Tracklist
Earthside | |||
Little Fluffy Clouds (Dance Mk 2) | 8:26 | ||
Spaceside | |||
Into The Fourth Dimension (Essenes Beyond Control) | 7:03 | ||
Little Fluffy Clouds (Ambient Mk 1) | 4:28 |
Notes
Originally released in the UK on 12 November 1990 as a "little fluffy 7"", a "big fluffy 12"", and a CD single. A remix 12" was subsequently released as well.
In the U.S. it was issued in 1991 on 12" vinyl and a "12" CD" CD maxi-single, both containing some new remixes for the U.S. market by Pal Joey and Coldcut.
It was reissued in the UK in November 1993 as a cassette single (containing the tracks from the 1990 7"), the 12" single, the remix 12", and the CD single.
"Little Fluffy Clouds (Ambient Mk 1)" on the UK 12" and CD single releases is an early fade with a duration of 4:28. The full 9:09 minute version was exclusively released in 1996 on the compilation This Is... Techno.
New remixes were released in 1998 on a variety of formats featuring new cover art.
The vocal sample is lifted from a promo interview on the Flying Cowboys / A Conversation With Rickie Lee Jones box set, called "A Conversation With Ricki Lee Jones".
In the U.S. it was issued in 1991 on 12" vinyl and a "12" CD" CD maxi-single, both containing some new remixes for the U.S. market by Pal Joey and Coldcut.
It was reissued in the UK in November 1993 as a cassette single (containing the tracks from the 1990 7"), the 12" single, the remix 12", and the CD single.
"Little Fluffy Clouds (Ambient Mk 1)" on the UK 12" and CD single releases is an early fade with a duration of 4:28. The full 9:09 minute version was exclusively released in 1996 on the compilation This Is... Techno.
New remixes were released in 1998 on a variety of formats featuring new cover art.
The vocal sample is lifted from a promo interview on the Flying Cowboys / A Conversation With Rickie Lee Jones box set, called "A Conversation With Ricki Lee Jones".
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Image | , | – | In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory | Version Details | Data Quality | ||||
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Little Fluffy Clouds 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single | Big Life – BLR 33T, WAU! Mr. Modo Recordings – BLR 33T | UK | 1990 | UK — 1990 | Recently Edited | ||||
Little Fluffy Clouds (Remix) 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single | Big Life – BLR 33R | UK | 1990 | UK — 1990 | Recently Edited | ||||
Little Fluffy Clouds CD, Single | Big Life – BLR 33CD, WAU! Mr. Modo Recordings – BLR 33CD | UK | 1990 | UK — 1990 | |||||
Little Fluffy Clouds 12", Promo, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single | Big Life – ORB PROMO 2 | UK | 1990 | UK — 1990 | |||||
Little Fluffy Clouds 7", 45 RPM, Single, Label Sleeve | Big Life – BLR 33, WAU! Mr. Modo Recordings – BLR 33 | UK | 1990 | UK — 1990 | Recently Edited | ||||
Little Fluffy Clouds (Remix) 12", White Label | Big Life – BLR 33 R | UK | 1990 | UK — 1990 | |||||
Little Fluffy Clouds 7", 45 RPM, Single, Promo, Test Pressing, White Label | Big Life – BLR 33 | UK | 1990 | UK — 1990 | New Submission | ||||
Little Fluffy Clouds 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, Promo, Pre-Release | Big Life – BLR 33T, WAU! Mr. Modo Recordings – BLR 33T | UK | 1990 | UK — 1990 | New Submission | ||||
Little Fluffy Clouds CD, Maxi-Single | Big Life – 865 139-2, Mercury – 865 139-2 | US | 1991 | US — 1991 | |||||
Little Fluffy Clouds 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single | Big Life – 865 139-1, Mercury – 865 139-1 | US | 1991 | US — 1991 | Recently Edited | ||||
Little Fluffy Clouds 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, Promo | Big Life – 865 139-1, Mercury – 865 139-1 | US | 1991 | US — 1991 | Recently Edited | ||||
Little Fluffy Clouds CD, Single, Promo | Mercury – CDP 591 | US | 1991 | US — 1991 | Recently Edited | ||||
Little Fluffy Clouds Cassette, Maxi-Single, Promo, 35 | Big Life – 865 139-2 / 4 | US | 1991 | US — 1991 | New Submission | ||||
Little Fluffy Clouds 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, Reissue, Stereo | Big Life – BLRT 98, WAU! Mr. Modo Recordings – BLRT 98 | UK | 1993 | UK — 1993 | |||||
Little Fluffy Clouds CD, Single, Reissue, Stereo | Big Life – BLRD 98, Big Life – 867 981-2, WAU! Mr. Modo Recordings – BLRD 98, WAU! Mr. Modo Recordings – 867 981-2 | UK | 1993 | UK — 1993 | Recently Edited | ||||
Little Fluffy Clouds (Remix) 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Reissue, Single | Big Life – BLRR 98, WAU! Mr. Modo Recordings – BLRR 98 | UK | 1993 | UK — 1993 | Recently Edited | ||||
Little Fluffy Clouds Cassette, Single, Reissue | Big Life – BLRC 98, Big Life – 879 338-4, WAU! Mr. Modo Recordings – BLRC 98, WAU! Mr. Modo Recordings – 879 338-4 | UK | 1993 | UK — 1993 | Recently Edited | ||||
Little Fluffy Clouds 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo, Reissue, White Label | Big Life – BLRT 98, WAU! Mr. Modo Recordings – BLRT 98 | UK | 1993 | UK — 1993 | New Submission | ||||
Fluffy Little Remix 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single Sided, Unofficial Release, White Label | Not On Label (The Orb) – FLUFF001 | UK | 1998 | UK — 1998 | Recently Edited | ||||
Little Fluffy Clouds 2×12", 33 ⅓ RPM | Island Records – 12 ISD 729, Island Records – 572 503-1 | UK | 1998 | UK — 1998 | |||||
Little Fluffy Clouds... 2×12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, Promo | Island Records – LFC 1 | UK | 1998 | UK — 1998 | Recently Edited | ||||
Little Fluffy Clouds Acetate, 12", 45 RPM | Island Records – none | UK | 1998 | UK — 1998 | Recently Edited | ||||
Little Fluffy Clouds CDr, Promo | Island Records – none | UK | 1998 | UK — 1998 | Recently Edited | ||||
Little Fluffy Clouds CDr, Single, Promo | Island Records – none | UK | 1998 | UK — 1998 | |||||
Little Fluffy Clouds... 2×12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo | Many Records – MN 03212 | Italy | 1998 | Italy — 1998 | Recently Edited | ||||
Little Fluffy Clouds CDr, Advance | Island Records – none | UK | 1998 | UK — 1998 | New Submission | ||||
Little Fluffy Clouds CDr, Single, Promo | Island Records – none | UK | 1998 | UK — 1998 | Recently Edited | ||||
Little Fluffy Clouds (Oooh Mix) File, MP3, 320 kbps | Not On Label (The Orb Self-released) – none | 2018 | 2018 | New Submission | |||||
Little Fluffy Clouds 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, Test Pressing | Polygram – PRO-971-1 | US | US | Recently Edited | |||||
Little Fluffy Clouds (Tenaglia Remix — T-Boy Edit) CDr, Promo | Island Records – none | UK | UK | Recently Edited |
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Reviews
- Still sounds amazing in 2024. If it wasn't for some of the vocal chops, the cumulo-nimbus mix could've been released yesterday....it's aged exceptionally well...
- Edited 4 months agoIt's probably a complete coincidence but the Italo-Disco cut by Koto "Chinese Revenge" sounds like it could've been inspiration
- Different mix of Pal Joey's Cumulonimbus mix on this double 12". 6:23 as opposed to 6:10 on the other 12"s with this mix. Different intro and perhaps a "dubbier" feel than the original PJ mix ...
- am i just imagining it but was there a very long version of this? about 20mins?sure i heard on john peel, something like the 'ultrabrain remix'
- Edited 3 years ago"Little Fluffy Clouds (Ambient Mk 1)" ends with a fade-out after about 4½ minutes just when the beat enters, probably due to Gallup chart regulations that would not allow a "Single" to be longer than 20 minutes. The full 9 (!) minute version was inconspicuously and exclusively released years later on the Beechwood Compilation This Is... Techno, which is worth getting alone for this track and for the only (non-DJ mixed) CD appearance of Carl Craig's mindblowing "Drums Suck" mix of Dave Angel's "Airbourne".
- I love the Cumulo Nimbus Mix best
Another quality deep and groovy cut from one of New York's finest Pal Joey
Long live fluffy clouds ☁️☁️ - Edited 5 years agoThis is essentially an alternate version of "Little Fluffy Clouds (Inner Master Mix)"; it has a different beat and a few other slightly different elements, but much of the rest of it is the same. I suppose this implies it's a Coldcut remix, but no credits are given. It has a vaguely un(der)finished feel to it, which is possibly why the "Inner Master" version was released instead.
Note: unfortunately, the file as shared has digital skips at 3:31 and 5:09. - Trackology:
Ignoring the cataloguing and re-releases there are basically three sets/versions;
The UK ver and remix (numbered versions c/w Into the fourth...)
The US ver and remix (named versions by Coldcut) annoying spread over 2 near identical 12" and cd
and the later US/Island mixes.
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Confusingly the short version/main mix is called both the "Dance Mix MK I Edit" and the "Seven Inch Mk 1"
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