The KLF - What Time Is Love? (Original Version) [AKA 1988 Pure Trance Original]

[GermanWoody]

London in the 80ties - biiiiiig fun

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@GermanWoody Hear hear!!! :)

[pikuorguk]

Right now, right now it's time to kick out the jams mhtoer kcufers ;-)

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@pikuorguk That would later feature on the KLF's "own cover version" of the track! :)

[SMALLCODNCHIPS]

This still sounds so gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooooooood.

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@SMALLCODNCHIPS Hear hear!! :D

[graci98ful]

das is gut

[MrGrunfeld65]

Class. Total class.

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@MrGrunfeld65 Glad ya like it! :D

[khesed]

that's it. i'm using this song as part of my first pro set. The electronic music world (especially us Yanks) needs to drop the dubstep and go back to its roots for redemption. Wubwubwub is not an art.

[skindrewlegmanomus]

loved this, hated the chart stuff

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@skindrewlegmanomus But it was their chart stuff that got me interested in the first place, ironically enough!! :P

[superakt12]

@arglwyddanfradwrus good to know ;) thx

[superakt12]

Scooter - Behind The Cow!

[stripealipe]

This sounded magical at the time. Blasting out of early 'illegal' raves and sending a chill down my spine. I was kinda miffed when they re-released the rap version into the charts. Well done as it was for a pop tune, this original holds true the vibe of the time. A classic for def :)

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@stripealipe Glad ya like it! :D

[djorchard]

awesome, thanks for uploading this. i have been looking for this track ever since i heard it on a mix cd by the prodigy 12 years ago. This was light years ahead of its time considering it was made in 1988. nice!!

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@djorchard Glad ya like it! :D

[TranceFur]

I feel like a true trance fan now that I've heard and liked this. The very first trance tune ever... Holy crap.

[sonjameijer]

It was this track that put me right into the house scene for more than two decades. It's one of those tracks that are real classics. The ones that are only made every now and then. Gotta love it!

[the1marauder2]

@sonjameijer I hear you there. This an Injected with a Poison were the two tracks that got me into electronica. All these years later I'm still loving it.

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@the1marauder2 Glad ya like it! :D

[babah77088]

GIRL U PUT ME A TRANCE

[aud1ofly]

discuss it all you want, it was good :D . . very good! oooOOOO oooOOOO =D

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@aud1ofly Sure was! :D

[obiwancraker]

Chingon!!

[divinerhythm1]

The original video is much better. I first heard/saw this on a Canadian music video channel back in the late 80's. I soon after experienced my first rave.

Hmm, upon listening to this, there are vocals missing. "I wanna see you..."

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@divinerhythm1 This is the original 1988 version, it's just the riff.

The one with vocals you refer to is, I think, the 1990 "Live At Trancentral" version (which is incorporated into the 91 LP mix version of the song. [It's a bit too complicated to explain the ins-and-outs here!])

A bit of trivia for you: This original version flopped chart-wise, but got played on many late 80's underground raves and on pirate radio stations. As such, it spawned many cover-versions and soundalikes.

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@divinerhythm1 cont'd. Because of that, The KLF decided to make their own cover version of the song, which is the 1990 "Live At Trancentral" version which was a top 5 UK hit for them in mid-late 1990!

Many people think KLF stole the riff from Dr. Felix's "Relax Your Body" for the 1990 version, but the truth is Dr. Felix's backing track is borrowed from the 1988 original.

[lecochonbleu]

@arglwyddanfradwrus

There were 2 versions going simultaneously (of course there were lots of other versions - remixes & re-edits). Yes, this was the 1st, as far as I remember. But also the version later called 'Live At Transcentral', mentioned (or an earlier recorded, nearly identical version of that) was going about & was played in clubs & raves (also airplay- for this was THE definitive track of the warehouse to acid house & rave scene)- not long after this original was heard, well before 1990

[lecochonbleu]

@lecochonbleu

And, I don't know if KLF say these days, but it was them. Maybe it was white labels and what they talk about since is official releases. But the 'Wanna see you sweat' version was popular concurrently with this original from slightly after, and certainly well before 1990. I guess you're talking about published, released tracks. Back then, "you won't find this in the shops" was heard on underground radio programs, while fields & clubs of 100s to 10000s of people knew it well.

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@lecochonbleu Are you sure about that? I know KLF were, to put it mildly, not from the usual band 'castings', but I was under the impression the 'Live At Trancentral' version was 'mixed' (i.e. the extra stuff like the rap and samples added to the main riff) in early-mid 1990.

Didn't a certain track (which I won't name) enter the mainstream UK charts in 1989 which was essentially the WTIL? riff 'cleaned up' and made to sound sharper?

[lecochonbleu]

@arglwyddanfradwrus

"under the impression the 'Live At Trancentral' version was 'mixed' (i.e. the extra stuff like the rap and samples added to the main riff) in early-mid 1990."

Also mixed before (not quite the same) though not published.

Though I'd heard it in the weeks before, I remember the 1st big national airplay for that version, on Annie Nightengale, R1, at 7 one Sunday night, it was very similar to a version played some time before. Memories. The rapper used to do it live, also.

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@lecochonbleu If that's true, then I'd love to get my hands on the mix you refer to! It's KLF-gold!

[lecochonbleu]

@arglwyddanfradwrus :) I used to think that. I believe versions - more than one - were put onto tapes.

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@lecochonbleu Then I'll have to try and track them down. They'd be really good to post here!

[SMALLCODNCHIPS]

Mixes really well with Blancmange 'Living on the Ceiling'.

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@SMALLCODNCHIPS Are you going to post this mixing you've made? :)

[Mr1DanSmith]

@SMALLCODNCHIPS But there's no pesky lyrics to get in the way (salt and vinegar).

[lilfunker86]

rest assured if youtube was around in 88, most people would have kicked off sayin this is shit. it aint in my stoned opinion

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@lilfunker86 Maybe the pop-lovers would have, but not the underground ravers.

There are lots of people who think this is shit today even!

[orourkeda]

Gotta Love the KLF

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@orourkeda Yes. that ya do!!! :)

[johnnydiamondful]

@orourkeda yep.

[55centralparkwest]

jesus christ superstar overture??! great tune

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@55centralparkwest The riff from Judas' Death is almost the same as the riff from this one.

[55centralparkwest]

@arglwyddanfradwrus thats it. but the b boy version from the end of the film. weird that its lloyd webber but a great tune. k l f

[ELECTRORAVETECHNO707]

ONE OF THE FIRST PST ACID HOUSE- NEW BEAT TUNE, CALLED  RAVE-BELIGIAN TECHNO .... GREETINGS FROM MEXICO :-)

[HARROW46]

cost u more than 2 million if u burnt it on the pyramid stage! u2 WHO! leftfield,firestarter who knows leave your spray cans 4 TESCO

[thekillalizard]

You're so right, what is modern "pop" bringing to the table against this? NOTHING!!!!!!

[SmoooothEight]

I was there in 1989 when this took the London clubs by storm. The openning seconds assured destruction of your eardrums. They just don't make 'em like this anymore wouldn't you agree.

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@SmoooothEight I agree 100% with you! :D Boo to modern music aka rubbish!

[Horizons84]

@SmoooothEight Say again? :)



[HARROW46]

WHEN U GONNA BURN ANOTHER MILLION LIVE!

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@HARROW46 When I make another 2 million! :P

[groovesville2010]

rage on a thursday............jeez now that was the place to be

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@groovesville2010 I'd have been too young at the time! :(

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@MsChelseabird The days that sadly are no longer with us, aye? :(

[ElBerto]

@coelese There is nothing cheesy about the mainstream version, are you nuts man?

[w0tsthis]

ladies & gents for the record (scuse the pun), 'What Time Is Love LP (JAMS LP4)' by 'KLF Communications' was released in 1989, distributed by 'The Cartel'. Side 1: 1. What Time Is Love, The KLF /Original Version (previously released Nov '88) 2. Relax Your Body, Dr Felix 3. What Time Is Love, K.L.F.S./Italian Mix Side 2: 1. Heartbeat, Liaisons D 2. No Limit Dance Mix 4'58, Neon 3. What Time Is Love, The KLF/Live Version (Recorded at Land of Oz 31 Jul '89) later

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@w0tsthis Thnx for that!!!

[Redmanb11]

Didn't this song feature on the Dirtchamber sessions?

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@Redmanb11 I think it was, thinking about it! :)

[movieum]

director of the video phil smith bigdotbox com

[protheory]

Great to hear the old 303 at its best!!

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@coelese Hmm... have to put on my thinking cap. 1987, you say?...

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@coelese (cont'd) That being is those assume the original "What Time Is Love?" was the 1990 release which hit number 5 in the UK charts. It's not, the original was released in 1988, but flopped (chart-wise), though got played in many illegal raves, hence got copied.

In the case of Liaisons D, it's easily proven as there song is credited to "Drummond/Cauty", Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty were the KLF!

Listen to Ann Clarke "Our Darkness" and "Judas' Death" from Jesus Christ Superstar, though...

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@coelese That's not the B-side of "What Time Is Love?". The song you refer to is one of the "cover versions", namely "Relax Your Body" by Dr Felix (aka DFX).

KLF compiled and released an album "The White Time Is Love Story" (renamed to "What Time Is Love? LP") which featured Dr Felix, Liaisons D, KLFS, Neon, as well as KLF themselves!

Many people have tried to say that KLF stole the riff from Dr Felix, others say from Liaisons D. Both those statements are incorrect. (cont'd)

[MrAnthonyholden]

The 'E' train is coming...

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@MrAnthonyholden Yes, LOL!!! :D

[bhimusicgroup2009]

Classic rave

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@bhimusicgroup2009 Hear Hear!!!!

[LeftWingJohn]

Simplicity is genius

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@LeftWingJohn Glad ya approve! :D

[stevenh915]

danced my f***in ass off to this SO many times.....

i want more..

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@stevenh915 Glad ya approve! :D

[teknorandy]

1 st CD i ever bought!!!! lol.....

simply epic!

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@teknorandy Glad ya like it! :D

[ummarah2000]

i wish they came back

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@ummarah2000 Hmm, I do too but then again, this type of music has been and gone. Would this type of music do well these days? (I suppose it could possibly come back, though.... :) )

[ummarah2000]

@arglwyddanfradwrus

never say never

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@ummarah2000 I promise! :D

[trubies]

Absolute favourite, best KLF sound...what a tune, oh my god...thanx for the upload!!!

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

@trubies No prob! Glad ya like it!

[SBRtheBlackDouglas]

an absolute classic klf pushed a few boundaries i nteh club n dance n trance scenes wi those tunes theyre legend" i can see the flashbacks coming now lol

ty for the upload" TY"!!!

:D

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

No Prob!!! :D

[unhygenix32]

Can't beat the original.

[arglwyddanfradwrus]

Glad ya like it! :)