November14th 2003:
taken from http://homepage.eircom.ne...ews.htm#20



The website of the London Metropolitan Orchestra has updated with news of Kate's orchestral recording sessions with them at Abbey Road studios a few weeks ago. According to the site:"Michael Kamen wrote the string arrangements which will appear on Kate Bush's forthcoming album. LMO recorded the two tracks at Abbey Road Studio 2 on Saturday 11th October.Michael Kamen has collaborated with Kate Bush on numerous occasions, including writing string arrangements for her last album which LMO performed. They worked together in the mid 80s on the soundtrack for the Terry Gilliam film "Brazil" and a version of the title track appears on Michael's album "Michael Kamen's Opus".Michael Kamen conducted the 16-piece string section and the engineer was Simon Rhodes." They finish by saying: "Keep watching the site for news of a release date and a "buy" link on the recordings page."



So, at what stage does this mean the album is at? Peter Fitzgerald Morris of HomeGround has posted his thoughts on our site's forum: "We had heard a few weeks ago that Kate would be doing her final recording work at Abbey Road, and did hear on the day she went in, but we were not able to break the news at that point. It was one of the reasons that we were still confident that work on the album is coming to an end as we stated in the last issue of HomeGround...a release date in Spring next still seems quite a reasonable target. But we'll see." Check out the forum to see fan reaction to this, our first glimpse of Kate in a studio for what seems like an eternity.

Hmmm...will this be the last recorded work of the recently deceased Michael Kamen?

Where's Cloudbuster?

Thanks for the news sos, I can't wait to hear it!!

TRON said:

i'm convinced that Kate is taking perverse pleasure in taking the longest time in the history of music in making an album It will be 2020 before we see this in stores, face it folks.

(just kidding)


imagine... going to your local music shop on a Tuesday and getting a new KATE BUSH cd...??? The mind boggles. I hope it happens soon.


- cmg

Anxiety said:

When did he die?


[This message was edited Sat Nov 22 5:54:25 PST 2003 by Cloudbuster]

Cloudbuster said:

just in the last few days

...let's hope so eh?

JonSnow said:

I need to get out of my cave more. Do you know what he died of? Apart from death?

Cloudbuster said:

from billboard.com:

Oscar-nominated composer, conductor and arranger Michael Kamen died this morning (Nov. 18) after suffering from multiple sclerosis for several years, his agent said. He was 55. Further details were not immediately available.

JonSnow said:

Thanks for the info.

kate bush fans:

come join a great KB fan forum:

http://www.atforumz.com/f...8b09&f=137

JonSnow said:

Hey, thanks for this link. I've never seen this before.

I've read that she has recorded a cover of Sexual Healing!
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[This message was edited Sat Nov 22 13:55:44 PST 2003 by jn2]

jn2 said:

She recorded that years ago.