Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (03/03/87)
Really-From: IED0DXM%UCLAMVS.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu KT news: Yet another bunch of Kate Bush posters have come on the L.A. market. There are three, all monochrome, all rather small as posters go, all apparently imports, probably unofficial, but printed well on good, heavy poster paper. The first is a simple copy of the The Whole Story cover photo. The second is a copy of the UK promotional poster used to advertise the "RUTH" single (large photo of Kate in arms of male dance-partner Michel Hervieu, with small inset of single cover). The third is a blow-up of the photo of Kate standing, wearing dance leotards and a sash around the waist. This photo originally appeared in the UK sheet-music book of Lionheart, and in the poster's upper left-hand corner Kate's name has been printed in lavender-ish script. The Whole Story slipped another few notches in the March 7 (?) issue of Billboard, to number 92 (?), after fourteen weeks in the charts. Not bad for an album of (mostly) re-releases. The twelfth issue of Australian KT fanzine "Dreamtime" arrived in IED's post today. At first a little disorienting to read about a "hot summer" in a "February -- April" issue, but now understood. Gaye Godfrey, who is the main force behind "Dreamtime", has written a detailed account of her first-ever trip to England in search of things Kate. It is a fascinating story, illustrated with photos of Gaye at the Bush family's East Wickham Farm in the company of Kate's mother Hannah (is there any other superstar in Europe more accommodating to her fans than Kate and her family? Their poor Farm -- it's beginning to get overrun with pilgrims in search of Mecca). Gaye gives a rundown of all the different kinds of KT merchandise she was able to find in the UK, and describes her meeting with Kate and with Dave Cross and Krys and Peter Fitzgerald-Morris (of "Homeground"). Among other things the latest issue of "Dreamtime" describes a poster in green and pink taken from the photo of Kate on the cover of Vermorel's second "biography". Such a poster has never been available in the US, to IED's knowledge. Overall, Gaye's article is especially easy for American fans to sympathize with, since the amount of exposure of Kate in Australia is about as miserable as in America, and Gaye's air of innocent wonder and flurry of mad consumption of anything to do with Kate while in England will be immediately familiar to non-UK fanaTiKs. There is a re-print of a very recent (but brief) interview which Kate gave to the "Courier Mail" of Brisbane, Aust.; a very negative review of Kate's re-recording of "Wuthering Heights"; and a false announcement that the soundtrack to "Brazil" (which features a cover of the title song by Kate) had "recently been released". (MCA -- the bastards -- now say that they have no plans to release a soundtrack of the film.) A nearly perfect translation of "Ne t'Enfuis Pas" is included; and in a review of the "The Whole Story" video there is a description of the "new" video for "Wow": apparently it consists of clips from the Hammersmith performance, edited precisely so as to synch perfectly with the studio vocal track. Although again there is no detailed description of the "X4" video, from the little that Gaye does describe it seems more likely than ever that the film aired by MTV was a butchered, edited version. For female KT fans who may be curious, Gaye has discovered where one may purchase a pair of Kate's dragon earrings (featured on the cover of the UK "Hounds of Love" single). If anyone is interested in details, contact IED. Finally, IED announces the imminent appearance in Love-Hounds of the (by-now) famous Capital Radio interview, undertaken by Tony Myatt in November of 1985 and played to fans at the Romford KT Convention the same month. The text is long and will appear in installments, without -- happy day! -- any comment from your friendly transcriber. Now, for the mailbag. To Hugh: Both of yesterday's postings much appreciated this end; you're very convincing about the tendency to prefer all things imported over domestic product. In response to your question, IED's UK import CD of Never For Ever has no such problem at the beginning of "Babooshka". Maybe yours is just a faulty pressing or it needs a cleaning, or maybe it's the D-5 (my first CD player, too), which seems to get more confused by CD flaws than some newer models. Anyway, IED's copy of the CD starts on cue at 0:00. Question: You (or someone) has mentioned once before an interview with Kate in which she discusses her attitude towards digital recording techniques and "digital editing". Since you've mentioned it again, could you identify where this interview was published? Thanks very much. -- Andrew Marvick
Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (03/03/87)
Really-From: Dave Hsu <mimsy!eneevax!hsu@eneevax.umd.edu> > To Hugh: > In response to your question, IED's UK import CD of Never For Ever > has no such problem at the beginning of "Babooshka". Maybe yours is > just a faulty pressing or it needs a cleaning, or maybe it's the D-5 > (my first CD player, too), which seems to get more confused by CD > flaws than some newer models. Anyway, IED's copy of the CD starts on > cue at 0:00. >-- Andrew Marvick It may be that you've hit the problem right on the head...I've long since noticed that the D-5 mutes the very first part of whatever track you listen to if you scoot the read head off to a new location; this has the rotten side effect of cutting off the first downbeat to just about everything the ecleKTic one has written lately. On the other hand, it also tends to hide the segues between some tracks. The solution, of course, is to back-scan as soon as you skip tracks, or go buy another [different] CD player. And yes, I've noticed that whine on X4 and the rerecorded Wuthering Heights. It's the Nagra, someone says? -dave -- David "bd" Hsu hsu@eneevax.umd.edu <or> seismo!mimsy!eneevax!hsu EE Computer Facility, Maryversity of Uniland, College Park, MD 20742