I would like to thank everyone who agreed to answer my questions for this book. They include:
Christine Ashley, Stewart Avon Arnold, Ian Bairnson, Brian Bath, Haydn Bendall, Steve Blacknell, Joe Boyd, Nina Brown, Richard Burgess, Richard Campbell, Ian Cooper, Adam Darius, Geoff Emerick, Peter Erskine, Martyn Ford, David Garfath, Chris Hall, Paul Hardiman, Paul Henry, John Henshall, David Jackson, Vic King, Robin Kovac-Mueller, Daniel Lanois, Nick Launay, Steve Lillywhite, Colin Lloyd-Tucker, Bruce Lynch, Peter Lyster-Todd, Gered Mankowitz, Pat Martin, Oonagh McCormack, Bob Mercer, Max Middleton, Charlie Morgan, Shealla Mubi, Jimmy Murakami, Borimira Nedeva, Concepta Nolan-Long, Randy Olson, Hugh Padgham, David Paton, Susanna Pell, Morris Pert, Andrew Powell, Nick Price, Steve Sanger, Alan Skidmore, Brian Southall, Jeremy Thomas, Sean Twomey, Tony Visconti, Tony Wadsworth, John Walters, Jane Wilkinson, Janet Willmot, Brian Wiseman and Youth.
Thanks also …
To all those who helped facilitate the interviews, and to Jon Kelly for talking in such depth about his work with Kate Bush for another of my projects, an interview which was of much use here.
To Peter Fitzgerald-Morris at Homeground magazine, and Sean Twomey of the Kate Bush News & Information Service for their assistance and advice. Thanks to Marcel Nahapiet
To my editor, Chris Charlesworth, for his patience, enthusiasm and insightful comments; thanks also to Gordon, for reading and responding to early parts of the book, and to my agent Stan for all his help. Particular thanks to Johnny Rogan for his admirable attention to detail.
And finally, a huge thank you to all my family – primarily my wife, Jen, and our three children, for their love, patience and understanding.