The Kick Inside by Kate Bush released on EMI records in 1978. Value first pressing picture disc £50; second pressing with picture mistakenly printed on both sides of the disc, £150

THIS is one of the first picture disc vinyl records to be released, writes MICHAEL BROOKS. Following the success of the first album release, the second pressing was mistakenly issued with the picture printed on both sides of the vinyl making it not just unique, but extremely collectable. Kate Bush was discovered and nurtured by David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, who financed her early demo recordings that led to this, her first album.

With the release of the extraordinary Wuthering Heights inspired by Emily Bronte's novel, Kate had created a hauntingly original piece complete with an ethereal, almost demented vocal that brilliantly captured the obsessive love of the novels heroine, namely her namesake Cathy. It was the first number one from a self-penned female singer songwriter and it remained at the top of the charts for four weeks. She was only 19 years old. The album's follow up, The Man With The Child In His Eyes allegedly written when she was 13, was also a big hit.

It is almost impossible to define a particular music genre that describes her music. Early press releases describe her work as eclectic, experimental, idiosyncratic and theatrical. Her stage persona was eye catching to behold; most of the songs were performed with Kate wearing loose flowing clothing with dance routines often referred to as Karate moves, which did tend to detract the viewer from the content of the song. Following subsequent album releases, this style of presentation was dropped leading Kate to feature in music videos reflecting the story of the songs that she was singing. Every single album release has been a huge success and she has become the first and only female artist to have top five albums in the UK charts in five successive decades. After the release of The Red Shoes in 1993, Kate dropped out of the public eye for many years. The press often viewed her as an eccentric recluse sometimes drawing a comparison with Miss Havisham from Charles Dickens Great Expectations. In 2014 after a 12-year absence she took to the stage performing a series of sell out concerts at London's Hammersmith Apollo that were critically acclaimed by all who saw her. All her albums have a high collectable value, the nine record box edition This Woman's Work 1990 is valued £120. It is a collection of her best work.