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)
Wikipedia
The White Room is the fourth and final studio album by British electronic music group The KLF, released on 3 March 1991. The album features versions of the band's hit singles, including "What Time Is Love?", "3 a.m. Eternal", and "Last Train to Trancentral".
Originally scheduled for 1989 as the soundtrack to a film of the same name, the album's direction was changed after both the film and the original soundtrack LP were cancelled. Most tracks on the original album version are present in the final 1991 release, though in significantly remixed form. The White Room was supposed to be followed by a darker, harder complementary album The Black Room, but that plan was abandoned when the KLF retired in 1992.
On 23 April 2021, a re-edited version of the album was officially released on streaming platforms, in a series of digital reissues, as The White Room (Director's Cut), featuring new edits of original tracks from 1989–1990 sessions.
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