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KLF/ORB request mailing list : NEWS 10 10.1
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[ dated 21th March 1992 ]
[ Due to a software problem at my site, a couple of weeks ago there ]
[ was a major 'hiccup', resulting in me losing some 175 unread ]
[ messages. Many of these I already know were unimportant, but if ]
[ you mailed me during that period, and did not receive a reply, ]
[ please let me know, or simply remail the message again. Apologies ]
[ for any inconvenience, it was a major mess-up on behalf of the ]
[ people here :( ]
> NEW ORB ALBUM !!!!
From MixMag Update, 27th February 1992 :
" UNIDENTIFIED FLYING ORB
Stardate : 1992. Time for a new Orb album, because the Starship
Orb is back in the studio to record a follow-up to the 85,000
unit shifting "Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld" and "Aubrey
Mixes". Provisionally titled "U.F.Orb", it promises according to
Orb mainman Alex Patterson [sic] to be a concept album.
Musically, things will be equally deep, and we are promised
"techno with a reggae feel", not to mention "lots of little
things going on deep in the mix, strange little things that
you'll miss unless you listen really carefully."
Heavily Eastern influenced in other words by Patterson's recent
sojourn in Goa, India's hippy beach hangout. "Unidentified Flying
Orb" also featured Jah Wobble's bass on the track "Blue Room", the
results of Alex' collaboration with Marathon's Thomas Fehlman, and
is scheduled for summer release. "
Jah Wobble...Eastern influences....reggae feel...sounds pretty good to me!
I get worried when people use the term 'concept album' though........
> Various Orb details
This (long!) mail came from Jason Bilsky (@std.com), regarding various
Orb matters :
> " In NEWS 9, someone mentioned about the US Peel Sessions CD having
> breaks in between the tracks. At least on my copy, this is only
> partially true. There is a break between tracks one and two, or
> "Huge Ever Growing......" and "Back Side Of The Moon". This
> remains true to the sequencing of the UK LP, which I also have,
> which has "Huge...." on side one, and "Back Side..." and "...
> Fourth Dimension" on the other, with an obviously unavoidable gap
> when one has to switch sides.
>
> Does this mean that the UK copy of the Peel Sessions has "Huge.."
> and "Back Side....." segued together???? Can someone who has the
> UK copy confirm or deny this ? I'm still waiting to get my UK
> copy.....
>
>
> On better news, I finally got my copy of "The Orb Sampler". As
> many people know, this is a promo cassette sent to UK record
> stores to promote the (at that time, upcoming) album, "Adventures
> Beyond The Ultraworld"
>
> First off, it comes in a completely nondescript case, nothing
> fancy at all. It has a grey j-card which has the Big Life logo on
> the front and the words "Big Life" on the spine. It has Big
> Life's address and fax number on the back. It is lazer printed
> on the of the card only (not even on the spine!?). It reads (the
> typos are theirs) :
>
> The orb sampler
> 1/ EARTH
> 2/ STAR 6+7
> 3/ BACK SIDE OF THE MOVE
> 4/ OUTLANDS
>
> That's it. No "look for the upcoming album", no street date,
> nothing else. The tape is a generic back cassette that has a
> sticker on the face which says "The Orb Sampler", and nothing
> else.
>
> But, you may ask, what about content ? First off, the songs are
> not segued together :-( . "Earth" sounds just like the album
> version, except for what sounds like the skip of a CD player
> about 5 seconds into it. "Star 6+7" sounds a bit like the album
> mix, but is a lot more airy and ambient sounding. Some of the
> samples seem to have been removed too. "Back Side Of The Move"
> also seems to be a version with some of the samples removed, but
> does not differ as much as "Star 6+7" does. "Outlands" appears
> to be the album mix, too. Does anyone else out there have this
> cassette ? Is it possible that these could be demo versions of
> these songs ? Whatever it is, it makes a nice addition to my
> collection, along with the 1-sided "Perpetual Dawn" radio edit 7"
> that I got in the same package. "
Certainly it is demo, yes. The cassette dates from about March 1991. I
haven't got a copy myself, but a friend has and he sent me a photocopy of
the inlay (great eh?!).
> Select Magazine
This month's Select featured a free tape of Creation Records recordings.
One of the tracks was an edit of a solo production by Bill Drummond,
originally released in 1986 on the B-side of his "I'm The King Of Joy"
12". Richard Rackham sent the accompanying article, and a transcription
of the lyrics. The track is "The Manager's Speech (Edit)", the tape bears
the catalogue number C-RE 128. Incidentally, there was also a photo of
Dr.Alex Paterson in the centre pages :).
" It is 1986 and Bill Drummond, former manager of Echo and the
Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes and Strawberry Switchblade
has just quit his post as head of A&R at Korova. The
label's last signing is Brilliant, soon to be produced by
Stock, Aitken & Waterman, featuring Jimmy Cauty.
Drummond signs to Creation for an album modestly titled
"Bill Drummond - The Man", awash with anarchic Country and
Western and infamous for the track "Julian Cope Is Dead".
He releases a 12-inch Single "King of Joy" and Creation want
a video and 'B-side'.
The muse visits Drummond. He elects to make a ten minute
promotional clip of himself pushing a street cleaner's
dustcart through a park, a gold disc stuck on the front, a
guitar in the bin, "spontaneously pontificating" upon the
subject of pop stardom. The opening selection appears on
the Select tape.
BILL DRUMMOND : 'I did it 'cos it was cheap and we needed a
B-Side. It's a sort of layman's eye view of the pop
business. The view of some guy you meet in the pub, or a
cab driver, and you make the mistake of telling him you are
in the music business and he starts giving you his theory
about it - 'Fuckin Duran Duran, eh ?....'. It was kind of
cynical but I really felt I had a future as an artist than
someone behind the scenes.'
A year later Drummond and Cauty release their first single
as The JAMMS. Shortly after they mutate into The KLF. "
The Managers Speech (Edit) :
< Recorded outside with birds chirping and Country and >
< Western Music being played - suddenly the music stops >
It's always gotta be something new isn't there? If it aint
the new Beatles, it's the new Rolling Stones, new Bob
Dylan, new Elvis Presley. Yer Sex Pistols. What about the
new Zodiac Mindwarp ? We haven't even finished with the
last one yet. Me - I'm the new Bill Drummond. My record
company boss - he wanted me to make a video. On the kind
of budget he was talking about, I don't think yer could get
to Heathrow let alone the grand visions I had of explicit
locations, scantily clad girls. No, but it does give me
the opportunity to talk to you about something vastly more
important than my personal vanities. I wanted to do
something that was more grown up with my life, yer know,
more important. I want, when I get sixty, sixty-f.....
whenever it is when I retire, I want to be able to look and
say "I did some ... I helped", but what can I do? I'd like
to put a stop to the destruction of the rainforests - but
foolhardy and more would it be for me, Bill Drummond, to
single-handedly row up the Amazon and say 'Stop ! - Don't
cut down those trees'. No - world peace - I joined CND -
they didn't ban the bomb. And then there's that acid rain
isn't there - I could go out and buy an umbrella and that's
about all. Now what do I know about? The only thing is pop
music - pop music - that's all - that's it.... <fades out>
> From David D Clark (@gatech.edu) :
> " Here in Atlanta today, the "KLF Ice Cream Van" was at two record
> stores, giving away "KLF buttons" and "Ice Cream Cones", along
> with having a drawing for a poncho. I'm not sure if this is a
> tour that will be going around the country, but it is obviously
> a promotional thing for "Justified and Ancient."
>
> Unfortunately I didn't make it, so I can't report what the stuff
> is like. "
> From Scott Borst <borst@server.cs.jhu.EDU> :
> I would be extremely grateful if someone could help me track down
> these UK-issue CD singles:
>
> Kylie Said to Jason ( KLF 010CD )
> 3 AM Eternal ( KLF 005CD )
> Last Train To Trancentral ( KLF 008CD )
> America: What Time is Love? ( KLF USA 4CD )
>
> Also, howzabout the "Last Train To Trancentral" remix 12"? (Once
> again, UK... KLF 008Y).
>
> I'd vastly appreciate any assistance, as Baltimore-area stores
> have become really bad at getting this stuff.
>
> Here's a thought on the "America:WTIL?" UK-CD single: what's the
> difference between the 'Uncensored Version', which has been
> reported to be on the CD, and the regular 12" version of the
> song? The former version has been reported to be 9:02 long, while
> the latter version is about a minute and a half shorter. So,
> what's the deal?
The UK 12" version is an edit of the full version that appears on the US
and Japanese issues. The main difference is the omission of the US city
listing. The UK CD however does feature the full version, and calls it
the 'Uncensored Version'. I think there are other minor differences too.
> Also, I have a question about JAMS 26T, the "Burn The Bastards"
> 12" (I know, ancient history, but it recently showed up at a
> local record store...), specifically: are the A-side songs "Burn
> The Bastards" and "Burn The Beat (I)" on either SHAG TIMES or the
> TVT "Burn The Beat" single, under different names? I know that
> both B-side songs are on SHAG TIMES, and I'm worried that if I
> buy it, I'll discover that I have all of this single elsewhere
> in my collection. These are the things that keep me up at night.
The first track, "Burn The Bastards", is just about the same as the
version on "Shag Times". It actually doesn't go through the whole
chimes of Big Ben and party outro, but stops after "Kick out the old
welcome the n..". The last word, "new" is cut off, and it immediately
leads into the four "Mu Mu" chants opening "Burn The Beat (II)" on
"Shag Times", and the UK 12" KLF 002T. However, this version, "Burn
The Beat (I)" is different from (II) from here on. It is a slightly
more peculiar dance remix, that The KLF didn't really like. Although
labelled differently, I am pretty sure it corresponds to one of the
tracks on the TVT 12" - "Burn The Beat(Mu Mu Mix)", judging by the
track timings.
> Thanks a lot,
> Scott Borst
> "We came a long time ago..."
> Number 1 song in Scottbo's room:
> America: What Time Is Love? (single version)
> The best edit of a song I've heard in a while...
Nice sig.....personally, I liked the edit of "It's Grim Up North", just
for the sheer nerve of putting 1.5 minutes of a hymn, "Jerusalem" into
the national charts, where you *really* wouldn't expect to find one
normally.
> " The Manual (How To Have A Number One The Easy Way) " - request
From Mikael Morlund <pt91mmo@pt.hk-r.SE> :
> What's up ?
> Hi I'm a swedish dude called Mikael Morlund.
> I wondered if anybody knew where I could get
> the book that KLF wrote some time ago.
> How To Make A List Co-ordinator Jealous, part one.
The multi-talented Charles Breen and ever-present Ian Hastie recently had
the good fortune (!) to meet Cressida, who is Jimmy Cauty's wife, and one
of the people who works (occasionally!) in the KLF office. They of course
asked lots of questions on behalf of the list (it *was* for me, wasn't it
Charles?!), and found out a few bits and pieces :
On the "Uptight" single sleeve by Disco 2000, Cressida's eyes were
actually tinted turquoise ... because she wanted them to be.
She claims the 3 copies of KLF004M, the "What Time Is Love" Monster
Attack mix are "At home....". Furthermore, Cress seemed at one point
to think there were not 3 but 6 KLF 004 M's. They were done up as test
presses, but Bill and Jimi didn't like it so they didn't release it.
The multi-coloured vinyl 7" of "America:What Time Is Love" she hasn't
heard of and MAY be a Euro import....she isnt sure.
She had NO news on Black room, since Bill and Jimmy "havent a clue
what they are doing either"..... :(
The original studio copy of "The White Room", has been taped and sold
by some unscrupulous technician from somewhere, they AREN'T happy about
this.
They are waiting for Bill to write Info Sheet #14.
> How To Make A List Co-ordinator Jealous, parts two, three and four.
Charles got a present from Cress <sigh>. Here are his notes :
CHOC ICE 2 12"PD JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT(Stand by the JAMs)//
AMERICA: WHAT TIME IS LOVE?
Runout A side is CHOCICE-2-A1 (Townhouse)//KLF USA 004 X A' (Damont).
Probably 35 pressed, or maybe as many as 70, for promotional use.
What an absolutely STUNNING picture disc this is...... It must surely
surpass the Marillion PicDisc, "Market Sq Heroes" in terms of good looks.
The A-side is a still from the "Justified & Ancient" video, with Maxine
on top of the stone structure, surrounded by four women with white robes
on and blonde hair. Beneath her are four MuMu's dancing. Below them
Bill and Jimmy stand with their guitars and their maroon robes with the
horns on. And below them are the MuMu's playing the bongos etc.
The picture on the B-side is just the picture used on the UK versions
of the "America:WTIL?" single. The record has a 2mm deep black edge.
Absolutely superb.....Pride of my KLF collection. It comes in a 12"
clear plastic sleeve.
<sigh again>.
> The KLF/Orb Archive
I have now had Dave Datta add in all the KLF Info Sheets, with index, to
the ftp archive at cs.uwp.edu (131.210.1.4), in /pub/music/lists/klf .
They are almost direct transcriptions of the actual sheets, with minor
editing sometimes being performed. Hopefully sometime pretty soon I shall
do a commentary on them, explaining how things later developed and expanding
on the information given in the sheets.
The ftp site is mirrored on the Monochrome Bulletin Board, in the KLF
Archive there. Abs(olute) key-path is [ESC] [g] [z] [s] [t] [k] .
> Final note
This will be the last mailout for some time : I get a break for a month
over Easter, and I intend to make full use of it ! You can still send
me mail, hopefully my site won't have a major outage again. I shall try
and attend to the mail if I get the opportunity over the vacation, but
please be patient if you don't appear to be getting a reply !
This seems a good time to mention that last week we reached and passed
100 active recipients of the mailouts :-) .
Thanks once again to everyone who has contributed anything this term to
the mailouts, or who has otherwise been in contact with me.
The KLF/Orb mailing list will be back in May, 1992 !
" Live & Love "
Jethro/Culfinion
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NEWS compiled 21th March 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/Orb Archive see : /pub/music/lists/klf/Index
" Over and Out "
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KLF/ORB request mailing list : NEWS 10 10.1
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[ dated 21th March 1992 ]
[ Due to a software problem at my site, a couple of weeks ago there ]
[ was a major 'hiccup', resulting in me losing some 175 unread ]
[ messages. Many of these I already know were unimportant, but if ]
[ you mailed me during that period, and did not receive a reply, ]
[ please let me know, or simply remail the message again. Apologies ]
[ for any inconvenience, it was a major mess-up on behalf of the ]
[ people here :( ]
> NEW ORB ALBUM !!!!
From MixMag Update, 27th February 1992 :
" UNIDENTIFIED FLYING ORB
Stardate : 1992. Time for a new Orb album, because the Starship
Orb is back in the studio to record a follow-up to the 85,000
unit shifting "Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld" and "Aubrey
Mixes". Provisionally titled "U.F.Orb", it promises according to
Orb mainman Alex Patterson [sic] to be a concept album.
Musically, things will be equally deep, and we are promised
"techno with a reggae feel", not to mention "lots of little
things going on deep in the mix, strange little things that
you'll miss unless you listen really carefully."
Heavily Eastern influenced in other words by Patterson's recent
sojourn in Goa, India's hippy beach hangout. "Unidentified Flying
Orb" also featured Jah Wobble's bass on the track "Blue Room", the
results of Alex' collaboration with Marathon's Thomas Fehlman, and
is scheduled for summer release. "
Jah Wobble...Eastern influences....reggae feel...sounds pretty good to me!
I get worried when people use the term 'concept album' though........
> Various Orb details
This (long!) mail came from Jason Bilsky (@std.com), regarding various
Orb matters :
> " In NEWS 9, someone mentioned about the US Peel Sessions CD having
> breaks in between the tracks. At least on my copy, this is only
> partially true. There is a break between tracks one and two, or
> "Huge Ever Growing......" and "Back Side Of The Moon". This
> remains true to the sequencing of the UK LP, which I also have,
> which has "Huge...." on side one, and "Back Side..." and "...
> Fourth Dimension" on the other, with an obviously unavoidable gap
> when one has to switch sides.
>
> Does this mean that the UK copy of the Peel Sessions has "Huge.."
> and "Back Side....." segued together???? Can someone who has the
> UK copy confirm or deny this ? I'm still waiting to get my UK
> copy.....
>
>
> On better news, I finally got my copy of "The Orb Sampler". As
> many people know, this is a promo cassette sent to UK record
> stores to promote the (at that time, upcoming) album, "Adventures
> Beyond The Ultraworld"
>
> First off, it comes in a completely nondescript case, nothing
> fancy at all. It has a grey j-card which has the Big Life logo on
> the front and the words "Big Life" on the spine. It has Big
> Life's address and fax number on the back. It is lazer printed
> on the of the card only (not even on the spine!?). It reads (the
> typos are theirs) :
>
> The orb sampler
> 1/ EARTH
> 2/ STAR 6+7
> 3/ BACK SIDE OF THE MOVE
> 4/ OUTLANDS
>
> That's it. No "look for the upcoming album", no street date,
> nothing else. The tape is a generic back cassette that has a
> sticker on the face which says "The Orb Sampler", and nothing
> else.
>
> But, you may ask, what about content ? First off, the songs are
> not segued together :-( . "Earth" sounds just like the album
> version, except for what sounds like the skip of a CD player
> about 5 seconds into it. "Star 6+7" sounds a bit like the album
> mix, but is a lot more airy and ambient sounding. Some of the
> samples seem to have been removed too. "Back Side Of The Move"
> also seems to be a version with some of the samples removed, but
> does not differ as much as "Star 6+7" does. "Outlands" appears
> to be the album mix, too. Does anyone else out there have this
> cassette ? Is it possible that these could be demo versions of
> these songs ? Whatever it is, it makes a nice addition to my
> collection, along with the 1-sided "Perpetual Dawn" radio edit 7"
> that I got in the same package. "
Certainly it is demo, yes. The cassette dates from about March 1991. I
haven't got a copy myself, but a friend has and he sent me a photocopy of
the inlay (great eh?!).
> Select Magazine
This month's Select featured a free tape of Creation Records recordings.
One of the tracks was an edit of a solo production by Bill Drummond,
originally released in 1986 on the B-side of his "I'm The King Of Joy"
12". Richard Rackham sent the accompanying article, and a transcription
of the lyrics. The track is "The Manager's Speech (Edit)", the tape bears
the catalogue number C-RE 128. Incidentally, there was also a photo of
Dr.Alex Paterson in the centre pages :).
" It is 1986 and Bill Drummond, former manager of Echo and the
Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes and Strawberry Switchblade
has just quit his post as head of A&R at Korova. The
label's last signing is Brilliant, soon to be produced by
Stock, Aitken & Waterman, featuring Jimmy Cauty.
Drummond signs to Creation for an album modestly titled
"Bill Drummond - The Man", awash with anarchic Country and
Western and infamous for the track "Julian Cope Is Dead".
He releases a 12-inch Single "King of Joy" and Creation want
a video and 'B-side'.
The muse visits Drummond. He elects to make a ten minute
promotional clip of himself pushing a street cleaner's
dustcart through a park, a gold disc stuck on the front, a
guitar in the bin, "spontaneously pontificating" upon the
subject of pop stardom. The opening selection appears on
the Select tape.
BILL DRUMMOND : 'I did it 'cos it was cheap and we needed a
B-Side. It's a sort of layman's eye view of the pop
business. The view of some guy you meet in the pub, or a
cab driver, and you make the mistake of telling him you are
in the music business and he starts giving you his theory
about it - 'Fuckin Duran Duran, eh ?....'. It was kind of
cynical but I really felt I had a future as an artist than
someone behind the scenes.'
A year later Drummond and Cauty release their first single
as The JAMMS. Shortly after they mutate into The KLF. "
The Managers Speech (Edit) :
< Recorded outside with birds chirping and Country and >
< Western Music being played - suddenly the music stops >
It's always gotta be something new isn't there? If it aint
the new Beatles, it's the new Rolling Stones, new Bob
Dylan, new Elvis Presley. Yer Sex Pistols. What about the
new Zodiac Mindwarp ? We haven't even finished with the
last one yet. Me - I'm the new Bill Drummond. My record
company boss - he wanted me to make a video. On the kind
of budget he was talking about, I don't think yer could get
to Heathrow let alone the grand visions I had of explicit
locations, scantily clad girls. No, but it does give me
the opportunity to talk to you about something vastly more
important than my personal vanities. I wanted to do
something that was more grown up with my life, yer know,
more important. I want, when I get sixty, sixty-f.....
whenever it is when I retire, I want to be able to look and
say "I did some ... I helped", but what can I do? I'd like
to put a stop to the destruction of the rainforests - but
foolhardy and more would it be for me, Bill Drummond, to
single-handedly row up the Amazon and say 'Stop ! - Don't
cut down those trees'. No - world peace - I joined CND -
they didn't ban the bomb. And then there's that acid rain
isn't there - I could go out and buy an umbrella and that's
about all. Now what do I know about? The only thing is pop
music - pop music - that's all - that's it.... <fades out>
> From David D Clark (@gatech.edu) :
> " Here in Atlanta today, the "KLF Ice Cream Van" was at two record
> stores, giving away "KLF buttons" and "Ice Cream Cones", along
> with having a drawing for a poncho. I'm not sure if this is a
> tour that will be going around the country, but it is obviously
> a promotional thing for "Justified and Ancient."
>
> Unfortunately I didn't make it, so I can't report what the stuff
> is like. "
> From Scott Borst <borst@server.cs.jhu.EDU> :
> I would be extremely grateful if someone could help me track down
> these UK-issue CD singles:
>
> Kylie Said to Jason ( KLF 010CD )
> 3 AM Eternal ( KLF 005CD )
> Last Train To Trancentral ( KLF 008CD )
> America: What Time is Love? ( KLF USA 4CD )
>
> Also, howzabout the "Last Train To Trancentral" remix 12"? (Once
> again, UK... KLF 008Y).
>
> I'd vastly appreciate any assistance, as Baltimore-area stores
> have become really bad at getting this stuff.
>
> Here's a thought on the "America:WTIL?" UK-CD single: what's the
> difference between the 'Uncensored Version', which has been
> reported to be on the CD, and the regular 12" version of the
> song? The former version has been reported to be 9:02 long, while
> the latter version is about a minute and a half shorter. So,
> what's the deal?
The UK 12" version is an edit of the full version that appears on the US
and Japanese issues. The main difference is the omission of the US city
listing. The UK CD however does feature the full version, and calls it
the 'Uncensored Version'. I think there are other minor differences too.
> Also, I have a question about JAMS 26T, the "Burn The Bastards"
> 12" (I know, ancient history, but it recently showed up at a
> local record store...), specifically: are the A-side songs "Burn
> The Bastards" and "Burn The Beat (I)" on either SHAG TIMES or the
> TVT "Burn The Beat" single, under different names? I know that
> both B-side songs are on SHAG TIMES, and I'm worried that if I
> buy it, I'll discover that I have all of this single elsewhere
> in my collection. These are the things that keep me up at night.
The first track, "Burn The Bastards", is just about the same as the
version on "Shag Times". It actually doesn't go through the whole
chimes of Big Ben and party outro, but stops after "Kick out the old
welcome the n..". The last word, "new" is cut off, and it immediately
leads into the four "Mu Mu" chants opening "Burn The Beat (II)" on
"Shag Times", and the UK 12" KLF 002T. However, this version, "Burn
The Beat (I)" is different from (II) from here on. It is a slightly
more peculiar dance remix, that The KLF didn't really like. Although
labelled differently, I am pretty sure it corresponds to one of the
tracks on the TVT 12" - "Burn The Beat(Mu Mu Mix)", judging by the
track timings.
> Thanks a lot,
> Scott Borst
> "We came a long time ago..."
> Number 1 song in Scottbo's room:
> America: What Time Is Love? (single version)
> The best edit of a song I've heard in a while...
Nice sig.....personally, I liked the edit of "It's Grim Up North", just
for the sheer nerve of putting 1.5 minutes of a hymn, "Jerusalem" into
the national charts, where you *really* wouldn't expect to find one
normally.
> " The Manual (How To Have A Number One The Easy Way) " - request
From Mikael Morlund <pt91mmo@pt.hk-r.SE> :
> What's up ?
> Hi I'm a swedish dude called Mikael Morlund.
> I wondered if anybody knew where I could get
> the book that KLF wrote some time ago.
> How To Make A List Co-ordinator Jealous, part one.
The multi-talented Charles Breen and ever-present Ian Hastie recently had
the good fortune (!) to meet Cressida, who is Jimmy Cauty's wife, and one
of the people who works (occasionally!) in the KLF office. They of course
asked lots of questions on behalf of the list (it *was* for me, wasn't it
Charles?!), and found out a few bits and pieces :
On the "Uptight" single sleeve by Disco 2000, Cressida's eyes were
actually tinted turquoise ... because she wanted them to be.
She claims the 3 copies of KLF004M, the "What Time Is Love" Monster
Attack mix are "At home....". Furthermore, Cress seemed at one point
to think there were not 3 but 6 KLF 004 M's. They were done up as test
presses, but Bill and Jimi didn't like it so they didn't release it.
The multi-coloured vinyl 7" of "America:What Time Is Love" she hasn't
heard of and MAY be a Euro import....she isnt sure.
She had NO news on Black room, since Bill and Jimmy "havent a clue
what they are doing either"..... :(
The original studio copy of "The White Room", has been taped and sold
by some unscrupulous technician from somewhere, they AREN'T happy about
this.
They are waiting for Bill to write Info Sheet #14.
> How To Make A List Co-ordinator Jealous, parts two, three and four.
Charles got a present from Cress <sigh>. Here are his notes :
CHOC ICE 2 12"PD JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT(Stand by the JAMs)//
AMERICA: WHAT TIME IS LOVE?
Runout A side is CHOCICE-2-A1 (Townhouse)//KLF USA 004 X A' (Damont).
Probably 35 pressed, or maybe as many as 70, for promotional use.
What an absolutely STUNNING picture disc this is...... It must surely
surpass the Marillion PicDisc, "Market Sq Heroes" in terms of good looks.
The A-side is a still from the "Justified & Ancient" video, with Maxine
on top of the stone structure, surrounded by four women with white robes
on and blonde hair. Beneath her are four MuMu's dancing. Below them
Bill and Jimmy stand with their guitars and their maroon robes with the
horns on. And below them are the MuMu's playing the bongos etc.
The picture on the B-side is just the picture used on the UK versions
of the "America:WTIL?" single. The record has a 2mm deep black edge.
Absolutely superb.....Pride of my KLF collection. It comes in a 12"
clear plastic sleeve.
<sigh again>.
> The KLF/Orb Archive
I have now had Dave Datta add in all the KLF Info Sheets, with index, to
the ftp archive at cs.uwp.edu (131.210.1.4), in /pub/music/lists/klf .
They are almost direct transcriptions of the actual sheets, with minor
editing sometimes being performed. Hopefully sometime pretty soon I shall
do a commentary on them, explaining how things later developed and expanding
on the information given in the sheets.
The ftp site is mirrored on the Monochrome Bulletin Board, in the KLF
Archive there. Abs(olute) key-path is [ESC] [g] [z] [s] [t] [k] .
> Final note
This will be the last mailout for some time : I get a break for a month
over Easter, and I intend to make full use of it ! You can still send
me mail, hopefully my site won't have a major outage again. I shall try
and attend to the mail if I get the opportunity over the vacation, but
please be patient if you don't appear to be getting a reply !
This seems a good time to mention that last week we reached and passed
100 active recipients of the mailouts :-) .
Thanks once again to everyone who has contributed anything this term to
the mailouts, or who has otherwise been in contact with me.
The KLF/Orb mailing list will be back in May, 1992 !
" Live & Love "
Jethro/Culfinion
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NEWS compiled 21th March 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/Orb Archive see : /pub/music/lists/klf/Index
" Over and Out "
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