Izitso Released: May 28, 1977 Label: Island Records/A&M Records Track listing
All tracks composed by Cat Stevens; except where indicated Side one 01 "(Remember the Days of the) Old Schoolyard" - 2:44 duet with Elkie Brooks. 02 "Life" - 4:56 03 "Killin' Time" - 3:30 04 "Kypros" - 3:10 05 "Bonfire" - 4:10 Side two 06 "(I Never Wanted) To Be a Star" - 3:03 07 "Crazy" - 3:33 08 "Sweet Jamaica" - 3:31 09 "Was Dog a Doughnut?" (Stevens, Bruce Lynch, Jean Roussel) - 4:15 10 "Child for a Day" (Paul Travis, David Gordon) - 4:23 Personnel "(Remember the Days of the) Old Schoolyard" MENU0:00 A sample of "(Remember the Days of the) Old Schoolyard" from Izitso. It was an early example of synthpop and Cat Stevens' last top 40 hit single of the 1970s. "Was Dog a Doughnut?" MENU0:00 A sample of "Was Dog a Doughnut?" from Izitso. It was one of the first examples of electro, or techno-pop. Problems listening to these files? See media help. Cat Stevens - Epiphone casino guitar, Ovation guitar, electric guitar, acoustic and steel guitars, guitar synthesizer, bouzouki, keyboards, piano, celesta, harpsichord, wurlitzer electric piano, fender rhodes, Polymoog, Moog synthesizer, Minimoog, ARP String Synthesizer, ARP 2600, Yamaha CS-80, Yamaha GX-1, Yamaha EA5R electronic organ, music sequencer,[5] drums, percussion, harmonica, brass, arrangements, vocals Jean Roussel - Hammond organ, piano, Organ, synthesizer, ARP String Synthesizer, Yahama CS-80, keyboards, flute, glockenspiel, vibraphone, string instruments, brass instruments, arrangements Chick Corea - electric piano, keyboards on "Bonfire" and "Was Dog a Doughnut?" Barry Beckett - piano, electric piano, Organ, keyboards on "Killin' Time" and "Child for a Day" Tim Henson - acoustic piano, piano, Organ, keyboards on "Killin' Time" and "Child for a Day" Little Brother Montgomery - ARP 2600 on "Was Dog a Doughnut?" Broderick Smith - harmonica on "Sweet Jamaica" Marjorie Lagerwall - harp on "Sweet Jamaica" Ray Gomez - guitar on "Was Dog A Doughnut?" Pete Carr - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, steel guitar, ovation guitar, Epiphone Casino, guitar synthesizer, bouzouki Jim Johnson - rhythm guitar on "Killin' Time" Weldon Myrick - steel guitar on "(I Never Wanted) to Be a Star" Reggie Young - electric guitar on "(I Never Wanted) to Be a Star" Bruce Lynch - double bass, electbass, bass synthesizer David Hood - double bass, bass, bass synthesizer on "Killin' Time" and "Child For A Day" Andy Newmark - drums, percussion on "(Remember the Days of the) Old Schoolyard" and "Kypros" and "Bonfire" and "Sweet Jamaica" Bill Berg - drums, percussion on "Life" and (I Never Wanted) to Be a Star" and "Crazy" Barry Morgan - drums, percussion "Life" and "Was Dog a Doughnut?" Roger Hawkins - drums, percussion on "Killin' Time" and "Child for a Day" Elkie Brooks - Vocals on "(Remember the Days of the) Old Schoolyard" Suzanne Lynch - backing vocals on "(Remember the Days of the) Old Schoolyard" and "Life" and "Sweet Jamaica" Carla Benson - backing vocals on "Sweet Jamaica" Evette Benton - backing vocals on "Sweet Jamaica" Barbara Ingram - backing vocals on "Sweet Jamaica" David Campbell - string instruments, brass, arrangements Gene Page - string instruments, brass instruments, arrangements Production
Producers - Cat Stevens, Dave Kershenbaum Engineers - Harvey Goldberg, Mike Stavros, Ian Boughey, Nigel Walker, Flemming Rasmussen, Tom Jung, Paul Martinson, Nick Bla