| Pull the Plug | |
| Type: | album |
| Artist: | London Elektricity |
| Cover: | Pull_the_Plug_Japan_cover.jpg |
| Genre: | Drum and bass |
| Label: | SMEJ Associated Records |
| Next Title: | Billion Dollar Gravy |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
Pull the Plug is the debut album by drum and bass act London Elektricity, initially released in Japan in November 1998 through Sony Music Entertainment Japan Associated Records.[1] An updated version of the album was released in the UK in June 1999 through Hospital Records.[2] [3]
The track "Rewind" was inspired by 4hero's mix of "Blackgold Of The Sun" and features vocals by Liane Carroll, a jazz-folk singer from Hastings, South England. She also appears on "Do You Believe", which is a cover version and tribute to the Webster Lewis 23-minute original.[4]
Hospital Records first partnered with Sony Music Entertainment Japan in 1997 when they licensed a Japan release of the Hospital Records compilation "Ultrasound". Sony requested a radio single from London Electricity, so the duo took their instrumental song "Utrasound", the title track of said compilation, and added vocals to it to become "Rewind".[5] This first version of "Rewind" charted in Japan and was included on the Japan release of Pull the Plug.[6] The Australian release of Pull the Plug published by Creative Vibes is a re-release of the Japan version without the bonus track "I Resign".[7]
| Pull the Plug | |
| Type: | album |
| Artist: | London Elektricity |
| Cover: | Pull the Plug cover.png |
| Genre: | Drum and bass |
| Label: | Hospital Records |
| Next Title: | Billion Dollar Gravy |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
7 months after the Japan release, Hospital Records released two different versions of Pull the Plug in the UK, one for CD and one for vinyl. The CD release features a few changes from the Japan release, the track order was changed and the bonus track "I Resign" was gone as well as "Land Sanction" and "Sister Stalking". A new track, "P.B.E. (Elektrical Storm)", was added alongside a new re-recorded version of "Rewind". The duo approached making the vinyl release as if they were making a different album, featuring different mixes and remixes of some tracks, as well as not including "P.B.E. (Elektrical Storm)".