HOMEGROUND: THE KATE BUSH MAGAZINE: ANTHOLOGY ONE: 'WUTHERING
HEIGHTS' TO 'THE SENSUAL WORLD'
HomeGround is a magazine devoted to Kate Bush (born in 1958), a
British pop star best-known for hits such as 'Wuthering Heights',
'Wow', 'Hounds of Love' and 'Running Up That Hill'.
This book is pure heaven for music fans. The HomeGround
anthology includes material inspired by all periods of Kate Bush's
musical progression. It is a book about the reaction to her work
and how her unique music has touched the lives of so many
people.
This is a unique book, a labour of love for hundreds of music
fans who have contributed to HomeGround over its thirty-year
existence. The book includes an enormous amount of information
about Kate Bush, accounts of every release, album, single, pop
promo and appearance, as well as memories and accounts of music
fandom (such as conventions, meetings, hikes, stage door encounters
and video parties). It also includes material on many other pop
acts and events. It features poetry, stories, letters, reviews,
interviews, memoirs, cartoons, drawings, paintings and
photographs.
This is the first book of a two volume set, totalling over 1200
pages. The first book covers Kate Bush's career from 'Wuthering
Heights' to 'The Sensual World' (from the late 1970s to the late
1980s). The second book runs from 'The Red Shoes' album to the
present day.
The first issue of HomeGround appeared in 1982, four years after
Kate Bush's dramatic debut with 'Wuthering Heights'. Starting with
an ancient manual typewriter, and a pot of glue paste, the editors
mounted articles on recycled backing sheets and added hand-drawn
artwork to fill the gaps. The first issue was photocopied, the
pages hand-stapled together and twenty-five copies were given away
to fans they knew. Only later did they discover the magic of word
processing, and desktop publishing.
From those beginnings HomeGround became a cornerstone of the
'Kate-speaking world', the editors going on to organise four
official fan events at which Kate Bush and members of her family
and band appeared, arrange at Bush's request a team of fans to be
extras in two of her videos and organise informal fan gatherings at
Glastonbury and Top Withens, the storm-blown ruin on Haworth Moor.
Years before the internet, HomeGround became a place where fans
could discuss Bush's music, and a place where they could publish
creative writing and artwork that music inspired.
Fully illustrated with hundreds of images, including rare
photographs and original artwork. Includes a timeline of Kate
Bush's career, index and a who's who. ISBN 9781861714800.
648pp.
Also available in paperback: ISBN 9781861714794.
Volume Two of HomeGround, covering Kate Bush's career from 'The
Red Shoes' to the present day, is also available: ISBN
9781861714817 (Pbk) and ISBN 9781861714824 (Hbk).
www.crmoon.com (see for offers on buying both books
together).
Katebushnews.com - the website of HomeGround, the international
Kate Bush magazine.
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