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1979 Television Special

1979 Television Special is an unofficial album release featuring the soundtrack of the television special ‘Kate’, broadcast on 28 December 1979 by BBC Television. It was released on…

50 Words For Snow

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her tenth studio album 50 Words For Snow in 2011. Features the voice of Stephen Fry for the 50 words…

50 Words For Snow [album]

Tenth album by Kate Bush, released by Fish People on 21 November 2011. The album was written, composed and produced by Kate. It consists of seven songs “set…

A Bird In The Hand

Unofficial album release featuring live tracks from 1979. It is an edited transfer of the Hi-fi audio track from the video-cassette of the Live at Hammersmith Odeon film….

A Coral Room

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her eighth studio album Aerial in 2005. Kate about ‘A Coral Room’ There was a little brown jug actually, yeah….

Abba Easter Special

On 21 April 1979, the BBC broadcast the Abba Easter Special, featuring many songs by the Swedish group. Kate Bush was a special guest on this special, performing…

Abbey Road Interview

Unofficial album featuring an interview with Kate Bush by Tony Myatt in 1985. Track listing The interview has a duration of 47 minutes and on the LP it…

Abbey Road Studios

Abbey Road Studios (formerly known as EMI Studios) is a recording studio at 3 Abbey Road, St. John’s Wood, London (UK). It was established in November 1931 by…

Abo Song

Working title for The Dreaming. Test pressings made a month before the release of the single ‘The Dreaming’ actually featured the title ‘Abo Song’ on the label (as…

Adler, Larry

Lawrence “Larry” Cecil Adler was born in Baltimore, MD (USA) on 10 February 1914. He taught himself to play the harmonica. In 1927 he won a contest playing…

Aerial

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her eighth studio album Aerial in 2005. Versions There is only one studio version of this song. A live version…

Aerial Tal

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her eighth studio album Aerial in 2005. Versions There is only one studio version of this song. A live version…

Aerial [album]

Eighth album by Kate Bush, released by EMI Records on 7 November 2005. It is Bush’s first double album, and was released after a twelve year absence from…

All The Love

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her fourth album The Dreaming. Cover versions ‘All The Love’ was covered by Theo Bleckmann and Yuri Kono. Kate about…

All We Ever Look For

Song written by Kate Bush. The Fairlight is used on this track to great effect, with many sound samples being played back. At one point, a group of…

Alone At My Piano

Alone At My Piano’ is an unofficial album release featuring 22 demos recorded in the 1970’s by Kate Bush. It was released by Ukinel in 1988. The track…

Amiga

Amiga was a record label for popular music of the VEB Deutsche Schallplatten – a state-owned record company having the monopoly on record production in the German Democratic…

Among Angels

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her tenth studio album 50 Words For Snow in 2011. Versions There is only one studio version of this song….

An Architect’s Dream

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her eighth studio album Aerial in 2005. Versions There are two studio versions of this song. The original studio version,…

And Dream Of Sheep

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her fifth studio album Hounds Of Love. First track of The Ninth Wave suite. Kate travelled to Dublin in the…

And So Is Love

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her seventh album The Red Shoes. Also released as a single by EMI Records in the UK on 7 November…

Angel Gabriel (the)

Short song, apparently written by Kate, performed on the Christmas special Kate as an introduction for Peter Gabriel by Paddy Bush, Glenys Groves and Kate Bush. It was…

Angels On Earth

Unofficial CD, released in 1991 in Italy. Credited to Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel, ‘Angels On Earth’ features the soundtrack of the Christmas special Kate which was broadcast…

Another Day

Song written by Roy Harper and released on his album ‘Flat Baroque And Berserk’ (1970). It is a short song, a story of an old affair recollected in…

Army Dreamers

Song written by Kate Bush. The song is about the effects of war and about a mother who grieves for her young adult son, who was killed on…

Art Of Peace: Songs For Tibet II

Album, produced by Rupert Hine, released to mark the 80th birthday of the Dalai Lama. The Grammy-nominated first volume of this collection in 2008 contained several rare versions…

Ask Aspel

British television series produced by the BBC and hosted by Michael Aspel. The show first ran from 1970 until 1973. A second series ran from 1976 until 1981….

Aspects Of The Sensual World

Mini-album released by Columbia Records in the USA and by Capitol Records in Canada on 13 March 1990. All of the songs included had previously been released as…

Atlantis

Song written by Kate Bush. Recorded as a demo, presumably in 1973. It was planned for inclusion in the withdrawn album The Early Years. Lyrics In that ocean…

Avon-Arnold, Stewart

Stewart Avon-Arnold was born in London (UK) on 4 April 1955. Having initially trained as a dancer at The London School Of Contemporary Dance, Stewart Avon Arnold has…

Babooshka

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released as a single on 27 June 1980 and subsequently included on the album Never For Ever. According to Kate, the song…

Back Sides

Unofficial album released by Observation Records in 1991. It features B-sides (and a few A-sides, too) from singles released by Kate Bush between 1978 and 1986. Track listing…

Bain, Jimmy

Born as James Stewart Bain in Newtonmore, England (UK) on 19 December 1947. He played bass guitar in several amateur bands as a teen. When his family emigrated…

Be Kind To My Mistakes

Song written by Kate Bush, originally written for the soundtrack of the movie ‘Castaway’ (1987) and released on the soundtrack album. The line “Be kind to my mistakes”…

Before The Dawn

Announced on 21 March 2014, Before The Dawn was the first set of live dates by Kate Bush since the Tour Of Life in 1979. Originally, 15 live…

Before The Dawn [album]

Live album by Kate Bush, released by Fish People on 25 November 2016. It is a selection of recordings made during Kate’s live concerts in 2014, also entitled…

Bertie

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her eighth studio album Aerial in 2005. Cover versions ‘Bertie’ was covered by Foam Amulet. Kate about ‘Bertie’ He’s such…

Best Of Kate Bush (the)

Book, originally published by EMI in 1981. The book features piano sheet music for 13 songs, as well as several pages with colour and black and white photographs…

Between A Man And A Woman

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her sixth studio album The Sensual World in 1989. Cover versions ‘Between A Man And A Woman’ was covered by…

Big Sky (the)

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her fifth album Hounds Of Love in 1985, it was released as the fourth and final single from the album…

Big Stripey Lie

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released as the B-side of the single Rubberband Girl in the UK. Subsequently released on her seventh album The Red Shoes. Versions…

Bio’s Bahnhof

Bio’s Bahnhof was the title of an entertainment show hosted by Alfred Biolek, which was broadcast by ARD in Germany from 9 February 1978 to 28 October 1982…

Bleckmann, Theo

Theo Bleckmann was born on 28 May 1966 in Dortmund, West Germany. He grew up appreciating both traditional music from his native Germany as well as American popular…

Blow Away (For Bill)

Song written by Kate Bush. It was dedicated to Bill Duffield. The phrase ‘Put out the Light, then put out the light’ comes from Shakespeare’s Othello, in the…

Book Of Dreams (A)

Book written by Peter Reich. According to the writer: “This book wrote itself in the summer of 1970. (…) Most of the childhood passages are virtually as they…

Books

Although Kate Bush has never written an autobiography or has given permission for a biography to be written, there are several books that are dedicated to her life…

Bowie, David

David Bowie was born as David Robert Jones in South London’s Brixton neighborhood on 8 January 1947. His first hit was the song “Space Oddity” in 1969. The…

Brazil

Title song from the 1985 British film directed by Terry Gilliam and written by Gilliam, Charles McKeown and Tom Stoppard. Ary Barroso’s 1939 song ‘Aquarela Do Brasil’ (‘Watercolor…

Break-through

Canadian fanzine dedicated to Kate Bush. The first issue of Break-through appeared in October/November 1983. Six issues appeared every two months for a year, but after that the…

Breathing

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released as the lead single from Kate’s third album Never For Ever. The lyrics of the song are about a foetus, very…

Brit Award

The Brit Awards (often simply called the Brits) are the British Phonographic Industry’s annual pop music awards, and the British equivalent of the American Grammy Awards. Kate Bush…

Burning Bridge

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released as the B-side of the single Cloudbusting in 1985. According to Kate, it’s just a positive and trivial song, with superficial…

Burning Desire

Unofficial album release featuring the content of the original (official) Live at Hammersmith Odeon release, but apparently recorded from a vinyl record. It was released in 1989 by…

Bush, John Carder

John Carder Bush, also known as Jay, was born in 1944. He is Kate’s eldest brother. He has taken many of the famous photographs and album cover photos…

Bush, Paddy

Paddy Bush was born on 9 December 1952. He is an English musician, instrument maker, music critic, producer and artist. He is also the older brother of Kate….

Butterfly Kisses

Unofficial CD, released by Scorpio in 1988. It features various tracks taken from TV and live performances. Track listing The album consists of the following tracks: Wuthering Heights…

Camila

Song written by Kate Bush. Recorded as a demo, presumably in 1976. The song has never been released officially, but it did end up on various bootlegs. The…

Candle In The Wind

Song written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Originally recorded by Elton John on his album ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’. The song was a tribute to Marilyn Monroe,…

Castaway: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

‘Castaway’ was a film starring Amanda Donohoe and Oliver Reed, and directed by Nicolas Roeg. The story was based on the 1984 book of the same name by…

Cathy

Book compiled by John Carder Bush, originally published in 1986. The book features a collection of photographs by John of his sister Kate as a young girl, with…

Cathy Demos (the)

‘The Cathy Demos’ is an unofficial album release featuring 22 demos recorded in the 1970’s by Kate Bush. Track listing The album features the following tracks: The Kick…

Cathy Demos Volume Five

‘Cathy Demos Volume Five’ is an unofficial EP release featuring four demos recorded in the 1970’s by Kate Bush. It is the fifth in a series of five…

Cathy Demos Volume Four

‘Cathy Demos Volume Four’ is an unofficial EP release featuring four demos recorded in the 1970’s by Kate Bush. It is the fourth in a series of five…

Cathy Demos Volume One

‘Cathy Demos Volume One’ is an unofficial EP release featuring four demos recorded in the 1970’s by Kate Bush. It is the first in a series of five…

Cathy Demos Volume Three

‘Cathy Demos Volume Three’ is an unofficial EP release featuring four demos recorded in the 1970’s by Kate Bush. It is the third in a series of five…

Cathy Demos Volume Two

‘Cathy Demos Volume Two’ is an unofficial EP release featuring four demos recorded in the 1970’s by Kate Bush. It is the second in a series of five…

Cathy’s Album

‘Cathy’s Album’ is an unofficial album release featuring 16 demos recorded in the 1970’s by Kate Bush. Track listing The album features the following tracks: Kashka From Baghdad…

Cathy’s Album Too

‘Cathy’s Album Too’ is an unofficial album release featuring 13 demos recorded in the 1970’s by Kate Bush. It was released as the follow-up to Cathy’s Album. Track…

Cathy’s Home Demos

‘Cathy’s Home Demos’ is an unofficial album release featuring 29 demos recorded in the 1970’s by Kate Bush. It was released by Blue Moon Records in 1993. Track…

Christmas Snowtime Special

On December 22, 1979, the BBC broadcast the Christmas Snowtime Special, which was probably a compilation (for export) of four TV specials made earlier in the year, including…

Cloudbusting

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her fifth studio album Hounds Of Love. Released as the second single from the album on 14 October 1985. The…

Coffee Homeground

Song written by Kate Bush while in the USA in May 1978. It was one of only three songs newly written for the album Lionheart – along with…

Collaborations

Unofficial CD, released by Twilight Music in 1988. Subtitled ‘A collection of Kate’s studio & live duets’, It features various tracks taken from records and live performances. Track…

Come Back Kate

Documentary created by Quirine Racké and Helena Muskens and premiered at the IDFA 2007. In this documentary, diehard fans of Kate Bush talk about their special bond with…

Come Together

Song written by John Lennon, but credited to Lennon-McCartney. The song was inspired by Timothy Leary’s campaign for governor of California against Ronald Reagan, which promptly ended when…

Comfortably Numb

Song written by David Gilmour and Roger Waters and recorded by Pink Floyd on the album ‘The Wall’ (1979). The chorus melody was written by Gilmour while Waters…

Common Ground: Voices of Modern Irish Music

Compilation album, released by EMI Premier Records on May 23, 1996. The concept of this album, assembled by producer Donal Lunny, was to gather over a dozen Celtic…

Confrontation (the)

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally used on the soundtrack of the Comic Strip movie GLC, it was later released on certain formats of the single Love and…

Constellation Of The Heart

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her seventh album The Red Shoes. The lyric describes telescopes being turned inside out and pointed towards the heart, “away…

Craft Of Love

Song written by Kate Bush. Recorded as a demo, presumably in 1976. The song has never been released officially, but it did end up on various bootlegs. The…

Cussi Cussi

Song written by Kate Bush. Recorded as a demo, presumably in 1973. It was planned for inclusion in the withdrawn album The Early Years. Lyrics Please Don’t be-e…

December Will Be Magic Again

Song written by Kate Bush. The song was originally recorded in 1979 and premiered during the Christmas Special in December 1979, but it was not officially released until…

Deeper Understanding

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her sixth studio album The Sensual World, it was re-recorded for her 2011 album Director’s Cut. This version was released…

Delius (Song of Summer)

Song written by Kate Bush as a tribute to the English composer Frederick Delius. The song was inspired by Ken Russell’s film Song of Summer, made for the…

Demos

In 1972 and 1973 Kate recorded several tapes of songs. Reports vary about the amount of songs that were recorded, but there must have been dozens. 20 to…

Director’s Cut

Ninth album by Kate Bush, released by Fish People on 16 May 2011. The album was written, composed and produced by Kate. It is made up of songs…

Disbelieving Angel

Song written by Kate Bush. Recorded as a demo, presumably in 1976. The song has never been released officially, but it did end up on various bootlegs. The…

Do Bears…

Song written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson. On 4, 5 and 6 April 1986 Kate Bush performed live for British charity event Comic Relief, singing ‘Do Bears……

Don’t Give Up

Song written by Peter Gabriel. Originally released on his fifth studio album ‘So’ in 1986. Also released as a single from the album in October 1986. Gabriel originally…

Don’t Push Your Foot On The Heartbrake

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released on her second album Lionheart, the song was written a few years before. According to Kate, it was written as a…

Dreaming (the)

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released as the lead single from her fourth album The Dreaming on 26 July 1982. The song is about the destruction of…

Dreaming (the) [album]

Fourth album by Kate Bush, released by EMI Records on 13 September 1982. Almost two years in the making, it was the first album Bush produced entirely by…

Dreaming Fairies

German fanzine (in English) dedicated to Kate Bush and Stevie Nicks, with a focus on collecting. The fanzine was run by Peter Borbe and Carsten Mosdzien (8 June…

Dreamtime

Song written by Kate Bush. Originally released as the B-side of The Dreaming, it was described as “instrumental version”, but it was actually a longer version of The…

Dreamtime [album]

Unofficial album released in 1987 by Pharting Pharoah. The album features live tracks from Kate’s performance at the London Palladium in 1979, recorded from the audience. The back…

Duncan, Lesley

Born on 12 August 1943, Lesley Duncan was an English singer-songwriter, best known for her work during the Seventies. At 19, while working in a London coffee bar,…

Early Years (the)

Album prepared for release by a West German company. Someone, somehow has got hold of one of tapes, which appeared to have contained not only a number of…

Eat The Music

Song written by Kate Bush. It was originally released as the lead single for The Red Shoes in the USA on September 7, 1993, while everywhere else in…

Edison Award

The Edison is one of the oldest music prizes in the world and the oldest music prize in the Netherlands, having been presented since 1960. Edisons are awarded…