When looking back over Kate Bush's astounding career, critics are often quick to gloss over her first two albums. Here Matthew Lindsay looks at 1978 as the most crucial year in her development, and the crucible for much essential music
Detail from the 'Hammer Horror' 7" sleeve
She’d seen it on TV, way back in 1967, when she was nine. A hand coming through the window. A child-like spectre whispering. A scene from the BBC’s adaptation of Wuthering Heights. She’d always been into "that sort of thing”.
Ten years later in the top floor flat of a Victorian house, located at 44 Wickham Road, Brockley, random childhood viewing is spun into musical gold. It’s a March evening. The curtains are wide open...
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