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3.001: Are there any KLF videos available?

Yes, firstly two official releases were made:

'Waiting' (KLF VT007)
a very rare 42-minute ambient video filmed on the Isle of Jura, was released in November 1990 and sold via mail order only, is now deleted and is PAL/VHS only. I doubt you'll ever find a copy. In it the KLF are filmed waiting for their equipment to arrive, recording the sounds of nature (birds, surf etc.) and then re- broadcasting the sounds back at the ocean, along with some techno. Sheep feature quite prominently. It was filmed on the estate on Jura belonging to an old school pal of Drummond's and is considered by many list members to be "quite boring". [But Jamm!n loves it :)]

Stadium House cover 'Stadium House'
a commercially available compendium of the three 'stadium house' hits presented as a pretend live concert at Woodstock Europa. The versions of 3 am Eternal and What Time Is Love? are different from the original promos. The videos feature Wanda Dee (!). Catalogue info is: 
   VHS: 1991 UK (Picture Music International
                           MVR 9900983) (PAL)
   VHS: 1991 US (6 West Home Video SW-5715) (NTSC)
   VHS: 1991 OZ (Festival 81219) (PAL)
The track listing is: 
   1:19  [it must be obvious (ufo mix)
          unlisted; over opening credits]
   3:50  3 a.m. Eternal
   3:41  Last Train To Trancentral
   4:15  What Time Is Love?
   2:08  [it's grim up north (original)
          unlisted; closing credits]
and the UK release adds a bonus ambient feature about the making of the videos: 
   14:41  This Is Not What The KLF Is About
The video is still available outside the UK, and UK copies are easy to find in second hand record shops. In the USA, Dave Parker <parkerd@primenet.com> has a few NTSC copies available.

There are various KLF promo videos which may turn up in specialist dealers, etc. Generally these are single video promos for TV use. We don't know how many copies there might be of these. Non-UK licensers of KLF product may have made their own promos too. However especially interesting are two different videos of the Rites Of Mu (see 4.002), and a promo video compilation called '1991: 'The Work' released in 1991, which featured various promos from their entire career to date.

One lucky list member has proclaimed: "I found a copy of "Indie Top Video - Take Three" (1990 UK Picture Music International MVP 9912153). It claims to be a companion to Volume 8 of the Indie Top 20 LP/CD/CASS which is included in the KLF Discography. On it is a version of the Kylie Said To Jason Promo Video. It differs from the one found on the "This Is What The KLF Are About" compilation, in that instead of the cue clock at the start, it shows a still from the White Room Film overlaid with text explaining that the Promo contains clips from the forthcoming film - The White Room. Playing over the top is a short ambient soundtrack that blends into the start of Kylie Said To Jason and then the Video starts as per the normal. The end is also slightly different in that it fades to black as the music ends instead of freezing on the satellite dish at the end. The best things about this compilation is (a) the Video is a pristine first generation copy and (b) it only cost me 2 UKP (yes that's right 2!) :-) ) "

Then there are two bootleg compilation tapes which crop up around:

'This Is What The KLF Are About' a 150 min extravaganza of the 'Work' and 'Waiting' videos, various other promos, and lots of bad quality TV appearances. Its not in stereo, and there are some patches of nothing (although these were on 'Work' as well). Track listing: 
        The KLF: America: What Time is Love
        The KLF: Justified and Ancient
        The JAMS: It's Grim Up North
        The Rites of Mu (version 1)
        The KLF: Stadium House Trilogy
        The Timelords: Doctorin' the Tardis
        The KLF: Kylie Said to Jason
        The KLF: The White Room (promo clip)
        The KLF: What Time is Love (cornfield version)
        Disco 2000: Uptight
        Brilliant: Love is War
        The KLF: What Time is Love (Top of the Pops version 1)
        The KLF: 3am Eternal (Top of the Pops version 1)
        The KLF: 3am Eternal (Top of the Pops version 2)
        The KLF: Last Train to Trancentral (Top of the Pops)
        The KLF: Justified and Ancient (Top of the Pops)
        The JAMS: It's Grim Up North (Top of the Pops)
        Media Show Appearance (Drummond)
        Rapido Appearance (KLF)
        The Word Appearance (Tammy Wynette)
        Reportage Appearance (KLF)
        Snub TV Appearance (KLF)
        Waiting
        The Timelords: Doctorin' the Tardis (Top of the Pops)
        KLF vs. ENT: 3am Eternal (The BRITs 92)
        The KLF: What Time is Love (pure trance White Room version)  
        The KLF: 3am Eternal
        The Rites of Mu (version 2, as shown MTV)
        The KLF: What Time is Love (Top of the Pops version 2)
This video was available (June 94) from Mike Dutton, 58 Red Lion Court, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 3YL, UK. Tel: (+44) (0) 1279 505443, but he allegedly stopped making them a long time ago. The video can occasionally be found in second- hand record shops.

'KLF-OLOGY' a three hour compilation which describes itself as having very high visual quality, most of the material being only second generation, and excellent quality sound, all in stereo. This is a lie. The quality of the TOTP appearances is poor, both in sound and vision, but this quality improves slightly with the Waiting and Stadium House videos. Again a PAL/VHS release. Track listing: 
    3 a.m. Eternal (Embankment version, as shown on Chart Show)
    What Time Is Love? (TOTP appearance 1)
    3 a.m. Eternal (TOTP)
    Its Grim Up North (TOTP)
    What Time Is Love? (TOTP appearance 2)
    Its Grim Up North (Promo)
    What Time Is Love? (Cornfields version, as shown on Chart Show)
    Justified And Ancient (Xmas TOTP appearance)
    Waiting
    Stadium House
    This Is Not What The KLF Are About
    1987: What The Fury Is Going On? 
          (consists of 'Illkillya' A Smile Orange Film: soundtrack 1987)
The 'Illkillya' film is on a totally different, non-KLF related vein. The sort of poorly- scripted, -acted and -produced quality that gets entered for amateur film awards and gets rejected. Good soundtrack though. Try asking of Julian Butler, Smile Orange Films, 29 Villa Road, Bingley, West Yorkshire, BD16 4EU for copies. If not try asking on the list. Unfortunately there are no NTSC bootleg compilations available in the US, a situation which someone should change - they could sell a lot of copies!Original cover from White Room Movie video

Finally, various list members have copies of other rarities, such as the original White Room film (see 4.003) and the Omnibus documentary (see 5.010), which they are quite willing to copy for interested parties:

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