Notes & Sources

All the quotations in the book are derived from interviews conducted by the author unless indicated otherwise in the text or marked with a reference number corresponding to the sources listed below. All footnotes are denoted by an asterisk and are listed at the bottom of the relevant page.

INTRODUCTION:

  1. Q, November 1989

  2. Personal Call, BBC Radio One, 1979

  3. Bob Mercer, interview with author

  4. Q, December 1993

  5. Hi-Fi & Record Review, December 1985

CHAPTER ONE:

  1. Cathy, John Carder Bush, 1986

  2. Personal Call, BBC Radio One, 1979

  3. Evening Standard, September 5, 1980

  4. Sounds, August 30, 1980

  5. Max Middleton/Brian Southall, interviews with author

  6. Unedited interview with MTV, November 1985

  7. Musician, Autumn 1985

  8. ibid

  9. ibid

10. ibid

11. Sunday Telegraph, July 6, 1980

12. http://gaffa.org/dreaming/ied_3.html

13. Introduction to Cathy, John Carder Bush, 1986

14. http://gaffa.org/cloud/subjects/john_carter_bush.html

15. Profiles In Rock, CITY-TV, December 1980

16. ibid

17. Sunday Telegraph, July 6 1980

CHAPTER TWO:

  1. Friday Night, Saturday Morning With Desmond Morris, BBC 2, November 21, 1981

  2. Kate Bush: A Visual Documentary, Kevin Cann and Sean Mayes, Omnibus Press, 1988

  3. Interview Picture Disc, 1985

  4. Electronics & Music Maker, 1982

  5. My Beliefs, October 1978, http://gaffa.org/reaching/i78_mb.html

  6. Melody Maker, March 1978

  7. Flexipop, September 1982

  8. Connie Nolan-Long, interview with author

  9. Cathy, John Carder Bush, 1986

10. Flexipop, September 1982

11. My Beliefs, October 1978, http://gaffa.org/reaching/i78_mb.html

12. Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio Four, February 21, 1979

13. Musician, Autumn 1985

14. Interview with Tony Myatt, Kate Bush fan convention, November 1985

15. Musician, Autumn 1985

16. Kate Bush: The Whole Story, Kerry Juby, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1988

17. Sounds, March 11, 1978

18. Kate Bush: The Whole Story, Kerry Juby, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1988

19. Trouser Press, July 1978

20. New Statesman, February 7, 2005

21. You magazine, October 22, 1989

22. Trouser Press, July 1978

23. Personal Call, BBC Radio One, 1979

24. Pop On The Line, BBC World Service, November 22 1998

25. Sound International, September 1980

26. Sounds, August 30, 1980

27. Kate Bush: The Whole Story, Kerry Juby, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1988

28. Sounds, August 1980

29. The Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, BBC 1, January 20, 1979

30. Personal Call, BBC Radio One, 1979

31. Record Mirror, October 7, 1978

32. Flexipop, September 1982

33. ibid

34. Q, November 1989

35. Sunday Mirror, Inside The Private World Of Kate Bush

36. Interview Picture Disc, 1985

37. Superpop, February 10, 1979

38. Nationwide, BBC One, April 4, 1979

39. Flexipop, September 1982

40. ibid

CHAPTER THREE:

  1. What Kate Did Next, http://gaffa.org/reaching/i85_what.html, 1985

  2. Personal Call, BBC Radio One, 1979

  3. The Dreaming Interview Disc, CBAK 4011, 1982

  4. The Mark Radcliffe Show, Radio Two, November 7, 2005

  5. Kate Bush In Concert, German TV, April 1980

  6. Electronics & Music Maker, 1982

  7. Sounds International, September 1980

  8. Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio Four, February 21, 1979

  9. Friday Night, Saturday Morning With Desmond Morris, BBC 2, November 21, 1981

10. Electronics & Music Maker, 1982

11. Crawdaddy, 1974

12. ibid

13. New Musical Express, October 1982

14. Radio & Record News, February 1978

15. VH-1 Special, 1990

16. The Peter Powell Show, Radio One, October 11, 1980

17. ibid

18. Tune-In, Christmas 1978

19. Razzamatazz, ITV, July 14, 1981

20. Electronics & Music Maker, 1982

21. Sounds, August 30, 1980

22. Kerrang, February/March 1984

23. VH-1 Special, 1990

24. Tune-In, Christmas 1978

25. Sounds, August 30, 1980

26. New Musical Express, October 1982

27. Melody Maker, June 3, 1978

28. Nationwide, BBC One, April 4, 1979

29. The Dreaming Interview Disc, CBAK 4011, 1982

30. ibid

31. Musician, Autumn 1985

32. Homeground, Summer 2007

33. Musician, Autumn 1985

34. Homeground, Summer 2007

35. Musician, Autumn 1985

36. Record Mirror, October 7, 1978

37. Hot Press, November 1985

38. Nationwide, BBC One, April 4, 1979

CHAPTER FOUR:

  1. Musician, Autumn 1985

  2. Radio & Record News, February 1978

  3. Sounds, March 11, 1978

  4. Kerrang!, 1982

  5. The Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, BBC One, January 20, 1979

  6. Record Mirror, February 25, 1978

  7. Melody Maker, June 3, 1978

  8. Kerrang!, February/March, 1984

  9. Both quotes from Brian Bath, interview with author

10. Peter Lyster-Todd, interview with author

11. Q, November 1989

12. ibid

13. Kate Bush Club Newsletter, No. 5, 1980

14. Sounds, August 30, 1980

15. ibid

16. Homeground, Summer 2004

17. Kate Bush In Concert, German TV, April 1980

18. New Musical Express, March 1978

19. Hot Press, November 1985

20. Sounds, March 11, 1978

21. Homeground, Summer 2004

CHAPTER FIVE:

  1. Kerrang!, February/March, 1984

  2. Pulse, December 1989

  3. Q, November 1989

  4. Tune-In, Christmas 1978

  5. News At Night, MTV, January 1990

  6. Radio & Record News, February 1978

  7. Trouser Press, July 1978

  8. Melody Maker, November, 1978

  9. ibid

10. Lionheart promotional cassette, EMI-Canada, 1978

11. Melody Maker, November, 1978

12. Sounds, August 30, 1980

CHAPTER SIX:

  1. Smash Hits, May 1980

  2. Musician, Autumn 1985

  3. Kate Bush: The Whole Story, Kerry Juby, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1988

  4. Homeground, Summer 2007

  5. ibid

  6. Homeground, Summer 2004

  7. Nationwide, BBC One, April 4, 1979

  8. Record Mirror, March 24, 1979

  9. Nationwide, BBC One, April 4, 1979

10. Homeground, Summer 2007

11. Nationwide, BBC One, April 4, 1979

12. ibid

13. Smash Hits, May 1980

14. Smash Hits, September 1979

15. Kate Bush: The Whole Story, Kerry Juby, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1988

16. Homeground, Summer 2007

17. Q, November 1989

18. Record Mirror, September 1981

19. Kate Bush In Concert, German TV, 1980/ ‘Getting Down Under With Kate Bush’, Record Mirror, 1982

20. Musician, Autumn 1985

21. Sunday Telegraph, July 6, 1980

22. Poppix, 1982

23. Homeground, Summer 2007

24. ibid

25. Musician, Autumn 1985

26. Company, January 1982

27. Sunday Telegraph, July 6, 1980

28. New Musical Express, October 20, 1979

29. Homeground, Summer 2007

30. Musician, Autumn 1985

31. Homeground, Summer 2007

CHAPTER SEVEN:

  1. The Women Of Rock, 1984

  2. Nationwide, BBC One, April 4, 1979

  3. Sounds, August 30, 1980

  4. Kate Bush: A Visual Documentary, Kevin Cann and Sean Mayes, Omnibus Press, 1988

  5. Smash Hits, June 1981

  6. MuchMusic, Canadian TV, 1985/Electronics & Music Maker, 1982

  7. Zig Zag, 1980

  8. ibid

  9. ibid

10. ibid

11. Razzmatazz, ITV, July 14, 1981

12. Hot Press, November, 1985

13. Guardian, October 12, 1989

14. Record Mirror, October 7, 1978

15. The Best Of Kate Bush, EMI Music Publishing, 1981

16. Record Mirror, September 6, 1980

17. The Peter Powell Show, Radio One, October 11, 1980

18. Fachblatt Musikmagazin, November 1985

CHAPTER EIGHT:

  1. Record Mirror, September 1981

  2. ibid

  3. Musician, Autumn 1985

  4. ibid

  5. Electronics & Music Maker, 1982

  6. Mix, 2006

  7. Melody Maker, October 16, 1982

  8. Record Mirror, September 1981

  9. Kate Bush Club Newsletter, No. 12, October 1982

10. Record Mirror, September 1981

11. ‘Getting Down Under With Kate Bush’, Record Mirror, 1982

12. Company, January 1982

13. Q, November 1989

14. Electronics & Music Maker, 1982

15. Preview of The Dreaming, Radio Two, September 13, 1982

16. Kate Bush Club Newsletter, No. 12, October 1982

17. Homeground, Summer 2007

18. Company, January 1982

19. Paul Hardiman, interview with author

20. The Women Of Rock, 1984

21. Hi-Fi For Pleasure, August 1983

22. Fachblatt Musikmagazin, November 1985

23. Interview with Tony Myatt, Kate Bush fan convention, November 1985

24. MuchMusic, Canadian TV, December 1985

25. Homeground, Summer 2007

26. Kerrang!, 1982

27. Q, November 1989

28. ibid

CHAPTER NINE:

  1. Kate Bush Club Newsletter, No. 14, Autumn 1983

  2. You, October 22, 1989

  3. Interview Disc, CBAK 4011, 1985

  4. Kate Bush: The Whole Story, Kerry Juby, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1988

  5. MuchMusic, Canadian TV, November 1985

  6. The Times, August 27, 1985

  7. Kate Bush Club Newsletter, No. 13, Summer 1983

  8. What Kate Did Next, http://gaffa.org/reaching/i85_what.html, 1985

  9. Fachblatt Musikmagazin, November 1985

10. Hot Press, November 1985

11. Unaccredited radio interview, July 29, 1983

12. Daily Mirror, March 21, 1990

13. You magazine, October 22, 1989/Daily Mirror, March 21, 1990

14. Kate Bush Club Newsletter, No. 14, Autumn 1983

15. ibid

16. ibid

17. Classic Albums, Radio One, January 26, 1992

18. The Dreaming Interview Disc, CBAK 4011, 1982

19. Interview with Tony Myatt, Kate Bush fan convention, November 1985

20. Kate Bush Club Newsletter, No. 17, Winter 1984

21. Homeground, Summer 2007

22. Classic Albums, Radio One, January 26, 1992

23. ibid

24. Musician, Autumn 1985

25. Homeground, Summer 2007

26. Musician, Autumn 1985

27. Interview with Tony Myatt, Kate Bush fan convention, November 1985

28. Classic Albums, Radio One, January 26, 1992

29. Q, November 1989

30. Interview by Doug Alan, November 1985

31. Q, November 1989

32. Q, December 1990

33. Unaccredited US radio interview, 1989

34. Q, 20th Anniversary issue, October 2006

35. ZigZag, November 1985

36. Hot Press, November 1985

37. Kate Bush Club Newsletter, No. 21, Winter 1987

38. Mojo, December 2005

39. Melody Maker, October 21, 1989

40. Blitz, September 1985

41. Classic Albums, Radio One, January 26, 1992

CHAPTER 10:

  1. You, October 22, 1989/Daily Mirror, March 21, 1990

  2. http://ebni.com/byrds/newsbwidc2.htm

  3. YTV Rocks, Canada, December 1989

  4. Melody Maker, October 21, 1989

  5. International Musician, December 1989

  6. Musician, February 1990

  7. Tracks, November 1989

  8. VH-1 Special, 1990

  9. Melody Maker, October 21, 1989

10. Reaching Out, 1989

11. The Sensual World Press kit, CBS America, 1989

12. WFNX radio, Boston, Autumn 1989

13. Pulse, December 1989

14. International Musician, December 1989

15. Options, March/April 89

16. Melody Maker, October 21, 1989

17. ibid

18. ibid

19. ibid

20. Raw, issues 32/33, November 1989

21. From ‘Rocket Man’ single sleeve

22. Q, HMV Special mini-edition, 1990

23. ibid

24. Los Angeles Times, January 29, 1990

25. Capital Radio, September 1989

26. Q, HMV Special mini-edition, 1990

27. Homeground, Summer 1996

28. Future Music, November 1993

29. ibid

30. Homeground, Spring 1994

31. Q, 20th Anniversary issue, October 2006

32. Vox, November 1993

33. ibid

34. Front Row, BBC Radio Four, November 4, 2005

35. Associated Press, November 17, 1989

36. Future Music, November 1993

37. Rock World, October 1993

38. Q, December 2001

39. Mojo, December 2005

40. Q, December 2001

CHAPTER 11:

  1. Musician, Autumn 1985

  2. Melody Maker, 1983

  3. ibid

  4. Classic Albums, Radio One, January 26, 1992

  5. Unedited interview with MTV, November 1985

  6. Good Morning With Anne And Nick, BBC One, April 1994

  7. ibid

  8. Musician, February 1990

CHAPTER 12:

  1. BBC Radio 2, July 4, 1996

  2. Kate Bush Club Newsletter, December 1995

  3. Vox, November 1993

  4. Q, December 2001

  5. Q, December 1993

  6. Thank You For The Days, Mark Radcliffe, Simon & Schuster, 2009

  7. Q, December 2001

  8. ibid

  9. Mojo, December 2005

10. Front Row, BBC Radio Four, November 4, 2005

11. The Mark Radcliffe Show, BBC Radio Two, November 7, 2005

12. Q, December 2001

13. ibid

14. Mojo, December 2005

15. ibid

16. ibid

17. Rolling Stone (France), February 2006

18. Front Row, BBC Radio Four, November 4, 2005

CHAPTER 13:

  1. Front Row, The Presenter’s Cut, BBC Radio Four, May 5, 2011

  2. The Times, April 30, 2011

  3. NPR, August 19, 2011

  4. Interview, June 2011

  5. Pitchfork, May 16, 2011

  6. MOJO, June 2011

  7. Radcliffe and Maconie, BBC Radio 6music, May 23, 2011

  8. NPR, August 19, 2011

  9. MOJO, June 2011

10. Pitchfork, May 16, 2011

11. MOJO, June 2011

12. Radcliffe and Maconie, BBC Radio 6music, May 23, 2011

13. Radcliffe and Maconie, BBC Radio 6music, May 26, 2011

14. Pitchfork, May 16, 2011

15. Radcliffe and Maconie, BBC Radio 6music, May 26, 2011

16. PRI’s The World, November 15, 2011

17. Front Row, The Presenter’s Cut, BBC Radio Four, May 5, 2011

18. MOJO, December 2011

19. MOJO, December 2011

20. Sirius XM, OutQ Radio, December 8, 2011

21. Front Row, BBC Radio Four, November 22, 2011

22. Independent, November 18, 2011

23. the Quietus, November 13, 2011

24. Radcliffe and Maconie, BBC Radio 6music, December 12/13, 2011

25. Irish Times, May 6, 2011

26. Front Row, The Presenter’s Cut, BBC Radio Four, May 5, 2011

27. Interview with Jamie Cullum, Avro.nl, December 6, 2011

28. MOJO, Decemeber 2011

29. Washington Post, November 18, 2011

30. The Lauren Laverne Show, BBC Radio 6music, November 24, 2011

31. MOJO, December 2011

32. The Australian, October 29, 2011

33. Interview with Jamie Cullumm, Avro.nl, December 6, 2011

34. Classic Rock Presents Prog Magazine, Issue 22, December 2011

35. Front Row, BBC Radio Four, November 22, 2011

36. MOJO, December 2011337

37. Classic Rock Presents Prog Magazine, Issue 22, December 2011

38. Interview with Jamie Cullum, Avro.nl, December 6, 2011

39. The Lauren Laverne Show, BBC Radio 6music, November 24, 2011

40. Interview with Jamie Cullum, Avro.nl, December 6, 2011

41. Radcliffe and Maconie, BBC Radio 6music, December 12/13, 2011

42. Irish Times, May 6, 2011

43. Radcliffe and Maconie, BBC Radio 6music, December 12/13, 2011

44. Irish Times, May 6, 2011

45. Front Row, BBC Radio Four, November 22, 2011

Steve Gadd and Mica Paris were interviewed by the author for a piece that appeared in Uncut, January 2012

CHAPTER 14:

  1. Before The Dawn, programme notes

  2. Sunday Times, October 12, 2014

  3. Before The Dawn, programme notes

  4. ibid

  5. New Statesman, October 2, 2014

  6. Before The Dawn, programme notes

  7. New Statesman, October 2, 2014

  8. Sunday Times, October 12, 2014

  9. Toyah Wilcox website, http://toyahwillcox.com/toyahs-blog-oct-2014

10. Faeries and Enchantment, Winter 2014

EPILOGUE:

  1. Financial Times, August 27, 2014

  2. Mojo, July 2003

  3. Times, October 22, 2005

  4. Guardian, August 22, 2014

  5. Big Issue, August 22, 2014

  6. Vogue, August 26, 2014

  7. Front Row, BBC Radio Four, November 4, 2005

  8. Details, March 1994