KLF - did they rock you?

just hope they put this stuff up on bandcamp.

Yeah but it'll either cost a million pounds per track or will just be files made to sound like lo-res rips. (I fully endorse either of these moves.)

OK, so all of the "Pure Trance" series?

Colour me interested...

Will donate organs in exchange for the "Pure Trance" series.

while i kind of agree with Ned.
i still want them to be available to download/buy, especially the PT stuff as stirmonster says.

i saw a comment somewhere that this is all due to bill getting a whopping tax demand.
can anyone confirm deny such detail ?

no but it's prima facie absurd bcz

Now they are on Spotify we can look forward to the film “The KLF Earn A Millionth Of A Quid”

— Joel Morris (@gralefrit) January 2, 2021

Was gonna say (but not as well..)

Possibly opens up for licensing/advertising/TVbeds etc..

I missed a lot of this stuff the first time around and I'm really only familiar with Chill Out and The White Room. What is the Pure Trance series? Was it just the trance remixes on those two big singles?

The What Time Is Love 1988 Pure Trance Original is presumably on there? my fav version still

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wzdTTSA7nQ

xp It's complicated....The link Mark G posted is super detailed and goes into the history of the series. You may want to skip to page 3 if you're not interested in their early JAMMS incarnation.

http://www.forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/the-klf-album-by-single-by-album.692361/

I do recommend this one, a KLF rundown.

― Mark G, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 10:18 (three years ago) bookmarkflaglink

What is the Pure Trance series? Was it just the trance remixes on those two big singles?

There were 3 Pure Trance 12" singles (with another couple scheduled that never appeared). They were "What Time Is Love?", '3AM Eternal" and "Last Train To Trancentral" and these were the original versions of those tracks that were all later reworked into big pop hits

2 of which i believe were only available on cd via this cheap-n-cheerful compilation

https://www.discogs.com/Various-Warehouse-Raves-4/master/24021

i did not know they had ever seen a cd release so many thanks for that.

i picked the cd up in a cheap bin many years ago.
obviously, well chuffed i did once i realised.
also, some of the other tracks are absolutely fantastic.

indeed. several eternal faves on there.

That Steve Hoffman forum link is gold, thanks for bringing that back to the front.

I had that warehouse raves album on tape when it came out. Pretty thrilling material for a 14 year old

I think a bunch of the "Pure Trance" originals are on the cd singles, but I'm sure that Hoffman link has the details.

I've always been a huge fan of The Moody Boys vs KLF mix of "What Time is Love"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5GjXDAecHQ

That 12" was the only time the Mac-less Echo and the Bunnymen made the charts

https://mixmag.net/read/klf-film-anarchic-electronic-duo-music-peoples-pyramid-news

So, when's the next episode?

Clearly not weekly, so perhaps monthly?

Fantastic thread:

It’s thirty years since The KLF’s 3am Eternal hit Number One so I suppose it must also be about thirty years since 13-year-old me met The KLF at Top Of The Pops. pic.twitter.com/qoNmBJWBNs

— Peter Robinson (@Popjustice) January 28, 2021

already posted on the other KLF thread

Too many KLFs!

Link please?

The KLF - The White Room poll

Thank you.

New stuff coming at midnight apparently!

Hope it's a new ambient album, but i'm expecting it's just Chill Out with the samples.

i thought Logik 2 makes sense but we'll see!

On Spotify now:
https://open.spotify.com/album/4fBvkZkBuPyo3k7ZogKFAo?si=RKwfz02NSYqCAIUcDN-LDg

Acker Bilk seems to have gone. Elvis has left the album.

It's a Chill Out remix, but it sounds great! Exactly what I wanted.

(the last third of it is markedly different from Chill Out)

it is indeed. i never thought i would enjoy listening to it again so much.

lol havent got there yet but sounding perfect on track 6

so happy

oh them last train synths melt my heart every time

I make myself annoyed by these fuckers recycling the same stuff over and over again but they disappoint me again by doing this stuff over and over ag..... oh fuck, this is great... OMFG

they could just release a CD of Madrugada Eterna repeated ten times and that'd be fine

ditto

Well, it’s got sheep sounds, train sounds, Tuvan throat-singing, and I’m only into track 3. I’m for it!

hot diggity damn

This is terrific, shame to lose Elvis and Acker, but doesn’t change the overall experience too much. Though it feels a shade darker than before.

Just gave this a listen through decent cans and a cranked Subpac (chair subwoofer thing) and can confirm it is an awesome fully immersive experience and you should all do the same asap.

Great rework, nice to hear this stuff in pristine digital quality rather than a tape of a tape of a crackly old 12" :)

the Wax Trax CD remained in print past the 1990s tbf

the CD actually sounds really good, I mainly listened to it in the car back in the day (sometimes driving along parts of the route described in the track listing) so I didn't know how well it was mixed!

(I had the cassette version from Wax Trax during the 90s, but bought the CD at some point later)