In 1971, Cat Stevens, a.k.a. Yusuf Islam, built upon the success of his first two albums for Island Records (U.K.) and A&M Records (U.S.) with Teaser and the Firecat.  Featuring three of the singer-songwriter's most beloved songs - "Peace Train," "Moonshadow," and an adaptation of the hymn "Morning Has Broken" - Teaser became his first U.K. and U.S. top five chart entry, reaching No. 2 on both charts.  Following last year's 50th anniversary deluxe reissues of Mona Bone Jakon and Tea for the Tillerman, Teaser and the Firecat will return from A&M/UMe on November 12 in various editions.

With its frequently gentle melodies, alternately romantic and socially aware lyrics, and varied arrangements (including bouzouki and Caribbean flavors), Teaser vaulted Stevens to the forefront of the singer-songwriter movement.  Both "Peace Train" and "Morning Has Broken" went top 10 on the U.S. Pop chart and topped the Adult Contemporary survey, with the latter inspiring covers from an array of artists including Johnny Mathis and Floyd Cramer.  "Moonshadow" fared almost as well, reaching the top 30 in the U.S. and U.K. and No. 10 AC.  It would inspire covers from the eclectic likes of Roger Whittaker and Labelle and much later provide the basis of a musical.  Other songs from Teaser went on to have further lives, too.  "The Wind" has appeared in films including Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous and Wes Anderson's Rushmore.  The LP made an impact throughout the world, including in Australia where it became the biggest-selling album of 1972.

The centerpiece of the upcoming campaign for Teaser and the Firecat is a lavish Super Deluxe Edition boasting 4 CDs, 1 Blu-ray, 2 LPs, and a 7-inch vinyl single.  It premieres a remixed and remastered version of the original album on CD and BD, plus 41 previously unreleased tracks and 21 live performances released for the first time.  Among the audio treasures are demos, alternate mixes, and reinterpretations (in the latter category, a new reworking by the older Yusuf of the album's final track, "Bitterblue²").  The 7-inch single has "Moonshadow" backed with Spike Milligan's narration from the 1977 Teaser and the Firecat animated short.  The film itself is one of the features on the Blu-ray.  A 44-page, 12" booklet replicates the original, long out-of-print Teaser and the Firecat storybook (written and illustrated by Stevens) with text in ten languages, while another, 108-page hardcover 12" book has liner notes and more.  It's all housed in a clamshell box in the style of the recent expansions of Mona Bone Jakon, Tea for the Tillerman, and Back to Earth.  Yusuf's son Yoriyos has curated and designed each box.

UMe will also offer a slightly slimmed down, slipcased version of the Super Deluxe Edition with the 108-page book in softcover format and no LPs.  The 4 CDs and Blu-ray will be identical.  The original album will also be available in 1-CD and 1-LP editions along with a 2-CD version with 13 bonus tracks.  David Hefti has remixed Teaser and the Firecat and it's been mastered at Abbey Road Studios under the supervision of original album producer Paul Samwell-Smith.

Note that collectors should hold onto the 2008 Deluxe Edition of Teaser.  While the demos from that release have been carried over, the live recordings from The Troubadour 1971 ("Moonshadow"), Royal Albert Hall 1972 ("Bitterblue"), The Majikat Earth Tour 1976 ("Tuesday's Dead"), Royal Albert Hall 2003 ("Peace Train"), and Yusuf's Café 2006 ("The Wind") have not been reprised on these new editions.

A previously unreleased demo of "Moonshadow" recorded in 1970 at Olympic Studios in London is now streaming on YouTube and other services.  This recording predates the release of both Mona Bone Jakon and Tea for the Tillerman.

The various editions of Yusuf/Cat Stevens' Teaser and the Firecat are due from A&M/UMe on November 12.  You'll find pre-order links and the track listings below.

Cat Stevens, Teaser and the Firecat (Island ILPS 9154 (U.K.) / A&M SP-4313 (U.S.), 1971 - reissued A&M/UMe, 2021)

4CD/1BD/2LP/7" Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
4CD/1BD Super Deluxe Edition (identical contents sans vinyl LPs and single): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 

CD 1: Teaser and the Firecat (50th Anniversary Remaster)

1. The Wind
2. Rubylove
3. If I Laugh
4. Changes IV
5. How Can I Tell You
6. Tuesday's Dead
7. Morning Has Broken
8. Bitterblue
9. Moonshadow
10. Peace Train

CD 2: Demos, Alternate Versions, Bonus Tracks (* from Teaser and the Firecat: Deluxe Edition, A&M CD B0012187-02, 2008)

1. The Wind (Dubville Sessions 2020)
2. Rubylove (Studio Demo) (*)
3. If I Laugh (Studio Demo) (*)
4. Changes IV (Alternate Mix, 1971)
5. How Can I Tell You (Studio Demo) (*)
6. Tuesday's Dead (Studio Demo)
7. Morning Has Broken (Basing Street Rehearsal)
8. Bitterblue (Basing Street Rehearsal)
9. Moonshadow (Olympic Studio Demo, 1970)
10. Peace Train (Extended String Mix, 1971)
11. The Day They Make Me Tsar (Studio Demo)
12. I Want To Live In A Wigwam (B-side of "Morning Has Broken")
13. Fisherman Song (Studio Demo)
14. Changes IV (Studio Demo) (*)
15. Tuesday's Dead (Alternate Mix, 1971)
16. Morning Has Broken (Studio Demo) (*)
17. Bitterblue² (Reimagined 2021)

 CD 3: Live on Air, UK, 1971

1. Moonshadow (BBC Radio Session, 8th November 1970)
2. Tuesday's Dead (BBC Radio Session, 23rd March 1971)
3. How Can I Tell You (BBC Radio Session, 23rd March 1971)
4. Peace Train (BBC Radio Session, 23rd March 1971)
5. Moonshadow (BBC Radio Session, 23rd March 1971)
6. Bitterblue (BBC Radio Session, 23rd March 1971)
7. Moonshadow (Out Front: Cat Stevens And Friends, Yorkshire Television, 7th September 1971)
8. Where Do The Children Play? (Out Front: Cat Stevens And Friends, Yorkshire Television, 7th September 1971)
9. Longer Boats (Out Front: Cat Stevens And Friends, Yorkshire Television, 7th September 1971)
10. Tuesday's Dead (Out Front: Cat Stevens And Friends, Yorkshire Television, 7th September 1971)
11. Sad Lisa (Out Front: Cat Stevens And Friends, Yorkshire Television, 7th September 1971)
12. Hard Headed Woman (Out Front: Cat Stevens And Friends, Yorkshire Television, 7th September 1971)
13. Father and Son (Out Front: Cat Stevens And Friends, Yorkshire Television, 7th September 1971)
14. If I Laugh (The Old Grey Whistle Test, BBC TV, 5th October 1971)
15. Changes IV (The Old Grey Whistle Test, BBC TV, 5th October 1971)
16. Moonshadow (Cat Stevens In Concert, BBC TV, 27th November 1971)
17. Tuesday's Dead (Cat Stevens In Concert, BBC TV, 27th November 1971)
18. How Can I Tell You (Cat Stevens In Concert, BBC TV, 27th November 1971)
19. Bitterblue (Cat Stevens In Concert, BBC TV, 27th November 1971)
20. Changes IV (Cat Stevens In Concert, BBC TV, 27th November 1971)

CD 4: Live In Montreux, 2nd May 1971

1. Intro (Live In Montreux, 2nd May 1971)
2. Hard Headed Woman (Live In Montreux, 2nd May 1971)
3. On The Road To Find Out (Live In Montreux, 2nd May 1971)
4. Wild World (Live In Montreux, 2nd May 1971)
5. Longer Boats (Live In Montreux, 2nd May 1971)
6. Maybe You're Right (Live In Montreux, 2nd May 1971)
7. Sad Lisa (Live In Montreux, 2nd May 1971)
8. Miles From Nowhere (Live In Montreux, 2nd May 1971)
9. Katmandu (Live In Montreux, 2nd May 1971)
10. Lady D'Arbanville (Live In Montreux, 2nd May 1971)
11. Father And Son (Live In Montreux, 2nd May 1971)
12. Where Do The Children Play? (Live In Montreux, 2nd May 1971)
13. Peace Train (Live In Montreux, 2nd May 1971)

Blu-ray (24bit/48kHz audio)

Teaser and the Firecat (50th Anniversary Remaster)

1. The Wind
2. Rubylove
3. If I Laugh
4. Changes IV
5. How Can I Tell You
6. Tuesday's Dead
7. Morning Has Broken
8. Bitterblue
9. Moonshadow
10. Peace Train

Video

1. The Wind
2. Moonshadow

Cat Stevens, Live in Montreux, Switzerland (2nd May 1971)

1. Longer Boats
2. Sad Lisa
3. Wild World
4. Katmandu
5. Lady D'Arbanville
6. Where Do The Children Play?
7. Peace Train

Out Front: Cat Stevens and Friends (Yorkshire TV) (7th September 1971)

1. Moonshadow
2. Where Do The Children Play?
3. Longer Boats
4. Tuesday's Dead
5. Sad Lisa
6. Hard Headed Woman
7. Father And Son

The Old Grey Whistle Test (BBC TV) (5th October 1971)

1. If I Laugh
2. Changes IV

Cat Stevens in Concert (BBC TV) (27th November 1971)

1. Moon Shadow
2. Tuesday's Dead
3. How Can I Tell You
4. Bitterblue
5. Changes IV

LP 1: Teaser and the Firecat: Alternative Versions

Side 1

1. The Wind (Dubville Sessions 2020)
2. Rubylove (Studio Demo)
3. If I Laugh (Studio Demo)
4. Changes IV (Studio Demo)
5. How Can I Tell You (Studio Demo)

Side 2

1. Tuesday's Dead (Studio Demo)
2. Morning Has Broken (Basing Street Rehearsal)
3. Bitterblue (Basing Street Rehearsal)
4. Moonshadow (Olympic Studio Demo, 1970)
5. Peace Train (Extended String Mix, 1971)

LP 2: Live 1971

Side 1: Live in Montreux, 2nd May 1971

1. Hard Headed Woman
2. Wild World
3. Lady D'Arbanville
4. Father And Son
5. Peace Train

Side 2: Live at the BBC, 1971

1. Moonshadow (BBC Radio Session, 23rd March 1971)
2. If I Laugh (The Old Grey Whistle Test, 5th October 1971)
3. Tuesday's Dead (Cat Stevens in Concert, 27th November 1971)
4. How Can I Tell You (Cat Stevens in Concert, 27th November 1971)
5. Bitterblue (Cat Stevens in Concert, 27th November 1971)
6. Changes IV (Cat Stevens in Concert, 27th November 1971)

7" SINGLE

1. Moonshadow
2. Spike Milligan narration

1CD (Original Album Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
1LP (Original Album Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD
2CD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

CD 1: Teaser and the Firecat (50th Anniversary Remaster)

1. The Wind
2. Rubylove
3. If I Laugh
4. Changes IV
5. How Can I Tell You
6. Tuesday's Dead
7. Morning Has Broken
8. Bitterblue
9. Moonshadow
10. Peace Train

CD 2: Demos, Alternate Versions, Bonus Tracks (* from Teaser and the Firecat: Deluxe Edition, A&M CD B0012187-02, 2008)

1. The Wind (Dubville Sessions 2020)
2. Rubylove (Studio demo) (*)
3. If I Laugh (The Old Grey Whistle Test, BBC TV, 5th October 1971)
4. Changes IV (Studio demo) (*)
5. How Can I Tell You (Studio demo) (*)
6. Tuesday's Dead (BBC Radio Session, 23rd March 1971)
7. Morning Has Broken (Basing Street Rehearsal, 1975)
8. Bitterblue² (Reimagined 2021)
9. Moonshadow (Olympic studio demo, 1970)
10. Peace Train (Extended String Mix, 1971)
11. The Day They Make Me Tsar (Studio Demo)
12. Fisherman Song (Studio Demo)
13. I Want To Live In A Wigwam ("Morning Has Broken" B-side)