Various KLF releases have been bootlegged in the past (see FAQ) to varying quality, but some definitely stand out and are worth hunting down.
Ultra Rare Trax
Ultra Rare Trax is a semi-professional compilation released by notorious bootleg creators Ultra Records in 1993. It was the first ...
Artist:
The KLF
Cat. No:
K1
Release Date:
1993-09
Format:
CD
Lost Sounds Of Mu Series
Lost Sounds Of Mu is a fan-made compilation series including various hard-to-find and vinyl-only mixes. Both volumes where originally available ...
Artist:
The KLF
Cat. No:
JAMMS 23 / JAMMS 24
Release Date:
1996
Format:
CD
Waiting For The Rights Of Mu
Waiting For The Rights Of Mu [sic] is a bootleg album issued by German dub reggae label Echo Beach in ...
Artist:
Kopyright Liberation Front
Cat. No:
EBSC8/EB014-4109-2
Release Date:
1997-10-13
Format:
CD
Lost Trance
Lost Trance is a series of bootleg 12" singles (and sometimes cassettes) released by Cubefish between 2018 and 2021. All ...
Artist:
The KLF
Release Date:
2018
Format:
12"
Honestly, I didn’t know where to put this comment (it could be anywhere tbh.)
I was on SoundCloud recently, and I think I’ve come across a mass-archival of past KLF/JAMs songs.
https://soundcloud.com/kopyrightliberationfront/albums
https://soundcloud.com/kopyrightliberationfront2/albums
Seems to be ran by the same person, and the first account is reposting things from Account 2 as well.
Would this be considered a Bootleg in a way? I dunno.
Not in the usual sense probably, but still worth putting the links up somewhere. Opened the comment section for the bootleg page and moved it there.
To add to the saga there’s a 3rd account!
The only reason I see several accounts is probably because they refuse to pay SoundCloud, because there is a 180min limit of music on one account, so the way to get around is multiple accounts I suppose. Quite nice to see more music shared around though!
(https://soundcloud.com/kopyrightliberationfront3/albums)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A80D8wz3xM&ab_channel=RexReynolds
Another bootleg possibly? Unless it is legit?
“What Time is Armageddon?”
It’s a slight re-edit of an existing (and rather decent) bootleg.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0qNEwarnCk
Next question:
Is “This is What The KLF is About I” and “This is What The KLF is About II” bootlegs or genuine releases?
Japanese only EMI release colleting together previously release CD singles with Bio info/lyrics in Japanese, saw them behind the counter of my local record shop back in the day for sale, didn’t bother purchasing as was just stuff on general release and they were really expensive , import prices and all that, they crop up on ebay on a fairly regular basis now
Ah, but is it official KLF release? That bit of my question does remain unanswered.
Well, the likely assumption is yes, there is lot of other releases on DJ:, which was a sub of Toshiba EMI, guess it’s who they assigned Japanese distribution to, much like Arista in the US or various other labels around the world, whether that counts as ‘official’ depends of your definition, most likey they made some money off it at the time , so yeah I’d say official
It’s considered part of the official canon like the US only “History Of The JAMs” (Shag Times in disguise). While they are not that exciting they could probably be added to the Compilations section.