Re: Cathy Demos CD?

[Robb McCaffree <nsrjm@nursepo.medctr.ucla.edu>]

Charles Vance / Lisa Connelly wrote:
> 
> Just a few questions from a longtime lurker on the group (and a Kate fan
> ever since her SNL performance almost 20 years ago):
> 
> 1)  Are the Cathy Demos available on CD?
> 2)  Are any other Kate boots/unofficial recordings available on CD?
> 3)  Anyone got any to sell?


1) Yes, they are available in a few different packages. The two 
I have are "Shrubberies" and "Home Demos." I recommend "Home 
Demos" over "Shrubberies" because there are more tracks, and it 
is enclosed in a regular CD jewel case instead of just a 
cardboard "booklet" case with the plastic inset. I know that 
there is also a difference in sound -- but quality is not going 
to be great with any boot of the Cathy demos.

2) Yes, there are several of her 1979 tour, all made obsolete by 
the release of the "Live From Hammersmith Odeon" Video/CD pack 
which would present better quality than a bootleg could. There 
are also many boots of her b-sides: TWWI and TWWII (which were 
just rerecorded from the 'official CDs of the same names from 
the box set), TWWIII (which features 10 tracks, mostly Red Shoes 
b-sides, and has no 'official' version other than the CD singles 
themselves) and TWW 'Live' (17 tracks of Kate performing live 
from various TV shows and benefits,). There are other boots of 
her b-sides, but these were made obsolete by the above. And 
finally, "Collaborations" features some truly rare works of 
other artists who feature Kate (sometimes she's hard to hear) on 
b'vocals.

3) No way! Try an online store, though, like CDnow, CD world, CD 
Banzai, etc.

Robb