Seeking work that offered something different to conventional music publishing, Le Gospel’s founder Adrien Durand was recommended Vermorel’s book, and was instantly hooked. “When I started Le Gospel, I wanted to propose a really different text, especially in terms of music. I was a bit frustrated with all the existing music literature,” he says. “Then one of my best friends told me, “You're starting this press, you really have to translate Fred's book. It's an incredible text about music.” I read it and thought it was really subversive and funny. And even 40 years after its original publication, it was still really relevant.”

From this first French reissue came the co-publication with Antenne: a new English edition, with special afterword by Vermorel. To celebrate The Secret History of Kate Bush’s new lease on life, we piled into a pub in Soho to hear Vermorel in conversation with Durand. Here edited and condensed for clarity, you can catch the highlights from their discussion here...

https://antennebooks.com/blogs/editorial/the-secret-history-of-kate-bush

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