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What Time Is Love? (Pure Trance 1) by The KLF, album cover

Vinyl pressings

What Time Is Love? (Pure Trance 1)

by The KLF · 1988

57 pressings15 countriesTranceAcid HouseElectronic

What Time Is Love? (Pure Trance 1) was first pressed on vinyl in 1988. Every vinyl pressing is listed below with its label, catalog number and runout codes, so you can tell an original from a reissue.

How to spot a first pressing of What Time Is Love? (Pure Trance 1)

2 pressings came out in 1988, the album's first year. Compare the label and catalog number on your copy, then the codes etched or stamped in the runout groove (the dead wax around the label): they are the surest sign of an early pressing.

UK

October 17, 1988
Label and catalog number
KLF Communications KLF 004T
Format
12", 45 RPM
Runout / matrix

KLF- 004T-A1 DAMONTSide A, hand-etched runout

KLF 004T-B1 DAMONTSide B, hand-etched runout

Full details of this pressing

UK

1988
Label and catalog number
KLF Communications KLF 004T
Format
12", 45 RPM, Promo, White Label
Runout / matrix

KLF-004T-A1 DAMONTSide A

KLF 004T-B1 DAMONTSide B

Full details of this pressing

Not sure how to read the runout? See matrix numbers, runout and dead wax and how to tell a first pressing.

All 57 vinyl pressings

By decade, oldest first. Open a pressing for its full label, barcode and runout details.

1980s9 pressings
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
1988UKKLF Communications KLF 004TFirst year12", 45 RPM, Promo, White Label · Promo12", 45 RPM, Promo, White Label · Promo
1988UKKLF Communications KLF 004TFirst year12", 45 RPM12", 45 RPM
1989AustriaGiG Records GIG 666 21412", 45 RPM, Stereo12", 45 RPM, Stereo
1989AustriaGiG Records 111.2147", 45 RPM, Single7", 45 RPM, Single
1989UKKLF Communications KLF 004R / KLF Communications KLF 4R12", 45 RPM, White Label12", 45 RPM, White Label
1989USTVT Records TVT 407112", 33 ⅓ RPM12", 33 ⅓ RPM
1989USTVT Records TVT 407112", Test Pressing · Test pressing12", Test Pressing · Test pressing
1989UKKLF Communications KLF 004T12", 45 RPM, White Label, Reissue12", 45 RPM, White Label, Reissue
1989UKKLF Communications KLF 4R / KLF Communications KLF 004R12", 45 RPM12", 45 RPM
1990s48 pressings
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
1990AustralasiaPossum Records POST 60812", 45 RPM12", 45 RPM
1990AustraliaLiberation Records X1407112", 45 RPM, Single12", 45 RPM, Single
1990AustraliaPossum Records POS 51747", 45 RPM, Single7", 45 RPM, Single
1990BelgiumIndisc KLF 80997", 45 RPM, Single7", 45 RPM, Single
1990BelgiumKLF Communications KLF 12809912", 45 RPM12", 45 RPM
1990BelgiumKLF Communications KLF 12819912", 45 RPM12", 45 RPM
1990DenmarkComa Records COMA 12701112"12"
1990DenmarkComa Records COMA 12701112", 45 RPM, Maxi-Single, Mispress12", 45 RPM, Maxi-Single, Mispress
1990FranceCBS CBS 656381 612", 45 RPM, Maxi-Single12", 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
1990FranceCBS 656381 7 / CBS France Dance Pool 656381 77", 45 RPM, Single7", 45 RPM, Single
1990GermanyBlow Up INT 125.789 / KLF Communications INT 125.78912", 45 RPM, Maxi-Single12", 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
1990GermanyBlow Up INT 125.790 / KLF Communications INT 125.79012", 45 RPM, Maxi-Single12", 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
1990ItalyDFC DFC 02612", 45 RPM12", 45 RPM
1990ItalyDFC DFC 02812", 45 RPM12", 45 RPM
1990ItalyDFC DFC 02612", 45 RPM, Promo · Promo12", 45 RPM, Promo · Promo
All 48 pressings from the 1990s

Tracklist

  1. AWhat Time Is Love?7:05
  2. BWhat Time Is Love?7:00

Questions

How many vinyl pressings of What Time Is Love? (Pure Trance 1) are there?

57 vinyl pressings of What Time Is Love? (Pure Trance 1) are listed here, from 15 countries, released between 1988 and 1991.

When was What Time Is Love? (Pure Trance 1) first released on vinyl?

The earliest pressings are from 1988, in UK. One of them is KLF Communications KLF 004T, released October 17, 1988.

How do I tell if my copy of What Time Is Love? (Pure Trance 1) is a first pressing?

Check the catalog number on the label (first-year pressings use KLF 004T) and the codes etched in the runout groove, then compare them with the pressings listed above; for example, KLF- 004T-A1 DAMONT and KLF 004T-B1 DAMONT. Later reissues often keep the catalog number but change the label design or the runout codes.

How much is What Time Is Love? (Pure Trance 1) on vinyl worth?

It depends on which pressing you have and on the condition of the record and its sleeve. Early pressings from the album's home country in near mint condition are usually worth the most; common later reissues are worth far less. Scan your copy with VinylLens to see its value for every grade.

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