The JAMs: 1987 What The ****’s Going On?, Vinyl 12-inch LP, 1987

	£		65
	$		86

The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (‘The JAMs’): 1987 What The F***’s Going On, Vinyl 12-inch LP, The Sound of Mu(sic), 1987

‘The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu’ (or ‘The JAMs’ and later ‘The KLF’) were a British electronic/hip hop/rock band who appeared in the late 1980s, the brainchild of Scottish musician Bill Drummond (alias King Boy D) and English musician Jimmy Cauty (alias Rockman Rock). This was their debut album, a hip hop-inspired and sample-heavy offering. The LP is infamous in that it had to be withdrawn from circulation due to copyright issues, principally from use of samples from the ABBA track ‘Dancing Queen’; therefore this original item is something of a rarity item.

Catalogue number JAMS LP1. 33 rpm. Pictorial single card outer sleeve. Original plain paper inner sleeve. Includes an insert for JAMs ‘merchandise’. Disc matrix/run-outs (all etched): (Side 1) MPO JAMS LP 1 A¹; (Side 2): MPO JAMS LP 1 B¹. Other disc label identifiers: ‘℗ 1987 The Sound Of Mu(sic)’ ‘© 1987 The Sound Of Mu(sic)’. ‘All sounds on this recording have been captured by the KLF in the name of Mu, we hereby liberate these sounds from all copyright restrictions, without prejudice. A KLF Communication’.

Side 1: Hey Hey We Are Not The Monkees; Don't Take Five (Take What You Want); Rockman Rock Parts 2 and 3

Side 2: Me Ru Con; The Queen And I; All You Need Is Love; Next

Condition:

Card outer sleeve: Excellent condition overall - the front is pretty immaculate, very clean without wear or marks, except for the lower right corner being bumped - see photos, the spine is also immaculate, very clean with pretty much no wear at all, just the lower end bumped as mentioned, the rear does have some patchy light wear with the glossy black surface rubbed - see photos. Very light visible imprint of the vinyl disc evident.

Inner sleeve: Very good+ clean condition, plain white paper, without a poly-lining and die-cut on both sides to show label, some light visible imprint of the vinyl disc and some light crumpling.

Merchandise insert: Looks in pristine condition.

Vinyl: Excellent, will have been played once or twice at most – see Ts&Cs. While there are a certainly a few visible light hairlines and several light ‘scuffs’ on the vinyl, it has been play tested to check these and they do not seem to affect the playback at all. For example, the track ‘Me Ru Con’, which is just vocals (so it is possible to hear quite clearly without any sampling to over-ride the sound), appears to be unaffected by surface marks. Labels look immaculate, with no spindle drag marks or wear to inner edge of hole.

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My items

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