The Man With The Child In His Eyes - UK Promotional Sticker

Unique, full colour eye-shaped promotional sticker produced by EMI in 1978 to promote the single for The Man With The Child In His Eyes. This has a matte finish to it and measures 7.5" x 4.5" at its widest points. This would have been used in record shops at the time, along with other promoting materials.

Aerial - Japanese Promotional Booklet

Note: Technically this is not a new post. The scans have been redone, but I'm not sure if they're much of a improvement over the original ones. I've simply moved this one from its blog page to general posts because I want to use that blog page for something better that I'm currently working on and trying to put together, and keeping this little booklet in a blog page is a complete waste of space. This will have the menu label: Promo Retail Items, so that when this does get buried underneath more new posts, you'll know where to find it again in the Menu List.

For those who haven't seen this yet, this is a promotional booklet that was put out by Toshiba EMI in Japan. The booklet measures 7" x 5" and has a total of 12 pages. All the text is in Japanese, so I can't translate any of this for you - but it looks nice.

The Line, The Cross & The Curve - USA Promo Counter Display

Columbia Records, double-ended, full colour promotional counter display which would have been used in U.S. record shops to promote the VHS release of The Line, The Cross & The Curve.

It measures 16" in length with a width of 5.5". It folds into a triangular shape and is held together by a sticky strip on the back. Mine has never been folded or stuck together, and I'm not about to do that. However, if this had been folded, it would have a resting height of nearly 7". It's also made from a thinner type of card stock, so it wouldn't take much to destroy this thing.

I've seen this one turn up a few times here and there, so it's still out there. Typically you will find these in a used or beat up condition when they do turn up.

This Woman's Work - UK Promotional Window Sticker

UK only promotional window sticker issued to shops to promote This Woman’s Work. It measures 8” x 4” and features the same artwork from the single. This has never been peeled off and used, and finding these promo stickers today can be a bit tricky.

In this new scan I'm showing you the reversed side of the sticker. The other side is the peel side, but the paper is too thick to see anything from that side.

The Red Shoes - CD Card Divider

Original CD Card Divider, or CD Bin Divider - whichever you prefer to call it. It measures 5¾” x 7¾” and it’s made from pretty study cardboard for a more long-lasting wear. The artwork is featured on the front only and these would have been used inside of record stores in the CD section to promote a new release or an artist’s available catalogue.

For those of you who aren’t old enough to remember when vinyl was actually in stores, when they stupidly made away with it in favour of the CD, it left a lot of useless space because the shelving units or bins were specifically designed for one thing only – vinyl records. If you stop to consider the size difference between the two formats for a moment… that was a lot of empty space in bins at the time. To combat this a little, when CDs were first released they were issued in a long box  format (I wish I kept all of mine). A long box was basically a cardboard box that the CD came in. It had the same height as an LP did, but it was also only as wide as a CD… so what you had was a long skinny box. So even though spaces in record stores were still awkward, the long box format made it a little less so… but not by much though.

After a few years they made away with long box format altogether, and basically started selling them as you see them today. These CD Card Dividers were used as a transitional tool more than anything else. They still promoted an artist’s work, but they were also a lot cheaper to produce, with less waste. These soon became redundant too and disappeared altogether. They finally replaced them with those cheap plastic index type cards you see now in stores.

The Red Shoes - Promotional Flyer

Promotional flyer used to promote The Red Shoes, but also promoting The Line, The Cross & The Curve with cinema dates below. The front of the flyer has a nice photo of Kate and Miranda Richardson, and the back is a basic catalogue of Kate's other albums at that time.

It roughly measures 8¼” x 5¾”. I think there were between 3,000 - 4,000 of these made. The paper is a typical flyer type of paper... thinner, but with a slight sheen to it.

The Red Shoes – USA Retail Pre-release info sheet

Original pre-release, double-sided info sheet that was originally distributed to record stores. It measures 8.5” x 11” (standard sheet size), and opens to 11” x 17”. It’s three-hole punched along the folded edge for store info binders. I very much doubt the one I have was ever used in a store as it would have gotten mangled in no time with binder use. Although the paper used is slightly thicker than standard issued paper, it still wouldn’t have lasted.

The outer front and back of the info sheet have the album artwork. Although it looks black and white, the photo portion does have a very faint reddish wash to it. The inside of the info sheet gives you a basic rundown on different things, such as: an overview of Kate, album tracks and different promoting tools that would have been utilized in the selling of the album at the time. The addition of the ballet slipper photos are a nice touch.

The Red Shoes – USA Promotional Handbill

This is a promotional handbill that was put out by Columbia Records in 1993 to promote the release of The Red Shoes in the U.S. It measures 8.5” x 11” and it’s double-sided.

This one for The Red Shoes is very nice. The front has the album artwork in full colour and the back has some nice advertising for the album and its release.

Handbills are promotional flyers used to promote either an artist’s record or concert dates. A variety of different things can be listed on handbills: Artist info, Album info, Tour Dates, etc. They’re usually double-sided, but not always. They’re normally printed on thin glossy paper, and the front of the handbill is usually in full colour and the reverse in black and white (or grey tones); sometimes the reverse side is printed in full colour as well. They can also vary in size. Although this one for The Red Shoes measures around 8.5" x 11", typically 7" x 10" is a normal standard size for them. Japan is well known for their elaborately designed handbills when it comes to promoting artists, and they’re usually more eye-catching in my opinion.

The Sensual World - Promotional Laminated Window Sticker

UK only promotional laminated window sticker issued to shops to promote The Sensual world. It measures 17” x 7”, so it's a fairly large size. As you can hopefully see in this new scan, the sticker features a cropped version of the album artwork. The caption simply reads: The Sensual World – Kate Bush – Her new album. Finding these promo stickers today can be difficult.

This is the reversed side of the sticker. The other side is the peel side, but the paper is far too thick to see anything from that side unless you hold it under very bright light.

The Sensual World - Japanese/Toshiba EMI Promotional Poster

Japanese promotional poster that was put out by Toshiba EMI to promote the release of The Sensual World, which I was lucky enough to get around 1990. It features the same artwork from the album cover and it measures 22.5" x 20.5".

The release date is noted in the upper left-hand corner in red, and it has some really cool Japanese writing along the side. I have absolutely no idea what it says, but it looks cool.

The Dreaming - Canadian Rare Music Store Promotional Poster

Measuring 25" x 25" this rare Canadian promotional poster for The Dreaming was originally used inside of record shops to promote the album on cassette.

I persuaded a record shop to give this to me back in 1985, and it's the one and only time I've ever come across this particular poster.

The Sensual World - Promo Display Board

Promotional display board for The Sensual World. These were commonly displayed in record shop windows or walls to promote an album or a single. It measures about 24" x 36", so it's a fair size. As you can see by the Capital Records logo and french, this is a Canadian promo. I was fortunate enough to persuade the record shop people to part with it after the promotion was over. I remember the fun time I had trying to get this home on the bus. These things can get quite heavy as they're made from fairly heavy particle boards.

Back then most record shops were still willing to give you things like this, unless it absolutely had to go back to the record company afterward. Original items like this are impossible to find these days.

I plan on redoing this photo when I get a chance to.