Publications

Pile of KLF-related books on wooden floor

Books by The KLF/Timelords/JAMS/etc.

Publications written by both Bill and Jimmy under their various pseudonyms.

The Manual (How To Have A Number One The Easy Way)

The Manual (How To Have A Number One The Easy Way)

The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu reveal their zenarchistic method used in making the unthinkable happen. The Manual got published in 1988 following the success of Doctorin' The Tardis by The Timelords. In their book, Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty lay out a detailed plan for how to have a ...
Publisher:
KLF Publications
Date:
1988
Deep Shit (Further Adventures Of The JAMs)

Deep Shit (Further Adventures Of The JAMs)

Deep Shit (Further Adventures Of The JAMs) is an unreleased comic book drawn by Jimmy Cauty, starring the inked personae of Rockman Rock and King Boy D ...
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Publisher:
KLF Communications
Date:
1989 (planned)
Cover image of "2023" by The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu

2023: A Trilogy

2023 is a fiction novel written by Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty and released in August 2017 under their JAMS moniker. The book's midnight launch marked the beginning of their three-day "Welcome To The Dark Ages" event in Liverpool. Originally released as hardcover edition 2023 also has been made available ...
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Date:
2017-08-24

Books by Jimmy Cauty

Publications written by Jimmy.

Cover of Jimmy Cauty's "Stamps Of Mass Destruction Vol. II"

Stamps Of Mass Destruction And Other Creative Disasters Vol. II

The ultimate pocket size manual for the armchair art terrorist, brought to the public by the Blacksmoke Organisation and James Cauty. Cauty, legendary co-fouder of The KLF, The JAMMS and The Orb, the man who burnt one million pounds as a representative of the K Foundation, here publishes a collection ...
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Publisher:
The Aquarium
Date:
2005-10-06
Cover of "A Riot In A Jam Jar" by Jimmy Cauty

A Riot In A Jam Jar: Small Word Re-Enactments

A catalogue of all 58 riots in jam jars as exhibited at the L-13 Light Industrial Workshop in June 2011. Available as hardback (bound in heavy grey book board with quarter bound cloth spine and debossed screen printed titles) or paperback edition. James Cauty's rougish and voluble approach has earned ...
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Publisher:
L-13
Date:
2011-11-01
Cover of Jimmy Cauty's "Afermath Dislocation Principle 2016 Tour Guide"

The Aftermath Dislocation Principle (2016 Tour Guide)

Housed in a 40 ft shipping container The Aftermath Dislocation Principle is a monumental post-riot landscape in miniature: a dystopian model village, set somewhere in Bedfordshire, where only the police and media teams remain in an otherwise deserted, wrecked and dislocated land. This 64-page guide book features various full-page colour ...
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Publisher:
L-13 / Prophetic Promotions Press
Date:
2016
The Advanced Acoustic Armaments Cookbook

The Advanced Acoustic Armaments Cookbook

The Advanced Acoustic Armaments Cookbook traces the story of Jimmy Cauty's mobile sonic weaponry between 1994 and 1997. On 64 pages it covers the various stages of the Triple A story, from the purchase and refurbishing of the Saracen APC to field tests and its utilisation as road block during ...
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Publisher:
L-13 / Prophetic Promotions Press
Date:
2018-11-09

Books by Bill Drummond

Publications written or co-written by Bill.

A Bible Of Dreams

A Bible Of Dreams

"A Bible Of Dreams" is a book of images by Mark Manning, largely photomontages, with text by Bill Drummond. It is described as “a visual poem composed by MS Manning”, with Drummond giving “a personal interpretation of the poem” in a commentary, along with a biographical background piece. The colour ...
Publisher:
The Curfew Press
Date:
1994
Bad Wisdom: The Lighthouse At The Top Of The World

Bad Wisdom: The Lighthouse At The Top Of The World

Bad Wisdom is the first book in the projected "Travel Books From Hell" trilogy by Bill Drummond and Mark Manning, retelling their journey to take a picture of Elvis Presley to the North Pole to achieve world peace. Realizing it's not possible to reach their destination from continental Europe they ...
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Date:
1996
Cover of Bill Drummond's "From The Shores Of Lake Placid"

From The Shores Of Lake Placid (And Other Stories)

This book is one of an edition of five hundred published specifically for those attending the exhibition Glitter at the Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
1998
Cover of Bill Drummond's "Annual Report"

Annual Report To The Mavericks, Writers And Film Festival

This book is one of an edition of five hundred published specifically for those attending the 1998 Mavericks Writers & Film Festival ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
1998
Cover of Bill Drummond's "45" (1st Edition)

45

45 compiles some of Bill's short stories previously released in From The Shores Of Lake Placid and adds a wide range of new ones as well ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn / Little, Brown And Company (UK)
Date:
2000
"Twenty Thousand" by Bill Drummond

Twenty Thousand

This book is an edition of one, printed over three volumes. In contains enough space to invite everyone who has purchased a 1/20,000 fraction of Smell Of Sulphur In The Wind to sign their name, put their email address and add the coordinates of their purchase. Bill Drummond updates the ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2002
Is God A Cunt?

Is God A Cunt?

Seventh book published by Penkiln Burn. This book is an edition of one, printed over six volumes. Each of the volumes exists for people to express their response to the question posed in the title. These books have only been made available to the general public on a few occasions ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2002
How To Be An Artist

How To Be An Artist

Back Cover Blurb Don't be fooled by the title of this book. There is nothing between its covers that can, in any way, be construed as a step-by-step guide to being an artist of any kind. In fact the title was an afterthought, a mere whim. Meant to be a ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2002
The Wild Highway

The Wild Highway

The Wild Highway is the sequel to Bad Wisdom and the second book in the projected Travel Books From Hell trilogy, released on Creation Books in 2005. This time around the two protagonists are on a journey along the Congo to battle-scared Zaire in an attempt to reclaim their souls ...
Publisher:
Creation Books
Date:
2005
Scores 18 - 76

Scores 18 – 76

This small book contains 57 Scores, to be performed by The17. These Scores were daydreamed, made up and composed by pupils from seven school [sic] in the North East of England in May 2006. They were written by pupils in response to working with Bill Drummond. The text in the ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2006
17

17

Back Cover Blurb THIS BOOK IS ABOUT Music, uncertainty, sitting on a ledge, night trains across Russia, Bill Drummond, drunken mercenaries on the North Sea, starting over again, a classroom of 13-year-olds, getting everything done before death, art, a river full of headless eels, girl pop, waking up to find ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn / Beautiful Books
Date:
2008-07
$20,000

$20,000

$20,000 is the second, updated edition of How To Be An Artist ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2010
"Ragworts" by Bill Drummond

Ragworts

This book was printed in an edition of 1,000 copies to coincide with the first Ragworts Week which was celebrated in Sheffield between 30 April and 6 May 2012. 100 copies of the book are allocated for sale each Ragworts Week until all books are sold ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2012
Front cover of Bill Drummond's "100"

100

100 was published as an edition of 1,000 copies. A possible future eBook version was suggested on the Penkiln Burn website but remains unreleased as of today ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2012-04-16
Man Shines Shoes

Man Shines Shoes

"Man Shines Shoes" is the 16th book published by Penkiln Burn. It was first released as paper back edition of 40 copies, specifically published for those having their shoes polished by Bill Drummond in Sherwood Forest on 3 October 2011. A second hardcover edition of 1,000 copies got published in ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2013
Man Makes Bed

Man Makes Bed

"Man Makes Bed" is the 15th book published by Penkiln Burn. Originally released as a softcover edition of 40 copies for those attending Witte de With Straat Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands, a hardcover edition of 1,000 copies was published in 2014, including a Chinese translation by Zhang Rui and Hou Junmou ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2014
The 25 Paintings (Birmingham, England 2014)

The 25 Paintings (Birmingham, England 2014)

The 25 Paintings compiles a selection of past Penkiln Burn posters and photographs from the now-defunct PB website into a comprehensive archive of Bill Drummond's work during the last 25 years. Published in a hard back edition of 1,000 to coincide with The 25 Paintings exhibition at Eastside Projects, Birmingham, ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2014
Cairnsmore Of Fleet

Cairnsmore Of Fleet

Cairnsmore Of Fleet is a finished but unreleased book by Bill Drummond. Small bits of information about the book could be found on the Penkiln Burn website ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2015
Bill Drummond: Lecture At Spoiler, Vienna 2002

Bill Drummond: Lecture At Spoiler, Vienna 2002

When it comes to pop music, conceptual art, audacious positioning, and fierce artistic independence, there is simply no way around Bill Drummond. The KLF, The Timelords, The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (J.A.M.S.), The K Foundation, The 2K, K2 Plant Hire Ltd. - these were all projects that aimed to ...
Publisher:
Der Konterfei
Date:
2015-04-13
Cover of Bill Drummond's "Missionary Or Cannibal?"

Missionary Or Cannibal?

Bill Drummond's visit to Sydney in June 2015 was a detour on the Twelve Steps to 2025. This book is a rambling, discursive account of his visit, among many other things. Limited edition of 200 copies according to the book's liner notes, though rumors say only 100 copies got actually ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn / Blurb Incorporated
Date:
2015-08-07
White Saviour Complex

White Saviour Complex

White Saviour Complex is a play written by Bill Drummond under the pseudoynm of his alter ego Tenzing Scott Brown. Its release ties in with the screening of Best Before Death by Paul Duane. The book is divided into two versions of the same play, each again featuring three acts ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2019-06-27
3"x1"

3″x1″

3"x1" is a small book written by Bill Drummond and published by Ration Books in 2021 as the second book in their lineupof pocket-sized quick reads. The book contains three new short stories - The Skull, The Sparling, and The Worm ...
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Date:
2021-04-08
Best Gent Hair Saloon

Best Gent Hair Saloon

Best Gent Hair Saloon by Tenzing Scott Brown is the 25th book published by Penkiln Burn. It was printed in an edition of 400 copies which were originally put on sale in the titular Best Gent Hair Saloon (Metin’s Barbers) in London during September 2021 along with Antimacassar. The remaining ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2021-09
Antimacassar

Antimacassar

Antimacassar is a 32-page book written by Tenzing Scott Brown, and the 24th book published by Penkiln Burn in 2021.The book contains an introduction written by Bill Drummond’s whose other self  went on to write the play Antimacassar included in the book. The book was printed in an edition of ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2021-09
The Edge Of The World

The Edge Of The World

The Edge of The World is a collection of short plays written by Bill Drummond's alternate persona Tenzing Scott Brown while in Yarmouth in September 2021. They were written in response to the exhibition The 25 Paintings being installed in PRIMEYARC, an art gallery in the former Debenhams department store ...
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Date:
2021-10
The Pied Wagtail

The Pied Wagtail

The Pied Wagtail by Tenzing Scott Brown was printed in 2022 in an edition of 400 copies and is the 27th book published by Penkiln Burn. Initial copies were sold by Bill Drummond near Southgate Tube Station in London, with the remaining copies later made available through the Alimentation webshop ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2022-09
Paint

Paint

Paint by Tenzing Scott Brown was printed in 2022 in an edition of 400 copies and is the 28th book published by Penkiln Burn. Initial copies were sold by Bill Drummond on Sizewell Beach, Suffolk, with the remaining copies later made available through the Alimentation webshop. Back Cover Blurb PAINT ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2022-10
Semaphore Signals

Semaphore Signals

Semaphore Signals by Tenzing Scott Brown was printed in 2022 in an edition of 400 copies and is the 29th book published by Penkiln Burn. The first 40 copies were sold by Bill Drummond  by The Breakout, London on November 8th in exchange for one tea pot from a charity ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2022-11-08
Under The Junction

Under The Junction

Under The Junction by Tenzing Scott Brown was printed in 2022 in an edition of 400 copies and published by Penkiln Burn. It is the fourth book in a series of books by Bill Drummond's alter ego. The first 40 copies were given away by Bill Drummond under Spaghetti Junction ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2022-12-14

Pamphlets by Bill Drummond

Pamphlets written by Bill. Due to their sheer number they deserve their own subsection.

There will only ever be forty Penkiln Burn Pamphlets. Most are printed in editions of 1,000 and never re-printed.Bill Drummond
My Favourite Colour (Pamphlet No. 1)

My Favourite Colour (Pamphlet No. 1)

This pamphlet was of an unlimited edition, originally published for those attending the exhibition Strictly Personal at the doomed National Centre For Popular Music in Sheffield, UK ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
1999
I Love Easy Jet (Pamphlet No. 2)

I Love Easy Jet (Pamphlet No. 2)

This pamphlet was not a pamphlet but a laminated A4 sheet of paper - text on one side and bright orange on the other. It was randomly placed in the magazine pouches on the back of seats on Easy Jet flights. It documents the begining of The Curfew Tower becoming ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
1999
Brutality, Religion And A Dance Beat (Pamphlet No. 3)

Brutality, Religion And A Dance Beat (Pamphlet No. 3)

On the back of this pamphlet it has the words: This pamphlet was published specifically for those bullied by the life and work of Roger Eagle. It was written in response to hearing about the death of Roger Eagle - one of the greats ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
1999-05
Yeah, The Ugly Bwoy Burns (Pamphlet No. 4)

Yeah, The Ugly Bwoy Burns (Pamphlet No. 4)

This pamphlet was also written in response to the death of Roger Eagle. It was originally published for those attending Tracey. Tracey being the name given to the 'hip, fringe' section of the first Liverpool Biennial ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
1999
Making Soup (Pamphlet No. 5)

Making Soup (Pamphlet No. 5)

This pamphlet was originally published for all those visiting College Green House, Belfast. Susan Philipsz and Eoghan McTigue were both artists who lived in this house. They put on an exhibition where they invited all the artists that had ever stayed in the house over the past 60 years to ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
1998-05
The Press Release (Pamphlet No. 6)

The Press Release (Pamphlet No. 6)

This pamphlet was originally published for all those that had not heard I Wanna 1-2-1 With You by Solid Gold Chartbusters, but want to have an opinion about it. The pamphlet was randomly dropped in the racks of record shops around the UK ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
1999
Lies (Pamphlet No. 7)

Lies (Pamphlet No. 7)

This pamphlet was originally published to be found by diners at Bingles Snack Bar off Great Eastern Street, Shoreditch, London. It may be about the urge to paint graffiti and being confused ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
1999
Great Expectations (Pamphlet No. 8)

Great Expectations (Pamphlet No. 8)

Great Expectations is actually a collection of three short stories - The Urge To Own, Ozzy Osbourne's Second Solo Album, and "Two Pounds Fifty, Sir" ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
1999
17 Forever (Pamphlet No. 9)

17 Forever (Pamphlet No. 9)

This pamphlet was originally published for all those attending the unveiling of Dead White Man on 6 November 1999. It is the third of the pamphlets that were inspired by the death of Roger Eagle. Dead White Man was a sculpture made by Bill Drummond in honour of Roger Eagle ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
1999-11-06
My Dad (Pamphlet No. 10)

My Dad (Pamphlet No. 10)

This pamphlet  was originally published to be delivered to every house in the Scottish Border town of Melrose. Drummond failed to do this. It was also published to coincide with the publication of Here's Tae Melrose by Jack Drummond ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
1999
Who Died Last (Pamphlet No. 12)

Who Died Last (Pamphlet No. 12)

No further information available ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
1999
Paint Them Black (Pamphlet No. 13)

Paint Them Black (Pamphlet No. 13)

No further information available ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
1999
The Birth Of Death (Pamphlet No. 14)

The Birth Of Death (Pamphlet No. 14)

No further information available ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
1999
For Sale (Pamphlet No. 16)

For Sale (Pamphlet No. 16)

For Sale was originally published for those considering buying A Smell Of Sulphur In The Wind by the artist Richard Long from Bill Drummond ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2000
My Day In Court (Pamphlet No. 17)

My Day In Court (Pamphlet No. 17)

In his pamphlet My Day In Court Bill writes about his appearance in court after painting the words 'Dead White Man' on the outside of a building in Liverpool in early 2000 (see 17 Forever). This pamphlet was originally published for diners at Cook Au Van. What Cook Au Van ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2000
Please Play Me (Pamphlet No. 18)

Please Play Me (Pamphlet No. 18)

Susan Philipsz recorded herself singing As Tears Go By in the alcove of the first floor of The Curfew Tower. This recording was pressed as a 7" 45 single. There was only one copy of the single and you could only listen to it on one record player that was ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2001-10
The Daffodils (Pamphlet No. 19)

The Daffodils (Pamphlet No. 19)

Published in 2002, in his pamphlet The Daffodils Bill Drummond tells the story of how Neal Brown phoned him up to ask for a possible contribution to an upcoming exhibition and how the show's working title God Is Not A Cunt inspired Bill's contribution to it ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2002
Two Paintings (Pamphlet No. 20)

Two Paintings (Pamphlet No. 20)

Published for all those that may have to look at the first two paintings made by Bill Drummond since 1972 ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2002-04
The Blackcap Returns (Pamphlet No. 21)

The Blackcap Returns (Pamphlet No. 21)

This pamphlet was originally published to be read by all those that would have read the previous pamphlet, The Daffodils. It also marks the launching of the question - IS GOD A CUNT? ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2002-03
Roll Over Jenny Holzer (Pamphlet No. 22)

Roll Over Jenny Holzer (Pamphlet No. 22)

This pamphlet has been published specifically for all those that have read a story called The Blackcap Returns ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2002-03
The Last Page (Pamphlet No. 23)

The Last Page (Pamphlet No. 23)

This pamphlet was originally published for all those that bought a copy of How To Be An Artist. The reason for it being published is because the last page from the book was omitted by mistake. This mistake was not done by design ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2002-09
You Whore (Pamphlet No. 24)

You Whore (Pamphlet No. 24)

This pamphlet was originally published for all those attending the second Liverpool Biennial. It also marks the launch of Bill Drummond's career as a prostitute ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2002
What The Waves Were Always Saying (Pamphlet No. 25)

What The Waves Were Always Saying (Pamphlet No. 25)

This pamphlet was originally published for all those attending the Cadaverous Condition concerts in Reykjavik, Iceland in May 2003. Cadaverous Condition are a band from Austria ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2003-05-30
A Proposal (Pamphlet No. 26)

A Proposal (Pamphlet No. 26)

This pamphlet was originally published as a proposal for the exhibition How To Be An Artist. It was distributed to numerous regional galleries across the UK, specifically (according to its liner notes) to "all those that we think it worthwhile sending it to" ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2003-05
Syd Is Dead (Pamphlet No. 27)

Syd Is Dead (Pamphlet No. 27)

A short story By Bill Drummond, published for those attending 'Syd Barrett - Madcap's Last Laugh' at The Barbican Centre, London, May 2007. The distribution of these pamphlets was terminated at the request of the organisers of this event. The story in the pamplet was included as a chapter in ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2007-05
Who Are The Harmonics? (Pamphlet No. 27)

Who Are The Harmonics? (Pamphlet No. 27)

This pamphlet was originally published to answer the questions What Is Harmonic? This was one of Buckminster Fuller's 40 Strategic Questions. These 40 questions were also taken as the basis of a work by Gavin Wade titled Strategic Questions - an ongoing series of 40 questions in 40 publications. Drummond ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2003
The Open Window (Pamphlet No. 28)

The Open Window (Pamphlet No. 28)

This pamphlet was originally published for all those attending the Hospital Gallery on 1 October 2007. Also 1,000 copies were to go to whoever won the biding for a photograph taken by Bill Drummond from the open window of his Land Rover. It was accidently given the same catalogue number ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2007
HQ image of Penkiln Burn pamphlet no. 29, "The First Chapter" by Bill Drummond

The First Chapter (Pamphlet No. 29)

A short story by Bill Drummond published as a pamphlet specifically for anybody who may be concerned about the future of music. Published by the Penkiln Burn in an edition of 3,000. These pamphlets are not available commercially but are being distributed randomly across the UK. This pamphlet contained the ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2008
The Liverpool Cake Circle (Pamphlet No. 31)

The Liverpool Cake Circle (Pamphlet No. 31)

This pamphlet has been specifically published to celebrate the construction of the Liverpool Cake Circle ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2012
Damascus In London (Pamphlet No. 32)

Damascus In London (Pamphlet No. 32)

This pamphlet has been specifically published to celebrate the performance of Score 328: SURROUND in London 18 March 2012 ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2012
The Sweetest Hangover (Pamphlet No. 33)

The Sweetest Hangover (Pamphlet No. 33)

The Sweetest Hangover is a pamphlet distributed in 2016 in an edition of 200 copies ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2016
Two (Pamphlet No. 33)

Two (Pamphlet No. 33)

This pamphlet features two Forty Second Plays, ELVIS LOVES BILL and MY OLD FRIEND, written by Bill Drummond's alter ego Tenzing Scott Brown between December 2020 and May 2021. The pamphlet was published in an edition of four hundred for Neu! Reekie! The Exhibition at the Limited Gallery in Edinburgh ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2021-06
The Edinburgh Address (Pamphlet No. 34)

The Edinburgh Address (Pamphlet No. 34)

The Edinburgh Address is the 34th (ish) pamphlet written by Bill Drummond. Published in 2023, it features the words of the address delivered by Bill as a local artist to his audience in Edinburgh on the 28th of April. The pamphlet furthermore features the text from the Fuck Social Media ...
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2023-04-28

Features in other publications

Guest contributions by Bill or Jimmy featured in other people’s books.

Disco 2000 (Nineteen New Stories From The Last Hours Of 1999)

Disco 2000: Nineteen New Stories From The Last Hours Of 1999

Disco 2000 is a collection of short stories edited by English music journalist Sarah Champion. The book features (mostly) original contributions by various different authors including Pat Cadigan, Grant Morrison, Robert Anton Wilson, and Douglas Coupland ...
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Publisher:
Sceptre
Date:
1998-02-19
Stay Here & Make Art

Stay Here & Make Art

Released on Penkiln Burn, this is one of the very few books not written by Bill Drummond but featuring one of his contributions ...
Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2001
Playing Away UK

Playing Away UK

Playing Away UK by Neville Gabie was a touring exhibition with publication, commissioned by Oriel Mostyn Gallery and first exhibited at Oriel Mostyn in 2002 before going on tour. The exhibition included forty four photographs with eleven from each of the home nations, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Alongside ...
Publisher:
Oriel Mostyn Gallery
Date:
2004
Centre Of The Creative Universe: Liverpool And The Avant-Garde

Centre Of The Creative Universe: Liverpool And The Avant-Garde

Published by Liverpool University Press in 2007, the release of Centre Of The Creative Universe coincided with the exhibition of the same name at Tate Liverpool. The book contains various photographs, event posters and newspaper clippings documenting the post-WW2 art history of the UK's fifth-largest city. Apart from the imagery ...
Publisher:
Liverpool University Press
Date:
2007-02-01
Image of "19 Raptures", edited by Neal Brown

19 Raptures

19 Raptures is an edition of 502 numbered copies, each containing nineteen leaflets, by nineteen different authors writing on the subject of addiction, obsession and compulsion. The first 52 copies of this edition were housed in a custom slipcase bound by Tangerine Press, with a cover design by Bella Freud ...
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Publisher:
Tangerine Press
Date:
2009
Imajine

Imajine

This paperback book is about earthquake, Haiti, being alive, watching people die, running, the end of the world, hope, fear, praying, surviving, struggle, corruption and trust. But more importantly it contains words not mediated through the mind of a western journalist but the words of a young man called Claudel ...
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Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2011
The Natural Death Handbook (5th Edition)

The Natural Death Handbook (5th Edition)

A three-volume publication in a slipcase, including the books "The Natural Death Handbook", "The Natural Death Directory 2012", and "Writing On Death" which includes an essay by Bill Drummond. Only available from the Natural Death Centre website ...
Publisher:
The Natural Death Centre
Date:
2012
The Curfew Tower Is Many Things

The Curfew Tower Is Many Things

Published in a hardback edition of 1,000 to coincide with the annual August exhibition at The Curfew Tower. The book contains poetry and prose written by those doing residencies in The Curfew Tower throughout 2014 as well as an introduction by Bill Drummond ...
Publisher:
Penkiln Burn
Date:
2015
The Writing On The Wall (Replica Reissue)

The Writing On The Wall (Replica Reissue)

Replica reissue of Roger Perry's books originally released in 1976, now featuring a text by Bill Drummond ...
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Publisher:
Plain Crisp Books Ltd
Date:
2015-04-27
The Monkees, Head, and the 60s

The Monkees, Head, and the 60s

The Monkees, Head, and the 60s by Peter Mills features the 12-page chapter "Here We Come", a collection of four questions posed to Bill about his memories of The Monkees TV show, the disparity between authenticity and manufacture in pop music, their influence on his early days as a musician, ...
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Publisher:
Jawbone Press
Date:
2016-10-25
"Ireland vs. Israel"

Ireland vs. Israel

Edited by Bill Drummond: being a collection of 20 interviews of Israeli-based artists who were artists-in-residence in a Tower in the North of Ireland throughout 2016. Includes a 25 page interview with Bill Drummond by Raymond Watson and an explanatory essay by Sagit Mezamer ...
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Front cover of "The Illuminatus! Trilogy" by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson

The Illuminatus! Trilogy

The Illuminatus! Trilogy is a series of three novels written by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson first published in 1975. The trilogy is a satirical, postmodern, science fiction-influenced adventure story; a drug-, sex-, and magic-laden trek through a number of conspiracy theories, both historical and imaginary, related to the ...
Publisher:
Dell Publishing
Date:
1975
Will Pop Eat Itself?

Will Pop Eat Itself?

"Explores the advent of post-modernism in pop, suggesting parallels between pop today and high art earlier this century." A history of the sampler in pop music. Along the way is a great chapter all about the JAMs, including a very good analysis of the lyrical content of 'All You Need ...
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Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Date:
1993
Justified And Ancient History: The Unfolding Story Of The KLF

Justified And Ancient History: The Unfolding Story Of The KLF

"Justified And Ancient History" is a fanzine written and self-published by then 15 year old Pete Robinson. The small book follows the history of the KLF 'from pressing 500 copies of their debut single to selling more singles than any other band'. The writing is no more than a brief ...
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Publisher:
Pete Robinson
Date:
1993
Front cover of Pete Robinson's "History Rewritten: The Neverending Story Of The K.Foundation" fanzine

History Rewritten: The Neverending Story Of The K Foundation

"History Rewritten" by Pete Robinson is the follow up to Robinson's original fanzine, Justified And Ancient History. It focuses on the post-KLF career of Drummond and Cauty up to and including the K Foundation's alternative award ceremony. It includes highlights from their press pack, and reprints most of the K.F ...
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Publisher:
Pete Robinson
Date:
1994
Front cover of "Rapid Eye" by Simon Dwyer

Rapid Eye

Edited by Simon Dwyer and featuring "Doctorin' Our Culture" by Stewart Home which covers the story of the K Foundation from the first tabloid adverts to their hijacking of the Turner Prize. The whole chapter is filled with reproductions of both magazine and television adverts, as well as the correspondence ...
Publisher:
Creation Books
Date:
1995
"K Foundation Burn A Million Quid" (Front) by Gimpo & Chris Brook

K Foundation Burn A Million Quid

K Foundation Burn A Million Quid is an excellent good book covering the infamous burning on the Isle of Jura, featuring many pictures taken from the film, countless quotes from people who watched it afterwards, and some interesting essays by various people on the topic of money in general ...
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Publisher:
Ellipsis London Pr Ltd
Date:
1997-09-27
Confusion Incorporated (A Collection Of Lies, Hoaxes And Hidden Truths)

Confusion Incorporated (A Collection Of Lies, Hoaxes And Hidden Truths)

Confusion Incorporated is a compilation of stories and journalistic output of English writer Stewart Home, though the term "journalistic" should probably be taken with a grain of salt in this context. During his career he produced various parody pieces whose truthfulness is questionable at best (and non-existant at worst), sometimes ...
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Publisher:
Codex
Date:
1999-05-25
Front cover of "Prodigy" by Martin James

Prodigy

The Prodigy are the most controversial, exciting and incendiary band to have hit the music scene since Punk. Fiercely confrontational, their music has proven an irresistible force worldwide. Released to coincide with their long awaited fourth album, this book is a collaboration between the band and their personal friend, Martin ...
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Publisher:
Sanctuary Publishing
Date:
2002
Faking It: The Quest For Authenticity In Popular Music

Faking It: The Quest For Authenticity In Popular Music

Features a short 5 page section about The KLF and them leading their merry dance with journalists and the music biz alike. The last few paragraphs retell the evening after the 2K performance in 1997 much like Bill Drummond does in "45". Is it worth getting? Including The KLF certainly ...
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Date:
2007
How To Be Free

How To Be Free

Back Cover Blurb Modern life is absurd. How can we be free? If you've ever wondered why you bother to go to work, or why so much consumer culture is crap, then this book is for you. Looking to history, literature and philosophy for inspiration, Tom Hodgkinson provides a joyful ...
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Publisher:
Penguin
Date:
2007-06-07
Totally Wired: Post-Punk Interviews And Overviews

Totally Wired: Post-Punk Interviews And Overviews

Features a 14-page interview with Bill Drummond about the Zoo Records label and its roster of artists ...
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Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Date:
2009-02-05
Independence Days: The Story Of UK Independent Record Labels

Independence Days: The Story Of UK Independent Record Labels

Bits about Bill (mostly) and Jimmy pop up throughout the book, be it on Zoo Records (9 pages) or KLF Communications owed £300,000 by a struggling Rough Trade in the early 90's. Back Cover Blurb Drawing on more than 160 interviews with many of the most significant figures of the ...
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Publisher:
Cherry Red Books
Date:
2009-09-07
How Soon Is Now?

How Soon Is Now?

Released by Faber & Faber in 2012, "How Soon Is Now?" features a whole chapter covering the history of The KLF, from Bill Drummond managing Brilliant to the band's demise in 1992. Filled with background information and sprinkled with various quotes this makes for quite an entertaining read. A revised ...
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Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Date:
2012
The KLF: Chaos, Magic And The Band Who Burned A Million Pounds

The KLF: Chaos, Magic And The Band Who Burned A Million Pounds

They were the bestselling singles band in the world. They had awards, credibility, commercial success and creative freedom. Then they deleted their records, erased themselves from musical history and burnt their last million pounds in a boathouse on the Isle of Jura. And they couldn't say why. This is not ...
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Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Date:
2013-09-26
Score 378: 7 Jours Avec Bill Drummond

Score 378: 7 Jours Avec Bill Drummond

Score 378 is a French book published in 2015 which is divided into two major parts. During the first 100 pages the book follows Bill Drummond and his performance 7 Decades, 7 Days, 7 Albums which took place in February 2011: having agreed to be the editor of the Offline ...
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Publisher:
Camion Blanc
Date:
2015-06-15
The Beechwood Airship Interviews

The Beechwood Airship Interviews

The Beechwood Airship Interviews follows author Dan Richards during his undertaking of building an airship in his art school bar and the manifold artists and craftsmen he meets on his journey. Alongside interviewees like the Manic Street Preachers and Dame Judi Dench he also dedicates one chapter to Bill Drummond ...
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Publisher:
The Friday Project
Date:
2015-07-30
Anatomy Of Thought-Fiction

Anatomy Of Thought-Fiction

Anatomy Of Thought-Fiction is a book by Joanna Demers in which she explores the idea of thought-fiction - concepts people choose to believe despite knowing they are untrue. In this very fashion the book is presented as a report published by the fictional Center For Humanistic Study in 2214 (whereas ...
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Publisher:
Zero Books
Date:
2017-07-28
Turn Up The Strobe

Turn Up The Strobe

During a 10-year period bridging the 1980s and 1990s, Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty created pop masterpieces at a prodigious pace, leaving behind a body of work unlike anything created before or since. From international hit singles and legal wrangles with ABBA to mysterious rituals conducted on far-flung corners of ...
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Publisher:
Cherry Red Books
Date:
2017-08-07
Greyscale cover of "Deleted Scenes" by Stephen Clarke 1980 with the author's face on the cover

Deleted Scenes

Deleted Scenes is the autobiography of Northern Irish writer and musician Stephen Michael Clarke which includes - amongst various mentions of Bill Drummond throughout the book - a full chapter called Liberation Loophole, dedicated to The JAMS' return to Liverpool in 2017, though with a slight twist. With so many ...
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Publisher:
Unna2ural Wax
Date:
2017-11-16
Whatever / Together / Forever (The WTF Trilogy)

Whatever / Together / Forever (The WTF Trilogy)

Whatever, Together and Forever (furthermore known as The WTF Trilogy) are a series of books written by Andy Gell between 2017 and 2018, each written in a distinctive style but all centered around (or heavily influenced by) The JAMs' work during the same period. Whatever Whatever, the first book in ...
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Publisher:
Self-published
Date:
2018
The First Time

The First Time

The First Time is a collection of 40 interviews transcribed from Matt Everitt's show "The First Time With..." on BBC Radio 6 Music during which he talks with major artists about pivotal moments in their lives and the songs and events that shaped their career. Apart from interviews with various ...
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Publisher:
Laurence King Publishing Ltd.
Date:
2018-11-15
Fried & Justified

Fried & Justified

In Fried & Justified Mick Houghton looks back at his life-spanning career in the music business and the bands and artists he has worked for as publicist. Along with Scott Piering, Houghton probably was the main public voice of Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty and the link between the band ...
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Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Date:
2019-07-04
Rave New World

Rave New World

Back Cover Blurb As a humble barman at the M25 Orbital raves, Kirk Field witnessed the moment acid house exploded. Inspired by media lies to start writing the truth about what he saw unfolding, Kirk became a 'raving' reporter for the clubbers' bible Mixmag, covering the historic parties from the inside ...
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Publisher:
Nine Eight Books
Date:
2023-06-22