There was a bootleg album called "Pure Trance" out a couple of years ago with quite a convincing 1989-KLF-official-CD look about it, right down to a bar-code that looked authentic, but didn't have the same number as any official release. A copy went for over £100 on ebay, and it compiled all the KLF4T, R, KLF5T, 5R and one of the WTIL Story tracks. See: http://mailman.xmission.com/pipermail/klf/2003-January/002319.html for details. I bid on it, and it was one of the main reasons why I joined this mailing list in the first place, to discuss its legitimacy. After the auction finished, someone offered me another copy for £100 but by that point common sense prevailed. Here's the tracklisting: http://klf-communications.net/179.htm John
Message date : Oct 25 2004, 07:42 AM From : "Chris Peel" To : "'All bound for Mu-Mu Land.'" Copy to : Subject : RE: Masterplan and myth - was Re: [KLF] Two more simple questions
Just to add a bit more to this, I remember from the edition of Record Collector that featured the KLF that they had a PURE TRANCE album planned (I don't have my photocopy to hand, but I think it was listed as KLF LP 1 in the RC discog.) - it's possible that it might have been this album they're referring to as LP5. I do agree with Stuey (and Michelle? ;-)) that B&J changed their minds at a moments notice, hence why there are several oddities in the Pure Trance series - especially the 'Sea/Pea Green' Pure Trance 5 that apparently made it into the shops, and then was replaced with the Salmon Pink edition...
-----Original Message----- From: klf-bounces+chris=k23productions.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:klf-bounces+chris=k23productions.com@mailman.xmission. com] On Behalf Of John Milne Sent: 20 October 2004 19:00 To: say.map@ihug.co.nz; 'All bound for Mu-Mu Land.' Subject: RE: Masterplan and myth - was Re: [KLF] Two more simple questions
I think you are maybe reading too much between the lines. Does KLF5R really mention Chill Out? Or does it only mention JAMSLP5? I would imagine that JAMSLP5 would have been either a pure trance LP or more likely it was the new cat no of WROST - remember this was previously heralded as JAMSLP4, but WTILS was released as that no instead.
Interesting quotes from the info sheets! The 12" label of KLF 5R has a small asterisk beside the "Orbital Blue Danube" mix, and in the "OTHER DATA" section it says: "* FROM THE LP/JAMSLP 5 LIVE AT TRANCENTRAL". Okay, this may not be "Chill Out", but it's not the WROST either. The Orb mix, of course, has elements of what would eventually become "Chill Out", so is it possible back in September 1989 they were planning an ambient album called (and recorded) "Live at Trancentral" instead? Maybe even with Bill, Alex and Jimmy all together?
KLF8R is said to be part of the "White Room", according to the info sheet - but that may just mean the movie rather than the soundtrack (the b-side appears early on in the released promo version, but that movie was put together for German investors in 1991, I thought, for it features 1991-era tracks too).
I thought the soundtrack was definitely pulled after the lack of success with KSTJ. The 8R sleeve does mention the soundtrack on the back, like all other "Pure Trance" releases (including "Love Trance" and "Turn Up the Strobe") - but presumably the sleeves were actually printed back in 1988, for release, but 8R didn't come out until early 1990. In the "OTHER DATA" section, by the way, it says: "GO TO SLEEP", which was, of course, one of the tracks from the WROST - and arguably the original "Last Train to Trancentral" by another name?
Anyway, I've just about exhausted this topic. As far as the KLF's late 1989 career, and what KLF 8T was actually going to be, well, to paraphrase the Osmonds, I guess we'll never know.
John
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