They're justified and they're ancient, and they drive an ice-cream van

On Fridays this year we ask...

( What's in the Box? )

Today in The Box we have:

KLF - The White Room

When our new digital overlords come to power, and audio cassettes are banned, the last tape they pry from my cold, dead fingers will be The White Room. Couldn't I just buy a CD copy, you ask ? Well, yes. In fact, I have. But, in a very literal sense, it's just not the same.

Those of you with long memories may remember Boogying to Last Train to Transcentral some years ago. As was discussed in the comments at the time, the version of the song on the cassette (and LP) is completely different to the one on the CD.

I've never performed extensive listening comparisons, but I think several of the other tracks are also different versions. te tape seems, overall, much more chilled out. Like I said: the CD just isn't the same.

You can purchase tape copies of The White Room from Amazon for a bare 49p; I encourage anyone who still listens to tapes to invest in one post haste.

KLF - Church of the KLF / Last Train to Transcentral (LP Mix) [link expired]

(Beware, large download! Sorry, this is quite a long track - the two songs segue together, and I couldn't manage to separate them.)

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