KLF Communications
Encyclopedia
This discography
lists the key British and notable international releases of The KLF
and the other pseudonyms of Bill Drummond
and Jimmy Cauty
. It also details the other releases on their independent record label
, KLF Communications
, by KLF-spinoff Disco 2000
and Space (a Cauty solo work). In the United Kingdom
—their home country—Drummond and Cauty released six albums and a wide array of 12 " singles on KLF Communications. In other territories their material was typically issued under licence by local labels.
Although the duo's early works as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (The JAMs) aroused media interest, with many singles being awarded "single of the week" by various music publications, Drummond and Cauty neither sought nor found mainstream chart success until the release of The Timelords' million-selling DIY
release "Doctorin' the Tardis" in May 1988. The KLF's single "Kylie Said to Jason
", from The White Room soundtrack, was designed for chart success, but failed to reach the UK Top 100
. However, The KLF achieved international chart success with the string of pop
-house
singles that began with "What Time Is Love? (Live at Trancentral)
", and they became the internationally highest-selling singles band of 1991.
Note that this is a not a complete list; compilation
appearances of otherwise available tracks, bootleg recording
s, and certain very limited edition remix
and promotional singles
have been excluded.
Key:
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
ed by The KLF
:
In 1989
, as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, the duo produced
the Moody Boys' single "First National Rapper" and its B-side, "Funky Zulu".
es were made available only on Various Artists compilation album
s. Compilation appearances by tracks which were also released on an album or single are not included. Mixes for DJs
and megamix
es are also excluded.
and released on VHS
video.
films have all had public screenings, but have not been released on any home video format.
projects were announced but not released. Some of these, but by no means all, circulate as bootleg
recordings/videos; some may not have been recorded at all.
Discography
Discography is the study and listing of the details concerning sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified musical genres...
lists the key British and notable international releases of The KLF
The KLF
The KLF were one of the seminal bands of the British acid house movement during the late 1980s and early 1990s....
and the other pseudonyms of Bill Drummond
Bill Drummond
William Ernest Drummond is a Scottish artist, musician, writer and record producer. He was the co-founder of late 1980s avant-garde pop group The KLF and its 1990s media-manipulating successor, the K Foundation, with which he burned a million pounds in 1994...
and Jimmy Cauty
Jimmy Cauty
James Francis Cauty is a British artist and musician born in Liverpool, England, in 1956...
. It also details the other releases on their independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
, KLF Communications
KLF Communications
This discography lists the key British and notable international releases of The KLF and the other pseudonyms of Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty. It also details the other releases on their independent record label, KLF Communications, by KLF-spinoff Disco 2000 and Space...
, by KLF-spinoff Disco 2000
Disco 2000
Disco 2000 was a British pop band, a side project of The KLF. Vocals were handled by Cressida Cauty and June Montana, also known as Mo...
and Space (a Cauty solo work). In the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
—their home country—Drummond and Cauty released six albums and a wide array of 12 " singles on KLF Communications. In other territories their material was typically issued under licence by local labels.
Although the duo's early works as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (The JAMs) aroused media interest, with many singles being awarded "single of the week" by various music publications, Drummond and Cauty neither sought nor found mainstream chart success until the release of The Timelords' million-selling DIY
DIY ethic
The DIY ethic refers to the ethic of self-sufficiency through completing tasks oneself as opposed to having others who are more experienced or able complete them for one's behalf. It promotes the idea that an ordinary person can learn to do more than he or she thought was possible...
release "Doctorin' the Tardis" in May 1988. The KLF's single "Kylie Said to Jason
Kylie Said to Jason
"Kylie Said to Jason" was a 1989 single by The KLF, "Kylie" and "Jason" being Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, then stars in the popular Australian TV soap opera Neighbours. Designed for chart success, the single nonetheless failed to enter the UK top 100...
", from The White Room soundtrack, was designed for chart success, but failed to reach the UK Top 100
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
. However, The KLF achieved international chart success with the string of pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
-house
Acid house
Acid house is a sub-genre of house music that emphasizes a repetitive, hypnotic and trance-like style, often with samples or spoken lines rather than sung lyrics. Acid house's core electronic squelch sounds were developed around the mid-1980s, particularly by DJs from Chicago who experimented with...
singles that began with "What Time Is Love? (Live at Trancentral)
What Time Is Love?
"What Time Is Love?" is a song released, in different mixes, as a series of singles by the band The KLF. It featured prominently and repeatedly in their output from 1988 to 1992 and, under the moniker of 2K, in 1997...
", and they became the internationally highest-selling singles band of 1991.
Note that this is a not a complete list; compilation
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
appearances of otherwise available tracks, bootleg recording
Bootleg recording
A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. The process of making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging...
s, and certain very limited edition remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
and promotional singles
Promotional recording
A promotional recording, or promo, is an audio or video recording distributed for free, usually in order to promote a recording that is or soon will be commercially available...
have been excluded.
Albums
| Year | Artist | Album information | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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| UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
UK Indie | US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
AT Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
AU ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
CH | SE Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
NLD Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... |
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| 1987 1987 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1987.See also:Record labels established in 1987-January-February:*January 3 – Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame... |
The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu The KLF The KLF were one of the seminal bands of the British acid house movement during the late 1980s and early 1990s.... |
1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) 1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) 1987 is the debut album of The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu . 1987 was produced using extensive unauthorised samples which plagiarised a wide range of musical works, continuing a theme begun in The JAMs' debut single "All You Need Is Love"...
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| 1988 1988 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1988.-January-March:* January 1 – André Rieu's Johann Strauss Orchestra plays its first concert.... |
The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu | Who Killed The JAMs?
The original vinyl LP came with the first KLF 'release', KLF Communications KLF 001: "The 1987 Completist List", the label's complete discography at the time. |
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| 1989 1989 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989.-Events:*January 14 – Paul McCartney releases Снова в СССР exclusively in the USSR... |
The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu/The KLF The KLF The KLF were one of the seminal bands of the British acid house movement during the late 1980s and early 1990s.... |
Shag Times Shag Times Shag Times, sometimes called Shag Times , is a UK compilation and remix double album released in 1989 by The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu...
Compilation album. A similar compilation was issued on TVT Records TVT Records TVT Records was an independent US record label founded by Steve Gottlieb. Over the course of its 25 year history the label released some 25 Gold, Platinum and Multi-platinum releases. Its roster included Nine Inch Nails, Ja Rule, Lil Jon, Underworld, The KLF, Sevendust, Brian Jonestown Massacre and... in the USA as The History of The JAMs a.k.a. The Timelords. |
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| The KLF/Various Artists | The "What Time Is Love?" Story
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| 1990 1990 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990.-Events:*January 21 – MTV's Unplugged premieres on cable television with British band Squeeze... |
The KLF | Chill Out Chill out Chill out may mean:*Chill out music, a laid-back style of music*Chill Out, an album by KLF*Chill Out *Chill Out, an album by John Lee Hooker... |
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| Space | Space
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| 1991 1991 in music See also:* 1991 in music Record labels established in 1991-Summary:The year 1991 is the year that grunge music made its popular breakthrough. Nirvana's Nevermind, led by the surprise hit single "Smells Like Teen Spirit", becomes the most popular U.S. album of the year... |
The KLF | The White Room The White Room Allmusic said that The White Room "represents the commercial and artistic peak of late-'80s acid-house" and Q magazine called it "strikingly imaginative" and "a more subtle form of subterfuge" than previous works... |
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| 1997 1997 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1997.-January:*January 9 – David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA with guests Frank Black, The Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of The Cure, Lou Reed, and Billy... |
Kopyright Liberation Front (The KLF) | Waiting for the Rights of Mu
Presumed to be a bootleg release but was sold for a limited time through normal retail channels. |
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Key:
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
Singles
| Year | Single | KLF Communications KLF Communications This discography lists the key British and notable international releases of The KLF and the other pseudonyms of Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty. It also details the other releases on their independent record label, KLF Communications, by KLF-spinoff Disco 2000 and Space... cat no. |
Artist |
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| 1987 | "All You Need Is Love All You Need Is Love (The JAMs song) "All You Need Is Love" is a song by The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, independently released as their debut single on 9 March 1987. A politically topical song concerning the UK media's AIDS furore, the track was initially given a 12" white label release because of its sampling of other records.The... " |
JAMS 23 | The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu The KLF The KLF were one of the seminal bands of the British acid house movement during the late 1980s and early 1990s.... |
| "Whitney Joins The JAMs Whitney Joins The JAMs -Release:"Whitney Joins The JAMs" was given a low-key release in the UK, initially as a run of 500 one-sided 12-inch singles in generic monochrome KLF Communications sleeves. The vinyl labels contained only the title and "120 bpm"... " |
JAMS 24T | ||
| "1987 (The JAMS 45 Edits) 1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) 1987 is the debut album of The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu . 1987 was produced using extensive unauthorised samples which plagiarised a wide range of musical works, continuing a theme begun in The JAMs' debut single "All You Need Is Love"... " |
JAMS 25T | ||
| "I Gotta CD" | D 2000 | Disco 2000 Disco 2000 Disco 2000 was a British pop band, a side project of The KLF. Vocals were handled by Cressida Cauty and June Montana, also known as Mo... |
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| "Down Town Down Town "Down Town" was the a 1987 release by The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu . The song is gospel music driven by house music rhythms, incorporating a sample of Petula Clark's 1964 single "Downtown".-Origins:... " |
JAMS 27 | The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu | |
| 1988 | "Burn the Bastards Burn the Bastards "Burn the Bastards" is a 1988 song by Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu , from their second and final album Who Killed The JAMs?... " / "Burn the Beat Burn the Bastards "Burn the Bastards" is a 1988 song by Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu , from their second and final album Who Killed The JAMs?... " |
JAMS 26 / KLF 002 | The KLF The KLF The KLF were one of the seminal bands of the British acid house movement during the late 1980s and early 1990s.... |
| The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu | |||
| "One Love Nation" | D 2002 | Disco 2000 | |
| "Doctorin' the Tardis" | KLF 003 | The Timelords | |
| "What Time Is Love? (Pure Trance Original) What Time Is Love? "What Time Is Love?" is a song released, in different mixes, as a series of singles by the band The KLF. It featured prominently and repeatedly in their output from 1988 to 1992 and, under the moniker of 2K, in 1997... " |
KLF 004 [Pure Trance 1] | The KLF | |
| 1989 | "Uptight (Everything's Alright) Uptight (Everything's Alright) "Uptight " is a 1966 hit single recorded by Stevie Wonder for the Tamla label. One of his most popular early singles, "Uptight " was the first Stevie Wonder single to be co-written by the artist.... " |
D 2003 | Disco 2000 |
| "3 a.m. Eternal (Pure Trance Original) 3 a.m. Eternal "3 a.m. Eternal" is a song by The KLF, numerous versions of which were released as singles between 1989 and 1992. In January 1991, an acid house pop version of the song became an international top ten hit single, hitting #1 in the UK Singles Chart and #5 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and leading to... " |
KLF 005 [Pure Trance 2] | The KLF | |
| "Kylie Said to Jason Kylie Said to Jason "Kylie Said to Jason" was a 1989 single by The KLF, "Kylie" and "Jason" being Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, then stars in the popular Australian TV soap opera Neighbours. Designed for chart success, the single nonetheless failed to enter the UK top 100... " |
KLF 010 | ||
| 1990 | "Last Train to Trancentral (Pure Trance Original) Last Train to Trancentral "Last Train to Trancentral" is a song released, in different mixes, as a series of singles by The KLF, including "Last Train to Trancentral ", a commercially successful single of April 1991 that reached # 2 in the UK Singles Chart and achieved international top ten placings... " |
KLF 008 [Pure Trance 5] | |
| "What Time Is Love? (Live at Trancentral) What Time Is Love? "What Time Is Love?" is a song released, in different mixes, as a series of singles by the band The KLF. It featured prominently and repeatedly in their output from 1988 to 1992 and, under the moniker of 2K, in 1997... " |
KLF 004 | ||
| "3 a.m. Eternal (Live at the S.S.L.) 3 a.m. Eternal "3 a.m. Eternal" is a song by The KLF, numerous versions of which were released as singles between 1989 and 1992. In January 1991, an acid house pop version of the song became an international top ten hit single, hitting #1 in the UK Singles Chart and #5 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and leading to... " |
KLF 005 | ||
| 1991 | "Last Train to Trancentral (Live from the Lost Continent) Last Train to Trancentral "Last Train to Trancentral" is a song released, in different mixes, as a series of singles by The KLF, including "Last Train to Trancentral ", a commercially successful single of April 1991 that reached # 2 in the UK Singles Chart and achieved international top ten placings... " |
KLF 008 | |
| "America: What Time Is Love?" | KLF USA4 | ||
| "It's Grim Up North It's Grim Up North "It's Grim Up North" was a 1991 single by The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu , the main lyrics of which consist of a list of towns and cities in the North of England, set to a pounding industrial techno accompaniment reminiscent of steam whistles, all of which segues into an orchestral instrumental of... " |
JAMS 28 | The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu | |
| "Justified and Ancient (Stand by The JAMs) Justified and Ancient "Justified & Ancient" is a song by British band The KLF which featured on their 1991 album The White Room but with origins dating back to the duo's debut album, 1987 .... " |
KLF 099 | The KLF (featuring Tammy Wynette Tammy Wynette Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of the genre's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists.... ) |
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| 1992 | "3 a.m. Eternal 3 a.m. Eternal "3 a.m. Eternal" is a song by The KLF, numerous versions of which were released as singles between 1989 and 1992. In January 1991, an acid house pop version of the song became an international top ten hit single, hitting #1 in the UK Singles Chart and #5 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and leading to... " |
KLF 5TOTP | The KLF with Extreme Noise Terror Extreme Noise Terror Extreme Noise Terror are a British crust punk / grindcore band originally formed in Ipswich, England in 1985. The band are widely considered one of the earliest and most influential European grindcore bands, and particularly the forefathers of the crustgrind subgenre.Notable for one of the... |
| 1993 | "K Cera Cera (War Is Over If You Want It) K Cera Cera "K Cera Cera", a presentation of The Red Army Choir by the K Foundation , was released as a limited edition single in Israel and Palestine in November 1993... " |
The K Foundation K Foundation The K Foundation was an art foundation set up by Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty in 1993, following their 'retirement' from the music industry. The Foundation served as an artistic outlet for the duo's post-retirement KLF income... presents The Red Army Choir Red Army Choir The A.V. Alexandrov Russian army twice red-bannered academic song and dance ensemble , in short, the Alexandrov ensemble is a performing ensemble that serves as the official army choir of the Russian armed forces... |
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| 1997 | "Fuck the Millennium Fuck the Millennium "Fuck the Millennium" or "***K the Millennium" is an electronic protest song that was released as a single in 1997 by 2K... " |
2K Fuck the Millennium "Fuck the Millennium" or "***K the Millennium" is an electronic protest song that was released as a single in 1997 by 2K... (featuring Acid Brass Acid Brass Acid Brass was a musical collaboration between Turner-Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller and the Williams Fairey Brass Band. The project was based on fusing the music of a traditional brass band with acid house and Detroit techno.... ) |
Chart Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
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| UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
UK Indie | NL Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... |
AT Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann... |
AU ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
CH Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
IRL Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... |
NO VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by... |
SE Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
U.S. Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
U.S. Dance Play Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs... |
U.S. Dance Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States, established in 1985. It measures the sale of commercially released singles that deal with dance music and remixes... |
U.S. Modern Rock | ||
| 1987 | "All You Need Is Love All You Need Is Love (The JAMs song) "All You Need Is Love" is a song by The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, independently released as their debut single on 9 March 1987. A politically topical song concerning the UK media's AIDS furore, the track was initially given a 12" white label release because of its sampling of other records.The... " |
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| "Whitney Joins The JAMs Whitney Joins The JAMs -Release:"Whitney Joins The JAMs" was given a low-key release in the UK, initially as a run of 500 one-sided 12-inch singles in generic monochrome KLF Communications sleeves. The vinyl labels contained only the title and "120 bpm"... " |
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| "1987 (The JAMS 45 Edits) 1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) 1987 is the debut album of The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu . 1987 was produced using extensive unauthorised samples which plagiarised a wide range of musical works, continuing a theme begun in The JAMs' debut single "All You Need Is Love"... " |
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| "Down Town Down Town "Down Town" was the a 1987 release by The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu . The song is gospel music driven by house music rhythms, incorporating a sample of Petula Clark's 1964 single "Downtown".-Origins:... " |
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| 1988 | "Burn the Bastards Burn the Bastards "Burn the Bastards" is a 1988 song by Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu , from their second and final album Who Killed The JAMs?... " / "Burn the Beat Burn the Bastards "Burn the Bastards" is a 1988 song by Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu , from their second and final album Who Killed The JAMs?... " |
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| "Doctorin' the Tardis" | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 4 | 10 | — | 66 | 16 | 18 | — | |
| "Kylie Said to Jason Kylie Said to Jason "Kylie Said to Jason" was a 1989 single by The KLF, "Kylie" and "Jason" being Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, then stars in the popular Australian TV soap opera Neighbours. Designed for chart success, the single nonetheless failed to enter the UK top 100... " |
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| 1990 | "What Time Is Love? (Live at Trancentral) What Time Is Love? "What Time Is Love?" is a song released, in different mixes, as a series of singles by the band The KLF. It featured prominently and repeatedly in their output from 1988 to 1992 and, under the moniker of 2K, in 1997... " |
5 | 23 | 23 | 73 | 23 | — | — | 14 | — | 13 | — | — | |
| "3 a.m. Eternal (Live at the S.S.L.) 3 a.m. Eternal "3 a.m. Eternal" is a song by The KLF, numerous versions of which were released as singles between 1989 and 1992. In January 1991, an acid house pop version of the song became an international top ten hit single, hitting #1 in the UK Singles Chart and #5 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and leading to... " |
1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | — | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | — | ||
| 1991 | "Last Train to Trancentral (Live from the Lost Continent) Last Train to Trancentral "Last Train to Trancentral" is a song released, in different mixes, as a series of singles by The KLF, including "Last Train to Trancentral ", a commercially successful single of April 1991 that reached # 2 in the UK Singles Chart and achieved international top ten placings... " |
2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | — | 4 | 5 | — | 17 | — | — | |
| "America: What Time Is Love?" | 4 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 57 | 10 | — | — | ||
| "It's Grim Up North It's Grim Up North "It's Grim Up North" was a 1991 single by The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu , the main lyrics of which consist of a list of towns and cities in the North of England, set to a pounding industrial techno accompaniment reminiscent of steam whistles, all of which segues into an orchestral instrumental of... " |
10 | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Justified and Ancient (Stand by The JAMs) Justified and Ancient "Justified & Ancient" is a song by British band The KLF which featured on their 1991 album The White Room but with origins dating back to the duo's debut album, 1987 .... " |
2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 21 | ||
| 1997 | "Fuck the Millennium Fuck the Millennium "Fuck the Millennium" or "***K the Millennium" is an electronic protest song that was released as a single in 1997 by 2K... " |
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| "—" denotes that the release that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
Remixes and production work
The following tracks were remixRemix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
ed by The KLF
The KLF
The KLF were one of the seminal bands of the British acid house movement during the late 1980s and early 1990s....
:
| Year | Original Artist | Song | Remix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 1990 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990.-Events:*January 21 – MTV's Unplugged premieres on cable television with British band Squeeze... |
Depeche Mode Depeche Mode Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke... |
"Policy of Truth Policy of Truth "Policy of Truth" is Depeche Mode's twenty-fifth UK single, released on May 7, 1990, and the third single for the album Violator.The cover art for "Policy of Truth" has the blurred image of a nude woman. The camera angles and poses differ on the 7" Vinyl, the 12" Vinyl, the CD and Cassette. Usually... " |
"Trancentral Mix" |
| Pet Shop Boys Pet Shop Boys Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards.... |
"So Hard So Hard "So Hard" is a song by the British pop group Pet Shop Boys and was the first single lifted from the 1990 album Behaviour. It peaked at #4 in the UK... " |
"The KLF vs Pet Shop Boys" | |
| "It Must Be Obvious So Hard "So Hard" is a song by the British pop group Pet Shop Boys and was the first single lifted from the 1990 album Behaviour. It peaked at #4 in the UK... " |
"UFO Mix" | ||
| 1991 1991 in music See also:* 1991 in music Record labels established in 1991-Summary:The year 1991 is the year that grunge music made its popular breakthrough. Nirvana's Nevermind, led by the surprise hit single "Smells Like Teen Spirit", becomes the most popular U.S. album of the year... |
Moody Boys | "What is Dub?" | "Kings of Low Frequency Dub Version" |
| "Dub is What?" |
In 1989
1989 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989.-Events:*January 14 – Paul McCartney releases Снова в СССР exclusively in the USSR...
, as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, the duo produced
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
the Moody Boys' single "First National Rapper" and its B-side, "Funky Zulu".
Compilation appearances
The following tracks and remixRemix
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es were made available only on Various Artists compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
s. Compilation appearances by tracks which were also released on an album or single are not included. Mixes for DJs
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
and megamix
Megamix
A megamix is a medley remix containing multiple songs in rapid succession. There may be only one verse or even just a brief chorus of each song used, sometimes in addition to samples of the same or other songs. There may also be some elements of bastard pop in some, though not as much as a mashup...
es are also excluded.
| Year | Artist | Song | Compilation Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 1989 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989.-Events:*January 14 – Paul McCartney releases Снова в СССР exclusively in the USSR... |
Discotec 2000 Disco 2000 Disco 2000 was a British pop band, a side project of The KLF. Vocals were handled by Cressida Cauty and June Montana, also known as Mo... |
"Feel This" | Eternity Project One Eternity Project One Eternity Project One was a 1989 British compilation released by Gee Street Records. It featured the first recorded material by The Orb as well as tracks by several acid house artists of the late 1980s. Many of the tracks include production from Bass , Rockman , and Eternity... |
| 1990 1990 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990.-Events:*January 21 – MTV's Unplugged premieres on cable television with British band Squeeze... |
The KLF The KLF The KLF were one of the seminal bands of the British acid house movement during the late 1980s and early 1990s.... |
"Build a Fire (Lenny Dee Remix)" | Energy - DJ's In The House |
| 1991 1991 in music See also:* 1991 in music Record labels established in 1991-Summary:The year 1991 is the year that grunge music made its popular breakthrough. Nirvana's Nevermind, led by the surprise hit single "Smells Like Teen Spirit", becomes the most popular U.S. album of the year... |
The KLF The KLF The KLF were one of the seminal bands of the British acid house movement during the late 1980s and early 1990s.... |
"What Time Was Love" | Give Peace A Dance: A CND Compilation |
| 1995 1995 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995.- January–February :*January 18 – Jerry Garcia crashes his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California, USA, but is not injured in the accident.... |
One World Orchestra | "The Magnificent" | The Help Album The Help Album The Help Album is a 1995 charity album devoted to the War Child charity's aid efforts in war-stricken areas, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina... |
The KLF
All titles credited to The KLFThe KLF
The KLF were one of the seminal bands of the British acid house movement during the late 1980s and early 1990s....
and released on VHS
VHS
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video.
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 1990 in film The year 1990 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall .* The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2.... |
Waiting | KLF VT007. Ambient house Ambient house Ambient house, a music genre that first emerged in the late 1980s, is a sub-genre of house music, combining elements of acid house and ambient music... film with an original soundtrack. |
| 1991 1991 in film The year 1991 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York* Terminator 2: Judgment Day, became one of the landmarks for science fiction action films with its groundbreaking visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic.*November... |
The Stadium House Trilogy | Picture Music International. Video Music video A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings... performances of "3 a.m. Eternal 3 a.m. Eternal "3 a.m. Eternal" is a song by The KLF, numerous versions of which were released as singles between 1989 and 1992. In January 1991, an acid house pop version of the song became an international top ten hit single, hitting #1 in the UK Singles Chart and #5 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and leading to... ", "Last Train to Trancentral Last Train to Trancentral "Last Train to Trancentral" is a song released, in different mixes, as a series of singles by The KLF, including "Last Train to Trancentral ", a commercially successful single of April 1991 that reached # 2 in the UK Singles Chart and achieved international top ten placings... ", and "What Time Is Love? What Time Is Love? "What Time Is Love?" is a song released, in different mixes, as a series of singles by the band The KLF. It featured prominently and repeatedly in their output from 1988 to 1992 and, under the moniker of 2K, in 1997... "; and a new instrumental piece, "This Is Not What The KLF Is About". |
| The Rites of Mu | Promotional VHS only; KLF VT014. "Documentary" filmed on the Isle of Jura. Aired on MTV Europe MTV Europe MTV Europe is a pan-European 24-hour entertainment cable and digital television network launched on August 1, 1987. Initially, the channel served all regions within Europe being one of the very few channels that targeted the entire European continent... , 24 June 1992. |
K Foundation
The following K FoundationK Foundation
The K Foundation was an art foundation set up by Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty in 1993, following their 'retirement' from the music industry. The Foundation served as an artistic outlet for the duo's post-retirement KLF income...
films have all had public screenings, but have not been released on any home video format.
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 1994 in film 1994 was a significant year in film.The top grosser worldwide was The Lion King, which to date stands as the highest-grossing traditionally-animated film of all time... |
Watch the K Foundation Burn a Million Quid | 55 minutes of footage showing the K Foundation (Cauty and Drummond) burning one million pounds Pound sterling The pound sterling , commonly called the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 pence... . Premiered on 23 August 1995 on the Isle of Jura. |
| 1995 1995 in film -Top grossing films:-Events:* March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris by Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg.* March 28 - Actress Julia Roberts and singer Lyle Lovett announce their plans for separation.... |
Pissing in the Wind | Footage of Drummond, Cauty and Mark Hawker urinating into the wind. Shot on 3 November 1995 and premiered at Glasgow University on the same day. |
| 1997 1997 in film -Events:* The original Star Wars trilogy's Special Editions are released.* Production begins on Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.* Titanic becomes the first film to gross US$1,000,000,000 at the box office making it the highest grossing film in history until Avatar broke the record in 2010.*... |
This Brick | 4 minutes of a still picture of a brick made from the ashes of the million pounds incinerated by the K Foundation. Premiered at the Barbican Hall, London Barbican Centre The Barbican Centre is the largest performing arts centre in Europe. Located in the City of London, England, the Centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhibitions. It also houses a library, three restaurants, and a conservatory... on 17 September 1997. |
Books
| Year | Authors | Title | Publisher | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 1988 in literature The year 1988 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-New books:*Margaret Atwood - Cat's Eye*J.G. Ballard - Memories of the Space Age*Iain M... |
Jimmy Cauty Jimmy Cauty James Francis Cauty is a British artist and musician born in Liverpool, England, in 1956... Bill Drummond Bill Drummond William Ernest Drummond is a Scottish artist, musician, writer and record producer. He was the co-founder of late 1980s avant-garde pop group The KLF and its 1990s media-manipulating successor, the K Foundation, with which he burned a million pounds in 1994... |
The Manual (How to Have a Number One the Easy Way) The Manual The Manual is a 1988 book by The Timelords , better known as The KLF. It is a tongue-in-cheek step by step guide to achieving a No.1 single with no money or musical skills, and a case study of the duo's UK novelty pop No... |
KLF Publications | ISBN 0-86359-616-9 |
Unreleased
The following KLFThe KLF
The KLF were one of the seminal bands of the British acid house movement during the late 1980s and early 1990s....
projects were announced but not released. Some of these, but by no means all, circulate as bootleg
Bootleg recording
A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. The process of making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging...
recordings/videos; some may not have been recorded at all.
| Year | Format | Project | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Flexidisc | "Deep Shit (Part 1)" | Given catalogue number DS 1. KLF Communications Information Sheet 8 (1990) claimed that 500 copies had been pressed but had "never been deemed safe to release". |
| Graphic novel | "Deep Shit (The Further Adventures Of The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu)" | A comic book or graphic novel drawn by Cauty (with words by Drummond) was mentioned in NME and The Face The Face (magazine) The Face was a British music, fashion and culture monthly magazine started in May 1980 by Nick Logan.-1980s:Logan had previously created the teen pop magazine Smash Hits, and had been an editor at the New Musical Express in the 1970s before launching The Face in 1980.The magazine was influential in... and various KLF Information Sheets. |
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| Single | "Love Trance" ["Pure Trance 3"] | KLF 006. Sleeves and labels printed. | |
| Single | "Turn Up the Strobe" ["Pure Trance 4"] | KLF 007. Sleeves printed. | |
| Single | "E-Train To Trancentral" ["Pure Trance 5"] | KLF 008. Sleeves and labels printed. | |
| Single | "The Lovers' Side" ["Pure Trance 5"] | This song also featured on the unreleased version of the album The White Room (see below). | |
| 1989 | Single | "Deep Shit (Part 3)" | KLF 010R. Reportedly, 6 copies were pressed. |
| Album | The White Room - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack The White Room Allmusic said that The White Room "represents the commercial and artistic peak of late-'80s acid-house" and Q magazine called it "strikingly imaginative" and "a more subtle form of subterfuge" than previous works... |
JAMS LP4. Very different from the White Room album eventually released, this widely bootlegged recording was scrapped after the commercial failure of the single "Kylie Said to Jason Kylie Said to Jason "Kylie Said to Jason" was a 1989 single by The KLF, "Kylie" and "Jason" being Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, then stars in the popular Australian TV soap opera Neighbours. Designed for chart success, the single nonetheless failed to enter the UK top 100... ". |
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| Film | The White Room | KLF VT006. The KLF's road movie Road movie A road movie is a film genre in which the main character or characters leave home to travel from place to place. They usually leave home to escape their current lives.-History:... . A rough version was completed in 1989, before The KLF decided to film an "Outer Film" to augment it. This was never completed. The "Inner Film" has been screened privately, and bootleg copies of it circulate. |
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| 1992 | Album | The Black Room The Black Room The Black Room is a never-released LP by The KLF/The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, originally intended to be a complement to their earlier LP The White Room.-History:... |
The KLF started work on a final album, but it remains unfinished and unissued. |
Further reading
- Author unknown (1991). "The KLF: Enigmatic dance duo" (feature and discography up to that time), Record CollectorRecord CollectorRecord Collector is the United Kingdom's longest-running monthly music magazine. It distributes both within the UK and worldwide. It started in 1979.-The early years:...
Magazine, April 1991.
External links
- Library of Mu - Reviews. An archive of contemporary reviews of KLF releases from the music press, newspapers and magazines.