Yusuf's Café Session

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Yusuf's Café Session
Live album by Yusuf (formerly Cat Stevens )

Publication
(s)

2007

Label (s) Universal

Format (s)

DVD

Genre (s)

pop

Title (number)

15th

running time

150: 00 (DVD)

occupation
  • Yusuf: guitar, vocals
  • Alun Davies: acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Peter Adams: Keyboards
  • John Themis: electric and acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Trevor Barry: Bass
  • Perry Melius: drums
  • Mike Smith: Saxophone
  • Tim Robinson: violin
  • Ali Tufnekci: Nay flute
  • Mathaios Tsahourides, John Gibbons, Wayne Hernandez: vocals and backing vocals

production

Yusuf Islam

Location (s)

Porchester Hall, London

chronology
An Other Cup
(2006) 		Yusuf's Café Session Roadsinger - To Warm You Through the Night
(2009)

Yusuf's Café Session is the first live album by the singer and songwriter Yusuf .

history

Yusuf's first live album (DVD only) was released in November 2007 and was recorded for the BBC in April 2007 as part of promotional purposes for the album An Other Cup . This is the first complete concert since November 22, 1979 (“Year of the Child” Unicef ​​concert). When selecting the fifteen tracks, six tracks from his career under the stage name Cat Stevens and six tracks from his current studio album were selected. The Little Ones comes from the creative period as Yusuf Islam, the live set also contains two pieces by Yusuf (Islam) / Cat Stevens ( Wind East & West and How Long / Peace Train Blues ).

On page 10 of the sixteen-page DVD booklet there is the following sentence, which calls for religious tolerance and a peaceful life: “I don't think that God sent us prophets and books to fight about these books and these prophets. But they were telling us, actually, how to live together. If we ignore those teachings… whichever faith you belong, you profess, then I think we'll be finding ourselves in an even deeper mess, ”for example:“ I don't believe that God has sent us prophets and books to discuss them Books and prophets to quarrel. Rather, they told us how to live together. If we disregard these teachings - whatever religion we belong to - then I believe we will find ourselves in an even deeper crisis ”.

Track list

All songs (unless otherwise mentioned) were written or arranged by Yusuf / Yusuf Islam / Cat Stevens.

  1. Wind East & West
  2. The wind
  3. Midday (Avoid City After Dark)
  4. Don't be shy
  5. Maybe there's a world
  6. In the end
  7. Where Do the Children Play
  8. The Little Ones
  9. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Benjamin, Marcus, Caldwell)
  10. Heaven / Where True Love Goes
  11. How Long / Peace Train Blues (Leroy Carr, Yusuf Islam)
  12. The Beloved
  13. Father & Son
  14. Wild World (Zulu version)
  15. Peace Train

Bonus title:

  1. Storytime: A Few Good Songs (BBC Production)
  2. Short film One More Cup
  3. Video Heaven / There True Love Goes
  4. Video Midday (Avoid City After Dark)
  5. Settee version of the Peace Train
  6. Settee Version Midday (Avoid City After Dark)