KateBushexplodedontotheworldstagein1978withhersmashhitsingleWutheringHeights.Musicloversaroundtheworldwereenamouredwithheruniquetalent,charmandbeauty.TheaccompanyingalbumTheKickInsidewaslaudedbycriticsonbothsidesoftheAtlantic.Fromthatmomentuntilthis,withthereleaseofhernewalbumAerial,shehasdefinedherownuniquestyleandbrokennewgroundwithhervisionofcontemporarymusic.DuringanabsencefromrecordingofoveradecadeKateBushsinfluenceprevailsintherecordedworksoffemalesuperstarsaroundtheworld,whetheritbeinthemusicofSarahMcLachlanandToriAmosorthechoreographyofMadonnaandBritneySpears.KateBushisanoriginatorwhohaseitherdirectlyorindirectlyinspiredmillions.TheIllustratedCollectorsGuidetoKateBushisacomprehensiveregisteroftherecordedworksofthisremarkablechanteuse,from1978tothepresentday.Itincludesover600listingscoveringalbums,compactdiscs,45s,CDsingles,laserdiscs,videos,interviewdiscs,promotionalrecordsandCDs,bootlegs,books,sheetmusic,fanzines,guestappearancesaswellasarecordofhertelevisionappearances.Fullyillustratedthroughoutincolourwithover400picturesofKateBushrelatedmaterial,itisanessentialreferencesourceforcollectors.ThebookiscompiledbyRobertGodwin,authorofthecriticallyacclaimedCollectorsGuidestoLedZeppelinandHawkwind.