Four months after releasing "I'm Gonna Get Me A Gun", Deram was ready to put out another release from one of their biggest stars, Cat Stevens. Released in July of '67, "A Bad Night" starts quietly, just Cat and a guitar, but then the bass comes in, the drums stumble in and Cat's delivery is suddenly much more urgent. This song seems to be about a relationship that just went south. It gets the full out production treatment, including some tasteful flanging, until the end when it seemingly pauses for a second, and then blasts back with Arthur Greenslade's full orchestral might. It headed up the chart, and hit number 20. It stayed in the UK charts for an 8 week run. Cat was working on his 2nd long player at this point, which was released before Christmas, called "New Masters" and he is pictured on the album cover as if he was some new classical master. Perhaps he was. Another 4 months would pass before his next single. Cat's star continued to rise. I've included his lip synched performance from Beat Club, Sept 23rd, 1967, which has the beginning clipped off and then the full 45 version
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