She gets her way, and all the campaign materials are altered. By
the time the new campaign material is ready, Christmas is approaching and EMI is
unwilling to launch their new artist into the pre-Christmas maelstrom.
The original release date for Wuthering Heights. At a late stage Kate asks EMI to change the artwork on the picture-sleeve from the "pink top" photo to Del Palmer's photo-concept of Kite.
She gets her way, and all the campaign materials are altered. By
the time the new campaign material is ready, Christmas is approaching and EMI is
unwilling to launch their new artist into the pre-Christmas maelstrom.
The release date is put back until the new year. Many demos [i.e., promos] of the single have already been sent out to radio producers. EMI tries to retrieve them to prevent premature airplay.
Eddie Puma, producer of London commercial station Capital Radio's Late Show, and Tony Myatt, the presenter, admire the record so much that they decide to play it, and continue to play it throughout November and December.
Other radio stations follow. Wuthering Heights is an airplay hit two months before release.
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