The Single File#The Single File 1978~1983 – Box Set

The Single File is a video compilation and box set by the English musician Kate Bush. The video compilation album was released in 1983, and it contains the first twelve videos released by the artist. It was followed by a boxset, The Single File 1978~1983 containing thirteen singles on individual vinyl records.

The Single File – Video

{{Infobox album

| name = The Single File

| type = video

| artist = Kate Bush

| cover = Kate Bush - The Single File Video.jpg

| alt =

| released = November 1983[http://www.katebushencyclopedia.com/single-file-the "Single File (the)"]. Katebushencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 6 March 2017.

| recorded = 1977–1982

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Art rock

| length = 50 minutes

| label = EMI/Picture Music International

| director = Brian Wiseman, Keef, Paul Henry

| producer =

| prev_title = The Dreaming

| prev_year = 1982

| next_title = Hounds of Love

| next_year = 1985

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} [http://www.allmovie.com/work/kate-bush-the-single-file-26984 link]

| rev2 = Blitz

| rev2Score = {{Rating|2|4}}{{Cite magazine |last=Garish |first=Simon |date=March 1984 |title=A Look at Current Music Video Releases |url=https://www.blitzmagazine.co.uk/img/issues/19/BLITZ19.html |magazine=Blitz |issue=19 |page=8}}

| rev3 = Melody Maker

| rev3Score = Positive [http://gaffa.org/reaching/rev_vid.html#mm link]}}

The Single File is a 1983 collection of music videos by Kate Bush. It is the second video release by the artist. It was released on VHS, Beta Max and later on Laserdisc in Japan. It features the UK version of "Wuthering Heights" and the original video of "Wow".

=Track listing=

"Wuthering Heights" - 4:30
"The Man with the Child in His Eyes" - 2:49
"Hammer Horror" - 4:11
"Wow" - 3:47
"Them Heavy People" - 4:05
"Breathing" - 4:52
"Babooshka" - 3:30
"Army Dreamers" - 3:16
"Sat in Your Lap" - 3:32
"The Dreaming" - 4:06
"Suspended in Gaffa" - 4:00
"There Goes a Tenner" - 3:23

=Personnel=

Paul Henry – Director
Keef – Director
Brian Wiseman – Director
Kate Bush – Artistic Concepts, Choreography By
Chris Achileos – Babooshka Costume Illustration
Pamela Keats – Babooshka Costume Realization
Assorted iMaGes – Packaging
Kindlight – Photography

The Single File 1978~1983 – Box Set

{{Infobox album

| name = The Single File 1978~1983

| type = box set

| artist = Kate Bush

| cover = Kate Bush - The Single File 1978–1983.jpg

| alt =

| released = 23 January 1984

| recorded = 1975–1983

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Art rock

| length =

| label = EMI

| producer = Andrew Powell, John Kelly, Kate Bush

| prev_title = Kate Bush

| prev_year = 1983

| next_title = Kate Bush

| next_year = 1985

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite book |chapter=Bush, Kate |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin |publisher=Omnibus Press |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}

| rev2 = Mojo

| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Sutcliffe |first=Phil |date=June 2011 |title=A Magnificent Obsession |magazine=Mojo |issue=211 |page=82}}

}}

The Single File 1978~1983 is a boxed set released on 23 January 1984,{{cite journal |title=Record News |periodical=NME |publisher=IPC Media |location=London, England |page=29 |date=21 January 1984}} available only on vinyl. It contained all Kate Bush's 7" singles and their B-sides up until that point, and her live EP On Stage. The box set primarily included her UK singles. The European single "Suspended in Gaffa" and the Irish single "Night of the Swallow" were not included but "Ne t'enfuis pas (remix)" single was. The boxset also included a lyric book.

"I'm surprised that I've got this amount of material together in five years," Bush remarked. "I'm thrilled, really... I mean, it is a form of 'greatest hits'. It's just put in a box and it's a nicer way of doing it."BBC Radio 1: 'Saturday Live', 25 February 1984