Sounds, 7 June 1986: Kate Bush – Ahead in the Clouds cover; His Latest Flame, Heart, Lydia Lunch, Fuzzbox – UK weekly music paper

Sounds, 7 June 1986 (55p), the British weekly rock and music paper, with a striking full-page cover portrait of Kate Bush under the headline 'Kate Bush – Ahead in the clouds' and the caption 'Stargazing with Kate Bush'. The top-of-page strap reads 'Hounded down!', a nod to Hounds of Love, the 1985 album that had returned Kate Bush to the top of the UK album chart and given her the hits 'Running Up That Hill', 'Cloudbusting' and 'Hounds of Love'. Also on the cover: His Latest Flame, Heart, Lydia Lunch and Fuzzbox – a typically wide-ranging Sounds line-up, from the American rock of Heart, newly back in the charts, to the New York no wave of Lydia Lunch and Birmingham's We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It. Kate Bush gave few interviews and rarely appeared on music-paper covers, which makes her 1980s covers among the most sought after by collectors; this one comes from the period between Hounds of Love and The Whole Story, the best-of collection released later in 1986, in a year that also brought the singles 'The Big Sky' and 'Experiment IV'. Sounds, founded in 1970 and published until 1991, was the rock-leaning rival to NME and Melody Maker, remembered for its coverage of punk, Oi!, the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and the indie scene of the 1980s. Inside, the paper's usual news pages, single, album and live reviews, gig guide and classified advertisements. Published by Spotlight Publications, London. Newsprint, tabloid format, about 29 x 40 cm. A collectable issue for Kate Bush fans and for collectors of the British weekly music press. THEMES: Kate Bush, Hounds of Love, Heart, Lydia Lunch, Fuzzbox, His Latest Flame, Sounds magazine, British music press, 1980s pop and rock, music memorabilia.

Author: Sounds

Publisher: Sounds/Spotlight Publications

Publication Date: 1986

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

Condition: Used - Good