Kate Bush Remasters 2018.

Album Remasters and Rare Tracks

Kate will release remastered versions of her album catalogue on vinyl and CD in November. This is the first (and definitive) programme of remastering and includes the release of many rarities and cover versions on vinyl and CD for the first time. Pre-order available from 2pm on 4th October.

The vinyl albums – all Kate’s studio work – will be released in 4 separate boxes, the first two on November 16 and the latter two on November 30. The CD boxes will be staggered on the same dates. The live album ‘Before The Dawn’ is included in CD Box 2 in its original mastered form.

The albums, many of which have been unavailable on vinyl for a decade, have been remastered by Kate and James Guthrie. Kate’s 10 studio albums are spread over 3 vinyl boxes, whilst the 4th box contains many rarities previously unavailable on vinyl, including a whole disc of cover versions. The total number of vinyl discs is 18.

The Vinyl Boxes will be;

Kate Bush Remastered in Vinyl 1
The Kick Inside, Lionheart, Never For Ever, The Dreaming

Kate Bush Remastered in Vinyl 2
Hounds of Love, The Sensual World, The Red Shoes

Kate Bush Remastered in Vinyl 3
Aerial, Director's Cut, 50 Words for Snow

Kate Bush Remastered In Vinyl 4
12" Mixes, The Other Side 1, The Other Side 2, In Others' Words

The CD formats comprise:

Kate Bush Remastered Part 1
The Kick Inside, Lionheart, Never For Ever, The Dreaming, Hounds of Love, The Sensual World, The Red Shoes

Kate Bush Remastered Part 2
Aerial, Director's Cut, 50 Words for Snow, Before the Dawn (Original Mastering) 12" Mixes, The Other Side 1, The Other Side 2, In Others' Words

The track-listing for the fourth vinyl box and the final 4 CDs of the second CD box is:

Kate Bush - Remastered In Vinyl IV

12” MIXES

1. Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
2. The Big Sky (Meteorological Mix)
3. Cloudbusting (The Orgonon Mix)
4. Hounds Of Love (Alternative Mix)
5. Experiment IV (Extended Mix)

THE OTHER SIDE 1

1. Walk Straight Down The Middle
2. You Want Alchemy
3. Be Kind To My Mistakes
4. Lyra
5. Under The Ivy
6. Experiment IV
7. Ne T’Enfuis Pas
8. Un Baiser D’Enfant
9. Burning Bridge
10. Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) 2012 Remix

THE OTHER SIDE 2

1. Home For Christmas
2. One Last Look Around The House Before We Go
3. I’m Still Waiting
4. Warm And Soothing
5. Show A Little Devotion
6. Passing Through Air
7. Humming
8. Ran Tan Waltz
9. December Will Be Magic Again
10. Wuthering Heights (Remix / New Vocal from ‘The Whole Story’)

IN OTHERS’ WORDS

1. Rocket Man
2. Sexual Healing
3. Mná na hÉireann
4. My Lagan Love
5. The Man I Love
6. Brazil (Sam Lowry’s First Dream)
7. The Handsome Cabin Boy
8. Lord Of The Reedy River
9. Candle In The Wind

 

This is fantastic news....also a little horrendous given the number of other releases at the same time......and then there's price.....not a lot of time between dates....which makes you wonder why bother staggering them......one now and one in the new year may have been better.

but the do look beautiful...

 

Is it April the 1st already?

 

Goddamn it. I was waiting for this info for years and it appeared just one week after I'd lost patience and bought This Woman's Work Anthology box on original CD's in jewel cases.

Wonder how expensive the vinyl boxes will be.

 

Vinyl Boxes 1 and 4 shall be mine!!!

The CD boxes have cool new cover art, but the vinyl boxes don't...I wonder why?

 

I wish they split the CD boxes into 4 like the vinyl boxes

 

Vinyl boxes 2 and 4 are extreeeeemely tempting...anyone know if this version of 'Brazil' has vocals? If it's included here, it should - in theory - feature Kate's vocals...

 

Dear Santa ....

 

Wonder if The Sensual World and The Red Shoes will be presented in their "The Director's Cut" mixes. Way better than originals IMHO.

 

Wow. This is a surprise. Be interesting to see what the CD mastering is like because her first 5 albums (at least) sound great. In fact, I’m not sure if they could be improved upon... Still, if they sound bad we can officially blame Kate.

Are there any pictures of these? Google is drawing a blank for me.

 

Do the the CDs in the 2nd CD Set contain every Song that was in the 2 Bonus CDs in 'This Woman's Work'? I did not do a direct comparison yet. Glad I held off buying that Box Set just to get the 2 Bonus CDs.

There goes my 'Dreaming' of a Steven Wilson Remix Project of her Albums in the Deluxe Book Box Sets with 5.1 and Booklets like he is doing for Jethro Tull. Oh well, I will hold out hope that he does this type of project for Peter Gabriel.

I think most of her CDs on Parlophone and Fish People Labels sound fine to me, and I own a Japan Black Triangle CD for 'Hounds of Love', so not sure the Remasters of the Studio Albums on CD will be much better, but will buy the 2nd CD Set for all of the Bonus Songs.

I am interested in most of the Albums on Vinyl, except own the SH/KG Vinyl Remastered 'Hounds of Love' and 'A Sensual World' so have no interest in buying those 2 Titles on Vinyl.

Looks like those Rare Vinyl Copies of 'Aerial' that are selling for an extreme high price($250 and Higher) on Discogs & Ebay just lost their value(but who pays that much for 1 Vinyl Album anyways?).

What will be the difference in Mastering and SQ for 'Before the Dawn'? Will the Heavy Bass Sound be reduced?

A Blu-Ray for 'Before The Dawn' would have been the one thing to have made these Reissues even better news.

Outside of The Doors -'Waiting for the Sun', you can have those Box Sets of 1968 and other Older Albums/Music Artists(Beatles, Lennon, Hendrix, Dylan, Rolling Stones, etc., well I do love The Kinks 'The Kinks are the Preservation Society', but the price on that Deluxe Box Set is too high for me to buy it, as own the 3 CD Set).

My money is going to Kate Bush, the Steven Wilson BluRay & CD Set for his To the Bone Tour at RAH, The Lindsey Buckingham 3 CD Box Set, eventually the Tom Petty Box Set(just not urgent for now) and if I can convince myself to like some of the later 1980s Bowie Albums including the Live Albums, maybe his 'LTA' Box Set(CD). I bought the prior Bowie Box Sets, and his 1993-2016 is one of my favorite Bowie Periods after 'Station to Station through 'Let's Dance(6 Albums, although were spread out among 3 of these Box Sets).

 

It appears initially that at least 'Ken' is missing..

I don't think they have touched Before The Dawn mastering as it is so recent..

 

Just too exciting for words, looks like winter may not be so bleak after all.

 

Great news

I have been tempted to buy her previous box set for a long time now. Now I’ll better pick up this one

Let’s compare the non albums tracks

 

Nice!
"remastered by Kate and James Guthrie"
that is promising, is it not!?

 

From Wikipedia - non album tracks as they saw release on the initial box set in 1990:

Disc 7 - This Woman's Work: Volume One

1. "The Empty Bullring" 2:13
2. "Ran Tan Waltz" 2:39
3. "Passing Through Air" (1980) 2:01
4. "December Will Be Magic Again" 4:49
5. "Warm and Soothing" 2:42
6. "Lord of the Reedy River" (1981) 2:42
7. "Ne T'En Fui Pas" 2:10
8. "Un Baiser d'Enfant 3:00
9. "Under the Ivy" 2:06
10. "Burning Bridge" 4:44
11. "My Lagan Love" 2:29
12. "The Handsome Cabin Boy" 3:11
13. "Not This Time" 3:39
14. "Walk Straight Down the Middle" 3:51
15. "Be Kind to My Mistakes" 2:59
Total length: 46:07

Disc 8 - This Woman's Work: Volume Two

1. "I'm Still Waiting" 4:31
2. "Ken" 3:47
3. "One Last Look Around the House Before We Go" 0:58
4. "Wuthering Heights (New vocal)" 5:02
5. "Experiment IV" 4:19
6. "Them Heavy People (Live)" 4:10
7. "Don't Push Your Foot on the Heartbrake (Live)" 3:39
8. "James and the Cold Gun (Live)" 6:18
9. "L'Amour Looks Something Like You (Live)" 2:47
10. "Running Up That Hill (12" mix)" 5:42
11. "Cloudbusting (Organon mix)" 6:36
12. "Hounds of Love (Alternative)" 3:51
13. "The Big Sky (Meteorological mix)" 8:03
14. "Experiment IV (12" mix)" 6:48
Total length: 66:14

 

This is going to be one of those threads that hits page 100 by end of day isn't it??

 

Not This Time also seems to be missing.

I just hope HOL has the album version of Big Sky.

 

Of course!

Many tracks will be missing, actually... damn. Looks like the first box set will remain very desirable, then.

 

I doubt it - the CD of HOL Kate released on her own label only contained the single version. Does she even have the rights to the original version? Besides, maybe she likes the single version better - I don't know, I love any version of this fantastic song.

 

Want my copy of the box? Just bought one last week but I am ready to sell it to buy new vinyl boxes

 

Sorry dude, I still need my kidney

 

Aerial. Finally.

 

At last! Shame the vinyl for Red Shoes and Ariel aren't in the same box but even so I'm in for boxes 2-4, may pick up the first depending on price.

 

Well I bought it cheaply, only 70€, the box itself in great shape.