Stevens, Cat - Mona Bone Jakon (Import Vinyl) - White Hot Stamper

So many copies excel in some areas but fall flat in others. This copy has it all going on -- all the Tubey Magic, all the energy, all the presence and so on. The sound is high-rez yet so natural, free from the phony Hi-Fi-ish quality that you hear on many pressings, especially the reissues on the second label. Right off the bat, I want to say this is a work of genius. Cat Stevens made three records that belong in the Pantheon of greatest popular recordings of all time. In the world of Folk Pop, Mona Bone Jakon, Teaser and the Firecat and Tea for the Tillerman have few peers. There may be other Folk Pop recordings that are as good but we know of none that are better. Mike Bobak was the engineer for these sessions from 1970. He is the man responsible for some of the best sounding records made back in the day: The Faces' Long Player, Cat Stevens' Mona Bone Jakon, Rod Stewart's Never a Dull Moment, The Kinks' Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One, (and lots of other Kinks alb