hoek@ucbcad.UUCP (Robin Hoek) (07/03/85)
RESPONSE FROM HUGH MAHER, U.C. BERKELEY > The only videos I've seen of her were on the USA network and ONCE > on MTV. Luckily I had my VCR ready. The "California Music Channel" is pretty good about showing her videos, as is "Night Flight". >I've got "The Man With the Child in > His Eyes", "Wuthering Heights" and "Sat In Your Lap". Obviously, I'd > like to get more. I know of 2 videotapes of her but the local video > stores (INCLUDING TOWER RECORDS!!) don't carry it. Actually, the lager "Tower Video" stores usually have at least the "Kate Bush - Live at Hammersmith" video - in fact the San Francisco Tower store has it on Videodisc, imported from Japan. I've seen both videodiscs at a store called "Nickelodeon" in the Century City shopping mall in Los Angeles, and they are also available somewhere in the bay area. Tower Video on the Sunset Strip in L.A. has both Videocassettes ("The Single File" is imported from Japan, and is compatable with U.S. television - Both are in VHS and Beta HI-FI) >I haven't yet tried > to order them. Are they available in the U.S.? Well, Thorn-EMI music video release the Hammersmith show in the U.S. but not "The Single File" compilation of her promo-videos. As I said, though, you can get it from larger video chains. If all else fails, there is a Kate Bush Fan magazine in Canada called "Break-Through" which has a large stockpile of both videos for mail order. The address is: Break-Through Box 160 Hartney, Manitoba CANADA, ROM-OXO >Has anyone ever ordered one? Well, this is how I got mine.... > Also, is there any videotapes of her live appearances on British TV? > I'd like to see some of those. When Saturday Night Live went into > syndication I thought I'd finally be able to tape her appearance on > that show. (it was one hosted by Eric Idle) Apparently, in the conversion > from a 90 minute show for the network into a 60 minute show for syndication > they chose to snip HER appearance. Can you believe that? Am I wrong on that > one? Maybe they just never showed the right Eric Idle episode on our local > channel. Actually, all of Kate's British, European, Australian and American video appearances (including the "Saturday Night Live" appearance) have been compiled and digitally converted from PAL to NTSC (to be compatable with the U.S. video standard) and are going to to be released through the above organization in a 10-hour, 5 videocassette package. I understand, however, that financial problems are delaying the project, and I'm sure that advance payments would help speed things along. >As far as a splinter group for Kate Bush fanatics how 'bout > calling it net.music.bushwhackers :-) > > Dreaming...... Hopefully this will wake you up! HUGH MAHER, U.C. BERKELEY