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Cat Stevens records finished versions of his songs I Love My Dog and Portobello
Road, with producer Mike Hurst, in London, UK. The melody for I Love My Dog was inspired when Stevens heard jazz saxophonist Yusef Lateef's 1961 track The Plum Blossom. The bassist on I Love My Dog is session man John Paul Jones, later to join Led Zeppelin. Another revered session man, Nicky Hopkins, plays piano.
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