Why? While I have been led to believe that Kate is not fond of these early works, I can imagine it's akin to parents showing those embarrassing baby photos to a significant other, but all of us hardened (mad) fans love to hear these, just as we all love to see the early photos of Kate in the Cathy Book (or my copy of that site) published by her brother, John Carder Bush. Even though the quality is not that of a fully produced studio, we still love them, but have had to pay high costs to bootleggers (or people on ebay) while Kate makes no money! If Kate is making no money, then I think neither should any bootleggers, so clicking below will take to a site that has them - for free! Plus: find some other rare/interesting trinklets. You can read the history of these at the gaffa site. A site dedicated to Kate Bush. |
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Demos: The Early Years (1973) | ||||
Something Like A Song | 3.6M | 3m46s | Lyrics | |
Need Your Loving | 2.1M | 2m12s | Later versions known as Passing Through Air | Lyrics |
Humming | 1.7M | 1m50s | Sometimes referred as the Davey track | Lyrics |
You Were The Star | 1.8M | 1m57s | Lyrics | |
The Gay Farewell | 2.3M | 2m24s | A different ending to the Phoenix demo | Lyrics |
Cussi Cussi | 2.4M | 2m32s | Lyrics | |
Atlantis | 2.9M | 3m03s | Lyrics | |
Sunsi | 2.6M | 2m44s | Lyrics | |
Disbelieving Angel | - | No recording, but see Phoenix demos below | No Lyrics | |
Go Now While You Can | - | No recording | No Lyrics | |
Maybe | 1.2M | 1m17s | As recorded off a radio interview | Lyrics |
Maybe & Humming | 2.3M | 2m25s | Notice how these two tracks join together - maybe the same song? | |
Note: The above Early Years recordings have been digitially processed to remove the audible vinyl clicks and tape hiss found on the even the best versions of these tracks. Thanks to Brent Aliverti for his efforts, expertise, as well as computing power! | ||||
Demos: The Phoenix recordings (1976) | ||||
The Kick Inside (Brother) | 3.3M | 3m26s | Early version of that found on her first album without brother in the title | Lyrics |
Hammer Horror | 2.4M | 2m34s | Early version of that found on her second album | Lyrics |
It Hurts Me | 2.6M | 2m42s | aka Feeling Like A Waltz/Rose or A Rose Growing Old | Lyrics |
Stranded At The Moonbase | 2.5M | 2m40s | aka Keeping Me Waiting | Lyrics |
Kashka From Baghdad | 2.2M | 2m19s | Early version of that found on her second album | Lyrics |
Surrender Into The Roses | 1.4M | 1m26s | aka Camilla or Coming Up | Lyrics |
Oh To Be In Love | 2.7M | 2m53s | later version on her first album | Lyrics |
Rinfy The Gypsy | 3.6M | 3m47s | aka Playing Canasta In Cold Rooms | Lyrics |
On Fire Inside A Snowball | 2.1M | 2m14s | aka Hot In The Ice or Snow | Lyrics |
Dali | 2.7M | 2m49s | aka Ferry Me Over | Lyrics |
Where Are The Lionhearts | 2.1M | 2m14s | aka On The Rocks, nothing to do with Oh England, My Lionheart | Lyrics |
Violin | 1.8M | 1m54s | Early version of that found on her third album | Lyrics |
The Craft Of Life | 2.6M | 2m43s | aka Craft Of Love | Lyrics |
The Gay Farewell | 2.2M | 2m20s | aka Queen Eddie | Lyrics |
Something Like A Song | 1.9M | 1m59s | aka In My Garden | Lyrics |
Frightened Eyes | 2.8M | 3m00s | Lyrics | |
The Disbelieving Angel | 1.8M | 1m54s | Probably the same as the unknown Early recording above | Lyrics |
Nevertheless You'll Do | 1.7M | 1m47s | aka Nevertheless | Lyrics |
Come Closer To Me Babe | 3.3M | 3m28s | aka Goodnight Baby | Lyrics |
So Soft | 2.4M | 2m30s | aka You're Soft | Lyrics |
Pick The Rare Flower | 2.5M | 2m37s | aka Don't See Why I Shouldn't | Lyrics |
While Davy Dozed | 2.7M | 2m50s | aka Davy, but this is not Maybe nor Humming | Lyrics |
Note: The above Phoenix recordings have been digitially processed to remove the audible vinyl clicks and tape hiss found on the even the best versions of these tracks. Thanks to Brent Aliverti for his efforts, expertise, as well as computing power! | ||||
Studio Sessions (1977) | ||||
Moving | 2.6M | 2m40s | Early version of that found on her first album | Lyrics |
Don't Push Your Foot On The Heartbrake | 2.8M | 2m52s | Early version of that found on her second album | Lyrics |
L'Amour looks Something Like You | 2.1M | 2m11s | Early version of that found on her first album | Lyrics |
Kite | 2.6M | 2m45s | Early version of that found on her first album | Lyrics |
Strange Phenomena | 2.6M | 2m40s | Early version of that found on her first album | Lyrics |
Scares Me Silly | 3.1M | 3m11s | aka But It Gets Me Going | Lyrics |
Versions of songs while being made | ||||
Babooshka Piano (1980) | 3.0M | 2m08s | Early version of that found on her third album | Lyrics |
Babooshka Beatbox (1980) | 2.9M | 2m00s | Early version of that found on her third album | Lyrics |
Blow Away Demo (1980) | 3.6M | 3m48s | Early version of that found on her third album | Lyrics |
Wedding List Demo (1980) | 3.7M | 3m55s | Early version of that found on her third album | Lyrics |
Kidnapped On A Building Site | 2.9M | 3m00s | An "early" style song, got cut from her third album | Lyrics |
Sat In Your Lap early version | 1.0M | 1m00s | Early version of that found on her fourth album | Lyrics |
Leave It Open early version | 2.0M | 2m09s | Early version of that found on her fourth album | Lyrics |
Why Should I Love You early version | 6.4M | 6m40s | Early version of that found on her sixth album | Lyrics |
Other rare recordings | ||||
Come Together | 4.1M | 4m16s | KT Bush band cover of "Come Together" by The Beatles | |
Magician | 1.8M | 1m56s | From the movie The Magican of Lublin | Lyrics |
Another Day | 3.3M | 3m27s | From the BBC TV 1979 Christmas Special (with Peter Gabriel) | Lyrics |
Brazil | 1.9M | 2m01s | From the movie Brazil | Lyrics |
Out Of The Storm | 2.0M | 2m05s | Cut from the movie The Dinosaur (soundtrack) | Lyrics |
Lyra | 2.9M | 3m03s | From the movie The Golden Compass | Lyrics |
Organic Acid | 5.5M | 5m45s | A poem by John Carder Bush, aka Before The Fall | Lyrics |
Sexual Healing | 3.3M | 3m26s | Digitially processed by Peter Chow | |
Director's Cut previews | 5.6M | 5m49s | Found at AngieZ on tumblr | Track listing |
Radio One Xmas Jingle | 0.4M | 0m23s | Intro to December will be Magic | Lyrics |
Watching You Without Me - clips | ||||
2m28 to 2m37 clip forwards | 136k | 8.50s |
Zwoh-nikh-noh, zwoh-nikh-noh nee, et-nee nong-widz-aw nee noy |
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2m37 to 2m28 clip backwards | 136k | 8.50s |
Don't ignore, don't ignore me, Let me in and I won't be long |
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3m39 to 3m49 clip forwards | 148k | 9.25s |
Help me, baby! Help me, baby! Talk to me! Listen to me, baby listen to me, listen to me! Talk to me! Help, please listen |
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3m49 to 3m39 clip backwards | 148k | 9.25s | "You can't hear me" I was here before you talked to me you said that you didn't think it was too late to help me |