The White Room

~ Release group by The KLF

Annotation

Different versions of this album exist. The original UK edition used a lot of samples that were not cleared for use. US versions are heavily edited to remove this. A lot of the samples are crowd noise lifted from U2 and Doors albums. Presenting a faked live atmosphere.

UK edition is 8 tracks and 43:54 (says 45:05 on album)
US edition is 9 tracks and 39:39

UK is 8 tracks as 3 A.M. Eternal (Live at the S.S.L.) / Church of the KLF are merged. Though on some European CDs this is Church of the KLF / Last Train to Trancentral that gets merged. Leading to a nice confusion of CDs.

US also has shortened tracks with other samples removed. It uses the single mix of Last Train to Trancentral instead of the mellower UK album version, edits No More Tears down from 9:24 to 6:42, and adds a little more wind noise at the end of the closing Justified and Ancient.

The Japanese version follows the US format, with the single version of Last Train to Trancentral replaced by the 12" version of that mix.

Samples used:

A1:
"I Wanna See You Sweat" - Wanda D (Tuff City Records)
"Kick Out The Jams" - The MC5 (Elektra Records)
"Mu Mu's" - P.P. Arnold, Katie Kisson (KLF Communications)
"Thank You, Thank You" Crowd Noise - The Doors (Elektra Records)

A2:
Crowd Noise - U2 "Rattle & Hum" (Island Records)
Crowd Noise - The Doors "Absolutely Live" (Elektra Records)
"Say Yeah" - Stevie Wonder (Tamala Motown)
"Pump a Little Harder" - The Moody Boys (XL Records)

A3:
"KLF Aha Aha" - P.P. Arnold (KLF Communications)
"Ancients of Mu Mu" - Chike (KLF Communications)
"Ladies and Gentlemen..." - Scott Piering (Appearing)
Crowd Noise - Haircut 100 Live Recording (Unreleased)

A4:
Crowd Noise - The Doors "Absolutely Live" (Elektra Records)
Crowd Noise - U2 "Rattle & Hum" (Island Records)

A5:
Rolling Stock - The KLF "Chill Out" (KLF Communications)
Crowd Noise - The Doors "Absolutely Live" (Elektra Records)
Crowd Noise - U2 "Rattle & Hum" (Island Records)

B3:
Trumpet Line - King Tubby (Trojan Records)

Annotation last modified on 2022-07-15 17:17 UTC.

Album

ReleaseArtistFormatTracksCountry/DateLabelCatalog#Barcode
Official
The White RoomThe KLFVinyl9
  • GB1991-03-04
KLF CommunicationsJAMS LP0065017139360009
The White RoomThe KLFCassette9
  • GB1991-03-04
KLF CommunicationsJAMS MC0065017139460006
The White RoomThe KLFCD8
  • GB1991-03-04
KLF CommunicationsJAMS CD0065017139660000
The White RoomThe KLFCD9
  • US1991-05-24
AristaARCD-8657078221865722
The White RoomThe KLFCD12
  • JP1991-06-28
DJ: (Toshiba EMI label)TOCP-67434988006660137
The White RoomThe KLFCD9
Liberation Records (Australian, big LIB logo or target behind name, 1981-1999; big L and record logo, 2018-)D 305619399603056127
The White RoomThe KLFCD8
Indisc656 674-25017139660000
The White RoomThe KLFCD9
AristaARCD-8657078221865722
The White RoomThe KLFCD9
EuroproductionJAMS CD006[none]
The White RoomThe KLF12" Vinyl9
COMA RecordsCOMA LP45708992002709
The White RoomThe KLFCD9
COMA RecordsCOMACD 045708992002716
The White RoomThe KLFCD8
IndiscDICD 3681, DICDP 36815017139660000
The White RoomThe KLFCD9
Blow Up (Germany)INT 845.5494006758455495
The White RoomThe KLFCassette9
Blow Up (Germany)INT 445.549
The White RoomThe KLF12" Vinyl9
Blow Up (Germany)INT 145.549
The White RoomThe KLFCD9
KLF CommunicationsJAMS CD0065017139660000
The White RoomThe KLF2×CD9 + 5
Arista18707-2, ARCD-8657078221870726
The White RoomThe KLFCD11
Indisc656 674-25017139660000
The White RoomThe KLFCD11
656 674-25017139660000
The White RoomThe KLFCD16
Arista
The White RoomThe KLFCD14
Arista07822 18707-2078221870726
The White RoomThe KLFCD9
KLF Communications, Blanco y Negro Music (Spain)JAMS CD006, MX 2625017139660000
The White Room (Director's Cut)The KLFDigital Media10
  • XW2021-04-23
KLF Communications887835052561887835052561

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Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/40608 [info]
reviews:https://www.classicpopmag.com/2019/09/classic-album-the-white-room-the-klf/ [info]
https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/the-klf-the-white-room/ [info]
other databases:https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_klf/the_white_room/ [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000264316 [info]
Wikidata:Q1319944 [info]

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