Al Stewart – “The Year Of The Cat”, “On The Border”, “Time Passages”

Was 1978 “The Year Of The Cat”, when – I think – I heard the song of the same name by Al Stewart all the time?

Well, the song itself apparently came out in 1977.

It was helped on its way to success by none other than Alan Parsons, and was, it seems, part of the inspiration for him to establish The Alan Parsons Project. He then went on to produce the album “Time Passages”.

Anyway, without further ado, here’s “The Year Of The Cat” from Al Stewart:

Presumably from the same album, and also a hit shortly after or thereabouts, was “On The Border”:

And, as mentioned, a later album was “Time Passages”, which must have been successful because I certainly remember it well:

I don’t remember much else about him though, and I’m not even sure if I knew what he looked like!

Just now on seeing the videos I thought he looked very young.

I guess that could have something to do with time passages…. or at least time passing…

Paul

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