The White Room (Original Soundtrack) (JAMS LP4)

The White Room Original Motion Picture Soundtrack has never been officially released due to Bill and Jimmy cancelling it when Kylie Said To Jason failed to chart at higher places, so basically, every copy you will find of this is a bootleg. What follows is a list of the most notable versions you can find (depending on how lucky you are.)

1991 Cassette Bootleg

The earliest version known so far, released back in 1991 including a couple of bonus tracks including an 8-minute demo of 3 a.m. Eternal (Live At The S.S.L.).

1997 CD Release

In 1997, list members released a bootleg of the soundtrack that was apparently taken from a stolen mastertape.

The original “The White Room Soundtrack” bootleg CD released in 1997

Along the original ten tracks of the OST, they also added some rarer KLF tracks and mixes, most notable the ‘monster attack mix’ of What Time Is Love?. While those bonus tracks were mastered from CD or vinyl which lead to a quite decent sound, the tracks taken from the mastertape sound quite muffled and got several stereo flaws in them. The sleeve features a quite interesting story about The White Room movie, though.

Re-recorded Release

Several years later, the owner of the original tape had it re-recorded in a professional studio, using the EQ settings from Kylie Said To Jason (the only track that had been released on CD). The sound quality of these is very good, especially if you were used to the 1997 bootleg’s sound.

This version was also temporarily hosted on the old KLF Online website around the time of release so you should have no problem finding a version of it online.

Arkive Volume 4

The White Room Soundtrack also got released as part of the Arkive series, including yet another set of bonus tracks.

“The White Room Soundtrack” as released as part of the Arkive series

The exact release date is unknown.

2016 Cubefish LP

In 2016 a very limited run of the soundtrack got released on white vinyl in a limited run of 130 copies, being sourced from yet another DAT tape. The sleeve replicates those from the Pure Trance series in its layout but is plain white with glossy lettering. Once again sound quality is superior to that of previous bootlegs, making this the best sounding version to date.

Cubefish’s limited “The White Room” soundtrack LP

Another 60 copies were made available on CD, housed in a faux KLF Communications company cardboard sleeve which read 12CM instead of 12INCH.

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8 thoughts on “The White Room (Original Soundtrack) (JAMS LP4)

  1. For more than 20 years I was listening to these releases:

    The White Room (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) KLFCD4
    https://www.discogs.com/de/The-KLF-The-White-Room-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/release/170620

    The White Room OST, Arkive – 4
    https://www.discogs.com/The-KLF-The-White-Room-OST/release/6123376

    Until I got a copy these days of an much upgraded 2016 version. I am totally happy with that:

    The White Room CUBE009
    https://www.discogs.com/The-KLF-The-White-Room/release/9650766

    This Bootleg was also released as CDr not only (as mentioned here) as white vinyl.

    1. That’s because the soundtrack version is an edit of the actual original (005T A-side) instead of the Break For Love mix (as it appeared on 005R).

  2. Shouldn’t you move the mention of the “professional studio master” release to its own section, which also only had the album itself? And you should ad that on one revision of this site, you officially hosted said bootleg with a “better quality than before” disclaimer, and as a result it’s easy to come across online.

  3. I lost my files of Re-recorded Release The White Room Original Motion Picture Soundtrack that was temporarily hosted on the old KLF Online website.

    Where can I find it again?

    Please help me!

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