KLF sample ident. list (Version 3.2, 8th July 1994) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This is the latest version of Trancentral (the KLF mailing list)'s attempt to compile and collate the samples used in KLF Communication's body of work. Feel free to reproduce this electronically. Any additions, corrections, better descriptions of the samples, source record info, sampled artist biographical info (especially: I want this to be a good read as well as a trainspottery list), etc will be gratefully received by Hey Hey We Are Not The Monkees ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ and and from 'The Monkees' Theme' by the Monkees (RCA, 1967). from The Monkees' 'Last Train To Clarksville' (RCA, 1967). Just the hook repeated eight times over, building up the volume continuously. a double scratch of Little Richard's opening lines of 'Tutti Frutti', the original Speciality recording from 1957 (HLO 8366) availible on "The Speciality Sessions" box set (Ace Records, ABOX CD1, 1989) and not one of his many inferior re- recordings. London Transport recorded announcement (from London Underground) Don't take five (Take What You Want) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ two bars from the intro of Fred Wesley And The JB's' track 'Same Beat' on the LP 'Damn Right I'm Somebody' (People Records PE 6602), The two bars are looped and used as the basis for the backing track. Also the outro is sampled at the end BBC TV announcer presumably from the Saturday afternoon that they were recording. One day if I'm really anal I'll try and decipher the scores and look up a reference book to find the date!!! It's presumably the same week as TOTP though.
of Dave Brubeck's 'Take Five' (Fontana/Phonogram, 1961). This particular track seems to be on every Dave Brubeck LP ever released. Rockman Rock (Parts 2 & 3) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ A loop of Bo Diddly's legendary beat was used as the basis to the groove. Possibly this means the beat from 'I'm a Man' (Chess, 1955), but possibly this is too slow and its the flip side 'Bo Diddley' or is it 'Hey Bo Diddley'. The Bo Diddley snare-and-maracas beat is similar on all his uptempo recordings (and some of the slow ones too) so we're unlikely to get a definitive answer. each verse starts with the choral hook of 'Sunrise Sunset' from the 'Fiddler on the Roof' sountrack LP. The choruses and bridges feature snatches of 'Love without Jealousy' by Luther Georgia & Snake Boy Johnson (A Muddy Waters sideman under the spotlight) on the Douglas label, and Ike & Turner's 'So Fine' on the Pompeii label. the mid-section has the hook from Hamilton Bohannon's mid-seventies anthem 'Disco Stomp' (Brunswick, 1975). Rockman's all time favourite guitar bits from Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) and Angus Young (AC/DC). the backing singers talking bit is a piss-take of Salt 'n' Pepa's 'Idle Chatter' from the b-side of their 'Tramp' single (Next Plateau(US), Champion(UK), 1987). The Queen And I ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <...etc> complete chorus of from Abba's monster hit 'Dancing Queen' on any Abba greatest hits LP, and on car boot sale favourite 'Arrival' (Epic, 1976). from 'Anarchy In The UK' on the Sex Pistol's LP 'Never Mind The Bollocks' (Virgin, 1977). this is the edition of TOTP from the chart week beginning 14th March 1987, presumably the week when they were recording the album. Ironically that week was a particularly stagnant and crap one for pop music, as referenced by the DJ's. presumably directly from whatever was on the other side when TOTP was too boring to watch All You Need Is Love ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ from the Beatles' 'All You Need Is Love' (Apple/Parlophone Records, 1967) on plenty of LP's. The French national anthem 'The Marseillese' also begins the Beatles song, but in a less scathing and derogratory manner. government spokesman on the 'Don't Die of Ignorance' AIDS awareness adverts, 1986. From soft-porn star Samantha Fox's SAW produced hit single 'Touch Me' (Jive/Zomba, 1986). children's playground singing. The words of this song (a-tissue-a-tissue/ we all fall down) are attributed to the bubonic plague which swept across Europe in the 17th Century. there is also some Hall and Oates in here. Next ^^^^ intro from 'The Lonely Goatherd' from 'The Sound of Music' Soundtrack LP (RCA, 1965). based on a tape loop of the main riff of Stevie Wonder's 'Superstition' from the 'Talking Book' LP (Tamala Motown, 1972), but on mixing the track they only kept it in for the odd burst. from Scott Walker's version of 'Next' from 'Scott 2' (Phillips, 1968, CD reissue Fontana, 1992) or 'Sings Jaques Brel' (Phillips, 1981, CD reissue Fontana 1991). 'Next' is an extraordinary song detailling how a young soldier loses his virginity in a 'mobile army whorehouse' and because he remembers the Lieutenant who shouts 'Next, Next!' as their turn approaches, he cannot enjoy taking a woman to bed for the rest of his life and is driven mad. Julie Andrews from 'The Lonely Goatherd' from 'The Sound of Music' soundtrack LP (RCA, 1965). the only sample on the first LP they had permission to use, from The Fall's 'Totally Wired' (single, Rough Trade, 1980), or on The Fall's singles collection (199?, Beggar's Banquet?) the title line from 'Merry-Go-Round' by Wild Man Fisher from his 'An Evening With' double LP that came out on Frank Zappa's Bizarre label. Whitney Joins The JAMs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ theme, written by Lalo Schifrin, from 'Mission Impossible' the 60's spy TV series. and and from 'Theme From Shaft' by Issac Hayes from the Shaft Soundtrack single and LP? (Stax, 1971) and hundreds of dodgy 70's disco compilations. The guitar riff widely copied in 70's disco music. from Whitney Houston's world No.1 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)' (Arista, 1987). Jeremy J. Beadle has also heard a 'touch of Mantronix' in there somewhere. Downtown ^^^^^^^^ and and from Petula Clark's classic single 'Downtown', which ironically was re- released in a dance version in 1988 to be a top ten hit thirty years after it was originally in the charts. The JAMs were "surprised to read in the papers that Pet Clarke had given her permission for us to sample her classic Downtown on our record of the same name. When we attempted to contact her, at her Swiss home, to do just this thing, we didn't get further than her refusing to accept our transfer charge." either from Leader of the Pack (see below) or Public Enemy's '98 Oldsmobile' on 'Yo! Bum Rush The Show' (Def Jam, 1987). This same sound effect was used on 'Davy's Ride' by Davy D (Def Jam, 1987). The Candystore ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ and from the Shangri La's seminal 'Leader of the Pack' on numerous LP's, mine is 'Remember' (Instant Records). ? Candyman ^^^^^^^^ unidentified female??? distinctive riff all the way through the song, sometimes with a whispered 'Foxy' in the background. Jimmy Hendrix from 'Foxy Lady'. Buried just before the horn line is a guitar swath, which is lifted from James Brown's 'Papa's Got A Brand New Bag' James Brown, from the intro to 'Get On The Good Foot' (Polydor, 1972), also used on Coldcut's 'That Greedy Beat'. ? from Wagner's 'Ride Of The Valkyries'. possibly an early 80's rap record, like those on Sugarhill. and and Chuck D and Flavor Flav from Public Enemy's classic 'Bring The Noise' (Def Jam single), which later appeared on the LP 'It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back' (Def Jam, 1988). ??? The Disaster Fund Collection ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ in the closing bars there is a distinctive trumpet line. The Porpoise Song ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the ubiquitous 'Sound Effects' LP perhaps. Carmen Burana by Karl Orff. This is used in the Old Spice adverts. Also used on 'O Fortuna' by Apothesis. There is a sampled beat that lasts about two bars halfway through the song. It is Kraftwerk's 'Technopop' If you know the song its easy to spot. Its on the remix version on 'History of The JAMs' too Prestwich Prophet's Grin ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ is a cover version with different words of 'Clean-Up Woman' by Betty Wright, a good 1971 soul number. indian sample??? Burn The Bastards ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Most of this song is based on Sly And The Family Stone's Dance to the Music (Direction, 1968, I have it on 'Greatest Hits', Epic). The drum is directly copied, "JAMs have a party" replaces "Dance to the music" and "All we need is a beatbox for people who only need a beat...You might wanna hear some scratching...etc" is a clever update of Sly's "All we need is a drummer...etc...You might wanna hear some organ...etc". Additionly the and breaks are directly sampled. ridiculously overused sample from a track called 'Troglodyte' circa 1970 or so, and had some mention of the "Butt Sisters" in it. Possibly by the Jimmy Castor Bunch. scratches from the middle eight of Michael Jackson's 'Bad' from the biggest selling LP of 1987 'Bad' (Epic/CBS). echo's James Brown's 'take me to the bridge' Voice of Dirty Den (played by Leslie Grantham) from the BBC TV soap opera Eastenders from the 45 minute special New Year's Eve 1987 edition. BBC TV announcer from the same nights viewing? Surely they didn't stay in recording when they could've gone out partying? Big Ben possibly from the radio or TV at midnight on this night? or from a BBC Sound Effects LP? Notice that some sections of silence are edited out. 'Auld Lang Syne' possibly from the cast of Eastenders sing-songs round the Queen Vic piano LP?!? more likely off the TV from the same special episode of Eastenders. same source as Rockman Rock One Love Nation ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Bugs Bunny (+ Warner Brothers) Doctorin' the TARDIS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the title is taken from Coldcut's 'Doctorin' the House' (Ahead Of Our Time/ Big Life, March 1988). "Dr Who Hey! The TARDIS!" is sung to the tune of "Rock and roll-ah, rock and roll" from Gary Glitter's 'Rock and Roll (Part Two)' (Bell, 1973), which is often played at US sporting events.
based on Gary Glitter's 'Leader of The Gang (I Am)' (Bell, 1973). There are samples from this on some of the Gary in the TARDIS remixes: written by Ron Grainer/BBC Radiophonic Workshop and first released as a single on Decca (1964) but since then has appeared on loads of BBC Records. and Sweet's Blockbuster (RCA, 1973) and samples from English comedian Harry Enfield's character Loadsamoney's novelty hit dance track 'Doin' Up The House' (Mercury, May 1988). Ironically this sampled Abba's 'Money Money Money' and Abba agreed to strike a deal where he payed them lots of money. Abba refuse permission for political critically-acclaimed sampling, but allow novelty pop sampling!! from several BBC TV sound effects LP's including 'BBC Radiophonic Workshop 21' (BBC Records and Tapes, 1979). and and Dalek voices are probably from the LP 'Genesis of the Daleks' (BBC Records, 1978). Chill Out ^^^^^^^^^ this comes from 'Authentic Sound Effects Vol 2' (Elektra CD). The tracks used are tittled 'Crossing Bells And Horn With Electric Train Pass' and 'Short Freight Train Pass'. Chill Out also uses fairly processed versions of 'F18 Diamond Fly-By' 'Dodge Van Starts, Drives Out' and 'Surf' from the same CD. , , and possibly a 'Sound Effects' LP. this is Tuvan (Mongolian) throat singing possibly from "Tuva - voices from the centre of Asia" on Smithsonian/Folkways records (CD SF 40017) or from the soundtrack to the BBC TV program "The Mongolians". The throat singers have been touring the US in the last few years (they appeared on the Chevy Chase TV program and attempted to teach him how to do it with hilarious results). Lazlo says "It's not that tough to do with a little practice, though it obviously doesn't sound quite as impressive as when the monks do it. You generate as low a tone as possible from deep in your throat and form the overtones by matching the harmonics with your mouth. Of course, doing it while driving in traffic makes other people look at you funny." [on the US Chill Out CD these come in at 1:10, 3:49 and 5:56 of Track 5] from Pink Floyd's "On the Run" from "Dark Side of the Moon" [throughout Madrugana Eterna and later tracks] - Dr. Williams (he sounds mad whoever he is, and I'm not sure what he's advertising). this is from an actual US radio news report. Nassau is a county of NY state. John Nolan has been seen on true- crime TV in the US. The diner actually exists and KLF fans have eaten in it. Where the KLF got a tape of US Radio without actually going there is another matter. Elvis Presley's "In the Ghetto" from hundreds of LP's. The songwriter, Davies, gets a co-writing credit for 'Elvis on the Radio Steel Guitar in My Soul' on the label of Chill Out. [on 3am Somewhere Out of Beaumont] Fleetwood Mac's 1968 No.1 'Albatross' on their greatest hits LP? The division of the 45 minute piece of music that is Chill Out seems to be only so that co-songwriting credits can be given to those sampled. Peter Green is co-credited for this 'track' on the label (and Fleetwood Mac are thanked on the sleeve), but since he had an LSD nervous breakdown and now lives with his mother, he probably needs the royalties. This tune is also copied by The Beatles on Abbey Road (Apple/Parlephone Records) and Green is on record as being extremely flattered, so he probably doesn't mind the KLF sampling his best known tune. [US CD: Track 8 - 2:07 and throughout track 11] from the Pink Floyd's album "Echoes" on "Meddle", [US CD various points on Track 8] from one of the tracks on Brian Eno's "Ambient 4: On Land"??? Boy George's group Jesus Loves You song 'After The Love Has Gone' a single on his own More Protein label. They are thanked on the sleeve. I think this is a different US male radio or TV voice than Dr Williams, but it could very well be him too. [on the track of the same name] is a jingle from Tommy Vance's old Friday Rock Show on Radio One. [on A Melody from a Past Life Keeps Pulling Me Back] Acker Bilk's 'Stranger on the Shore'. Bilk is the only 'pop star' ever to come from Glastonbury! He's also given a songwrighting credit on the label and thanked on the sleeve. Every time I listen to Chill Out I imagine Bilk walking along the beach, playing his clarinet, towards Bill and Jimmy who are sitting watching the surf! What Time Is Love? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The famous hands-in-the-air trance melody is apparantly subconsciously plagiarised from Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Judas Death' from the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar (original cast sountrack MCA, 1974). Thus the European cover versions collected on The What Time Is Love Story LP may not actually be rip-offs of the KLF. What Time Is Love? (Live At Trancentral) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ from the MC5's song 'Kick out the Jams' on the LP of the same name (Elektra, 1969, CD reissue, 1991). Wanda Dee from the opening to her...ahem...biggest selling rap single 'To The Bone' (Tuff City Records). When Wanda sued over this sample and in LTTT she was given a cash settlement, co-writing credits on US copies of the LP (and hence publishing royalties), and appearances in the WTIL? (Stadium House version) and LTTT videos. She would later claim that she was the singer or performer on these tracks and an integral part of their success. This is completely untrue. She was only sampled and nothing else. You'd think that she got a good deal wouldn't you? So why did she then tour the world for three years pretending her show was the real KLF? from Kraftwerk's 'Home Computer'. This is also on the Wandaful and Echo and the Bunnymen mixes. from Door's 'Absolutely Live' (Elecktra Records). The whole of the Stadium House trilogy and side one of the UK 'White Room' LP contains crowd noise which is sarcastically acknowledged on the sleeve as being sampled from this record, U2's 'Rattle and Hum' (Island Records, 1988) and an unreleased Haircut 100 live recording. from Apollo moon landings record. There are various different countdowns and snatches of NASA dialogue scattered across the KLF's canon of work. The other main one at the beginning of Space is also at the start of The The's Soulmining LP and early Orb releases? They're probably all contained on various LPs called something like 'The Apollo Moon Landings'. What Time Is Love (Moody Boys vs. the KLF) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ is from the intro to 'Rastafarian Folk Song' by a British/African hallowed rare groove group of the 70's called 'Cymande' who were more soul than reggae. It also appears as the intro to the brilliant Moody Boys track 'Jammin' (Ital Mix)', which is the extra track on the 12" single 'Funky Zulu (You're So Fresh)' (XL Recordings XLT 11), and is on "XL Recordings Volume 1" which is a compilation of early XL stuff. is used by the Moody Boys on '91 Rocksteady' and '1992 Rocksteady', the B-side of 'What Is Dub?' (Love records). Is it also used on The Orb's Perpetual Dawn? What Time Is Love? (Echo and The Bunnymen mix) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ and unidentified US female?? from the brilliant 70's BBC Childrens TV Series 'The Herb Garden'. Some people have said that this contained drug-references, but this is probably reading too much into it, as apart from neurotic Dill the dog representing speed and soporific Parsley the lion representing cannabis none of the other herbs have any drug conotations at all. the transporter noise from the original Star Trek What Time Is Love? (Virtual Reality Mix) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ this ambient mix is virtually a highlights of Chill Out mix containing most of the samples found on it, but also faint snatches of... KLF's unreleased 'Go To Sleep' (KLF Communications) KLF's 'WTIL? Pure Trance' version (KLF Communications) The Timelords 'Doctorin' The TARDIS' (KLF Communications) What Time Is Love? (techno slam mix) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ from Stanley Kubrik's motion picture 2001 when the surviving astronaut meets the slab in the orbit of Jupiter. from Clock DVA's 'The Act' (Interfish, 1989). Also on the Tribal mix. What Time Is Love? (techno gate mix) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ?? There are repeated snatches of Hendrix's 'Voodoo Chile' on this track and the Wandaful mix and Waiting for that matter. This was his postumous British No.1 and can be found on any best of LP. What Time Is Love? (Wandaful mix) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ and and and <..??..mercedes...???fly> are all presumably Wanda Dee. It has been suggested that the unidentified sample is from Pebbles' 'Mercedes Boy'. 3am Eternal (Pure Trance B-side) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ break from Raze's 'Break for Love' (Champion(UK), 1988). But where did they get it? 3am Eternal (Blue Danube Orbital) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Johan Strauss' 'Blue Danube'. The piece is out of copyright of course, but the mechanical copyright on the recording isn't. Just as well you can't tell which version it is. 3am Eternal (3pm Electro) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ used several times throughout the mix is also on girl rappers Frik and Frak's swear word full 'She Shouldn't Have Done It' (1986). But did they sample it from somewhere? 3am Eternal (Live at the SSL) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ US funded Radio Freedom broadcast propaganda from Western Europe into Eastern Europe during the cold war and this sample may be from their LP 'Radio Freedom (Commentary And Music)' (Rounder Europa, REU 1010, 1986) OR possibly from Red Family on their 12" single 'Radio Freedom' which has the sample and gunfire OR maybe they sampled the KLF? Chike from 'All You Need Is Love' by The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu on their LP '1987' (KLF Communications) 3am Eternal (Wayward Dub Mix) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Egyptian reggae bassline by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers ?? ?? This one is constantly repeated in different modulated and distorted ways throughout the track. Make It Rain ^^^^^^^^^^^^ from a Moody Boys' song on the Journey into Dub mini LP (XL Records). by Stevie Wonder (Tamala Motown) could be from Little Stevie Wonder's first US No.1. 'Fingertips (Part 2)'. No More Tears ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ by King Tubby (Trojan Records) Last Train To Trancentral (Live from the lost continent) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ from Wanda Dee's 'To The Bone' single (Tuff City Records). See above. Last Train To Trancentral 808Bass and 120 Rock Steady versions ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I don't know where it's from but I want to see this film, it sounds great.