This timeless Classic Folk Rock recording on the original A&M label offers superb Demo Disc Quality sound on both sides - exceptionally quiet vinyl too
- With Double Plus (A++) grades this copy is guaranteed to rock your world with their richness, clarity, transparency and ENERGY
- AMG 5 Stars and a Top 100 album - it just may be the Best Sounding record Cat Stevens ever made
- Tuesday’s Dead, Morning Has Broken, Bitterblue, Moonshadow, Peace Train - and that's just side two! What side of any album has five songs of such quality?

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Super Hot StamperCat Stevens Mona Bone Jakon
(Item #: stevemonab_1911)
 Our Price: $149.99

- Superb Double Plus (A++) sound throughout for Cat Stevens' brilliant third album - reasonably quiet vinyl too
- So transparent, open, and spacious that nuances and subtleties that escaped you before are now front and center
- When you hear I Wish I Wish and I Think I See The Light you will see why this is one of our favorite albums
- These originals are nearly impossible to find in good shape - this copy plays about as quietly as any of the dozen or so we have around
- "A delight, and because it never achieved the Top 40 radio ubiquity of later albums, it sounds fresh and distinct."

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Super Hot Stamper (Issues)Cat Stevens Teaser & The Firecat (UK Island)
(Item #: stevetease_1911)
 Our Price: $129.99

- This timeless Classic Folk Rock recording on the British Island label offers superb Demo Disc Quality sound on both sides - fairly quiet vinyl too
- With Double Plus (A++) grades this copy is guaranteed to rock your world with their richness, clarity, transparency, and ENERGY
- AMG 5 Stars and a Top 100 album - it just may be the Best Sounding record Cat Stevens ever made - quiet vinyl too
- Tuesday’s Dead, Morning Has Broken, Bitterblue, Moonshadow, Peace Train - and that's just side two! What side of any album has five songs of such quality?

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Super Hot StamperCat Stevens Catch Bull At Four (UK Island)
(Item #: stevecatch_1903_10_island)
 Our Price: $129.99

- With two outstanding Double Plus (A++) sides, this vintage UK Island pressing is guaranteed to beat any original pressing you have ever heard, from any country - and it will beat it by a wide margin
- The sound here is bigger, tubier, more dynamic, more lively, more present and just plain more EXCITING than anything you've heard before
- Many of Cat's best songs are on this one - Can't Keep It In, Angelsea, 18th Avenue, Freezing Steel and more
- "Celebrated and adored for his sanguine lyrics and irresistible hooks, Cat Stevens was one of the rare singer-songwriters capable of composing genuinely optimistic songs that didn't leave a sappy residue in listeners' ears."

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White Hot Stamper (With Issues)Cat Stevens Mona Bone Jakon
(Item #: stevemonab_1905_9)
 Our Price: $119.99

- With a Triple Plus (A+++) Shootout Winning side two and a superb Double Plus (A++) side one, this copy of Cat Stevens' brilliant third album will be very hard to beat
- So transparent, open, and spacious, nuances and subtleties that escaped you are now revealed as never before
- When you play I Wish I Wish and I Think I See The Light on this vintage pressing, we think you will agree with us that this is one of the greatest Folk Rock albums of them all
- These originals are nearly impossible to find in good shape - this copy has some problems but it sure sounds good!
- "A delight, and because it never achieved the Top 40 radio ubiquity of later albums, it sounds fresh and distinct."

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Super Hot StamperCat Stevens Teaser & The Firecat
(Item #: stevetease_1910)
 Our Price: $74.99

- This timeless Classic Folk Rock recording on the original A&M label offers superb Demo Disc Quality sound on both sides
- With Double Plus (A++) grades this copy is guaranteed to have the kind of richness, clarity, transparency and ENERGY you never knew was possible
- AMG 5 Stars and a Top 100 album - it just may be the Best Sounding record Cat Stevens ever made, but he made so many with amazingly good sound, who can say?
- Tuesday’s Dead, Morning Has Broken, Bitterblue, Moonshadow, Peace Train - and that's just side two! What side of any album has five songs of such quality?

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Super Hot StamperCat Stevens Catch Bull At Four
(Item #: stevecatch_1905_10)
 Our Price: $74.99

- With two outstanding Double Plus (A++) sides, this original pressing will be tough to beat - exceptionally quiet vinyl too
- Bigger, more dynamic, more lively, more present and just plain more EXCITING than anything you've heard before
- This one can show you the sweeter, tubier Midrange Magic that we love about Cat Stevens recordings
- Many of Cat's best songs are here - Can't Keep It In, Angelsea, 18th Avenue, Freezing Steel and more
- "Celebrated and adored for his sanguine lyrics and irresistible hooks, Cat Stevens was one of the rare singer-songwriters capable of composing genuinely optimistic songs that didn't leave a sappy residue in listeners' ears."

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Cat Stevens - Tea for the TillermanMaking Progress in Audio
(Item #: steveteafo_progress)


The following comments were written in 2004.
Hard Headed Woman is a song that has evolved dramatically over the last 20 years. If you've been making regular upgrades to your equipment and taking advantage of all the new technologies available at the front end, such as: vibration control, electromagnetic stabilization, better arms, better cartridges, better phono stages, better motors, fly wheels, Synchronous Drive Systems, better power cords, better power conditioning, to name just a few, you are no doubt able to reproduce this song much better than you were in the old days.

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MoFi Cat Stevens & TAS List ThoughtsThis Is Your Idea of a Super Disc?
(Item #: stevetease_tas)


We here at Better Records would like to give a shout out to The Man, Harry Pearson, for putting one of the worst MoFis of all time on his so-called Super Disc List, which, as we all know, is still the delight of nitwits around the world.In case you don’t already know, one of the worst sounding, if not THE WORST SOUNDING VERSION OF ALL TIME, is the Mobile Fidelity Anadisq pressing that came out in the ’90s. If you own that record, you really owe it to yourself to pull it out and play it. It’s just a mess and it should sound like a mess, whether you have anything else to compare it to or not.

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