Kypros - Cat Stevens

Stupid little story to go with this track.

This one, along with a whole list of tracks from the 1970s, appeared in a series of tapes used by the BBC for their BBC2 trade test transmissions from late 1979 - 1983.

The list:-

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¨BBC 2 TRADE TEST TAPE

BLN08/704B532 In service 9th November 1979 – 9th May 1983

ITEM - NUMBER - DURATION

BABY I’M A WANT YOU - TAIR78043 - 2’25”
Com: David Gates
Pub: EMI / Screen Gems
Bread

GROUPIE - SRP7777 - 3’13”
Com: Bramlett / Russell
Pub: Rondor
Pacific Pops Orchestra

REMEMBER THE DAYS (of the Old School Yard) - TAIR78011 - 2’44”
Com: Cat Stevens
Pub: Ashtar Music
Cat Stevens

WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND - SRP7776 - 2’38”
Com: Michel Legrand
Pub: United Artists
Claude Ciari

LIVE AND LET DIE - AIR78007 - 3’21”
Com: Paul McCartney
Pub: United Artists
Wings

DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN - TSRP7746 - 3’06”
Com: Elton John / Bernie Taupin
Pub: Big Pig Music
Radioplay Pops Orchestra

KYPROS - TAIR78011 - 3’10”
Com: Cat Stevens
Pub: Ashtar Music
Cat Stevens
10” Yellow Leader

GUITAR MAN - TAIR78043 - 3’42”
Com: David Gates
Pub: EMI / Screen Gems
Bread

WHEELS - AIR78071 - 2’19”
Com: Petty
Pub: Petford Music
Golden Dream Orchestra

SOMEDAY MAN - TAIR78038 - 2’38”
Com: Nichols / Williams
Pub: EMI / Screen Gems
Monkees

YESTERDAY ONCE MORE - AIR78070 - 3’21”
Com: Richard Carpenter
Pub: Petford Music
Golden Dream Orchestra



BLN08/704B532 Page Two

ITEM - NUMBER - DURATION

NOBODY DOES IT BETTER - AIR78007 - 3’30”
Com: Marvin Hamlisch / Carol Bayer Sager
Pub: United Artists
Carly Simon

MICHELLE - AIR78070 - 4’06”
Com: Lennon / McCartney
Pub: Petford Music Ltd
Golden Dream Orchestra

10” Yellow Leader

DAY DREAM BELIEVER - TAIR78038 - 2’53”
Com: Stewart
Pub: EMI / Screen Gems
Monkees

ALONE AGAIN NATURALLY - TSRP7721 - 2’15”
Com: Gilbert O’Sullivan
Pub: MAM
Airforce Academy Falconaires

MAKE IT WITH YOU - TAIR78043 - 3’11”
Com: David Gates
Pub: EMI / Screen Gems
Bread

LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER - SRP7777 - 2’32”
Com: Neil Sedaka / Greenfield
Pub: Kirschner
Pacific Pops Orchestra

THIS GUY’S IN LOVE WITH YOU - TAIR78069 - 2’52”
Com: Hal David / Burt Bacharach
Pub: Blue Seas
Golden Dream Orchestra

IF - AIR78043 - 2’33”
Com: David Gates
Pub: EMI / Screen Gems
Bread

AIN’T NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY - TAIR78008 - 3’23”
Com: Schock
Pub: EMI / Screen Gems
Helen Reddy

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 Hard to imagine, but this tape would probably have had more kids sitting listening to it than most TV shows. As a matter of fact, many kids sat and recorded these tracks and played them on cassette, over and over, until the tapes themselves grew warped.

Imagine the disappointment of a whole generation of kids when transmission of this tape ceased, in May 1983, and the tracks were heard no more.

In my case the disappointment was so much the greater because I never had the chance to record the track listed above. I didn't even know what it was called, and there were no Cat Stevens fans in my school as far as I could tell.

So, for the longest time, I wondered what that track had been called, who'd composed it and whether or not I would ever hear it again.

Until now.

Nostalgia. Enjoy.