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I liked 3AM Eternal (the 1990 'radio' version) when it came out, so I 'borrowed' the CD single off a mate (still have it in case he wants it back). Liked Last Train To Trancentral when it came out a few months later and bought that on CD single. At the time, if I'd liked at least two singles by a band I'd buy the album so when The White Room was released I bought this and loved it too. Playing the LP (album) mix of LTTT still takes me back to my parent's windswept retreat overlooking the shores of Loch Ness where it would hammer out almost constantly... :)

I think my interest really started when I was reading the album notes (not a lot else to do at a windswept retreating overlooking the shores of Loch Ness) and I noticed a very basic 'Albumography' and that the fact that this album was actually the sixth one by The KLF. When I got back home I went scouting for the other albums but couldn't find them in the shops - being greeting with either 'Never heard of it', 'No, The White Room is their first album' or 'We can put in an order for you'.

I can't remember how but I ended up contacting Probe Records in Liverpool and they very kindly sent me a list of their current KLF stuff. (Yes, '1987' was on here for £3.99 - don't I feel a right kn0b) so I popped over on the train with a mate and came back with a copy of KLF005R (the re-issue as it turns out) and Sh4g Times, which I think was all he had at the time. I read the inside of the Sh4g Times on the train home.

After that, I was hooked - I bought a few more items from Probe, and from a couple of other records shops in Chester. Plus I saved up £30 for a copy of JAMS23T from 'Tudor House' in Chester (now a posh coffee bar) - this was back in 1992 and I was skint. I got most of my stuff from Sister Ray in London via mail order - I've still got a load of his old mail order lists even now - and I found a shop in London (near Notting Hill I think) that had a grey JAMS28R plus some others. Then I discovered eBay and the rest is history!

I don't know what I'm going to do with my collection. I thought at one point of splitting it into five sections and burying each section at a different location, then auctioning off a map of each location on eBay. I also thought of putting the lot on eBay for a penny as either a 1 Day auction or a Buy It Now. To be honest I'll probably end up doing what my father has done with his records - keep them in a box in the attic, never play them, never look at them and then give them away when no-one wants them (or, in his case, no-one has a turntable that plays 78s).