Kate Bush The Dreaming (Escapologist Edition) 180g Import LP

The Escapologist Edition of The Dreaming is part of a series of illustrated vinyl releases by Kate Bush. It contains a black vinyl LP of the album and features illustrations by Timorous Beasties.

"It's very exciting to see people appreciating the physical presence of an album released on vinyl. It's how it's always been for me, especially when I was a teenager. The whole buzz of the record store was part of the experience. Buying an album was an event." — Kate Bush

Following Kate's production assistance on Lionheart, and her co-production of Never for Ever with Jon Kelly, The Dreaming was the first album Kate produced on her own. The album peaked at No. 3 in the UK album chart and has been certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry.

When we were recording The Dreaming album, I mentioned to my friend, Kevin McAlea, that I'd written a song for the album about Houdini.

Kevin then told me how Houdini's wife used to pass a key to her husband with a kiss, just before he went on to perform one of his miraculous escapes. It was such a powerful image, I had to write it into the song ...

... Then I thought how great it'd be as the front cover of the album, revealing the key in her mouth just before the kiss.

This new Edition tells in its own way, another version of the story –

A story that sets him free …

'With a kiss, I'd pass the key'

The Dreaming is one of Kate Bush's underrated achievements in depicting her own visions of love, relationships, and role play, not to mention a brilliant predecessor to the charming beauty of 1985's Hounds of Love.