KLF Remixes CD details
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[ dated 12th February 1992 ]
> KLF Remixes CD details
Finally, some firm details on the Japanese remix CD that's seems to
have been around for quite a while now. The track listing was provided
by both Matt Hargreaves (via Dave Datta @cs.uwp.edu) and Brian
Behlenhof (@berkeley.edu) :
The KLF : "Mu" Toshiba TOCP-6916 released: 10th Dec 1991
5:55 3 AM Eternal (Live At The SSL)
8:10 Justified & Ancient (All Bound For Mu Mu Land)
4:02 Make it Rain (Extended Version)
5:35 Last Train To Trancentral (Live From The Lost Continent)
8:30 America: What Time Is Love?
Matt's notes :
features cover art from the Hoods & Horns video,
lyrics for all tracks on single,
extensive booklet (26 pages),
KLF Bio, autumn 1991
chart info
A bunch of Japanese stuff
Japan discog
Brian mentions that the "Make It Rain" extended mix is 'quite good but
not radically different (basically just making the acid keyboard melody
more pronounced)'. He describes the booklet : "a really THICK booklet
with mainly Japanese Kanji writing, but some English text and several
pictures (including the billboard defacement)."
Matt points out a couple of CD catalogue numbers for Japan releases :
What Time is Love 3" TODP-2332 (Toshiba - 2 tracks)
Justified & Ancient 3" TODP-2337 (Toshiba - 3 tracks?)
[ Yellow border, white CD centrepiece]
> Radio & Television
Chris Bartholdsson (@docs.uu.se) reports that there was to be a 1 hour
programme on Swedish radio about The KLF on February 7th.
Meanwhile, they are scheduled to appear on the UK Brit Awards ceremony,
on Wednesday 12th February, performing live. They have been nominated
for 4 awards in total : Best Album ("The White Room"), Best British
Group, Best Single "Justified & Ancient" with Tammy Wynette and Best
Video ("Last Train To Trancentral"). The official 'Brits Magazine' has
the following comments :
" Best British Group - The KLF
consists of Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty who wrote and produced
the top five gold album "The White Room" - nominated for the Best
British Album Award - and the chart topping single "3 AM Eternal"
the number two hit "Last Train To Transcentral" [sic] plus "What
Time Is Love?" and "Justified And Ancient". In their four years
together Drummond and Cauty have scored six top ten singles under
three different names including The Timelords. "
" Best British Album - The KLF
was their debut which went gold and reached the UK top five.
Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty also produced the album which
featured the successful hit singles "3 AM Eternal", "Last Train
To Transcentral" [sic], "What Time Is Love?" and "Justified And
Ancient" which between them have topped the one million sales
> The fabled KLF tour of America
I have been getting quite a bit of mail recently from people asking about
some tour dates the KLF did in America. Well, there was a report quite a
way back last year in the British music papers saying that a 'fake' KLF
was on tour in the States, fronted by Wanda D, who did part of the vocal
for the 'Live At Trancentral' version of "What Time Is Love". Ernie
(@circa.ufl.edu) tells this story, which clarifies things a whole lot :
" Back in October, the homecoming concert here at the University of
Florida was announced as .38 Special, with opening act Wanda Dee of
The KLF. Later announcements dropped the Wanda Dee part and merely
said The KLF. Doubting the veracity of this, I cornered the lady in
charge of the concert at a homecoming banquet. She said that it was
indeed only Wanda Dee, but the promoter had told her to advertise
it as The KLF because nobody knew who was in the band anyway. Later
in the week, it was reported that a club owner in Orlando was suing
this same promoter for falsely representing Wanda Dee as The KLF.
They never did change the advertising here, but then, nobody around
here does know who is actually in The KLF. By the way, I missed the
concert, and nobody I talked to could identify any of the songs she
sang. "
Great story, Ernie, thanks a *lot*.
> Justified & Ancient - another promo !
Yet another promotional copy of J&A has surfaced, CHOC ICE 3. It
apparently features the 'Anti-Acapella' mix of the track. It looks like
it was pressed in *very* limited numbers. It is being sold for rather
extreme prices already in 'Record Collector' magazine (one price was
65 pounds sterling).
> Australian KLF releases
Mario Moeller (@cs.mu.oz.au) raises an interesting point which I hadn't
really noticed. "3 AM Eternal" wasn't released on CD single in Australia.
It DID get a release in single- and maxi-cassette format, and on 7" and
12" vinyl, but not in the digital format. Mario finally resolved the
problem by getting the US Arista promo CD of the track instead
(ASCD 2230), for OZ$30. He asks :
" Was it worth $30? Was it a hard to get CD, and therefore
collectable? "
Not being released in Oz, you HAD to buy an import copy. An ordinary
import copy would have been cheaper, but a little more dull ;), and
in any case (from memory) the US promo CD is the only "3 AM" CD release
which features the 'Radio Freedom Edit' of the track, not that its much
different. For the unenlightened, it was a special edit they performed
for radio play in the UK. The time was just after the start of the
Gulf War, and the broadcasting authorities started getting very sensitive
about certain things....the gunfire opening the usual radio version
being one of those things. So to play it safe, KLF Communications
pressed up 500 white label 7" copies (KLF 005S) to make sure of their
radio play, at a time when they were at the top of the charts. The edit
was later released on at least one compilation album in the UK, but
not separately by KLF Comms themselves.
Mario also adds :
" I also bought the Justified and Ancient CD single; they've
made this one in Australia :-( and has the serial D 10508 "
> New Orb album and single ?
I'm starting to hear words that a new single from a new album is almost
complete. I've *no* other details yet, unfortunately, just the rumours...
Meanwhile, Derek Tiffany mentions that "The Aubrey Mixes" and the "Peel
Sessions" were released in the States around the beginning of February.
> System 7 single
Another single has been lifted from their "System 7" album, "Freedom
Fighters". I haven't actually seen it, but it was supposedly released
on the 3rd of February - I actually suspect it was delayed until this
week though. Catalogue numbers TEN(X/CD) 394, on Ten/Virgin Records.
Christian mentions another System 7 promo, entitled "Death's Door",
which may well turn out to be the B-side track, or could be a preview of
new System 7 material. Chris comments :
" I saw the video for the new System 7 single on MTV
yesterday. It was really good. Great song as well.
I like them more and more for every single they
release. "
> "1987" Bootleg CD
Mike Wertheim reports that it is available from Atomic Records in
Milwaukee by mail order ($20 + $4 postage).
Otherwise, from Andrew D. Milligan <aiadm@aifh.ed.AC.UK> :
" I can now get copies of the re-called first album on CD as
mentioned recently. I'm initially getting two copies - one
for me and one for anyone else who wants it. I don't know
the exact cost yet but probably it will be around 16
pounds - anyone interested/any offers ? "
> 3 AM Eternal - with Extreme Noise Terror (a continuing story)
Dan Gibson (@lancaster.ac.uk) sent me this snippet :
" Oh according to Sally.... By the Monday after the NME
announced the limited edit of 3AM (with ENT) they had
received over 3000 requests for it ! "
John Peel finally got the few copies of the limited edition he was
giving away in a competition on his national radio show : he asked
what was 'What was Bill Drummond doing when he had the idea for the
Extreme Noise Terror collaboration?'. Apparently he was having a
bath.........Anyway I haven't heard of any copies being mailed out
yet (although *my* cheque for the single has been cashed, which is
promising). It's been getting very heavy play from the national
popular radio station. Some people who have spoken to me are of the
impression that it would be a huge hit if fully released. Thanks to
David L Roberts, I've now heard a recording of the track. It's a
little um, astonishing when you first listen through it. I was thinking
'hell, this is *awful*' for the first half minute or so, then my brain
started to pick up the tune, and I found, that with some concentration,
I could follow (some of) the heavy-throated lyrics. I've listened to it
about 10 times now, and it seems to be horribly addictive....I've had it
running through my mind all today :). I hope this resurfaces as a
bonus track on something because it really *should* be heard (even if you
hate thrash metal etc etc, which *I* *don't* particularly).
> More comments : What Time WAS Love?
This arrived from Mike Brown (@acs.ohio-state.edu> :
" Actually,I believe the recording you hear in "What Time Was Love"
after the initial boom is just a tape of the original Apollo moon
launch. It is used in a couple of Orb tracks, most obviously at
the beginning of "Supernova at the End of the Universe". What's
all this about nuclear fires ? ( I'm not entirely sure if it is
actually the rocket launch, but it seemed like that's what it was
to me all along....... the second mini-boom later sounds like the
second stage firing ).
> Pre-KLF : Brilliant (with Jimi Cauty)
Bob Gajarsky (@pilot.njin.net) writes :
I *finally* found it. Put out in 1986, Brilliant's "Kiss The Lips
Of Life". Brilliant consists of June Montana on vocals, Youth on
bass & keyboards, and Jimi (no incorrect spelling) Cauty, guitar
and keyboards. Backing vocals are contributed by, amongst others,
Princess and Pepsi & Shirley (who are familiar to most English
fans). That shouldn't come as a surprise since the album is
produced by Stock Aitken & Waterman (except for one instrumental,
"Crash The Car", which Brilliant produced). Not totally typical
S.A.W. - those guys only helped co-write 2 of the album's 9 songs.
They cover James Brown's "It's A Man's Man's Man's World", and
"The End Of The World", not very impressively on the latter. Two
almost-catchy songs, "Love Is War" and "Somebody", are the
highlights of the album. Cauty helped co-write the 7 original
tunes.
Since I like S.A.W. and The KLF (JAMs, Timelords, Disco 2000, etc)
I thought I'd like this album. Not particularly.....it was done
before S.A.W. found the one beat that they used in 739 Top 40
songs for Jason and Kylie, and just sounds like some poorly
constructed cheezy pop. I only paid $5 for it, so I'm happy, but
if you have to pay much more I'd pass. "
- bob gaj {from hoboken}
Quite a few singles were lifted from that album, I have some details
somewhere. It was this musical project that caused Jimmy to first meet
up with Bill : Drummond was working for WEA at the time, and they put
up the money for this material to be recorded etc, since it was being
released on a WEA susidiary, Food Records (now home of Jesus Jones,
and run by David Balfe, long time associate of Drummond from the
Liverpool days). The project failed : Brilliant never became the
megastars they were supposed to become, and the money went towards the
setting up of Pete Waterman Limited. So, you *could* say, with a
touch of cynicism, that it is Bill who is responsible for all those
Stock, Aitken and Waterman tunes you ever hated...... ;) .
> Home-made US KLF Video competition - the X Magazine submission
From Jeff Hansen (@mit.edu)
" Looking back, we know now what we should have done....our
biggest downfall was not shooting enough source video.
Lazlo shot about 1.5 hours, and we shot about the same.
All that for a lousy 3 minute song! But the truth is
that we needed more source.......there was one EXCELLENT
shot Lazlo had of a train coming right at him (he was at
a switching station), but he didn't hold it long enough;
so we threw it onto an optical laser disk recorder/player
and slowed it down that way, and then, it even looked
better. But it's far from an aesthetically-competent
video - it is, however, technically competent. Except
for the overuse of chroma-key effects.... "
> Final word from Lacryma/Psyche (@brandonU.edu)......
" Justified and Ancient with Tammy Wynette is getting major
play on Much Music. I love it. I think it will do well
here.
*Tammy is an absolute scream in her mermaid dress and bustier!* "
<smile>.
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NEWS compiled 12th February 1992 by Culfinion.
The KLF / Orb request/info-service is managed by Culfinion ( Jethro R Binks )
courtesy of Academic Information Services at the University Of Salford, UK.
Questions/additions/NEWS/etc to KLF@sysa.salford.AC.UK
Enquiries/general comments to Culfinion@sysa.salford.AC.UK
Dave Datta's Music Archive : ftp cs.uwp.edu or 131.210.1.4
For KLF Archive see : /pub/music/lists/klf/Index
" Over and Out "
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KLF/ORB request mailing list : NEWS 7 7.1
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[ dated 12th February 1992 ]
> KLF Remixes CD details
Finally, some firm details on the Japanese remix CD that's seems to
have been around for quite a while now. The track listing was provided
by both Matt Hargreaves (via Dave Datta @cs.uwp.edu) and Brian
Behlenhof (@berkeley.edu) :
The KLF : "Mu" Toshiba TOCP-6916 released: 10th Dec 1991
5:55 3 AM Eternal (Live At The SSL)
8:10 Justified & Ancient (All Bound For Mu Mu Land)
4:02 Make it Rain (Extended Version)
5:35 Last Train To Trancentral (Live From The Lost Continent)
8:30 America: What Time Is Love?
Matt's notes :
features cover art from the Hoods & Horns video,
lyrics for all tracks on single,
extensive booklet (26 pages),
KLF Bio, autumn 1991
chart info
A bunch of Japanese stuff
Japan discog
Brian mentions that the "Make It Rain" extended mix is 'quite good but
not radically different (basically just making the acid keyboard melody
more pronounced)'. He describes the booklet : "a really THICK booklet
with mainly Japanese Kanji writing, but some English text and several
pictures (including the billboard defacement)."
Matt points out a couple of CD catalogue numbers for Japan releases :
What Time is Love 3" TODP-2332 (Toshiba - 2 tracks)
Justified & Ancient 3" TODP-2337 (Toshiba - 3 tracks?)
[ Yellow border, white CD centrepiece]
> Radio & Television
Chris Bartholdsson (@docs.uu.se) reports that there was to be a 1 hour
programme on Swedish radio about The KLF on February 7th.
Meanwhile, they are scheduled to appear on the UK Brit Awards ceremony,
on Wednesday 12th February, performing live. They have been nominated
for 4 awards in total : Best Album ("The White Room"), Best British
Group, Best Single "Justified & Ancient" with Tammy Wynette and Best
Video ("Last Train To Trancentral"). The official 'Brits Magazine' has
the following comments :
" Best British Group - The KLF
consists of Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty who wrote and produced
the top five gold album "The White Room" - nominated for the Best
British Album Award - and the chart topping single "3 AM Eternal"
the number two hit "Last Train To Transcentral" [sic] plus "What
Time Is Love?" and "Justified And Ancient". In their four years
together Drummond and Cauty have scored six top ten singles under
three different names including The Timelords. "
" Best British Album - The KLF
was their debut which went gold and reached the UK top five.
Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty also produced the album which
featured the successful hit singles "3 AM Eternal", "Last Train
To Transcentral" [sic], "What Time Is Love?" and "Justified And
Ancient" which between them have topped the one million sales
> The fabled KLF tour of America
I have been getting quite a bit of mail recently from people asking about
some tour dates the KLF did in America. Well, there was a report quite a
way back last year in the British music papers saying that a 'fake' KLF
was on tour in the States, fronted by Wanda D, who did part of the vocal
for the 'Live At Trancentral' version of "What Time Is Love". Ernie
(@circa.ufl.edu) tells this story, which clarifies things a whole lot :
" Back in October, the homecoming concert here at the University of
Florida was announced as .38 Special, with opening act Wanda Dee of
The KLF. Later announcements dropped the Wanda Dee part and merely
said The KLF. Doubting the veracity of this, I cornered the lady in
charge of the concert at a homecoming banquet. She said that it was
indeed only Wanda Dee, but the promoter had told her to advertise
it as The KLF because nobody knew who was in the band anyway. Later
in the week, it was reported that a club owner in Orlando was suing
this same promoter for falsely representing Wanda Dee as The KLF.
They never did change the advertising here, but then, nobody around
here does know who is actually in The KLF. By the way, I missed the
concert, and nobody I talked to could identify any of the songs she
sang. "
Great story, Ernie, thanks a *lot*.
> Justified & Ancient - another promo !
Yet another promotional copy of J&A has surfaced, CHOC ICE 3. It
apparently features the 'Anti-Acapella' mix of the track. It looks like
it was pressed in *very* limited numbers. It is being sold for rather
extreme prices already in 'Record Collector' magazine (one price was
65 pounds sterling).
> Australian KLF releases
Mario Moeller (@cs.mu.oz.au) raises an interesting point which I hadn't
really noticed. "3 AM Eternal" wasn't released on CD single in Australia.
It DID get a release in single- and maxi-cassette format, and on 7" and
12" vinyl, but not in the digital format. Mario finally resolved the
problem by getting the US Arista promo CD of the track instead
(ASCD 2230), for OZ$30. He asks :
" Was it worth $30? Was it a hard to get CD, and therefore
collectable? "
Not being released in Oz, you HAD to buy an import copy. An ordinary
import copy would have been cheaper, but a little more dull ;), and
in any case (from memory) the US promo CD is the only "3 AM" CD release
which features the 'Radio Freedom Edit' of the track, not that its much
different. For the unenlightened, it was a special edit they performed
for radio play in the UK. The time was just after the start of the
Gulf War, and the broadcasting authorities started getting very sensitive
about certain things....the gunfire opening the usual radio version
being one of those things. So to play it safe, KLF Communications
pressed up 500 white label 7" copies (KLF 005S) to make sure of their
radio play, at a time when they were at the top of the charts. The edit
was later released on at least one compilation album in the UK, but
not separately by KLF Comms themselves.
Mario also adds :
" I also bought the Justified and Ancient CD single; they've
made this one in Australia :-( and has the serial D 10508 "
> New Orb album and single ?
I'm starting to hear words that a new single from a new album is almost
complete. I've *no* other details yet, unfortunately, just the rumours...
Meanwhile, Derek Tiffany mentions that "The Aubrey Mixes" and the "Peel
Sessions" were released in the States around the beginning of February.
> System 7 single
Another single has been lifted from their "System 7" album, "Freedom
Fighters". I haven't actually seen it, but it was supposedly released
on the 3rd of February - I actually suspect it was delayed until this
week though. Catalogue numbers TEN(X/CD) 394, on Ten/Virgin Records.
Christian mentions another System 7 promo, entitled "Death's Door",
which may well turn out to be the B-side track, or could be a preview of
new System 7 material. Chris comments :
" I saw the video for the new System 7 single on MTV
yesterday. It was really good. Great song as well.
I like them more and more for every single they
release. "
> "1987" Bootleg CD
Mike Wertheim reports that it is available from Atomic Records in
Milwaukee by mail order ($20 + $4 postage).
Otherwise, from Andrew D. Milligan <aiadm@aifh.ed.AC.UK> :
" I can now get copies of the re-called first album on CD as
mentioned recently. I'm initially getting two copies - one
for me and one for anyone else who wants it. I don't know
the exact cost yet but probably it will be around 16
pounds - anyone interested/any offers ? "
> 3 AM Eternal - with Extreme Noise Terror (a continuing story)
Dan Gibson (@lancaster.ac.uk) sent me this snippet :
" Oh according to Sally.... By the Monday after the NME
announced the limited edit of 3AM (with ENT) they had
received over 3000 requests for it ! "
John Peel finally got the few copies of the limited edition he was
giving away in a competition on his national radio show : he asked
what was 'What was Bill Drummond doing when he had the idea for the
Extreme Noise Terror collaboration?'. Apparently he was having a
bath.........Anyway I haven't heard of any copies being mailed out
yet (although *my* cheque for the single has been cashed, which is
promising). It's been getting very heavy play from the national
popular radio station. Some people who have spoken to me are of the
impression that it would be a huge hit if fully released. Thanks to
David L Roberts, I've now heard a recording of the track. It's a
little um, astonishing when you first listen through it. I was thinking
'hell, this is *awful*' for the first half minute or so, then my brain
started to pick up the tune, and I found, that with some concentration,
I could follow (some of) the heavy-throated lyrics. I've listened to it
about 10 times now, and it seems to be horribly addictive....I've had it
running through my mind all today :). I hope this resurfaces as a
bonus track on something because it really *should* be heard (even if you
hate thrash metal etc etc, which *I* *don't* particularly).
> More comments : What Time WAS Love?
This arrived from Mike Brown (@acs.ohio-state.edu> :
" Actually,I believe the recording you hear in "What Time Was Love"
after the initial boom is just a tape of the original Apollo moon
launch. It is used in a couple of Orb tracks, most obviously at
the beginning of "Supernova at the End of the Universe". What's
all this about nuclear fires ? ( I'm not entirely sure if it is
actually the rocket launch, but it seemed like that's what it was
to me all along....... the second mini-boom later sounds like the
second stage firing ).
> Pre-KLF : Brilliant (with Jimi Cauty)
Bob Gajarsky (@pilot.njin.net) writes :
I *finally* found it. Put out in 1986, Brilliant's "Kiss The Lips
Of Life". Brilliant consists of June Montana on vocals, Youth on
bass & keyboards, and Jimi (no incorrect spelling) Cauty, guitar
and keyboards. Backing vocals are contributed by, amongst others,
Princess and Pepsi & Shirley (who are familiar to most English
fans). That shouldn't come as a surprise since the album is
produced by Stock Aitken & Waterman (except for one instrumental,
"Crash The Car", which Brilliant produced). Not totally typical
S.A.W. - those guys only helped co-write 2 of the album's 9 songs.
They cover James Brown's "It's A Man's Man's Man's World", and
"The End Of The World", not very impressively on the latter. Two
almost-catchy songs, "Love Is War" and "Somebody", are the
highlights of the album. Cauty helped co-write the 7 original
tunes.
Since I like S.A.W. and The KLF (JAMs, Timelords, Disco 2000, etc)
I thought I'd like this album. Not particularly.....it was done
before S.A.W. found the one beat that they used in 739 Top 40
songs for Jason and Kylie, and just sounds like some poorly
constructed cheezy pop. I only paid $5 for it, so I'm happy, but
if you have to pay much more I'd pass. "
- bob gaj {from hoboken}
Quite a few singles were lifted from that album, I have some details
somewhere. It was this musical project that caused Jimmy to first meet
up with Bill : Drummond was working for WEA at the time, and they put
up the money for this material to be recorded etc, since it was being
released on a WEA susidiary, Food Records (now home of Jesus Jones,
and run by David Balfe, long time associate of Drummond from the
Liverpool days). The project failed : Brilliant never became the
megastars they were supposed to become, and the money went towards the
setting up of Pete Waterman Limited. So, you *could* say, with a
touch of cynicism, that it is Bill who is responsible for all those
Stock, Aitken and Waterman tunes you ever hated...... ;) .
> Home-made US KLF Video competition - the X Magazine submission
From Jeff Hansen (@mit.edu)
" Looking back, we know now what we should have done....our
biggest downfall was not shooting enough source video.
Lazlo shot about 1.5 hours, and we shot about the same.
All that for a lousy 3 minute song! But the truth is
that we needed more source.......there was one EXCELLENT
shot Lazlo had of a train coming right at him (he was at
a switching station), but he didn't hold it long enough;
so we threw it onto an optical laser disk recorder/player
and slowed it down that way, and then, it even looked
better. But it's far from an aesthetically-competent
video - it is, however, technically competent. Except
for the overuse of chroma-key effects.... "
> Final word from Lacryma/Psyche (@brandonU.edu)......
" Justified and Ancient with Tammy Wynette is getting major
play on Much Music. I love it. I think it will do well
here.
*Tammy is an absolute scream in her mermaid dress and bustier!* "
<smile>.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NEWS compiled 12th February 1992 by Culfinion.
The KLF / Orb request/info-service is managed by Culfinion ( Jethro R Binks )
courtesy of Academic Information Services at the University Of Salford, UK.
Questions/additions/NEWS/etc to KLF@sysa.salford.AC.UK
Enquiries/general comments to Culfinion@sysa.salford.AC.UK
Dave Datta's Music Archive : ftp cs.uwp.edu or 131.210.1.4
For KLF Archive see : /pub/music/lists/klf/Index
" Over and Out "
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