I got into the klf after seeing the Ford Timelord in Charlton, SE London, going
>>>> home and then seeing the 3am eternal video on TV. I put that down to fait, so this began my long arduous task of collecting "The KLF". i only had about 20 original items, the rest was recorded for me by a friend that had vast amounts of the stuff. Then i got a computer and BAM my credit cards were hammered. I will continue to collect and give the whole lot to my son (aged 20 months at present) when his 18 to do with as he pleases. or should i wait till he's 33 or even 45???
Would be nice to hear any other stories of how or why people began collecting "The KLF".
Wizard
Keep Listening Forever..
I'm thinking of aquiring a klf/2k credit card with the million pounds (looked burnt to me) i found in a suitcase at some museum just for buying klf material were i'd get 10% on purchases.. LOL.
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! Most notable purchases: JAMS23T (James Anderton p/s) - £30 from Tudor House in Chester c. 1992 Chill Out (JAMS CD89005) - German/Euro CD Album bought from 'WOM' (World Of Music) in Berlin c. 1991 KLF005R (1991 re-issue) - £3.99 from Probe in Liverpool c. 1991 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). Chris
Or, you could send them up north - to Norway, where I will give em a good home LOL
From: "Chris Peel" <chris@k23productions.com> Reply-To: "All bound for Mu-Mu Land." <klf@mailman.xmission.com> To: "'All bound for Mu-Mu Land.'" <klf@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: RE: [KLF] klf stories Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 10:45:46 -0000
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!
Most notable purchases:
JAMS23T (James Anderton p/s) - £30 from Tudor House in Chester c. 1992 Chill Out (JAMS CD89005) - German/Euro CD Album bought from 'WOM' (World Of Music) in Berlin c. 1991 KLF005R (1991 re-issue) - £3.99 from Probe in Liverpool c. 1991
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).
Chris
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Or, you could send them over here to the U.S. While I have a stack of CD's, I only have 1 vinyl - JAMS 028RA :-) On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:49:54 +0100, Kristian Biong <kristianbiong@hotmail.com> wrote:
Or, you could send them up north - to Norway, where I will give em a good home LOL
From: "Chris Peel" <chris@k23productions.com>
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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).
Chris
My favourite was walking into a CD shop in Vancouver while on holiday and seeing that they had a UK copy Of the What Time is Love Story CD for about a Fiver. I'd been looking for it in the UK for years without Success. Cheers Ian
Interesting reading people's stories! My first experience of the KLF was Doctorin' The Tardis, hearing it on the radio. Being a relatively young member of the list (at 25), I was only 8 when it came out, so I didn't buy it. I remember my mate having a copy of the White Room on cassette which we'd listen to in his bedroom. And I certainly remembering dancing to Last Train To Trancentral at a school disco (sorry!) But I never bought the records until much later. Oh, apart from IGUN which was on my cassette copy of Now 20. I remember watching the Omnibus on the burning of the Million Quid, but it wasn't until a couple of years later that I rediscovered the music. I picked up Chill Out on US Import in 1996/7, and then my boss at the newsagent where I worked gave me his copy of The White Room on CD, along with a compilation tape which was basically Shag Times + KSTJ (which frustratingly cut out about 30 seconds in!!) I only started collecing vinyl seriously when I got to Uni in Nottingham in 1998, and I found the Shag Times DLP in Selectadisc for £6. Bargain! I've spent the last 7 or so years basically playing catch up! My biggest haul was in a great record shop in Bristol a couple of years ago. My mate knew the owner, and he'd had someone dump their entire KLF vinyl collection in there. The Man, Who Killed The Jams, WTIL and 3am Pure Trance & Remix releases, WTIL LP, loads of other bits. Walked out with the lot for 80 quid, which was great. Not super crazy insane cheap, but the sheer quantity almost overwhelmed me. Del
my first klf experience? The timelords I guess, but my first KLF record was Pure Trance 1, I liked the cover, bought quite a bit after that until they left the music business, recently got the collectors bug again, as for my best klf experience, it has to be the 23 minutes at the barbican in 97. ----- Original Message ----- From: TheRitesOfMu@aol.com To: klf@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 10:15 AM Subject: [KLF] klf stories I got into the klf after seeing the Ford Timelord in Charlton, SE London, going home and then seeing the 3am eternal video on TV. I put that down to fait, so this began my long arduous task of collecting "The KLF". i only had about 20 original items, the rest was recorded for me by a friend that had vast amounts of the stuff. Then i got a computer and BAM my credit cards were hammered. I will continue to collect and give the whole lot to my son (aged 20 months at present) when his 18 to do with as he pleases. or should i wait till he's 33 or even 45??? Would be nice to hear any other stories of how or why people began collecting "The KLF". Wizard Keep Listening Forever.. I'm thinking of aquiring a klf/2k credit card with the million pounds (looked burnt to me) i found in a suitcase at some museum just for buying klf material were i'd get 10% on purchases.. LOL. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ KLF mailing list KLF@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/klf Report list abuse to list-abuse at studio-nibble.com
My story (cut short): Converted by: Last Train around 1991 Seriously collecting: since 1992 Biggest purchase: when a fellow Hungarian KLF fan sold his collection, I bought some treasures from him, for the half of my monthly salary (Shag Times, KSTJ, Timelords picture disc, MU CD, etc.) Rarities: I don't think a really serious collector would rate KSTJ or Down Town or WR JAMSMC as rarities, but since these records appear only on rare occasions, for me all of them are. Personal faves: Down Town 12", KSTJ, MU, Timelords pic disc, Timelords 12"...etc etc etc...best of them all is This Is What The KLF I-II. Oddest purchase: when I bought Down Town for a very very very low price. And when yesterday I finally bought the Timelords Doctorin' CD, for an equally low price (while other KLF stuff -3AM, WTIL minidisc- was up for twice as expensive...) Stories: too many. I must say that I'd NEVER smoke (as I've never been high or drunk in my life) to Chill Out, but it was a weekly rite for me for years to light an incense stick and listening to Chill Out in the dark. And once a German tourist came to the place where we exhibited our poisonous snakes and stuff like that, KLF tracks playing all day, so comes this German guy and asks what is this music (it was Chill Out, of course). I told him it's KLF. He retorted: "Nein, NEIN KLF!! Das ist Santana oder Pink Floyd!!!!!" Pardon my bad english a Gyerek _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar - get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/
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