Cat Stevens: Cat's Back With The Cream...
Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 11 July 1970
LAST WEEK SAW the return of Cat Stevens to the MM chart after a disappearance act worthy of Houdini. It is 12 months since the release of his last single 'Where Are You', which failed to register, and even longer since the day when the name Cat Stevens on a record label meant instant success.
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