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''[[Catalog 3]]'' is [[Boards of Canada]]'s earliest known release. The use of the name ''[[Catalog 3]]'' could imply the existence of two prior releases (which would be given catalog numbers 1 and 2) on the band's [[music70]] label, although record labels do not always assign catalog numbers sequentially.
 
''[[Catalog 3]]'' is [[Boards of Canada]]'s earliest known release. The use of the name ''[[Catalog 3]]'' could imply the existence of two prior releases (which would be given catalog numbers 1 and 2) on the band's [[music70]] label, although record labels do not always assign catalog numbers sequentially.
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''[[Catalog 3]]'' has been described as having "three lengthy tracks of rather uneventful ambient electronica ("[[Line Two]]", "[[Breach Tones]]", "[[Visual Drone 12]]") and two shorter tracks." The same source felt that "their mellow, disjointed electronica was not particularly revolutionary."<ref>http://www.scaruffi.com/vol6/boardsof.html#boc</ref>
 
  
 
It was originally a cassette, but was repressed on CD in 1997 <ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20010619002459/http://www.boardsofcanada.com/discog_catalog3.html</ref> <ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20010606220519/http://www.boardsofcanada.com/records.html</ref>.
 
It was originally a cassette, but was repressed on CD in 1997 <ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20010619002459/http://www.boardsofcanada.com/discog_catalog3.html</ref> <ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20010606220519/http://www.boardsofcanada.com/records.html</ref>.

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Catalog 3
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Label(s) Music70
Catalogue No(s) CANC19
Release date(s) 1987
Format(s) Cassette
CD
Running time(s) 56:36


Catalog 3 is Boards of Canada's earliest known release. The use of the name Catalog 3 could imply the existence of two prior releases (which would be given catalog numbers 1 and 2) on the band's music70 label, although record labels do not always assign catalog numbers sequentially.

It was originally a cassette, but was repressed on CD in 1997 [1] [2].

The album has not been heard by those outside of the band's friends and family.

The albums cover contains morse code, which when decodes reads "DECODE MORSE".

Tracks

  1. "Line Two" – 10:42
  2. "Drone 18" – 6:40
  3. "Drone 2" – 5:55
  4. "Breach Tones" – 8:13
  5. "Visual Drone 12" – 13:21
  6. "Stowed Under" – 4:15
  7. "Powerline" – 2:22
  8. "Press" – 5:08

References

  1. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20010619002459/http://www.boardsofcanada.com/discog_catalog3.html
  2. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20010606220519/http://www.boardsofcanada.com/records.html
Discography Overview | view β€’ edit
Rare/Early releases Catalog 3 β€’ Acid Memories β€’ Closes Vol. 1 β€’ Play by Numbers β€’ Hooper Bay β€’ Boc Maxima β€’ Old Tunes Vol. 1 β€’ Old Tunes Vol. 2 β€’ Random 35 Tracks Tape β€’ Geogaddi (test pressing)
General releases (albums) Music Has the Right to Children β€’ Geogaddi β€’ The Campfire Headphase β€’ Tomorrow's Harvest
General releases (EPs/12"s) Twoism β€’ Hi Scores β€’ Aquarius β€’ Peel Session β€’ In a Beautiful Place out in the Country β€’ Trans Canada Highway
Mixtapes Marcus Eoin's Campfire Mixtape β€’ Societas x Tape
Live Sets Warp10 β€’ The Lighthouse β€’ All Tomorrow's Parties β€’ Other live sets
Promotional Releases Telephasic Workshop β€’ MHTRTC (promo cassette) β€’ Orange Romeda β€’ Geogaddi (promo lp) β€’ Geogaddi (promo cassette) β€’ ------ / ------ / ------ / XXXXXX / ------ / ------ β€’ Reach For The Dead (promo cd) β€’ Come To Dust (promo cd)
Produced by BoC for Others Here Come the Rubber Cops
Bootleg Releases Unreleased Tracks
Other Kaleidoscope β€’ Promotional Items β€’ T-Shirts