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Following the rules and comments in Bill and Jimmy's "The Manual" book, German duo Edelweiss managed to succeed in getting a worldwide hit with their novelty Abba-sample-fest "Bring Me Edelweiss" in late 1989. Possibly in recognition of this, their producer Jurgen Koeppers was offered the opportunity to remix "What Time is Love?" for the German/Austrian audience on WEA/Gig records.

Promos appeared, and then a rare original WEA Austrian-only 12", proudly housed in a sleeve featuring a close-up image of Bill with Jimmy in the background wearing a knitted KLF logo jumper, made by his wife Cressida. Six months later, a CD version was issued in Germany on GiG.

An almost unknown rarity in the UK, occasional copies of this CD appear on Ebay, usually for exorbitant prices. The buyer should be aware that sometimes - only sometimes - the CD is listed erroneously by sellers who don't know what it is (ie, they think it's the ordinary UK CD) and can be bought for significantly less than the ordinary "Power Mix" CD. However - please note that the CD tracklisting on the sleeve is not correct. It states that it features both the edit and full versions of the "Power Mix" as well as the original mix (KLF4T a-side, as featured on many, many KLF CDs). However, the real tracklisting is this:

(1) What Time is Love (The Power Remix Edit)
(2) What Time is Love (Original) (KLF4T b-side)*
(3) What Time is Love (Original) (KLF4T a-side)**

* - noted on the sleeve as KLF4T original
** - noted on the sleeve as Power Mix

This disc features the only CD appearance of the b-side to KLF4T, a far more squelchy, acidy version of "What Time is Love", and effectively the GiG CD single gives you an opportunity to own the original "Pure Trance 1" on compact disc.

Here is the CD, mastered at 320kps:

http://www.protectlinks.com/98255

And here are the rare, radically different promo edit (as wav file) and the full 12" Power Mix, both taken from vinyl:

http://www.protectlinks.com/98256

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