Conference marvin::uk_music

    	Yes, she is still making albums. She lives in the heart of Kent,
    and has a converted cottage just down the road, which is her studio.
    The last album she released - "The hounds of love" - took her two
    years to write and record. Since then, the only "new" material she
    has released was a re-recording of her first British hit, "Wuthering
    Heights". Other albums of hers you may wish to look for, or, better
    still, listen to, are:
    
    	"The Kick Inside" - her first album, good early KB stuff
    
    	"Lionheart" - second album, not quite so good to my mind, but
    		      OK.
    
    	"Never for Ever" - excellent stuff!
    
    	I can give you (a lot) more details if you want.
    
    	Keith

    Isn't there a rare Bush track on a film soundtrack,which hasn't
    been released in the uk yet? I think it was spmething she recorded
    specially quite recently-I'll try and find the name of the film,or
    maybe someone out there knows it?
    
    Mike

Thanks for the replies.

re.1 Keith,

I'd appreciate any (lots of) details about Kate Bush. 

I bought 'The Kick Inside' shortly after seeing Kate on TV, and I enjoyed the 
album.

About two months ago I found her 'Hounds of Love' album in the discount
bin and bought it. That album blew me away. I can see why it took her two
years to write it. Every time I listen to it I find something new to like. 

I bought 'Lionheart' a couple of weeks ago. I didn't like it very much at 
first, but after listening a few more times I'm enjoying it almost as much
as 'Hounds of Love'. Anyway, I've ordered 'The Dreaming', and I'll have to 
look for 'Never for Ever'. I've also seen 'The Whole Story' which appears 
to be a Kate Bush greatest hits sort of thing with a new vocal of 'Wuthering 
Heights'. On the album jacket it says 'available in video', but I haven't 
seen the video sold here. There's also a video release of a live performance.

I know that Kate Bush is a very talented singer, songwriter, record producer,
pianist, choreographer, mime (anything else?), and she's influenced by the 
likes of  David Gilmour, and that she's a beautiful woman, as well. (all
this from record album jackets)
 
So, yes, I'd like to know a lot more about Kate Bush.

Thanks,
Henry

    RE: .2
    
    I'm not sure the name of the song, but she does perform on the
    sondtrack of _She's Having a Baby_.
    
    -Scott

    Finally, a KT conference!  (KT is what she is informally known by, as
    in "Katie" - her first band was called the KT Bush Band).  In fact, if
    you're clever (or even not so clever) you can find the KT symbol hidden
    on every album cover somewhere (except NEVER FOR EVER).
    
    As for video compilations, there's THE SINGLE FILE which you can get
    for cheap in the UK and for the price of the national debt in the
    States. (The only way to get it in NTSC format is from Japan)  The
    Single File has the videos for:
    	Wuthering Heights
    	The Man With the Child In His Eyes
    	Them Heavy People
    	Wow �not the version on THE WHOLE STORY�
    	Hammer Horror
    	Babooshka
    	Breathing
    	Army Dreamers
    	Sat In Your Lap
    	There Goes a Tenner
    	Suspended in Gaffa
    These are basically all her singles up to 1982.  THE WHOLE STORY has
    the videos for the songs on the LP, plus the video for "The Big Sky",
    and the video for "Wow" is just an amalgam of unrelated footage from
    the embarrasing-to-watch 1979 concert video "Kate Bush Live at
    Hammersmith Odeon".  Highly reccommended, considering Kate was one of
    the first artists to consider videos more than just "promo films".
    
    Kate also recently turned 30 on July 30th.
    
    If you like "The Kick Inside" and "Hounds of Love" (no preceding
    "The"), "The Dreaming" is going to flip you out from the first pounding
    12/8 measure of "Sat In Your Lap".  As an official Lord High Mucky-Muck
    of the First Church of Our Kate of Perennial Warmth, I can testify
    absolutely to its stature as the Best G-D Album Ever Recorded On the
    Face of the Earth, SGT PEPPER Doesn't Even Come Close, Just You Wait
    And See.   No, I'm serious.  You think I'm joking.  I'm serious!
    
    
    Waiting for someone to ask, "What does GAFFA mean?",
    joe
    

    Re: .3
     The Whole Story is indeed available in the U.S. 
    I'm not the biggest fan of "KT" but A friend has bought everything
    that he can get his hands on, and I think enough of her talent to
    have some knowledge of her stuff.  

    RE: .2 & .4
    
    Yes Scot,
    
    The track your thinking of is "This Womans Work is done" on
    the soundtrack of "She's having a Baby". The track is excellent,
    but the rest of the album is very average. Also another soundtrack
    that Kate has a track on is "Castaway". The whole album is brilliant
    with most of the other tracks written & performed by Brian Eno.
    
    If anyone is really interested in KT, then I'd recommend you subscribe
    to the USENET group rec.music.gaffa which is available on node ashby::
                                                                   
    Martin!

    She also released the single EXPERIMENT IV since HoL, and it appears
    on The Whole Story compilation album - and video, too.
    
    Paul...(Kate Bush Club and Homeground member)
    

    Didn't realise we had such knowledgeable Kate Bush fans! My only
    claim to fame is that I know where her cottage recording studio
    is...
    
    I'm out the office until the middle of next week, but if there is
    anything that I know about her which hasn't appeared in here by
    then I'll put another reply in.
    
    Keith

    You can't leave me in suspense like this...
    
    Where is the recording studio ?!?!
    Paul.

.10�    Where is the recording studio ?!?!

	I told you in .0 - "somewhere in Kent"
    
    Hee hee!

    %^$@%^*^@!!?!?!@!#&%&(@)*  !!!
    
    Now that's a rotten trick...but then again I might have it in a
    book somewhere.....
    
    Paul :-}

    Near-ish to Gatwick (yes I know Gatwick isn't in Kent).

    Yes, I second the motion that anyone interested in KT subscribe to 
    rec.music.gaffa (more commonly known as "Love Hounds").
    
    It appears about once every two days when moderator Doug Alan (MIT
    student and keesh dude extraordinaire) is on a roll.  It's full of
    facts and lots of �great? discussions and stuff.  They also talk about
    more general music topics, though they stay in the realm of the
    "alternative".
    
    Correction:  Originally titled "Make It Go Away" (which I like better),
    the song from "She's Having A John Hughes Film" is "This Woman's Work".
    "..is done" never appears in the song.
    
    The song from "Castaway" is called "Be Kind to My Mistakes" and is
    fantastic.  Mix "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)" with "Burning
    Bridge", add some weird noises, put in a monster fretless bass line,
    and then add Kate's phenomenal lyrics/vocals, and get ready to be
    humble in the presence of a diety.  Yea, verily, she can do no wrong.
    
    Now if they'd only release the damned film in the States!!!
    
    The summer HOMEGROUND is out now, or at least Boston's Tower Records
    just got it now.  As usual, Peter Fitzgerald-Morris is totally
    ambiguous about info concerning the new LP's release date.  Ah well. 
    The most they're venturing is three or four months from now... and
    that, to use a clich�, is what they ALWAYS say...
    
    Anyone want to venture a guess as to what the next album will be like?
                                         if she'll tour?
                                         if she does, will she do a world tour?
    
    "there's a naked person in my flat"
    /joe
    

Wow!! I've hit the KT information mother lode.

re.5,14-- Joe,

I've noticed the "Kate Bush Live at the Hammersmith Odeon" video at the 
local record store. Is that the one you meant was embarrasing to watch?
Why so?

I've heard others say that "The Dreaming" is the best album ever recorded.
And they were serious, too. I'm waiting eagerly for my order to arrive at the 
record store. 

Ok; What does GAFFA mean?

re.7--Thanks for the pointer to the usenet conference.

re.8,14--Kate Bush Club and Homeground??? Homeground must have something to do
with the like-named cut from "Lionheart". What's the significance?

All--I'm sure that some of the lyrics in KT's songs have more significance
to U.K. listeners than to those of us elsewhere. Perhaps I can fill in some
of the cultural gaps that I've run across, through this conference. For example;
Is KT writing about a real person in "Cloud Busting"?

Thanks,
Henry 

    This is from memory, so no guarrantees to accuracy...
    
    The Kate Bush Club is run by Kate and family/friends, and was
    originally set up to keep the fans in touch with what was happening
    and to get feedback from the fans about Kate's music.
    They publish a magazine every now and again that has articles by
    Kate and other members of the Bush household, and some good photos
    of Kate taken by John Carder Bush (who is credited with a lot of
    the pictures of Kate you see elsewhere). 
    
    HOMEGROUND lays claim to being the longest-running Kate Bush fanzine,
    and has been going for five (?) years now. They have general info
    on anything that relates to Kate, reviews of new music, etc. It's
    run by three dedicated Kate Bush fans somewhere in Kent (NOT near
    Gatwick Airport 8*> ) and appears four times a year. Although they
    are entirely seperate from the "official" KBC, they are recognised
    by Kate and hold the annual KB Convention, at which Kate sometimes
    makes an appearance. They also provided the crowd for the Big Sky
    video.
    
    I have addresses for both the above at home, and will post them
    here next week (I'm going home this weekend) unless anybody beats
    me to it.
    
    RE: Cloud Busting.
    The story is based on a short story by someone who's name escapes
    me at the moment (Any offers ?). The story was in the Book of Dreams.
    If you have the video to CB, then it is the book that Kate pulls
    out of Donald Sutherland's jacket !!
    
    Hope this is of some help...
    Paul.
    

    "Cloudbusting" is based on a "true" story about a man named Wilhelm
    Reich.  He was a Freudian psychologist who fancied himself a
    bio-physicist. He believed that he had discovered a magnificent
    new form of energy called Orgone Energy, which was a "life force"
    of sorts.  So poweerful was this force that it could be detected
    on geiger counters, electric meters, etc. even though it was actually
    not radiation or electricity (I am *not* making this up).  
    
    Orgone energy was a bit of a fad in the forties and fifties, and
    Reich achieved a great deal of fame, and sadly a bit of hassle from
    the government, mostly for some of his eccentric sexual theories.
    
    One of the properties that was attributed to Orgones was their role
    in the formation of rain clouds.  Specifically, DOR or "Destructive
    Orgone Radiation" was responsible.  Reich actually built a contraption
    which "drew" the DOR from the clouds, thus he could allegedly disperse
    or create rain clouds at will.
    
    Peter Reich, Wilhelm's son wrote a book called "The Book of Dreams"
    which goes into some detail about all of this (although my source
    was Martin Gardner's wonderful "Fads and Fallacies in the Name of
    Science") which Kate read and apparently it had a great deal of
    influence on her.  
    
    Reich's "science" was non-existant, and although this is the subject
    of some debate among Kate fans, I believe that her song and the
    accompanying video are an endorsement of Reich's views.
    
    - Dan

    Beat me to it, Dan!  *I* wanned ta tell th' Wilhem story!
    
    Dan's college, Hampshire, has a working Orgone Accumulator, as does
    Reich's homestead in Maine, Organon. ("I still dream of Organon").
    
    I don't think "Cloudbusting" is an endorsement by Kate.  The song taken
    without the video is a simple plea from a little child who has had his
    father taken away (which is just what the FDA did).  In the video,
    well, yeah, ok, we see the cloudbuster actually work, but in Peter
    Reich's head at the time, it DID work.  Great video, if only Kate had
    not tried to be a little boy.  I can't beleive she cut her beautiful
    locks for THAT.....
    
    "Kate Bush: Live at Hammersmith Odious" - er - "Odeon" is the video I
    refer to.  It's embarrasing because it's very '70s... tacky, very
    showy, with men dancing in big violin costumes, Kate dressed in leather
    motorcycle gear, NO shots of the band, and it's filmed on video with
    LOTS of closeups, which is not the way you're intended to see it!  I
    saw a british documentary on the tour and the have filmed excerpts from
    the rehearsals and the concerts themselves, and they are TONS better to
    watch.
    
    /joe

    It's true, I often sit in the Orgone accumulator, sucking up those
    powerful rays.  I feel like a new man, upon exiting the Orgone
    Accumulator.  Actually, there's anotehr great song about Orgone
    Accumulators called "Orgone Accumulator".  It was originally done
    by Hawkwind (with Lemmy!) and was covered last year by Pop Will
    Eat Itself.
    
    I certainly agree about The Hammersmith Odeon tape.  I would have
    liked to see the band, since some of the arrangements were intriguing.
    In Kate's defense, while the show was tasteless, we must remember
    that this was a time when stage excesses for rock concerts were
    getting totally out of hand.  Compare the HO concert to one of those
    Pink Floyd "Wall" shows, and Kate's excesses don't seem nearly as
    wretched.  Compare it to one of ghastly affairs staged by the
    M�t�l crowd ("Yeah, F*ck*n' CR�E rools!") and it looks quite tasteful.
    I *could* do without the dancing violins, and it's a *real* shame
    that the version of "James and the Cold Gun" (where the band really
    got to cook!) had to have such silly visuals (Kate playing Jesse
    James).
    
    ** Kate News Flash **
    
    Tower Records in Boston has a special on Kate records and CDs (tapes
    too, possibly, I didn't check). Hence, you can pick up that copy
    of Never For Ever on CD that you've been putting off buying for
    about 11 bucks.

    
    Who's got news on Kate's next album?  All I've heard is that it
    might be called "An Unearthly Child" and it's supposed to be released
    this fall.
    
    Matt
    

    Lies!  All lies and blasphemy!  That was a hoax set around the
    (arpa/uucp)net sometime earlier in the year.  It ain't true.  The last
    info we have is that it will be here maybe in three or four months.
    [YEAH! RIGHT! Like I beleive EMI at ALL at this point]
    
    Bottom line:  Don't hold your breath.  Go out and buy lots of
    Sugarcubes records and Danielle Dax CDs and when KT's new one hits,
    it'll be a pleasant surprise...
    
    /joe

    HOMEGROUND :
    			P.O.BOX 176
    			ORPINGTON
    			KENT
    			UNITED KINGDOM
    			BR5 3NA
    
    The subscription rate is �5.20 in the UK, and �9.20 for USA/Canada.
    Cheques need to be drawn in sterling, or local currency notes can
    be sent if an additional 7.5% is added to defray conversion costs.
    (That's what it says 'ere)
    
    KATE BUSH CLUB :
    			P.O.BOX 120
    			WELLING
    			KENT
    			UNITED KINGDOM
    			DA16 3DS
    
    	I don't have subsciption details here, but if you drop them
    a line (and probably one of those international reply coupon thingies)
    they'll tell you all about it...
    
    Hope this helps...
    Paul.
    

    re earlier notes - What is gaffa? (as in gaffa tape?)
    Well, its a very sticky kind of fabric type tape, easy to tear strips
    off the roll - no rock band roadie is ever without a trusty roll
    of gaffa tape. Its used on stage for sticking trailing wires down
    safely, and in the studio for deadening ringy drum sounds 
    However I find its best use is to keep the kids quiet, or even to
    get them out of the way - it will stick a 6-year-old to the ceiling
    quite effectively.........(only joking kids.. no, put that down...
    screech gasp rip   mmmmmnnffnfhhhnnm)
    

    Well, kind of.  Actually it's "gaffer's tape".
    
    The idea, of course, is that the song is about someone who feels that
    they can't get anywhere in life, knowledge-wise... i.e. they feel they
    are wrapped up, or suspended in, gaffer's tape.  Akin to those dreams
    we all have where we're running and we never get anywhere and it feels
    like you're slowed down ("suddenly my feet are feet of mud, it all goes
    slo-mo") or running in molasses...
    
    /joe

I've been off acquiring and listening to Kate Bush albums. Unfortunately most
cassette albums don't come with the lyrics and even if they did I'd still 
have some questions about some of the songs. I hope some of you other KT
fans can answer some of these. Here goes.

On "Never Forever":

The track "Army Dreamers" what is BFPO?
The track "Delius"; Who is Delius? What's this about?
The track "The Wedding List"; Is it based on a true incident?
The track "The Infant Kiss"; Does Kate have children?

On "Lionheart", the track "Coffee Homeground"; Obviously about poisoning, but
is it just a lark or based on a real incident?

On "The Dreaming", the track "The Night of the Swallow"; Evidently about some
clandestine activity involving aircraft. Again, based on a real incident?

There seems to be an Irish influence to some of KT's music. For example,
"The Jig of Life" on "Hounds of Love", the accent she uses in "Army Dreamers"
(at least it sounds Irish to me), use of Irish instruments in "Night of the 
Swallow". Has she talked about this?

I've got a lot more questions, but that's enough for now.

Thanks,
Henry 

    
>    	The track "Army Dreamers" what is BFPO?

        British Forces Posted Overseas
    
    	can't help with the rest, don't mind Kate, but don't have
    	any of her albums.
    
    	Doug.
    	

    re: -1
    
    > The track "Delius"; Who is Delius? What's this about?        

    	Delius was an English composer. I think his first name was
    	Frederick. Anyway, late in his life he suffered from some 
    	affliction that caused him to have to grunt his compositions to 
    	his servant Fenby.
    
    > The track "The Infant Kiss"; Does Kate have children?        
    
	No. I'm not sure about this, but I beleive she's not even married.
    	(I know, marriage is not a prerequisite to child-bearing.)

    About the Irish influence in her music, Kate's mother is Irish.
    
    I don't know if 'Night of the Swallow', 'Coffee Homeground', etc.,
    are based on real incidents. Kate gets alot of her ideas from books.
    
    Ken....
    

    The lyrics server (see note # 180) has loads of Kate Bush albums on
    it. You'll probably find most of what you want on there. Give it
    a go but be patient, it has taken up too three hours for a reply
    sometimes. By the Way, Mr Turner, can you access the lyrics server
    from an ALL_IN_1 account? Ive not tried it and you have to enter
    a subject in the relavent (sp?) box??
    
    Gavin

.25�The track "The Wedding List"; Is it based on a true incident?

    No; Kate wanted an element of the macarbre in a song, and this is
    it.
    
.25�The track "The Infant Kiss"; Does Kate have children?

    No she doesn't.
    
.25�I've got a lot more questions, but that's enough for now.

    Well, we can try to answer more...
    
    Keith

	Not wishing to get pedantic but I thought a couple of corrections might 
be in order.

	BFPO is the abbreviation for British Forces Post Office this should be 
familiar to all older readers who listened to 'Two-way Family Favourites'.

	Eric Fenby was Delius' amanuensis after he went blind. I believe that 
he was also an accomplished composer/arranger himself who died only in the past 
10 years or so. Delius of course was one of the top 3 English composers of this 
century.

Nigel

    Any news, rumors, etc. on the new album?
    
    Kate once appeared on a Saturday Night Live show. Anyone know when
    this was, and who was the host? (Maybe I should be asking this in
    a US based notes file.)
    
    Ken....
    

    
    Last weeks NME had a page on her new album saying that she was
    recording it with the Orchestre Bulgarka.  These are a trio of
    Bulgarian folkies who are pretty damn good, some of their stuff
    was on the 2 albums `Les Mystere des voix Bulgares Vol 1-2'.
    
    I was only reading the article in a shop unfortunately, so I haven't
    got any more info, sorry.
    
    	Lee.
    

    In a review of 'The Whole Story', the reviewer described Kate as
    the greatest Pre-Raphaelite rocker ever. In a recent review of The
    Cocteau Twins' 'Blue Bell Knoll' in Musician magazine, the reviewer
    used the term Pre-Raphaelite to describe them. Can someone tell
    me what is meant by the term 'Pre-Raphaelite'. Thanks!
    
    Ken....
    

    Pre-R art is characterised by attention to detail: e.g. to paint
    a tree on the horizon, paint the horizon, then walk up to the tree
    and paint in the leaves.
    
    Um -- another duff journo ploy to add weight to an air-head article,
    praps?
    
    Richard.

    The pre-Raphaelites were a group of English painters working in the
    second half of the 19th century who painted pictures in the manner
    described in -1. They believed Art had gone downhill since the painter
    Raphael (400 years ago!) and tried to put it back on course. 
    
    These were artists such as Millais, Rossetti, Ruskin. Some of them
    had quite scandalous personal lives for their day, such as living
    simultaneously with their wife and model.
    
    The modern use of the term relates to women who look like the models
    they painted; if you're a pre-Raphaelite woman you should have long
    flowing locks, a pale and dreamy look about you, and wear Laura Ashley
    clothes. 
    
    I wouldn't quite call Liz Fraser of the Cocteaus pre-R, since she's
    got short hair, but I suppose you could say that their music is what
    a pre-R person might choose to listen to.
    
    Rod

    Re. .30
    
    BFPO *does* stand for British Forces Posted Overseas as reply .26
    stated, and Yes, I am old enough to remember n-way family favourites!!
    
    Brian

    Isn't Kate going to be featured on an episode of Rythmns (sp) of
    the world on BBC2?
    
    Mike

    Any news over in the UK about her new album? Anything, anything
    at all.
    
    Ken....
    

    bugger all.

    mores the pity....

    
    		Huh???????????????
    
    Ken....
    

    Just got the WHolse STory video.
    
    Well worth 10 quid.

Any news about the release of Kate's new album? The rumor late last year 
was that it would be coming out about now. Since the feed from USENET
Love hounds went away I've been starved for KT news.

Thanks,
Henry

    There hasn't been any news lately of the new album.  The last I saw
    mentioned was the interview in N.M.E. with her, when she talked about
    her collaboration with a Turkish female trio for the new album. Sorry,
    but now news is good news I guess (well, somthing like that, anyway
    :-)).
    
    David.
    

    re: -1
    
    I remember reading in one of the notesfiles related to music that
    someone had read in a British rag that her new album wouldn't be
    out till July. Bummer....
    
    You're thinking of Trio Bulgarka. They're kinda like a subset of
    'Le Mystere De Voix Bulgare', the women's choir from Bulgaria.
    
    Ken....
    

Hello I have just been sent the latest copy of HOMEGROUND and they seem 
to think that the new album will be released in september? Apparantly   
the mixing has taken more time than anticipated. As of late february     
there were still four tracks to be completed.

There are also some more rumours about why she has taken so long to 
complete her new album: 
1.that the master tapes to her album were stolen
and that she has had to re-record most of the material again
2. that kate has scrapped all but six of the tracks and started again.
 but these are not true.

Some news on releases:
The Whole Story video has been released on CDV(compact disc video)
in england and europe by polygram music 0805041 on the PAL systems.

Has anyone seen the book 'Kate Bush A Visual Documentry'?
Whats it like? It is published by Omnibus Press.

How about this for some news-It was reported that when Sarah Brightman
stepped down from the female lead in Loyd-Webbers Phantom or the Opera,
the name at the top of his list for a replacement was   KATE 
is'nt that thrilling news?

kate is doing another soundtrack on the movie called "The Chocolate War"
and it features "Running Up That Hill" in it.

Keep tuned for further exciting news...

Lindsay (who gets his info from Andrew his flatmate)

    re:               <<< Note 161.7 by IPG::HILLS "Veni, Vidi, Bibi" >>>
                              -< Kate's OSTs ... >-
    
>     If anyone is really interested in KT, then I'd recommend you subscribe
>     to the USENET group rec.music.gaffa which is available on node ashby::
    
    Yes! Yes!  But how does one *subscribe* to a USENET group.  Who should
    I contact?
    
    Thanks,
    
    	 	== ken miller ==

    
    USENET service has been temporarily (??) discontinued...

re:     USENET service has been temporarily (??) discontinued...

Bummer...Ken Adey posted some really great stuff from "Love Hounds",
and I was lookin' forward to it...Oh well.

For your troubles, here's a scanned image of KT Bush's album cover
"The Kick Inside" (one of *my* personal favorites).  It's full screen
(1024x865), and is ideal input for the XSETROOT hack.  If you don't
have a workstation, though, I wouldn't bother.

You can find it on MRFLEX::PERFLAB8:[XBM]KTBUSH.XBM

Regards,

         == ken miller ==

RE .46

Here's a review of "Kate Bush: A Visual Documentary" that was posted in
Love-Hounds a few months back.
.
.

Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa
Path: decwrl!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!EDDIE.MIT.EDU!Love-Hounds-request
Subject: *Another* Kate Biography, MisK., Enya
Posted: 1 Dec 88 22:45:21 GMT
Organization: The Internet
Approved: [email protected]
 
Really-From: [email protected]
 
I presume the recent profusion (is two a profusion? it is in this
context!) of Kate biographies is due to the publishers trying to
coincide with the release of KBVI - they should have known better!
 
Be that as it may, I was innocently browsing through my local bookshop
(looking for a T.Rex bio, incidentally - are there any in print?), when
I was assaulted by "KATE BUSH: A Visual Documentary" by Kevin Cann &
Sean Mayes (a couple of thoroughly disreputable-looking musos, judging
by their pics on the back cover - I liked them immediately!).  Seeing
as it was a paperback, I bought it there and then, even though it was 8
pounds 95 (logic? who said anything about logic!).
 
It's large format (9" x 11.5"), about 100 pages, and _slightly_ more
text than photos.  Many of the photos are colour, full page.  There are
sidebars on every page of text with smaller photos and a chronology
which roughly relates to the chapter headings.
 
The style is factual and informative, and the author's prejudices don't
intrude (that could be just because they agree with mine, but I don't
detect any obvious adulatory bias).  It _seems_ to be pretty
comprehensive (I don't claim to be an expert, IED and |>oug are welcome
to that position!) It covers much the same ground as Mr. Juby's book
that I reviewed a couple of weeks ago, but its comparative shortness
is due to the lack of the "gossipy" bits and personal opinions that
spoiled that particular work for me.
 
The photos were almost all new to me - I found some of those of Kate to
be perhaps unflattering, particularly the cover, but it's growing on
me.  There are a number of pics of relevant people and places (her
school, the family, Del, etc.) which were interesting.
 
The best bit (by far, for me) is the appendix of various lists - the
disc(+)ography is the most complete I have yet seen, including notable
bootlegs, all the film work, books and compilation LPs (also the most
up-to-date, including "Sister & Brother" with Midge Ure).  There's a
representative list of fanzines (including an address to get info on
Jay's limited-edition photo-collection "Cathy"), and finally some
amusing trivia lists (Kate's favourite artists, likes and dislikes).
 
Summary: all-in-all, I can't fault it.  Recommended - buy it today!
 
.
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	"There Goes A Tenner" (8.95, actually),
 
		- Craig.
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    I was just curious why KT did not provide lyrics for her last two
    albums ("Hounds Of Love" & "Whole Story")?  I guess I can understand
    about W.S. since it's sort of a Greatest Hits album, but why H.O.L.?
    
    On the same subject, does anyone out there by chance have lyrics to any
    of the H.O.L. songs or perchance "Experiment IV"?  I've tried the
    lyrics server mentioned elsewhere in this conference but never got a
    response back.
    
    re:                       <<< Note 161.50 by MSD52::ENMAN >>>
                              -< KT Book Review >-
    
    I leafed through this at Newbury Comics in Boston a couple of weeks
    ago.  Looked pretty good, but I couldn't fancy the price they were
    asking for (I forget exactly, but I know it was closed to $20).
    
    Thanks,
    
    	 	== ken miller ==

    The lyrics are included on my HOL LP and CD! I will make a copy
    of the CD booklet and send it to you.                          
       
    Ken....                                                        
       
    BTW, which medium do you have HOL on?                          
       

Many thanks to all who responded.  I just received HOL lyrics from
Henry Enman via the lyrics server.  But I'd still love a copy of your
booklet, Ken.

re:      BTW, which medium do you have HOL on?                          

On CD.  I'm sure it's put out by EMI, It's the white cover with a picture
of KT in the middle (kindof pink or blue...I forget and I'm color blind;)  
It's only a 1-pager,  but I'll check again.

What's your CD cover look like?  I've seen different cover versions of Kick
 but never HOL.

Thanks again,

              == ken miller ==

Any idea why this conference thinks I'm BASSAL::MILLER?

Last I checked (and from the DECwindows Notes Window) I'm 
running from MCNALY::MILLER which is Area 2, Node 319.

Don't wanna go impersonating anyone!

      == ken miller ==

    The DECnet remote node database is hopelessly out of date on HEART::.
    I've been sending mail - which has been ignored - to the SYSTEM account
    about this for ages. BTW, I'm on KEITH::EDMUNDS, so I know what you
    mean..
    
    Keith

    I just got Ken's copy of the HOL booklet and boy I'm I steamed!
    
    Same cover, same back, same copywrite, same producer...yet Ken got
    lyrics and I didn't!  I'm gonna check the ID numbers when I get home
    tonight.
    
    I'm beginning to like EMI less and less!
    
    Thanks again Henry & Ken!
    
    Regards,
    
    	 	== ken miller ==

It looks as though a subsidiary of EMI America is to blame:  namely,
EMI Manhattan is the one producing a version of HOL without lyrics.

The front and back are the exactly the same except for the presence
of the EMI Manhattan logo on the top right corner of the back and the
*abscence* of the digital rating AAD on the top left corner of the back
(those slimes).

I'll certainly think twice about ever getting another EMI Manhattan
disk again!


              == ken miller ==

    
    
    well according to several sources the import version of HoL is far
    superior to the domestic (village voice is one).  personally I have
    hunted high and low for the imports (now have them all) and paid
    the extra $$$ because the EMI packageing is so shoddy (white spine
    blue letters - ugh)
    
    will
    

    **** NEWS FLASH **** from HOMEGROWN
    
    "The Sensual World" , Kate's latest album will be released soon. Late
    August I think it was.
    
    Featuring... "A Woman's Work" from the motion picture "She's having
    a baby"
    
                              
    Lindsay

    The latest news now is that the album will be released in October.
    And there are no plans currently for a tour.
    
    re: .59 
    
    The name of the song Kate did for 'She's Having A Baby' is 'This
    Woman's Work'. 
    
    Ken....

    The new single is out - "sensual world".  Saw the video for it on
    saturday.  I think it is an excellent song, moody with eastern-stye
    tunes being played (on uillean pipes?).  Maybe not a massive leap
    forward from the last album, but good.
    
    Mike.

    RE.-1
    At last!!
    
    I hope we'll be hearing it on this side of the Atlantic soon.
    
    BTW... There has been no activity on USENET's rec.music.gaffa
    conference for weeks. Are other readers seeing this as well, or
    is it just me?
    
    Thanks,
    Henry

    
    I have a transcription of the Oct. 7th 'New Music Express' (a British
    music rag) interview with Kate and also the liner notes and lyrics to
    'The Sensual World' (the album). These were both entered into the
    Usenet distribution 'rec.music.gaffa' by Andrew Marvick (IED).
    
    Send me Email if you want this.
    
    Ken....
    

    This weeks melody maker and this month's Q have articles on Kate Bush,
    the Q one I found most interesting.
    
    Her album was released on Monday, I've got my copy, its really good
    though I think I'll need more than the two listens I've currently given
    it to get used to it.
    There is little of the current synthesiser/CMI/guitar sound, it uses a
    lot of Irish and Bulgarian and orchestral string arrangements.
    
    Very different.
    
     

    There was an interview with her on Rapido last Saturday.....
    .... clashed with Allo Allo, but managed to see most of it :-)
    
    

    
    
    I got the new album on monday, and its the only thing I've listened
    to this week.  Its perhapsnot as obviously commercial as some of the stuff
    on hounds, but it may well be a better album.  The Trio Bulgarka
    are used to stunning effect on side 2, noticably 'rockets tail',
    a mad mixture of 'world music' and Gilmours typucal guitar sound
    solo.  Womans work is emotionally wrenching, Sensual World...
    a couple of tracks display some of the obvious irish influence,
    noticeably with the uillean pipes (Davey Spillane?).  I would recommend
    everyone to get this record, one of the most intelligent o the yesar.                                                    
    
    

    Hi!
    
    Not many comments about Kate lately, what's happened? Where is she?
    What's she up to?
    
    Last thing I heard was that she was in America promoting 
    "The Sensual World". Have there been any KB specials or appearances in 
    America?
    
    Anyway the reason I'm writing is that I was wondering whether anyone
    has a copy of "Kate Bush complete" (music & lyric book) and if they
    could tell me the dates and places Kate toured back in 1979.
     
    Kate did a few TV appearances in England for the promotion of
    "The Sensual World". They included "The Wogan Show", "This is Your Life 
    Nigel Kennedy", and I think there was a special on the making of "The 
    Sensual World". Did anyone video these? Would it be possible to send 
    someone a blank video to tape these for me?
    
    Also has EMI put out a recent video to coincide with the album
    release?
    
    
    If someone could fill me in on all my questions I would be most 
    grateful. 
    
    Thanks in advance,
    
                Andrew Brodie
        
    

    Here in the US, MTV's sister station, VH1, has shown a half hour
    interview program called "The Sensual World of Kate Bush."  It looks
    like interview was taped at her house.

    There's also a video out here that has "This Woman's Work," "The
    Sensual World," and "Love and Anger."

    Rob

 
 Help !

   I've been a fan of Kate for a few years now, and I need some help 
   in tracking down a 12-inch-single by her.

   The 12" is "Cloudbusting" and its been a few years since it was 
   released.  As far as I know, the B-side of the 12"-single has a
   version of "My Lagan Love", I've been trying to get hold of it
   for years - no luck.   

   Could anyone verify this for me and maybe tell me the record number 
   or where I may be able to get my hands on it ?? 

   Liam J.

I've got the same problem.

The 12"s of "Cloudbusting" and "The Big Sky" are the only ones I haven't got.
Kate's 12"s seem to be deleted fairly rapidly and I have searched high and low 
for both these without much success.

I go to a lot of record fairs but am used to the stalls and their stock doesn't
seem to change that often. Plan to go to new territory on 2nd September when 
there is a 100 stall record fair in Birmingham so I will keep a look out for 
you.

Peter

    
    "Cloudbusting" was released on EMI in October 1985, catalogue number
    12KB2 (12" version) and deleted in August 1989, which means you can't
    order it in the shops.
    
    Ex-chart singles such as these are often available from mail order
    companies advertised in the music press, you know the ones you send a
    stamped addressed envelope to and get a catalogue back. Worth a try
    anyway, because its not that old.
    
    Dave

 

 RE .70  
       I'll be finishing up Digital at the end the end of August 
       (contractor), so I'll mail you my home address.  Thanks.

 RE .71  
       Thanks, I'll write off to a mail order company and see if 
       I can obtain the 12" through them.
 
Liam J.

    Re: .69 (and other "Cloudbusting" interestees,
    
    I recently sent for a record catalogue that had been advertised in
    "Record Collector". When I received the information, I found an entry
    for Cloudbusting 12".
    
    It costs #4.50 + postage, and if you're interested in the address, send
    me mail at HGOVC::LINDSAYWHYTE (VAXmail) or LINDSAY WHYTE @HGO (ALL-IN-1)
    According to the catalogue, it is in excellent condition.
    
    Also, September issue of Record Collector will feature Kate Bush. It's
    mentioned on the back cover of the August edition. It will probably be
    a discography and a bit of a blurb.
    
    Regards,
    
    	Andrew

    
    Has anyone heard of the KT picture disk, "Chat with the Stars". It's
    number is ZUFG 006 and is on the CINEPOLY label, copyright 1989
    
    Does anyone know if this is an official recording or a bootleg? I've
    picked up a copy of it, but the information on the back is all in
    Chinese.
    
    Andrew
    

    I recently got the book, "Kate Bush - A Visual Documentary" reviewed in
    .50 at Newbury Comics in Framingham, Mass. for $11. Marked down from $22. 
    I am quite happy with it.
    
    Re. .68, Now I think I know the source of the interview material used
    on the 8" "Sensual World" video Laserdisc I have. It must the video
    refered to in the second paragraph. It includes those three songs, plus
    interview material, as you described it, in between them. Not much,
    mostly speaking of the songs, but kind of neat anyway.
    
    john (who discovered KB on her Saturday Night Live appearance a long
          time ago, and immediately started looking for her recordings.)

    I really wish she didn't look like such a dope.
    
    Then again that never stopped Van Morrison.
    
    Red Drum

    What are all these rumours about Kate doing an L.P. AND A TOUR for this
    year? It sounds a bit dodgy to me 'cos of what she said about touring.
         Also I can't find "THIS WOMANS WORK" box set in the shops in this
    country (IRELAND). I know it's available but I can't find it .
    How much does it cost?
         Could somebody please tell me?
                       NIAllY

    I think the box set costs mucho money, �60 or thereabouts.
    
    Mikef

    I know of someone who payed 110 quid for the cd box set but he never
    said anything about cassette or vynil . Also it's more a question of
    where I can find it than anything else.
     Anyone have any info on the Prince video she's suppose to have
    directed  from his "DIAMONDS AND PREARLS" l.p.?
                                            
                       NIALLY
    
             

    
    What do you mean she looks like a 'dope'?  Anyway if we were going to
    base our musical tastes on hair-cuts I would have dropped $$$ on the 
    New Kids boxed set instead of Kate's....
    
    will

>    What do you mean she looks like a 'dope'?  Anyway if we were going to
    
    Big round eyes, no recognizable human expression, dresses funny, thanks
    God on the liner notes, poses like a "semi-professional" model (like
    the ones trotted out the one time I went to Sunday brunch at the
    Sheraton Tara Hotel; they served "complimentary champagne" too),
    y'know, Walt Disneyoid forest fluffy or maybe even lower on the
    evolutionary scale, down at Donovan or Stevie Nicks. I think she's
    great, though, in case you couldn't tell. I even think she's smart. 
    
    You like the New Kids' haircuts, huh? For my jacket-art money, nothing
    beats the cover of "Saint Dominic's Preview"...
    
    Ray

    >> no recognizable human expression......
    
    That a bit harsh on the poor woman isn't it? And as regards to
    comparing her to Stevie Nicks....,have you ever seen the way that woman
    dresses? Kate has infinitely better taste than what Stevie wore on her
    only solo visit to TOTP.
     How dare you insult the dream of my life ( or for that matter the life
    in my  dreams!)
     
          Nially 

    Stevie Nicks, nothing. Have you ever seen the way _I_ dress? Neil YOUNG
    has better taste...
    
    Ray Dreamengel

Leave Kate alone !

Despite criticisms of Kate Bush's cover of Rocket Man in other topics in this 
conference, I reckon this is a great version - Reggae meets Irish Music - or 
what ! Her version of Candle In the Wind is a cracker too !

So there !

Peter

    ...and the video is hilarious!
    
    Steve.
    

    What's it like?
    
                Niall
    

    
    First of all it's all in black and white. Mainly film of Kate and the
    group playing, and Kate's pretending to play a little guitar, and
    bopping around in ftont of the group. You've got to see it to
    appreciate it@
    
    Definitely tongue in cheek 8-J
    
    Steve.
    

    
    Has Kate made anything after "Sensual World" (I mean related to music)?
    
    
    
    
    Hannu

    Well, what a bundle of laughs she was on Michael Aspels show the other
    night.
    
    Phil Gill.

    Did she perform any new stuff?
    
    Mikef

    Yeah, I believe she's got a new LP out?  You're right, she wasn't
    exactly John Shuttleworth, but there again she was at a slight 
    disadvantage sandwiched between Lenny Henry and 'Vic' Wood.
    
    julia  

The song she played at the end was very good though.  Did anyone catch the
name of it ?


Mark

	The song Kate did on Michael Aspel's show was called "Moments of
	Pleasure".

	Emma

Thanks !!

Anybody know when this will be released, and a date for the album ???

    I don't know if Kate's new CD has been released yet, but I think
    I heard a cut off it. The song was entitled "Eat the Music" I believe.
    I'll have to keep my eyes out.
    
    	fred deady

    Well, I've heard two versions of a release date.....
           Rumor #1 Will be out the 1st week of October.
    
           Rumor #2 Release will be delayed till early January to co-incide
    with the release of her new film, also titled "The Red Shoes"
     
                                CAN'T WAIT 
                                             
                                                      Steve
    

    Here in Colo. Spgs., her new release, "The Red Shoes", became available
    Nov. 7th, on cassette and CD.  Haven't seen anything about the new
    film.  Bought the CD for my husband, who's a big fan of hers, for his
    birthday (11/23) so I don't know how good all of it is, but I've heard
    a few cuts on our NPR/college station, KRCC, that sounded fantastic.
    Don't remember the titles, as I was driving at the time and only caught
    the artist's name, not the song titles.
    
    Anxious to hear it all.
    Sue (new noter, old fan, too)