No offence sosgemini, but huh???

I'm trying to work out where either I or Militant were addressing you in any way... for you to quote us both?...I certainly wasn't...perhaps you spoke to Militant?...I was conversing entirely with Militant in the above example.

Hope you're ok though, peace

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The Red Shoes is a strange album. Not strange in so far as it bein' artistic, but strange in so far as it comes off sounding contrived; an attempt at "crossing over" (the Atlantic) to (hopefully) become an American "hit" and to some degree, it actually was, unlike any of her previous efforts. With Aerial, on the other hand, it was as if she had gone back to that whole "suite" thing as she did on Hounds with The Ninth Wave. A concept was in place. Additionally, I've got a thing for her Irish sounding songs like "The Red Shoes" and my all-time favorite KB joints are "Never Be Mine" and "Rocket's Tail" from The Sensual World. Just sharin'. Happy Birthday today every-1.

funkyandy said:

No offence sosgemini, but huh???

I'm trying to work out where either I or Militant were addressing you in any way... for you to quote us both?...I certainly wasn't...perhaps you spoke to Militant?...I was conversing entirely with Militant in the above example.

Hope you're ok though, peace

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I was the first to bring up Prince in this thread, hence my response. Yet, I wasn't bringing up Prince to compare, simply stating which artist I enjoy more. I thought your response was a reaction to my post. Tis all...

look what i found today:

Kate Bush was only sixteen when she signed to EMI Records in 1975, on the recommended of Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour. Over the following eighteen months, Kate prepped, wrote and recorded her first single, “Wuthering Heights”, which went to number one in the UK, and her debut album The Kick Inside, which hit No. 3 in the UK charts.

Following on from her chart success, Kate Bush presented The Tour of LIfe, her first and only ever tour, consisting of twenty-eight shows across Britain during April and May of 1979. The BBC’s quirky news and features series, Nationwide (previously responsible for a fascinating insight into David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust… tour), made this 30-minute behind-the-scenes special of the tour and Kate’s preparation for it.

This thread has peaked my interest in Kate again and a friend bought me the "Lionheart" album today from 1978, it is very very good.

TheDigitalGardener said:

This thread has peaked my interest in Kate again and a friend bought me the "Lionheart" album today from 1978, it is very very good.

It is very very good...'In the Warm Room'...just that track alone, I've been playing since I was 16 (in my 30's now)...it's always in my head, always close to my heart...all my ex girlfriends had to hear it!...

(sosgemini, no worries).

x

sosgemini said:

look what i found today:

Kate Bush was only sixteen when she signed to EMI Records in 1975, on the recommended of Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour. Over the following eighteen months, Kate prepped, wrote and recorded her first single, “Wuthering Heights”, which went to number one in the UK, and her debut album The Kick Inside, which hit No. 3 in the UK charts.

Following on from her chart success, Kate Bush presented The Tour of LIfe, her first and only ever tour, consisting of twenty-eight shows across Britain during April and May of 1979. The BBC’s quirky news and features series, Nationwide (previously responsible for a fascinating insight into David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust… tour), made this 30-minute behind-the-scenes special of the tour and Kate’s preparation for it.

Wow, thanks for this.

Lots of lovely Kate on youtube.

Re-issues of The Dreaming, Hounds Of Love, The Sensual World and The Red Shoes are supposedly due for release sometime this year also.

My only hope is that the guy who mastered Aerial isn't involved as I thought he did a pretty poor job. A shame it's not included in the re-issues.

Hounds of Love was a HUGE influence on me during my most impressionable years

I found a cassette of it at the school library and pretty much had it on permanent loan until I could afford to buy the LP

scatwoman said:

Re-issues of The Dreaming, Hounds Of Love, The Sensual World and The Red Shoes are supposedly due for release sometime this year also.

My only hope is that the guy who mastered Aerial isn't involved as I thought he did a pretty poor job. A shame it's not included in the re-issues.

This from http://www.katebushnews.com/

The one-time EMI worldwide vice chairman and EMI Recorded Music North America chairman and CEO’s association with Bush goes back to when she was first signed to EMI and the release of her first album The Kick Inside in 1978.

“I’ve been involved for about a year now,” said Munns. “People think I’m managing and I’m really consulting. I drift in and out of these projects.”

There has been recent speculation of a new studio album from Bush, which would be her first since Aerial in 2005. That itself did not appear until a dozen years after her previous release The Red Shoes.

“There are other plans but I’m not able to talk about them right now,” is all Munns would say, adding, “There’s nothing ready until Kate says it’s ready. That’s always been the way.” Munns was also involved in the campaign for last years Greatest Hits album by Bon Jovi, an act he worked with extensively when he was at PolyGram International in the early Nineties and then worked with them in an independent capacity when he left the major in 1998. “I’m still doing stuff with Bon Jovi,” said Munns who took charge of the marketing for the retrospective.

The long-promised reissues are finally happening! Delighted to hear that Kate has not only won control of these albums but now wants to make them available in the very best presentation possible. Nice work Mr Munns! More on these upcoming reissues, and the “other plans” as we get word…

Kate and Prince have affected my life so deeply, having discovered them both at the tender age of thirteen. I'm proud to have had such good musical taste at a young age, no matter what anyone else thought of it!

Kate's definitely working on something - rumours abound as always, but I do recall a musician posting the fact he'd been working with Kate only a matter of months ago.

Exciting to think there'd be a new album this year..I'm in two minds over that, of course I'd love new Kate material but I don't want her to rush anything...surely another decade of studio tinkering would be more reassuring as to the quality of the final product?? lol

I actually think that if Kate's inspired she can create relatively quickly.. Her first five albums were produced in just six years, and listen to the quality!

No album?

sosgemini said:

No album?

It's neither been confirmed nor denied yet, so keep your fingers crossed for good news.