Kate Bush - The Laser File
(A quick guide to Kate Bush videos released on LaserDisc and other videodisc formats)
Live At Hammersmith Odeon
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| UK | Japan |
| Country | Year | System | Format | Sides | Label | Catalogue | Sound | Additional |
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| UK | 1984 | PAL | CLV | 2 | EMI | 6135-70 | Analogue | |
| Japan | 1983 | NTSC | CLV | 1 | EMI | MP102-15EM | Analogue | |
| Japan | mid '80s | NTSC | CLV | 1 | EMI | SM035-3491 | Digital+Analogue | |
| Japan | 1987 | NTSC | CLV | 1 | EMI | SM048-3198 | Digital+Analogue | Info sheet (in Japanese) |
| Moving/Them Heavy People/Violin/Strange Phenomena/Hammer Horror/Don't Push Your Foot On the Heartbrake/Wow/Feel It/Kite/James and the Cold Gun/Oh England My Lionheart/Wuthering Heights | ||||||||
The Single File
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| UK | Japan |
| Country | Year | System | Format | Sides | Label | Catalogue | Sound | Additional |
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| UK | 1984 | PAL | CLV | 1 | PMI | PMI 9014301 | Analogue | |
| Japan | 1984 | NTSC | CLV | 1 | EMI | SM058-0019 | Analogue | |
| Japan | 1989 | NTSC | ? | ? | ? | SM048-3292 | Digital+Analogue | |
| Wuthering Heights/Man With The Child In His Eyes/Hammer Horror/Wow/Them Heavy People/Breathing/Babooshka/Army Dreamers/Sat In Your Lap/The Dreaming/Suspended In Gaffa/There Goes A Tenner | ||||||||
The Hair of the Hound
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| Japan |
| Country | Year | System | Format | Sides | Label | Catalogue | Sound | Additional |
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| Japan | 1986 | NTSC | CAV | 1 | Pioneer | SM048-3111 | Digital+Analogue | inc.Lyric Sheet |
| Running Up That Hill/Hounds Of Love/The Big Sky/Cloudbusting | ||||||||
The Whole Story
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| UK LV | UK CDV | US | UK '93 |
| Country | Year | System | Format | Sides | Label | Catalogue | Sound | Additional |
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| UK | 2/87 | PAL | CLV | 1 | PMI | MLP9911431 | Analogue | Hissy Sound |
| UK | 11/88 | PAL | CLV | 1 | PMI | 0805041 | Digital | Good sound, gold disc |
| UK | 10/93 | PAL | CLV | 2 | PMI | PLMPB00871 | Digital | Hissy sound, 3 extra videos |
| US | 1980s | NTSC | CLV | 1 | Pioneer | PA91-374 | Digital+Analogue | |
| Japan | 1987 | NTSC | CLV | 1 | ToshibaEMI | L100-1076 | Analogue | |
| Japan | 1990s | NTSC | CLV | 1 | ToshibaEMI | TOLW-3084 | Digital+Analogue | |
| Wuthering Heights/Cloudbusting/The Man With The Child In His Eyes/Breathing/Wow/Hounds Of Love/Running Up That Hill/Army Dreamers/Sat In Your Lap/Experiment IV/The Dreaming/Babooshka/The Big Sky (The Sensual World/Love & Anger/This Woman's Work UK 1993 only) | ||||||||
The Sensual World
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| Japan | US |
| Country | Year | System | Format | Sides | Label | Catalogue | Sound | Additional |
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| Japan | 1990s | NTSC | CLV | 1 | PMI | TOLW-3189 | Digital+Analogue | With subtitles |
| US | 1990s | NTSC | CLV | 1 | Image | ID7291CB | Digital+Analogue | 20cm, 20 minute version |
| The Sensual World/Love & Anger/This Woman's Work + interview | ||||||||
The Line, The Cross, and The Curve
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| UK |
| Country | Year | System | Format | Sides | Label | Catalogue | Sound | Additional |
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| UK | 10/94 | PAL | CLV | 1 | Pioneer | PLMPA00901 | Digital | Dolby Surround |
| USA | 1990s | NTSC | CLV | 1 | CMV | MLV50118 | Digital+Analogue | |
| Japan | 1990s | NTSC | CLV | 1 | Toshiba/EMI | TOLW-3198 | Digital+Analogue | |
| Rubberband Girl/And So Is Love/The Red Shoes/Lily/The Red Shoes (inst)/Moments of Pleasure/Eat The Music/The Red Shoes | ||||||||
The Whole Story '94 (Video CD release only)
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| UK |
| Country | Year | System | Format | Sides | Label | Catalogue | Sound | Additional |
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| UK/DE/FR | 1994 | MPEG | VCD | 2 Discs | PMI | PMCD 4912882 | MPEG | |
| Wuthering Heights/Cloudbusting/The Man With The Child In His Eyes/Breathing/Wow/Hounds Of Love/Running Up That Hill/Army Dreamers/Sat In Your Lap/Experiment IV/The Dreaming/Babooshka/The Big Sky/The Sensual World/Love & Anger/This Woman's Work/Rubberband Girl/Moments of Pleasure/Kate Bush Discography | ||||||||
| Two versions of this VCD were released; the information above applies to the second. The earlier version had picture and sound problems and was withdrawn. | ||||||||
The Single File (CED release)
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| UK |
| Country | Year | System | Format | Sides | Label | Catalogue | Sound | Additional |
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| UK | 1984 | PAL | CED | 2 | PMI | RCA Columbia 33906 | CX | |
| Wuthering Heights/Man With The Child In His Eyes/Hammer Horror/Wow/Them Heavy People/Breathing/Babooshka/Army Dreamers/Sat In Your Lap/The Dreaming/Suspended In Gaffa/There Goes A Tenner | ||||||||
| It's probably quite difficult to find a player for these discs nowadays, as the CED system is obsolete. | ||||||||
The Hair of the Hound (VHD release)
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| JP |
| Country | Year | System | Format | Sides | Label | Catalogue | Sound | Additional |
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| JP | 1986 | NTSC | VHD | 1 | Victor | VHM28019 | ||
| Running Up That Hill/Hounds Of Love/The Big Sky/Cloudbusting | ||||||||
| It's probably quite difficult to find a player for this disc nowadays, as the VHD system was only ever launched in Japan. | ||||||||
If anyone can help fill in the gaps in the information above, please mail me (address below). Note that all of these discs are out of print and I don't know where to find copies, although eBay is a good start.
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