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But for the average consumer without a $5,000 rig: It is the definitive master. Final Listening Notes Put on your best headphones. Play the 24/96 FLAC of the title track. Listen at 2:34—the saxophone builds, the strings rise, and Stewart sings, "Now the year of the cat..."

Al Stewart didn't make a recording; he built a cathedral of sound. Do not listen to it through a brick wall. Listen in 24/96. Al Stewart Year of the Cat vinyl vs CD, Year of the Cat 24bit 96kHz review, high-resolution audio Al Stewart, best master of Year of the Cat, FLAC download vs vinyl record.

In the pantheon of 1970s singer-songwriter masterpieces, few albums occupy the strange, beautiful crossroads of folk intimacy, orchestral grandeur, and progressive storytelling quite like Al Stewart’s 1976 landmark, Year of the Cat .