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The FLK
The Rites Of Spring

Album UK 2014 on MuMusic label
Electronic, Folk, World and (House, Leftfield)

Limited Release of 4 "dubplates" released on (but not a formal release of) Record Store Day. Three copies were sold at record stores (Jumbo Records in Leeds, Piccadilly Records in Manchester, and Rough Trade in London). A fourth copy was put for auction on eBay. Release comes in a mailer with the screenpainted FLK logo, sealed with a laser-printed label showing a KLF White Room style logo with the price "£4.99". In the mailer is the record (in a grey cardboard sleeve with an FLK sticker and an FLK stripe logo sticker on the spine. The dubplate comes in a polylined paper inner sleeve with a sticker saying the following (in FLK/KLF font) : Bill - Studio time £750 Mastering £150 Pressing £60 Sleeves etc £15 Print £65 Travel £30 Admin etc £45 Total £1120 Dubplate has a white label and a generic "Curved Ltd" mastering label. The release also comes with a sealed plastic liner containing the following: - a print of the artwork - two prints of the FLK - a print of Marry Waterson - an FLK sticker sheet - a replica old photo - two FLK cards (as per those sent out with the "Rosy" release) - a mock "April 19" calendar entry (as per those sent out with the "The Folk Law" and "Rosy" releases) - an origami sheep - a card containing the tracklist - a card containing the following text: THIS IS A WORK OF ART IF YOU PLAY IT, YOU WILL DESTROY IT. IF YOU DON'T PLAY IT....IT'S JUST A USELESS PIECE OF PLASTIC IN ORDER TO ENJOY THIS RECORD AND GET FULL ARTISTIC PLEASURE YOU SHOULD PLAY THE DISC AT FULL VOLUME NON-STOP 10 TIMES IN A ROW DURING WHICH THE VINYL WILL DISINTEGRATE AND THE MUSIC WILL BECOME INAUDIBLE

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