Al Stewart and Peter Wood wrote 'Year of the cat', the title track of Stewart's 1976 album. The lyric tells the story of a tourist who meets a hippie girl in an exotic market, stays the night with her, and thus misses his tour bus. The album version of the track includes many instrumental passages and clocks in at 6 minutes and 37 seconds. This single version is edited down to 3 minutes and 25 seconds, which is way too short in my opinion.The single reached number 8 in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, number 31 in the UK singles chart and number 6 in the Dutch Top 40.
My collection: 7" single no. 4818
Found: Record fair, Utrecht, April 10, 2010
Cost: 0,5 euro
Tracks: 'Year of the cat' / 'Broadway Hotel'
Great choice, so much good music (and lyrics) from Al Stewart - great to hear this again.
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