[kj] at last...

[Darren A. Peace]

I think mine was a BBC transcription disc with a KJ set on one side  
and a Shriekback on the other. I paid around ￡100 in about 1986.

My Dub tape has a crappy photocopy of Youth + spliff.

Darren
Hungerford, UK

On 25 Jun 2010, at 18:08, jpwhkj at aol.com wrote:


> What's the most outrageous relative-to-income purchase of KJ-related  

> material anyone here has made?  (Dave Wright is disqualified from  

> answering, 'cos we all know.)

>

> I think mine was a couple of videos from Camden Market in about  

> 1988.  I'd never seen a KJ video bootleg before, and I just *had* to  

> have one or the other... and then I decided that I might never see  

> another one, so I bought them both.  As I recall, they were ￡15 and  

> ￡20 quid.  At the time, I was on the dole, which was about ￡70 per f 

> ortnight.

>

> So, I spent an entire week's income on a couple of atrocious-quality  

> videos.  I bet that's nothing compared to what the rest of you have  

> done....

>

> Jamie

>

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: jpwhkj at aol.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Sent: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:00

> Subject: Re: [kj] at last...

>

> Yours has a picture?  I feel cheated! <grin>

>

> Mine is dayglo orange paper with the spine title done with letraset,  

> and hand-written track titles; underneath the dayglo paper is the  

> standard TDK D90 card, with KJ In Dub hand-written on the spine.   

> The actual cassette was just a plain D90, without even a label.

>

> The Original Killing Joke cassette that I bought at the same time  

> was in the same format.  I knew they were bootlegs of bootlegs, but  

> I'd never seen either of them before, so it was a no-brainer.  As I  

> recall, each cassette cost ￡3.  Money well spent!

>

> I've just listened to it, and it's better than I remember, but still  

> not great.  Sound quality is pretty naff.

>

> Jamie

>

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: PHIL TOFIELD <phil.tofield at virgin.net>

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net 

> >

> Sent: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:46

> Subject: Re: [kj] at last...

>

> I really want to hear this again now but my copy is in storage :(

> If I remeber correctly, the cover is a b&w picture of Youth sat at a  

> mixer with a big spliff in his mouth

>

> On 25 June 2010 16:19, <jpwhkj at aol.com> wrote:

> Rob - does yours include the WTF-era Skinner session?

>

> Does anyone know when this was released?  The material is all 79-81  

> (first ep->WTF) so presumably it was recorded in 81 or perhaps early  

> 82, but I wonder if it was released (by Youth?) after the Joke  

> split...

>

> Just found my cassette copy, the full title given is: In Dub (Studio  

> Out-takes)

>

> Jamie

>

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Rob Moss <rob.moss at gmx.com>

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net 

> >

> Sent: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:23

> Subject: Re: [kj] at last...

>

> I bought a cd of it years back thinking it would be better quality  

> than that which I had heard.

>

> It isn't but you are welcome to a copy if you send me your address.

>

> But no more of those naked pictures of yourself like last time eh?

>

>

>

> On 25 Jun 2010, at 14:42, Neil Perry <65snoopy at gmail.com> wrote:

>

>> Wow, thanks... Why am I only hearing of this now after 30 years of  

>> searching out every KJ-related item...

>>

>> Anyone have a good-quality version of this?

>> N

>>

>> On 25 June 2010 15:38, PHIL TOFIELD <phil.tofield at virgin.net> wrote:

>> its an old bootleg of 1st and 2nd album tracks remixed in a dub  

>> stylee by Youth. Ive got it on cassette somewhere. The mixes were  

>> pretty good, but the sound quality on the tape is very poor.

>>

>> On 25 June 2010 13:40, Neil Perry <65snoopy at gmail.com> wrote:

>> "stuff off the Killing Joke In Dub bootleg"

>>

>> What's that then? Is it good? Do you have it? Can I have it? :)

>>

>> N, still waiting for the postman (mine does involve international  

>> post, which makes me a bit nervous)

>>

>> On 25 June 2010 13:26, <jpwhkj at aol.com> wrote:

>> Further thoughts, typed as I listen for the first time:

>>

>> In Excelsis is much better on CD than the version we'd previously  

>> heard.  I like it a lot.

>>

>> Endgame still doesn't do it for me.  Quite chuggy guitar; Jaz sings  

>> a bit, but quite growly vocals; not very catchy; no underlying  

>> funky vibe.  I pressed "Next" before it was over, not 'cos it's  

>> really awful, but because I want to hear...

>>

>> Kali Yuga is really powerful!  Excellent singing from Jaz.

>>

>> Ghosts is just starting... sending a shiver down my spine, partly  

>> anticipation from what everyone's said, partly the eerie dub  

>> sounds...  It's *very* unusual - totally different from anything  

>> they've done in the last 30 years.  Harks back to that first EP.   

>> Great that they've taken a musical risk again - it's been far too  

>> long.

>>

>> (Just thinking that it's great that they have so much material.  On  

>> previous "recent" albums, it's felt like they included pretty much  

>> everything available in order to fill an album.)

>>

>> Jaz's vocals on Ghosts are still a bit growly, but he is *singing*  

>> which is great.

>>

>> OK, now for the dub version.  Sounds ....unsurprisingly.... like  

>> some of the stuff off the Killing Joke In Dub bootleg.  And sorry  

>> Jaz, but I prefer it without vocals!  Some wicked guitar in there.   

>> I could live without some of screechier siren noises, but overall  

>> it works really well.  Love the way the guitar blasts in.  This  

>> feckin' rocks!

>>

>> It's over.  Time to press "Play" again.  This reminds me of what it  

>> was like to get your hands on new Killing Joke record back in the  

>> eighties...

>>

>> By the way, mine is numbered 789.  What about the rest of youse?

>>

>> Jamie

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> -----Original Message-----

>> From: jpwhkj at aol.com

>> To: gathering at misera.net

>> Sent: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:56

>> Subject: at last...

>>

>> Nothing on Monday.

>>

>> Nothing on Tuesday.

>>

>> Nothing on Wednesday.

>>

>> Nothing on Thursday.

>>

>> But it arrived today.

>>

>> First thought: artwork looks better in my hands than on the web.

>>

>> Second thought: remove cassette from stereo and put on IE CD.

>>

>> Here we go...

>>

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