a Star" Reggie Young – electric guitar on "(I Never Wanted) to Be a Star" Bruce Lynch – bass guitar, music sequencer on "Was Dog a Doughnut?" David Hood – bass guitar on "Killin' Time" and "Child for a Day" Andy Newmark – drums and percussion on "(Remember the Days of the) Old Schoolyard" and "Kypros" and "Bonfire" and "Sweet Jamaica" Bill Berg – drums and percussion on "Life" and "(I Never Wanted) to Be a Star" and "Crazy" Barry Morgan – additional drums on "Life" Roger Hawkins – drums and 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" Gene Page – string and brass arrangements Production Producers – Cat Stevens, Dave Kershenbaum Engineers – Harvey Goldberg, Mike Stavros, Ian Boughey, Nigel Walker, Flemming Rasmussen, Tom Jung, Paul Martinson, Nick Blagona, Mike Ross, Freddy Hansson, Steve Brandon, Jerry Masters, Gene Eichelberger, Dee Robb, John Kelly, Ken Frieson Mastering – Ted Jensen, Bernie Grundman Mixing – Claude Dupras Design – Mathieu Bitton Programming – Cat Stevens, Claude Dupras Supervisor – Bill Levenson Illustrations – Cat Stevens Cover Designs – Cat Stevens, Eckford Stimpson Photography – Moshe Brakha Coordinator – Beth Stempel Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Singles Cat Stevens duet with Elkie Brooks, "Remember the Days of the Old Schoolyard", but Linda Lewis appears in the song's video. In Canada, the additional singles "Sweet Jamaica" and "Was Dog A Doughnut" reached numbers 98 and 79 respectively. Certifications and sales References 1977 albums A&M Records albums Albums arranged by David Campbell (composer) Albums arranged by Gene Page Albums produced by David Kershenbaum Albums recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Cat Stevens albums Island Records albums