KATE BUSH The Kick Inside ORIGINAL 1978 UK EMI PRESS MINT-
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53
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70
£ 53
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Apr 1, 2013
Sold Date
Mar 22, 2013
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KATE BUSH The Kick Inside ORIGINAL 1978 UK EMI PRESS MINT-
FULLY LAMINATED, DEEPLY GLOSSY COVER - GORGEOUS SOUND
KATE BUSHThe Kick Inside
UK EMI RECORDS (EMC 3223) ORIGINAL PRESSING OF KATE BUSH'S BREATHTAKING 1979 DEBUT LP "The Kick Inside"
BARELY (if ever) PLAYED - DELIVERING BEAUTIFULLY DEEP, RICH AND WARM AUDIO - GREAT COPY OF THIS GORGEOUS LP - WHICH IN MY EXPERIENCE IS PRETTY HARD TO FIND PLAYING THIS WELL
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE EMI LABELS
MATRIX & ETCHING: YAX 5389-5 (etched "Remember Yourself!") / YAX 5390-2
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL DEEPLY LAMINATED AND DEEPLY GLOSSY SINGLE SLEEVE WITH PRINTED LYRICS, MADE BY “Garrod & Lofthouse” AND DATE CODED '7802' (1978, February)
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL BOXED 'IMPORTANT NOTICE', 'CARE OF YOUR RECORD' EMI COMPANY INNER SLEEVE WITH ALL TEXT PRINTED IN BLACK AND DATE CODED '178' (January, 1978)
Kate Bush's first album, The Kick Inside, released when the singer/songwriter was only 19 years old (but featuring some songs written at 15 and recorded at 16), is her most unabashedly romantic, the sound of an impressionable and highly precocious teenager spreading her wings for the first time.
The centrepiece is "Wuthering Heights," which was a hit everywhere except the United States (and propelled the Emily Brontë novel back onto the best-seller lists in England), but there is a lot else here to enjoy: The disturbing "Man with the Child in His Eyes," the catchy rocker "James and the Cold Gun," and "Feel It," an early manifestation of Bush's explorations of sexual experience in song, which would culminate with "Hounds of Love."
As those familiar with the latter well know, she would do better work in the future, but this is still a mightily impressive debut.
Side 1: Moving / The Saxophone Song / Strange Phenomena / Kite / The Man With The Child In His Eyes / Wuthering Heights
Side 2: James And The Cold Gun / Feel It / Oh To Be In Love / L’Amour Looks Something Like You / Them Heavy People / Room For The Life / The Kick Inside
LABELS: MINT-
Clean, bright and fresh labels - no spindle traces that I can seen
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new and are practically unmarked
VINYL Audio: MINT-
Wonderful LP with deep, warm and strong audio reproduction - a very impressive EMI cut - crystal clear, full, rich and detailed sound.
My play-check at loud volume found no audio issues of note - this is a really beautiful copy and in my experience, surprisingly hard to find playing this well - absolutely gorgeous
SLEEVE: MINT-
The original deeply laminated and deeply glossy sleeve has a glass-like finish to both the front and back surfaces and is clean, sharp and fresh with all spine text clear and bold - an outstanding example
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: 1st Class: £4.50 (recorded delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £12.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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