Well, after the Love Trance discussion exploded again around
Christmas time, I got in touch with Chris Peel regarding the authenticity of
the "nr" run-out grooved Love Trance 12 inches. Chris related to me that
his significant other gave birth to a little girl in January and he doesn't
have time to spend chatting with the list these days, but he is still a member
and monitors the conversation. Anyway, with his permission, I'm passing this
info along to the list...
The
guy showed me his Adrenalin pass (which could have been mocked up using
Paintshop Pro, of course) and he also showed me a stack of KLF records,
including:
2 x
KLF004R white labels
1 x
KLF004M single-sided
2 x
KLF006T Fully labelled up and in p/s
1 x
KLF007T in luminous yellow vinyl - labelled up but in standard "KLF"
sleeve
1 x
KLF008T in sea-green sleeve with "E. Train to Trancentral" on
it
1 x
KLF 92 PROMO 2 clear vinyl
1 x
KLF 92 PROMO 3
4 x
KLF USA 4 7" multicoloured vinyl (actually they were all in various
orange/yellow/grey colours)
As
well as all these, he had this bundle of KLF006T's which he claimed were a
'secondary run' arranged by B&J but still produced at the plant -
presumably off different plates though.
I
checked the various records above for the usual giveaways (machine-printed
run-outs, missing ADRENALIN wording, etc.) and they all appeared genuine - I
even got to buy a fair few of them off him for what I considered to be
seriously good prices. I bought the bundle of 006Ts (I think there were
7 of them when I actually counted) as a job lot.
Now,
if you're thinking this all smacks of a scam then I'd agree - it does - _but_
this guy had some seriously rare stuff so either:
a)
he's a collector and he made these extra 006T's himself
b)
he's genuine and he made these extra 006T's himself
c)
he's genuine
I'm
still with (c) - he was really down to earth, didn't look like he needed the
money, wasn't trying to force me to buy the items, and actually sold me some
really rare - unbootlegged - releases for a fraction of their usual selling
price.
As
for the people dismissing it as a fake - there are a number on the list who
don't believe it's a KLF record, period - even if it has the ADRENALIN
and scratched out DAMONT markings on it! I've been collecting KLF
records for over 15 years now and I'm in the camp that believes it's genuinue
and that there's even some pressed up 007T's out there...
Chris