Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu, The – It's Grim Up North
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KLF Communications – JAMS 028CD
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CD, Single
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Tracklist
| 1 | It's Grim Up North (Radio Edit) | 4:03 | ||
| 2 | It's Grim Up North (Part 1) | 10:02 | ||
| 3 | It's Grim Up North (Part 2) | 6:13 | ||
| 4 | Jerusalem On The Moors | 3:04 |
Credits
- Artwork By [Design] – Aurora Borealis
- Conductor [Orchestra], Conductor [Choir] – N. Coler*
- Engineer [Additional Assistant], Recorded By [Additional Assistant] – J. Gordon Hastings*, P. Bloom*
- Engineer [Additional], Recorded By [Additional] – I. Richardson*
- Mixed By – Mark 'Spike' Stent*
- Mixed By [Assistant] – J. Wheatley*
- Performer – Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu, The
- Producer – KLF, The
- Written-By – W. Drummond*, J. Cauty*
Notes
Comes in standard slimline CD single case with insert. Insert features a small story about the continuing adventures of The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu.
Original recording made at Trancentral.
Taken from The Black Room.
Additional recording and engineering at Lillie Yard.
Mixed at Townhouse Four.
Published by E.G. Music/Zoo/Warner Chappell Music
℗ & © 1991 KLF Communications.
Made in England. (Sleeve)
Made in U.K. (Disc)
Distributed by RTM/APT
Other Versions (Showing 5 of 18) View All
| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| It's Grim Up North (12") | KLF Communications | JAMS 028R | UK | 1991 | ||
| It's Grim Up North (7", Single, Promo) | KLF Communications | JAMS 028 | UK | 1991 | ||
| It's Grim Up North (CD, Maxi) | Indisc | DICD 8315 | Belgium | 1991 | ||
| It's Grim Up North (7") | Coma Records (4) | COMA 7026 | Denmark | 1991 | ||
| It's Grim Up North (12") | Indisc | DIS 128315 | Belgium | 1991 |
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Reviews & Discussion
The JAMS going underground.
"...from the future"
The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu's album 'The Black Room' was suprisingly never released,
having just been announced in the autumn of 1991 both in a documentary on MTV,
and on the single itself ("Taken from The Black Room"). Not unlike when The KLF released "Kylie Said to Jason" in 1989,
where the album it was taken from was promised on the sleeve even with catalogue numbers, but wasn't released.
Back then the reason was that the KLF single flopped. But "It's Grim Up North" was a hit, in the UK.
Was the album lost like the "Assassin" DAT by The Orb? (story on the sleeve of the "Assassin" single by The Orb)
This is the single from it, released October 28th 1991 on 7"/12"/CD/Cassette.
Originally a remix of "Mars", from the ambient Jimmy Cauty "Space" album,
that was released in December 1990 on grey vinyl (only 350 copies pressed).
"Terminator 10 & The Black Room" - the next single?
(Based on stories on the internet about a bootleg Extreme Noise Terror thrash metal cover versions
"The Black Room" album with that title).
Does it suggest the album's release will be around when that one comes out?
With Arnold Schwarzenegger?
In the USA that very same month the KLF single "America: What Time is Love?" was released on Arista Records,
followed by "Justified & Ancient" a month later.
"...from the future"
The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu's album 'The Black Room' was suprisingly never released,
having just been announced in the autumn of 1991 both in a documentary on MTV,
and on the single itself ("Taken from The Black Room"). Not unlike when The KLF released "Kylie Said to Jason" in 1989,
where the album it was taken from was promised on the sleeve even with catalogue numbers, but wasn't released.
Back then the reason was that the KLF single flopped. But "It's Grim Up North" was a hit, in the UK.
Was the album lost like the "Assassin" DAT by The Orb? (story on the sleeve of the "Assassin" single by The Orb)
This is the single from it, released October 28th 1991 on 7"/12"/CD/Cassette.
Originally a remix of "Mars", from the ambient Jimmy Cauty "Space" album,
that was released in December 1990 on grey vinyl (only 350 copies pressed).
"Terminator 10 & The Black Room" - the next single?
(Based on stories on the internet about a bootleg Extreme Noise Terror thrash metal cover versions
"The Black Room" album with that title).
Does it suggest the album's release will be around when that one comes out?
With Arnold Schwarzenegger?
In the USA that very same month the KLF single "America: What Time is Love?" was released on Arista Records,
followed by "Justified & Ancient" a month later.
[r74303]
I can only assume they did this production in a big studio on an SSL mixing board, like they recommend in "The Manual", and it pays off in how tight it sounds.