Yeah, I think we need to keep the goal in mind. I think for the 20th anniversary we should be trying to make something which represents Bill and Jimmy's work as JAMMS, KLF, Timelords etc. for new listeners. Not the obscure mixes which we enjoy discovering about, but the most approachable tracks. We should be trying to pick things which might appeal now, which are still relevant, so Kylie Said To Jason is out, for example. So, for this sort of "enjoyable", "approachable", relevant track, but still maintaining a good spread, I'll propose a track-list. (This is why I think we should set up some sort of project page, just say the word, and I'll stay up all night and do it...) The popular, famous tracks should be on there, but mixed in with other stuff. The three stadium house trackso in a row would be a bit much! So with Justifications and without further ado! 1. Brownsville Turnaround On The Tex-Mex Border 1:47 2. Pulling Out Of Ricardo And The Dusk Is Falling Fast 1:29 These two provide a nice lead into the album, being the start of the Chill Out as they are. The ending of Brownsville doesn't fit too well, because it doesn't fall to silence like Ricardo does. 3. America No More 6:05 Still (sadly) politically relevant after all these years. I've always thought this to be one of their most intelligent efforts, and sadly under-appreciated. And it has bagpipes. Segues kind of nicely from the Chill Out stuff. From here on, the track order isn't so important. 4. What Time Is Love 5:17 Of course. What mix isn't terribly important, but it should be something fairly up-to-date. I've put the LP version in the playlist, but I'm not sure if that's the best choice. 5. Build A Fire 4:35 The one from The White Room 6. King Boy's Dream 0:59 7. 3 A.M. Eternal 3:35 I've put the Live At The S.S.L. version in my list, because I like the intro to that version. 8. Madrugada Eterna (Club Mix) 5:19 Gets a bit of the amazing Chill Out on there, while standing on its own four beats. 9. Last Train To Trancentral 3:42 The one I've put in my playlist starts with "Okay everybody, lie down on the floor and keep calm" 10. Mind The Gap 1:05 11. Stand By The Jams 3:39 Nothing wrong with a bit of Tammy, provides a break before the onslaught to follow... 12. Fuck The Millennium 13:57 13. Disaster Fund Collection 5:40 14. Doctorin' The Tardis 3:38 It was their number one after all! Despite all the moral questions about Glitter, I think the disk would be incomplete without it. 15. It's Grim Up North (part 1) 10:02 A classic dance track, I think it's perfect as the last big song on the album, with the big Jerusalem section, and then the birds etc. segue nicely into the Chill Out ending which follows. 16. Rock Radio Into The Nineties And Beyond 1:26 17. Alone Again With The Dawn Coming Up 0:16 The two of them to end the album, because I think Alone Again is too short on its own, and because the vocal sample in Rock Radio is just too apt... What do people think of that as a KLF retrospective? It's around 70 minutes, and could be made to fit on a CD with a little bit of trimming. I think this track-list a good mix of the famous classics with a few other interesting but approachable tracks. If an unknowing listener came upon it, it could pique their interest and encourage them to check out the site we'll have set up. www.whatthefuckisgoingon.com or something equally KLF-themed. We could mark each CD or case with a sort of serial number, and I could do up a little web application in PHP or MySQL which would allow people to enter the number of the CD they've found, so we can see where each person's planted CDs actually end up. I await your opinions! And let me know if you guys want that site, for managing this, for the tracklist etc. It would take me relatively little time, and might make this a lot easier. I wanna see this done, and I wanna see it done right. John PS: Amusingly, I realised the other day that I was only born a year before the release we are now celebrating.. On 18 Jan 2007, at 00:01, RMStringer wrote:
Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn’t the Lost Tracks of Mu something like this? They were only for this list, but this has already been done. I think that placing them around the “area” is a neat idea, but IMHO, keep them to KLF tracks. The Moody boys are not being celebrated. They were not major contributors to the myth.
RMStringer
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From: klf-bounces+rmstringer1971=comcast.net@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:klf-bounces +rmstringer1971=comcast.net@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of zero_23@mac.com Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 5:49 PM To: All bound for Mu-Mu Land. Subject: Re: [KLF] bring the beat back & unknown WTIL edit download --> Tracklist CD
it seems we are now planning two different sets of compilations
John's original idea was a compilation of tracks to mark the 10th anniversary, to leave around the country in obscure places, made to look like a cheaply produced "best of" compilation cash-in. i think the aim of this one is more to remind people of what the KLF was about, as well as maybe make it available to some new ears too. but in a prank style - random and obscure points where the cds are made available, cheap and tacky appearance - hopefully the kind of prank Bill & Jimmy would approve of
however, a lot more of the recent suggestions for track lists are leaning towards tracks that are rarer, or obscure, or just more interesting, from a collectors view point. these tracklists are really only going to be of interests to the like of us on this list. who either already have them, or would probably only be interested in downloading them and burning to their own particular tracklist
i guess there's no reason why we can't do both, but surely most of these tracks are already available via the FTP server aren't they? so why waste the effort of putting them on a cd when the intended target of the cds are people who won't understand them anyway
as always, just my 2 cents... or 1 penny at todays exchange rate
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