KBC Mags, newsletters and updates

[Wieland Willker <willker@chemie.uni-bremen.de>]

Hello friends,

Maybe there is now some confusion about KBC newsletters and updates?
I differentiate between
KBC-Mags and (actual) Newsletters (updates). I know, the Mags are also called
"Newsletters" and HAD been newsletters in the good old times. These early
Newsletters evolved into high quality colour Mags, but unfortunately the
quality Q and publishing frequence P went Q = k*1/P or Q = k*exp(-P)?. So
far I am aware of 24 magazines (see below), which are called "bible" under
KateFans (tm). To announce real News, the KBC created a new form of
"Newsletters". You send in an SAE + IRC and receive a short photocopied
letter with news, if there are any. At first these were sent out monthly,
but this is no longer the case. Again unfortunately, P goes down but now
without Q rising. I received the last Newsletter in May 1995. It was No.
10, so I'm waiting for No. 11. Maybe Christmas?

I expect, the following list will now appear several times on this list,
but up to now it's not on my news:rec.music.gaffa.

 KBC-Magazines: 
 ============== 
 (Oct. 1995)

No    DATE       COVER           PAGES

    6  Mar 1979 Duplicated letter + signed photo 
1.  26 Apr 1979 Hi Lionhearts 4 
2.  ?  Aug 1979 Hello Everybody 4 
3.  ?  Oct 1979 Tour Issue 8 
4.  18 Dec 1979 Christmas Newsletter 12
5.  23 Apr 1980 With love from Kate 8 
6.  11 Jul 1980 Convention was great 8 
7.  26 Sep 1980 Them Bats and Doves 8 
8.  22 Dec 1980 December will be Magic Again (cartoon) 12
9.  13 Apr 1981 Letter from Kate 8 
10. 12 Sep 1981 On Videos And Tapes 8 
11. 20 Dec 1981 Photo of Kate with snow in her hair 20
12. 15 Oct 1982 Photo of Kate & Dancers from Dreaming 20
13. 22 Apr 1983 Suspended in Gaffa Photo of Kate 20
14. 17 Oct 1983 Photo of Kate in a wooly hat 20
15. 23 Dec 1983 Photo of Kate by a stream and a swallow 24
16. 25 Jun 1984 Photo of Kate wearing a white jumper 20
17. 20 Dec 1984 Photo of Kate singing into a microphone 28
18. 30 Sep 1985 Hounds of Love album issue 24
19. 16 Apr 1986 Hounds of Love single sleeve cover 28
20. ?  Sep 1986 Photo of Kate from The Big Sky video 28
21. 4  Mar 1987 Photo of Kate from the Experiment IV 32
22. 23 Dec 1987 Photo of Kate with cropped hair & vest 28
23.        1989 Sensual World Album Issue. 32
24.        1993 Red Shoes Album Issue 36
...

newsletters (SAE):
...
8     Nov. 1994 TOTP announcement 1
9     Dec. 1994  Xmas, Pen Pals 1
10    May  1995 Pen Pals & Swaps 2
11 I'm still waiting...

    Wieland