Recorded all over the world including los angeles dubai brussels and london the album features 10 brand new studio recordings including five originals and five carefully chosen cover songs.
Cat stevens tell them i m gone vinyl.
True fans may be aware that leadbelly has.
New yusuf cat stevens album tell em i m gone vinyl available nov.
Third album from the man formerly known as cat stevens and his follow up to 2009 s roadsinger recorded all over the world from los angeles to dubai the album sees islam returning to the early blues and r b that inspired him as a young man crafting a powerful and ruminative collection.
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Tell em i m gone was produced with the legendary rick rubin and sees yusuf explore some of his bluesier influences.
He has created something here that includes both his own compositions but also cover songs of his idols from his youth.
Tell em i m gone is not just a new album.
Recorded all over the world including los angeles dubai brussels and london the album features 10 brand new studio recordings including five originals and five carefully chosen cover songs.
Tell em i m gone confirms that yusuf still has the talent and passion that made him a star as cat stevens but the efforts to find a new sound for him don t quite work and rubin doesn t quite catch the light but emphatic touch of yusuf s salad days.
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Tell em i m gone features musical contributions from richard thompson blues harmonica legend charlie.
Maybe a full reunion with paul samwell smith would be worthwhile for yusuf s next album.
In many ways the album ties in with foreigner and numbers in that he is temporarily putting aside his more recognisable folky sound in order to indulge in the other musical traditions that have had a significant impact upon him.
It is yusuf s third mainstream release since his return to music and his first one in five years since 2009 s acclaimed roadsinger.
Yusuf islam born stephen demetre georgiou in 1948 as and in the 1960s became known under the pseudonym cat stevens bringing with tell em i m gone 2014 an ode to his childhood heroes leadbelly howlin wolf and jimmy reed.
Tell em i m gone is the first new yusuf aka cat stevens album since 2009 s acclaimed roadsinger.
The album was released on 27 october 2014 by legacy recordings.
2014 vinyl lp pressing of the first yusuf album since 2009 s acclaimed roadsinger.
To do this he r b a number of covert classics but also songs of procol harum and edgar winter.
It is probably a new chapter in the life of yusuf cat stevens.