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Random 35 Tracks Tape

2026-05-27T10:02:52Z

Niski: i might be blind (removed one "with")

{{Infobox Release|
| name=Random 35 Tracks Tape
| release_date=1995?
| format=Cassette
| label=(unknown)
| catno=N/A
| runtime=84:00
}}

[[Random 35 Tracks Tape]] (real name unknown) refers to a collection of 35 tracks leaked on P2P networks from 2000-2001, with it reaching the majority of fans around September of 2004.
Unlike other "[[Old Tunes]]" tapes, the tracks are completely unlabeled; however, a few match known tracks from other sources, including commercial releases. No liner notes or tape scan have ever surfaced.

Despite its uncertain provenance, the tape is generally believed to be authentic.

==Background==
*''[[Random 35 Tracks Tape]]'' seems to be sourced from a cassette tape containing a (presumably) hand-selected set of pre-[[BoC Maxima]] tracks. The leaking of these tracks to P2P networks ([http://www.slsknet.org Soulseek], originally) provided much drama on [[WATMM]].
**All files are encoded as 320kbps MP3.
* For a long time, it was assumed that this tape was the missing ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 1]]'' (since ''[[A Few Old Tunes]]'' and ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 2]]'' were already known), although this was never confirmed. This was finally proven false when, on 8th August 2009, [[Twoism forum]] member dealer posted new photos of a cassette and liner notes showing that ''[[A Few Old Tunes]]'' and ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 1]]'' were, in fact, the same release.
*[[MDG]] has said that it is not known who compiled the tracks, calling it "a mystery, just a mixture".<ref>http://bocpages.org/wiki/Statements_from_Hexagon_Sun#September_2009</ref>
*Zoetrope, a user on radiomute.com, referred to not only the commonly known ''[[A Few Old Tunes]]'' and ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 2]]'', but also a third volume, which he appeared to refer to this leaked release as. Some also seem to believe that this is a 'Closes Vol. 2'.

== Discovery ==
These tracks appear to have first surfaced on [http://www.slsknet.org Soulseek] under various names, such as "random 35 tracks tape (rarities and the best of - not old tunes v1 or v2)" and "A Few Older Tunes Disc 1/Disc 2", reflecting the uncertainty of the collection's provenance. Early sightings include:
* 9 Sep 2004 - [http://community.livejournal.com/boardsofcanada/28808.html LiveJournal post]
* 3 Oct 2004 - [http://xltronic.com/mb/topic.php3?topic=65661 xltronic messageboard topic]
* 8 Oct 2004 - [http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/idm@hyperreal.org/42958.html idm-l post]

== Availability ==
* On 26 May 2026, two new lossless rips appeared on YouTube, courtesy of Niski and [[Samamdj]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnFKkqPctwU</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9hkUMVLYnI</ref>
** v1 ([https://archive.org/details/a-01_20260526_202605 lossless download]) is faster, bit quieter, ripped using a different deck, source for a rather obscure real audio leak from the early 00s that is audibly faster
** v2 ([https://archive.org/details/a-01_20260526/ lossless download]) is the source for nearly every other leak of [[R35TT]], but obviously lossless and without any post-processing like NR
* A rip can be downloaded at [http://rareboc.org rareboc.org].
* March 15th 2022 a new restoration by oliveoil22<ref>https://www.twoism.org/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=4843</ref> was posted on the [[Twoism_(messageboard)|Twoism]] forum.<ref>https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15027</ref>
** [[Random 35 Tracks Tape#Videos|YouTube video]]
** [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xJkkNJDCcWbs78uADHaQLi0HNfUnHllM?usp=sharing FLAC download]
* June 27th 2025 a new denoised version by alexw44 was posted on the subreddit.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1lm3b7o/using_modern_denoising_techniques_i_created_a/</ref><ref>https://archive.org/details/r35ttdenoise</ref>

==Tracks==
'''Important:''' Track titles and lengths are estimations; original listings are not available.''

'''Side A:'''
# "[[R35TT A01]]" – 1:22
# "[[R35TT A02]]" | "[[She Is P]]" – 2:12
# "[[R35TT A03]]" – 3:45
# "[[R35TT A04]]" – 0:50
# "[[R35TT A05]]" | "[[Finity]]" – 5:04
# "[[R35TT A06]]" – 4:57
# "[[R35TT A07]]" – 3:58
# "[[R35TT A08]]" – 6:34
# "[[R35TT A09]]" – 1:50
# "[[R35TT A10]]" – 2:59
# "[[R35TT A11]]" | "[[Blueberry]]" – 0:26
# "[[R35TT A12]]" – 2:59
# "[[R35TT A13]]" – 2:12
# "[[R35TT A14]]" – 1:46
# "[[R35TT A15]] | "[[I Will Get It Tattooed]]" – 1:05

'''Side B:'''
# "[[R35TT B01]]" – 1:29
# "[[R35TT B02]]" – 3:51
# "[[R35TT B03]] | "[[House Of Abin'adab]]" – 1:04
# "[[R35TT B04]]" – 4:26
# "[[R35TT B05]]" – 1:52
# "[[R35TT B06]]" – 0:23
# "[[R35TT B07]]" – 3:42
# "[[R35TT B08]]" – 0:57
# "[[R35TT B09]]" – 3:12
# "[[R35TT B10]]" | "[[The Smallest Weird Number]]" in reverse – 0:59
# "[[R35TT B11]]" – 3:31
# "[[R35TT B12]]" – 3:33
# "[[R35TT B13]]" | "[[Davie Addison]]" – 1:11
# "[[R35TT B14]]" – 3:15
# "[[R35TT B15]]" – 2:04
# "[[R35TT B16]]" – 2:21
# "[[R35TT B17]]" | "[[It's Too Orangey]]" – 0:19
# "[[R35TT B18]]" – 2:02
# "[[R35TT B19]]" – 1:23
# "[[R35TT B20]]" – 0:27

==Samples/Lyrics==
Side A:
* "[[Blueberry]]" is believed to be the name of the short vignette at the end of "[[Sixtyten]]" on ''[[Music has the Right to Children]]''.
* [[R35TT A06|Track 6]] contains a sample later used in "[[Seven Forty Seven]]", but slightly slower.
* [[R35TT A08|Track 8]] contains a sample from "[[June 9th]]" except much faster.

Side B:
* "[[It's Too Orangey]]" is believed to be the name of the vignette at the end of "[[Triangles and Rhombuses]]", also on ''[[Music has the Right to Children]]''.
* [[R35TT B10|Track 10]] is a reversed version of "[[The Smallest Weird Number]]", later released on "[[Geogaddi]]"

== Videos ==
=== Lossless ===
{{#widget:YouTube|id= fnFKkqPctwU}}{{#widget:YouTube|id= v9hkUMVLYnI}}

=== Lossy ===
{{#widget:YouTube|id= jr0AaoDq654}}
{{#widget:YouTube|id= CbVbTD_1dGk}}
{{#widget:YouTube|id=nMuNULvJRvg}}

==See also==
*[[Old Tunes saga]]
*[http://www.slsknet.org Soulseek]

== External links ==
* [https://archive.org/details/a-01_20260526_202605 May 26, 2026 lossless rip by Samamdj (v1)]
* [https://archive.org/details/a-01_20260526/ May 26, 2026 lossless rip by Samamdj (v2)]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20041112023647/http://boc.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/Unreleased/Rarities Wayback machine link of the XWiki page with detailed information on the initial leak]
* [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xJkkNJDCcWbs78uADHaQLi0HNfUnHllM?usp=sharing R35TT March 15th 2022 restoration by oliveoil FLAC download]
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1lm3b7o/using_modern_denoising_techniques_i_created_a/ R35TT June 27th 2025 Modern Denoise on Reddit by alexw44]
* [https://archive.org/details/r35ttdenoise R35TT June 27th 2025 Modern Denoise on Archive.org by alexw44]
* [https://www.instagram.com/r35tt_fanpage/ R35TT Fanpage on Instagram]

== References ==
<references />

[[Category:P2P Release]]
{{Nav-Releases}}

Random 35 Tracks Tape

2026-05-27T10:02:32Z

Niski: minor adjustments regarding the time of the tape's leak

{{Infobox Release|
| name=Random 35 Tracks Tape
| release_date=1995?
| format=Cassette
| label=(unknown)
| catno=N/A
| runtime=84:00
}}

[[Random 35 Tracks Tape]] (real name unknown) refers to a collection of 35 tracks leaked on P2P networks from 2000-2001, with with it reaching the majority of fans around September of 2004.
Unlike other "[[Old Tunes]]" tapes, the tracks are completely unlabeled; however, a few match known tracks from other sources, including commercial releases. No liner notes or tape scan have ever surfaced.

Despite its uncertain provenance, the tape is generally believed to be authentic.

==Background==
*''[[Random 35 Tracks Tape]]'' seems to be sourced from a cassette tape containing a (presumably) hand-selected set of pre-[[BoC Maxima]] tracks. The leaking of these tracks to P2P networks ([http://www.slsknet.org Soulseek], originally) provided much drama on [[WATMM]].
**All files are encoded as 320kbps MP3.
* For a long time, it was assumed that this tape was the missing ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 1]]'' (since ''[[A Few Old Tunes]]'' and ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 2]]'' were already known), although this was never confirmed. This was finally proven false when, on 8th August 2009, [[Twoism forum]] member dealer posted new photos of a cassette and liner notes showing that ''[[A Few Old Tunes]]'' and ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 1]]'' were, in fact, the same release.
*[[MDG]] has said that it is not known who compiled the tracks, calling it "a mystery, just a mixture".<ref>http://bocpages.org/wiki/Statements_from_Hexagon_Sun#September_2009</ref>
*Zoetrope, a user on radiomute.com, referred to not only the commonly known ''[[A Few Old Tunes]]'' and ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 2]]'', but also a third volume, which he appeared to refer to this leaked release as. Some also seem to believe that this is a 'Closes Vol. 2'.

== Discovery ==
These tracks appear to have first surfaced on [http://www.slsknet.org Soulseek] under various names, such as "random 35 tracks tape (rarities and the best of - not old tunes v1 or v2)" and "A Few Older Tunes Disc 1/Disc 2", reflecting the uncertainty of the collection's provenance. Early sightings include:
* 9 Sep 2004 - [http://community.livejournal.com/boardsofcanada/28808.html LiveJournal post]
* 3 Oct 2004 - [http://xltronic.com/mb/topic.php3?topic=65661 xltronic messageboard topic]
* 8 Oct 2004 - [http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/idm@hyperreal.org/42958.html idm-l post]

== Availability ==
* On 26 May 2026, two new lossless rips appeared on YouTube, courtesy of Niski and [[Samamdj]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnFKkqPctwU</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9hkUMVLYnI</ref>
** v1 ([https://archive.org/details/a-01_20260526_202605 lossless download]) is faster, bit quieter, ripped using a different deck, source for a rather obscure real audio leak from the early 00s that is audibly faster
** v2 ([https://archive.org/details/a-01_20260526/ lossless download]) is the source for nearly every other leak of [[R35TT]], but obviously lossless and without any post-processing like NR
* A rip can be downloaded at [http://rareboc.org rareboc.org].
* March 15th 2022 a new restoration by oliveoil22<ref>https://www.twoism.org/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=4843</ref> was posted on the [[Twoism_(messageboard)|Twoism]] forum.<ref>https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15027</ref>
** [[Random 35 Tracks Tape#Videos|YouTube video]]
** [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xJkkNJDCcWbs78uADHaQLi0HNfUnHllM?usp=sharing FLAC download]
* June 27th 2025 a new denoised version by alexw44 was posted on the subreddit.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1lm3b7o/using_modern_denoising_techniques_i_created_a/</ref><ref>https://archive.org/details/r35ttdenoise</ref>

==Tracks==
'''Important:''' Track titles and lengths are estimations; original listings are not available.''

'''Side A:'''
# "[[R35TT A01]]" – 1:22
# "[[R35TT A02]]" | "[[She Is P]]" – 2:12
# "[[R35TT A03]]" – 3:45
# "[[R35TT A04]]" – 0:50
# "[[R35TT A05]]" | "[[Finity]]" – 5:04
# "[[R35TT A06]]" – 4:57
# "[[R35TT A07]]" – 3:58
# "[[R35TT A08]]" – 6:34
# "[[R35TT A09]]" – 1:50
# "[[R35TT A10]]" – 2:59
# "[[R35TT A11]]" | "[[Blueberry]]" – 0:26
# "[[R35TT A12]]" – 2:59
# "[[R35TT A13]]" – 2:12
# "[[R35TT A14]]" – 1:46
# "[[R35TT A15]] | "[[I Will Get It Tattooed]]" – 1:05

'''Side B:'''
# "[[R35TT B01]]" – 1:29
# "[[R35TT B02]]" – 3:51
# "[[R35TT B03]] | "[[House Of Abin'adab]]" – 1:04
# "[[R35TT B04]]" – 4:26
# "[[R35TT B05]]" – 1:52
# "[[R35TT B06]]" – 0:23
# "[[R35TT B07]]" – 3:42
# "[[R35TT B08]]" – 0:57
# "[[R35TT B09]]" – 3:12
# "[[R35TT B10]]" | "[[The Smallest Weird Number]]" in reverse – 0:59
# "[[R35TT B11]]" – 3:31
# "[[R35TT B12]]" – 3:33
# "[[R35TT B13]]" | "[[Davie Addison]]" – 1:11
# "[[R35TT B14]]" – 3:15
# "[[R35TT B15]]" – 2:04
# "[[R35TT B16]]" – 2:21
# "[[R35TT B17]]" | "[[It's Too Orangey]]" – 0:19
# "[[R35TT B18]]" – 2:02
# "[[R35TT B19]]" – 1:23
# "[[R35TT B20]]" – 0:27

==Samples/Lyrics==
Side A:
* "[[Blueberry]]" is believed to be the name of the short vignette at the end of "[[Sixtyten]]" on ''[[Music has the Right to Children]]''.
* [[R35TT A06|Track 6]] contains a sample later used in "[[Seven Forty Seven]]", but slightly slower.
* [[R35TT A08|Track 8]] contains a sample from "[[June 9th]]" except much faster.

Side B:
* "[[It's Too Orangey]]" is believed to be the name of the vignette at the end of "[[Triangles and Rhombuses]]", also on ''[[Music has the Right to Children]]''.
* [[R35TT B10|Track 10]] is a reversed version of "[[The Smallest Weird Number]]", later released on "[[Geogaddi]]"

== Videos ==
=== Lossless ===
{{#widget:YouTube|id= fnFKkqPctwU}}{{#widget:YouTube|id= v9hkUMVLYnI}}

=== Lossy ===
{{#widget:YouTube|id= jr0AaoDq654}}
{{#widget:YouTube|id= CbVbTD_1dGk}}
{{#widget:YouTube|id=nMuNULvJRvg}}

==See also==
*[[Old Tunes saga]]
*[http://www.slsknet.org Soulseek]

== External links ==
* [https://archive.org/details/a-01_20260526_202605 May 26, 2026 lossless rip by Samamdj (v1)]
* [https://archive.org/details/a-01_20260526/ May 26, 2026 lossless rip by Samamdj (v2)]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20041112023647/http://boc.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/Unreleased/Rarities Wayback machine link of the XWiki page with detailed information on the initial leak]
* [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xJkkNJDCcWbs78uADHaQLi0HNfUnHllM?usp=sharing R35TT March 15th 2022 restoration by oliveoil FLAC download]
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1lm3b7o/using_modern_denoising_techniques_i_created_a/ R35TT June 27th 2025 Modern Denoise on Reddit by alexw44]
* [https://archive.org/details/r35ttdenoise R35TT June 27th 2025 Modern Denoise on Archive.org by alexw44]
* [https://www.instagram.com/r35tt_fanpage/ R35TT Fanpage on Instagram]

== References ==
<references />

[[Category:P2P Release]]
{{Nav-Releases}}

2026 Promo Campaign

2026-04-09T18:29:03Z

Niski: tape 20

[[Boards of Canada]] appear to be teasing a return, after fans began sharing footage of mysterious [[VHS Tape Mailings#Timeline|VHS tapes]] allegedly sent through distribution channels linked to [[Warp Records]] and its retail arm [[Bleep.com|Bleep]].<ref>https://nl.ra.co/news/84925</ref>

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== Timeline ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! tape !! received !! region !! owner !! original post !! direct rip !! recordings !! notes
|-
| 1 || 2026-04-06 || ntsc || [https://www.discogs.com/user/dremstat dremstat] || [https://www.discogs.com/release/36993321-Boards-Of-Canada-Untitled discogs] || || ||
|-
| 2 || 2026-04-06 || ntsc || [https://www.reddit.com/user/geraldine_ferrari/ geraldine_ferrari] || [https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1seco40/boards_of_canada_promo_vhs_as_requested/ reddit] || [https://drive.proton.me/urls/ZMWXAB4W20#sQQb5x8wsfXA proton drive] || [https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1seza3q/promo_video_as_promised/ reddit] ||
|-
| 3 || 2026-04-06 || ntsc || [https://www.reddit.com/user/tomistomorrow/ tomistomorrow] || [https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1seftbt/another_mysterious_transmission_artifact/ reddit] || || [https://youtu.be/Ys-nScEuYHQ?si=its6CFnCY4tz5Xs3 youtube] ||
|-
| 4 || 2026-04-06 || ntsc || [https://www.reddit.com/user/dandelion1969/ dandelion1969] || [https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1segl04/corrected_post_i_am_the_2nd_tape_mentioned_in_the/ reddit] || [https://drive.proton.me/urls/A7EE4Z8GF0#2aZYfk2ilz8S proton drive] || [https://youtu.be/o4sjDZ2sGwg?si=8B8AMeVzqjZZbXeM youtube] ||
|-
| 5 || 2026-04-07 || pal || [https://discogs.com/user/mpstewart/reviews?header=1 mpstewart] || [https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1setcd4/comment/of2sv4u/ reddit] || || ||
|-
| 6 || 2026-04-07 || pal || [https://www.instagram.com/magicwirelone Lone] || [https://www.instagram.com/p/DW342qsCCeV/ instagram] || || ||
|-
| 7 || 2026-04-07 || pal || [https://twitter.com/nalaknip nalaknip] || [https://x.com/nalaknip/status/2041530076680827262 twitter] || || ||
|-
| 8 || 2026-04-07 || ntsc || [https://www.reddit.com/user/Stagliaf/ Stagliaf] || [https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1sf0ucv/heres_mine/ reddit] || || [https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1sge585/ustagliaf_vhs_tape/ reddit] ||
|-
| 9 || 2026-04-07 || pal || [https://www.reddit.com/user/subtopia-north/ subtopia_north] || [https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1sf48pe/received_a_pal_tape/ reddit] || || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOAKvKx6YDw youtube (audio only)] || longer tape
|-
| 10 || 2026-04-07 || ntsc || [https://www.reddit.com/user/zazen23/ zazen23] || [https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1sf5f9a/i_got_a_tape/ reddit] || [https://drive.proton.me/urls/SSABKCYCNR#U9AsjlIfXckb proton drive] || [https://youtu.be/IKlgCQNaakI youtube] ||
|-
| 11 || 2026-04-07 || ntsc || [https://www.reddit.com/user/erkston/ erkston] || [https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1sf8ss1/just_checked_the_mail_ntsc_eastern_us/ reddit] || || ||
|-
| 12 || 2026-04-07 || ntsc || [https://www.reddit.com/user/Hexagon_Sun33/ Hexagon_sun33] || [https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1sf9e6e/i_got_one_literally_shaking_right_now/ reddit] || || ||
|-
| 13 || 2026-04-07 || ntsc || [[TMW|plastiq]] || [[TMW|tmw]] || || ||
|-
| 14 || 2026-04-07 || ntsc || [https://www.discogs.com/user/errorsinspace/collection?header=1 errorsinspace] || n/a || || ||
|-
| 15 || 2026-04-07 || pal || [https://www.facebook.com/simonlamb71 simon lamb] || [https://www.facebook.com/groups/2204595322/?multi_permalinks=10174835202240323&hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen facebook group] || || || longer tape
|-
| 16 || 2026-04-07 || pal || [https://www.instagram.com/jonathan_stephens_ jonathan stephens] || [https://www.instagram.com/p/DW1gOSEjbnG/ instagram] || || ||
|-
| 17 || 2026-04-07 || ntsc || [https://www.twoism.org/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=3189 Skyraider] || [https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=326239#p326239 twoism forum] || || ||
|-
| 18 || 2026-04-08 || ntsc || [https://www.reddit.com/user/ecassell/ ecassell] || [https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1sgb8h7/ntsc_tape_received/ reddit] || || || longer tape, will be digitised soon
|-
| 19 || 2026-04-08 || pal || [https://www.reddit.com/user/auldgoggie/ auldgoggie] || [https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1sgszo8/8_apr_2026_vhs_tape_pal_delivered_scotland/ reddit] || || ||
|-
| 20 || 2026-04-09 || ntsc || [https://www.reddit.com/user/saintsantiago6010/ saintsantiago6010] || [https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1sgxqq3/add_it_to_the_tracker_omg/ reddit] || || ||
|}

== Analysis ==
* Moody Bible Institute AD is the Audio on VHS (2026-04-07) ([https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1sfbprj/moody_bible_institute_ad_is_the_audio_on_vhs/ reddit])
<blockquote>
I posted this in a thread earlier today about the isolated vocal track, but wanted to add some new details. I'm almost certain this audio is an ad for Moody Monthly Magazine which was a publication of Moody Bible Institute (a private Christian bible school based in Chicago) that stopped publishing around 1991.

The beginning of the vocal mentions a monthly magazine, then after talking about a "free hexagonal flexi disc", it says it "features a recording from the MBI Institute", which, when you google that, comes up as Moody Bible Institute.

At the end, the voice says "all for $2.95". I looked for copies of Moody Monthly on EBay and from 1989-91, the magazine cost...$2.95! You can find most of the issues from those years on Ebay but none of the few photos that I saw mention a special flexi disc. [https://www.ebay.com/shop/moody-monthly-magazine?_nkw=moody+monthly+magazine]

The school has a pretty vast archive library, so I called them today to see if they might know about the flexi disc in the magazine. The person I spoke with didn't but mentioned the head archivist was out today. If you happen to live in Chicago, you can schedule an appointment to visit the library and check!

Moody has a radio station that is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year<ref>https://www.moodyradio.org/landing-pages/100-years/</ref><ref>https://www.moodyradio.org/stations/chicago?appeal=GAW&opti_ca=12032419815&opti_ag=121707183968&opti_ad=490700854979&opti_key=kwd-890658849097&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=12032419815</ref>

I'm guessing the audio is from an ad for the magazine that aired on the radio station at some point between 1989 and 91.

I also have this theory that the VHS copies aren't just about a new release, but maybe a "golden ticket" to an exclusive live event that the recipients will get tickets to if they can somehow decode info on the VHS.

</blockquote>

* Jim & Tammy Faye Bakker in VHS footage (2026-04-08) ([https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1sg7yo4/jim_tammy_faye_bakker_in_vhs_footage/ reddit])
<blockquote>
American televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker with her husband Jim Bakker. They were prominent figures in the 1980s, building the religious television empire known as "The PTL Club" (Praise the Lord). The couple's public image and empire collapsed following scandals related to financial fraud and sexual misconduct in 1987.
</blockquote>

* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15pcasHU6WPJKq_cZCui8X0h31YFaW-jTgMoXIOi_06I/edit?gid=1463575439#gid=1463575439 Spreadsheet for VHS Observations] (2026-04-09) ([https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1sglp44/spreadsheet_for_vhs_observations/ reddit])
<blockquote>
This sheet segregates every frame into "scenes", which is anytime the visual changes substantially (whether its 1 frame or 100 frames). Descriptions are kept as objective and abstract as possible unless we can reasonably confirm whats being shown. Notes are reflexive first impressions. Origin will ideally be urls of source material. Shoutout to the person here who zipped every frame into jpegs.
</blockquote>

== Pictures ==
Possible official Promo - NTSC/PAL Cassette Tapes with Black Matte paper casing. 7 Hexagons screened in white on top of VHS tape with white NTSC/PAL sticker. No other markings.<ref>https://www.discogs.com/release/36993321-Boards-Of-Canada-2026-VHS-Promo%20Tape%201</ref> It should be noted that on the mailing label, ''Ochre'', in the sender's name, '''Ochre Logistics Limited''', is a type of orange coloring. Orange is a well-known color reference in [[Boards of Canada]]'s [[Discography|discography]]. However, Ochre is also the name of the platform Bleep runs on, and it is likely the tapes come from Bleep. It has been speculated that the 2025 BoC merch on Bleep was used to collect the postal addresses of the best people to send the tapes to.

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== Videos ==
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== See Also ==
* [[LP5]]
* [[Discography]]

== External Links ==
=== Articles ===
* [https://www.clashmusic.com/news/boards-of-canada-seem-to-be-teasing-something/ Clash Magazine]
* [https://djmag.com/news/boards-of-canada-seem-tease-return-cryptic-vhs-tapes DJ Mag]
* [https://electronicgroove.com/boards-of-canada-spark-return-rumors-with-vhs-tapes/ Electronic Groove]
* [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/are-boards-of-canada-teasing-a-comeback Exclaim!]
* [https://gizmodo.com/mysterious-vhs-tapes-may-herald-the-release-of-a-new-boards-of-canada-project-2000743529 Gizmodo]
* [https://happymag.tv/boards-of-canada-vhs-tapes/ Happy Mag]
* [https://nl.ra.co/news/84925 Resident Advisor]
* [https://stereogum.com/2495125/boards-of-canada-mail-mysterious-vhs-to-fans/news Stereogum]
* [https://theneedledrop.com/news/mysterious-vhs-tapes-seemingly-point-to-the-return-of-scottish-duo-boards-of-canada/ The Needle Drop]

=== Sources ===
* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ii28iwAO_LyBFS0dvydlEsYY2X-twAb_qh3npv5v_6Q/edit?gid=0#gid=0 BOC VHS Tracker on Google Sheets]
* [https://discord.com/channels/892416167703113739/1490871015474073822 BOCC TAPE TRACCRR on TMW Discord]
* [https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15631| General New Release Speculation Topic Part II on Twoism forum]
* [https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15965 Mystery VHS Tape Transcription on Twoism forum]
* [https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=14811| News & Findings on Twoism forum]
* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15pcasHU6WPJKq_cZCui8X0h31YFaW-jTgMoXIOi_06I/edit?gid=1463575439#gid=1463575439 Spreadsheet for VHS Observations]

== References==
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Boc Maxima (release)

2026-04-05T17:54:03Z

Niski: undo as per: these tracklengths are official and provided by boc via their old website

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| release_date=1996
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| catno=THS017
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Limited to fifty copies, pressed on both cassette and CD formats, the tracks on ''[[Boc Maxima (release)|Boc Maxima]]'' range from previously released material to songs which to this day have yet to see wide re-release. Many of the tracks featured on this release would later be chosen for the track listing of ''[[Music Has The Right To Children]]'', though with some differences (notably on "[[One Very Important Thought]]".)

__TOC__

==Availability==
* [[Old Tunes saga#2026|Old Tunes saga]]

== Tracks ==
[[Image:Bocmaxima-scan-by-dealer.jpg|thumb|300px|right]]
# "[[Wildlife Analysis]]" – 1:37
# "[[Chinook]]" – 4:39
# "[[Rodox Video]]" – 0:33
# "[[Everything You Do Is A Balloon]]" – 6:58
# "[[Boc Maxima (song)|Boc Maxima]]" – 1:36
# "[[Roygbiv]]" – 2:23
# "[[Nova Scotia Robots]]" – 1:21
# "[[June 9th]]" – 5:15
# "[[Niagara]]" – 0:51
# "[[Skimming Stones]]" – 2:06
# "[[Sixtyniner]]" – 5:07
# "[[Red Moss]]" – 6:22
# "[[Concourse]]" – 1:41
# "[[Carcan]]" – 1:48
# "[[Nlogax]]" – 5:12
# "[[M9]]" – 3:40
# "[[Original Nlogax]]" – 1:09
# "[[Turquoise Hexagon Sun]]" – 5:06
# "[[Whitewater]]" – 6:09
# "[[One Very Important Thought]]" – 1:05

== Trivia ==
* This release was broadcasted in full on France's ''[[Helter Skelter (radio programme)|Helter Skelter's radio programme]]'' in 2002.

* "[[Wildlife Analysis]]", "[[Boc Maxima]]", "[[Roygbiv]]", "[[Turquoise Hexagon Sun]]" and a re-recorded "[[One Very Important Thought]]" later appeared on ''[[Music Has the Right to Children]]''. "[[Everything You Do Is A Balloon]]", "[[June 9th]]", "[[Nlogax]]" and "[[Turquoise Hexagon Sun]]" also appear on ''[[Hi Scores (release)|Hi Scores]]''. "[[Rodox Video]]", "[[Nova Scotia Robots]]", "[[Skimming Stones]]", "[[Carcan]]", "[[M9]]" and "[[Original Nlogax]]" appeared on ''[[A Few Old Tunes]]'' (albeit in slightly different forms). A longer version of "[[Chinook]]" appears on the ''[[Aquarius (release)|Aquarius]]'' single.

* At 5:17, the version of "[[Sixtyniner]]" that appears is shorter than the version on the original ''[[Twoism (release)|Twoism]]'' release. However, when ''[[Twoism (release)|Twoism]]'' was publicly released in 2002, this 5:17 version was used instead.

* "[[Niagara]]", "[[Red Moss]]", "[[Concourse]]" and "[[Whitewater]]" are exclusive to this release.

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== Videos ==
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== See Also ==
* [[Old Tunes saga]]

== External Links ==
* http://www.discogs.com/Boards-Of-Canada-Boc-Maxima/master/1875
* http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5756
* https://rareboc.org

[[Category:P2P Release]]
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Old Tunes saga

2026-01-31T22:13:29Z

Niski: fixed year

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== Timeline ==
=== 2026 ===

==== New Tape Rips ====
The ''[[Boc Maxima]]'', ''[[A Few Old Tunes]]'', and ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 2]]'' have been ripped by [[Old Tunes saga#Samamdj|samamdj]] in January 2026.

===== Boc Maxima (1996) =====
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===== A Few Old Tunes (1996) =====
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===== Old Tunes Vol. 2 (1996) =====
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=== 2025 ===

==== Some Old Tunes (1985-1996) ====
* On December 24th 2025, a video was uploaded by [[Twoism (forum)|Twoism]] user babylulu containing high quality versions of 11 tracks from [[Old Tunes Vol. 1]] and [[Old Tunes Vol. 2|Vol. 2]].<ref>https://youtu.be/9S7cVCFUqE8</ref> The original source of these tracks is an anonymous contact of babylulu.<ref> https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15880 </ref> Although their provenance is uncertain they are generally believed to be legitimate.

'''Tracklist'''

# "[[Spectrum]]"
# "[[Finity]]"
# "[[Carcan]]"
# "[[I Will Get It Tattooed]]"
# "[[Sequoia]]"
# "[[5.9.78]]"
# "[[Bmx Track|BMX Track]]"
# "[[Hiscroes]]"
# "[[Alpha Rainbow]]"
# "[[Northern Plastics]]"
# "[[I Love My New Shears]]"

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==== Sale of Mike Paradinas' tapes ====
* In December 2025, it became clear that the following three tapes belonging to [[wikipedia:Mike Paradinas|Mike Paradinas]]: [[A Few Old Tunes]], [[Old Tunes Vol. 2]], and [[BoC Maxima]], were sold for a considerable amount<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1pd773j/comment/ns2voe8/</ref> to a Reddit user, FutMob1le<ref>https://www.reddit.com/user/FutMob1le/</ref>, whose account has since been closed.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1pd773j/thank_you_mike/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/video/qg8fmemc715g1</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/video/i6ekibztf85g1</ref>. The rare [[BoC]] tapes that surfaced have been confirmed as real by [[wikipedia:Mike Paradinas|Mike Paradinas]].<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1pdddg7/the_rare_boc_tapes_that_surfaced_here_have_been/</ref> The user is also known as [https://www.twoism.org/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=6133 Samamdj] on [[Twoism (forum)]] where he posted about the authenticity of a [[BoC Maxima]] tape early November 2025.<ref>https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15847</ref>

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==== Photocopied Fakes ====
On May 14th, 2025, [[wikipedia:Mike Paradinas|Mike Paradinas]] confirmed in an AMA that the supposed 2013 destroying of the tapes was done on photopcopied fakes and not the genuine copies in response to a question regarding the background music used in the videos:

* Sat 14th of May, 13:46 PM GMT+2<ref>https://forum.keyosc.com/topic/639-aµa-ask-µ-ziq-anything/page/4/#findComment-14243</ref>
<blockquote>
It's a [[BOC|boards]]-alike tune I created for the video. We didn't even destroy the tapes, I still have them, we just made photocopies and destroyed the fakes lol. It was a fun day. And no I don't know who Steinvord is.
</blockquote>

=== 2013 ===
The first of June 2013 the original tapes of [[Old Tunes Vol. 2]], [[A Few Old Tunes]] and [[BoC Maxima]] surfaced on eBay. <ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10732</ref> They are being sold with their starting bids set respectively at £999.00 <ref>http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-Original-Boards-Of-Canada-OLD-TUNES-VOl-2-cassette-1996-Music70-/111086979586?pt=UK_Music_Cassettes_GL&hash=item19dd4cca02</ref>, £999.00 <ref>http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-Original-Boards-Of-Canada-A-FEW-OLD-TUNES-cassette-1996-Music70-/111086974522?pt=UK_Music_Cassettes_GL&hash=item19dd4cb63a</ref> and £99.00 <ref>http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-ORIGINAL-Boards-Of-Canada-BOC-MAXIMA-cassette-1996-Music70-/111086954530?pt=UK_Music_Cassettes_GL&hash=item19dd4c6822</ref>.

Lara Rix-Martin,[[wikipedia:Planet Mu|Planet Mu]] label owner [[wikipedia:Mike Paradinas|Mike Paradinas]]' wife <ref>http://www.factmag.com/2013/03/01/mike-paradinas-and-lara-rix-martin-on-heterotic-the-early-days-of-%C2%B5-ziq-and-the-ascent-of-planet-mu/</ref>, also known as [http://forum.watmm.com/user/9352-rixxx/ rixxx] on [[WATMM]] posted :
* Sat 1st of June, 04:41 PM GMT+2 <ref>http://forum.watmm.com/topic/79122-boc-old-tunes-1-2-boc-maxima-orig-twosim-etc/?p=2014748</ref><ref><img src="http://i.imgur.com/z9XAL68.jpg" width="700px"></ref>
<blockquote>
oh get over yourselves, we've got a baby coming a mortgage to pay and what use are they sitting on a shelf? There's more than 10,000 records in this house I'm sure a couple aren't going to be missed.
</blockquote>

* Sat 1st of June, 07:10 PM GMT+2 <ref>http://forum.watmm.com/topic/79122-boc-old-tunes-1-2-boc-maxima-orig-twosim-etc/#entry2014810</ref><ref><img src="http://i.imgur.com/BUt8GMW.jpg" width="700px"></ref>
<blockquote>
We aren't rolling around in our own mess, but there's no point in us having these items at a time when we need to focus on sorting our finances out (I'm not going to be able to work for a while etc). Mike does have other unreleased stuff but he wont sell those because they havent been out there in the public domain, these tunes have been knocking about for years and people are well aware of them so it's not like they are being leaked.
 
It seems to me people are more pissed off with the price that some of the bids are starting from (even though it would have got to that by now?) rather than the fact we are selling them.
</blockquote>

4th of June: Apparently all three auctions were canceled. "This listing was ended by the seller because the item is no longer available." <ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=205348#205348</ref><ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=205357#205357</ref>

* Tue 3rd of June, 11:39 PM GMT+2 <ref>http://forum.watmm.com/topic/79122-boc-old-tunes-1-2-boc-maxima-orig-twosim-etc/page-21#entry2017605</ref><ref><img src="http://i.imgur.com/zbiHOrv.jpg" width="700px"></ref>
<blockquote>
The tapes have now been exchanged privately to a undisclosed seller. All three tapes are now not available.
</blockquote>

* Tue 4th of June, 12:11 AM GMT+2 <ref>http://forum.watmm.com/topic/79122-boc-old-tunes-1-2-boc-maxima-orig-twosim-etc/page-22#entry2017649</ref><ref><img src="http://i.imgur.com/p49gZju.jpg" width="700px"></ref>
<blockquote>
No one from related labels or BoC contacted us about any of the tapes.
</blockquote>

==== Destroying of Mike Paradinas' Tapes ====
Note: This has been confirmed to have been done on photocopied fakes as of May 14th, 2025 and the actual tapes have not been damaged in any way, see https://forum.keyosc.com/topic/639-aµa-ask-µ-ziq-anything/page/4/#findComment-14243

source: http://forum.watmm.com/topic/79520-oldtunesdestroyed/

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==== eBay ====
* [http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-Original-Boards-Of-Canada-A-FEW-OLD-TUNES-cassette-1996-Music70-/111086974522?pt=UK_Music_Cassettes_GL&hash=item19dd4cb63a RARE Original Boards Of Canada 'A FEW OLD TUNES' cassette 1996 Music70]
* [http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-Original-Boards-Of-Canada-OLD-TUNES-VOl-2-cassette-1996-Music70-/111086979586?pt=UK_Music_Cassettes_GL&hash=item19dd4cca02 RARE Original Boards Of Canada 'OLD TUNES VOL 2' cassette 1996 Music70]
* [http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-ORIGINAL-Boards-Of-Canada-BOC-MAXIMA-cassette-1996-Music70-/111086954530?pt=UK_Music_Cassettes_GL&hash=item19dd4c6822 RARE ORIGINAL Boards Of Canada BOC MAXIMA cassette 1996 Music70]

=== 2011 ===
In 2011, posts appeared on the review page for the [[A Few Old Tunes]] release on [discogs.com discogs.com], claiming to be by recipients of the original cassette tapes from [[Mike]] and [[Marcus|Marcus Sandison]]. [[http://www.discogs.com/reviews/list?release=690476]]
<blockquote>"This might not be the strongest evidence of its 'authenticity', but a producer-friend of mine from the UK once received a copy directly from [[Mike]] & [[Marcus]]. At some point a girlfriend of his stole it and it made its way onto eBay via her new partner. I don't remember whether he ever got it back or not... since he was an old friend of the duo (and not one of us fanboys!) it didn't really matter to him that much if I recall correctly." - originalnlogax, Jan 18, 2011</blockquote>

<blockquote>To wind up the authenticity issues, yes, myself and another producer received old tunes one and 2 as christmas presents from Mike and Marcus, and we made copies of each one, so we had a cassette of both each.

The images that were seen on the now slightly legendary $900 Ebay auction were of my 1 original and a copy, with my handwriting in blue paint pen.

The stories vary from the wildy inaccurate to the half true, how the tapes wound up on EBAY.

Here`s what happened.

While living in the USA, I used to visit my then girlfriend,a known ex moderator of the WATMM forum, Joanna Balsamo, AKA octavekitten in south florida, and after breaking up with her, she agreed to send back my belongings I had left at her house including the 2 OLD TUNES cassettes. I never recieved the package.

I was told it was lost in the mail with no tracking or return address.

Having no way of the tapes ever being returned to sender with no tracking info etc, they strangely then found their way into the hands of her next live -in boyfriend, who, after being told she was leaving town without him, tried to auction them off on Ebay to get rid of `parts of a past life` or some other post break up catharsis.

Ms. Balsamo never re-appeared on [[WATMM|WATMM forum]] to attempt to clear her name, and proceeded to reinvent herself a scenester in an unrelated music genre in another city. this procedure of bailing and reinvention is a repeating pattern with Ms. B as drama is a forte of hers according to numerous victims.

I was told the tapes that had been seen on ebay were copies of the originals and were not my property, but the large photographs that the auctioneer had posted in loving detail showing handwriting on the copied cassette, in blue paint pen proved this to be untrue.

The intervening party that got them off ebay was myself, and possibly [[BOC]], I intervened simply out of respect for [[BOC]] having an item given in trust to someone ending up being ausctioned for an extortionate amount of money.

The guy in question to my knowledge, still has them.. I called him at work once, he said hed send them back, but never did.

Hopefully that will finally clear up the story. - datathief, Jul 12, 2011</blockquote>

=== 2005 ===
[[Hexagon_Sun_Official]] posted the following on [[WATMM]] on February 15, 2005, in response to the (subsequently cancelled) auction of original [[Old Tunes]] tapes on ebay by [[Prince Murat]];
<blockquote>
OK The reason it was jumped on was this: [[Warp]] and [[BOC]] have been in talks for a long while about putting out a box set of old tracks from these tapes and others, with new packaging and art, to be released sometime after the forthcoming record. The tapes were private comps given out to close friends a few years ago, long before the band imagined there would be this kind of interest, and long before the likes of Soulseek etc existed. The tracks are out there now, nothing can be done about that, they've been circulating for a while and fans have them, so the decision was taken to at least consider tidying them up and repackaging them with decent exclusive artwork & more rarities. BOC never wanted these tracks presented this way, mislabelled and as poor-quality MP3 files. There's no 'hype', these comps were never listed on any old discogs as they were never intended for mass release in the first place. Now the intention is still to get round to scheduling a release of these tunes and other rare comps, but unscrupulous people like '[[Prince Murat|prince murat]]' are obviously stealing the thunder of the proposed releases, whilst trying to make a tidy profit in the process (a starting price of $799 speaks volumes about 'prince murat's true intentions. who is trying to profit from hype here? if any money is going to be involved, surely the artist who wrote those tracks should be receiving the royalties, and not this person? there's no difference between this kind of profiteering and someone trying to sell a bootleg CDR of Beck's new album months prior to release.) Anyway, now you know, we hope the intervention hasn't caused too much negative feeling, after all the concern that [[Warp]] and [[BOC]] have is that basically it's going to spoil the impact of a nice release that hopefully will be enjoyed by the fans. -[[mark]], [[Hexagon Sun|hs]]
</blockquote>

==Verified Tape Owners==
===Sean Booth===
Member of [[Autechre]], given copies of ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 1]]'', ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 2|Vol. 2]]'', and ''[[Boc Maxima (release)|Boc Maxima]]'' by [[Boards of Canada]] as gifts, as well as "some [[Hell Interface]] tapes". He also received a tape of [[Boards of Canada]]'s unreleased cover of [[Autechre]]'s track "[[Autechre - Cichli (Boards of Canada Cover)|Cichli]]" at some point, as well as an original copy of ''[[Twoism (release)|Twoism]]'' from the [[Boards of Canada]] in 1995. It is presumed that Sean Booth is still in possession of all this material.

===Mike Paradinas===
[[wikipedia:Mike_Paradinas|Mike Paradinas]], also known as μ-Ziq, was given copies of the tapes ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 1]]'', ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 2|Vol. 2]]'', and ''[[Boc Maxima (release)|Boc Maxima]]'', as well as the ''[[Twoism (release)|Twoism]]'' EP around 1996. In 2013 he filmed a video where he pretended to destroy the Old Tunes tapes. These tapes, as well as his copy of ''[[Boc Maxima (release)|Boc Maxima]]'', were later sold to samamdj (see below) in 2025.

===Datathief===
His copies of ''[[A Few Old Tunes]]'' and ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 2]]'' have been stolen by [[Prince Murat]] and eBay in 2005.

===Prince Murat===
He stole [[Datathief|datathief]]'s tapes of ''[[A Few Old Tunes]]'' and ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 2]]'', and sold them on eBay

===Samamdj===
He spent 5000 pounds on [[Mike Paradinas]]' tapes and actually delivered [[Old Tunes saga#New Tape Rips|studio rips]] of them.

==See Also==
* [[A Few Old Tunes]]
* [[Old Tunes Vol. 2]]
* [[BoC Maxima]]
* [[WATMM]]
* Third post by [[MDG]] in this section: [[Statements_from_Hexagon_Sun#August_2008]]

== External Links ==
* [[wikipedia:Mike Paradinas|Mike Paradinas]]
* regarding that ebay BOC old tunes tape ({{iarchive|http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=15871}})
* http://www.planet.mu/artists/heterotic
* https://www.facebook.com/pages/Heterotic/138367089545225
* http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10732
* http://forum.watmm.com/topic/79122-boc-old-tunes-1-2-boc-maxima-orig-twosim-etc/
* https://soundcloud.com/heterotic
* https://rareboc.org

== References ==
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=== Boc Maxima ===
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Old Tunes Vol. 1

2026-01-11T19:02:46Z

Niski: added info about the catalog number's source

{{Infobox Release|
| cover=Afot.gif
| name=Old Tunes Vol. 1 \ A Few Old Tunes
| release_date=1996
| format=Cassette
| label=Music70
| catno=CANCAS001<ref>https://watmm-archive.com/t/8132/2 . The only semi-credible source for CANCAS001 being the catalog number of this cassette has been Joyrex's own words from 2006 - no physical copy of the tape has ever had any indication of a catalog number, nor any official statement from Hexagon Sun was made in that regard.</ref>
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[[Old Tunes Vol. 1]], also known as '''A Few Old Tunes''', is one of two known cassette tape compilations produced by [[Boards of Canada]] in 1996. Along with its counterpart ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 2]]'', it was self-released under [[Boards of Canada]]'s [[Music70]] label and distributed to the band's friends and family. Notable recipients of the tapes include Sean Booth of [[Autechre]], and [[Wikipedia:Mike_Paradinas|Mike Paradinas]]. The tapes came to wider attention in the early 2000s when they leaked onto peer-to-peer file-sharing networks such as [[Wikipedia:Soulseek|Soulseek]], and are now widely available on sites like [[Wikipedia:YouTube|YouTube]].

==Background==
*''[[A Few Old Tunes]]'' seems to be sourced from a cassette tape containing a (presumably) hand-selected set of pre-''[[BoC Maxima]]'' tracks. The leaking of these tracks to p2p networks ([[wikipedia:Soulseek|Soulseek]], originally) provided much drama on [[WATMM]].
* Commonly referred to as ''[[A Few Old Tunes]]'', due to its label; however, according to the [[Twoism forum]] user dealer, who posted new photos of the cassette and liner notes, it is also the true ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 1]]'' (and not [[Random_35_Tracks_Tape|the tape previously assumed to be OTV1]]). But, on the other hand, the [[WATMM|WATMM forum]] user phaelam posted new scans from a different angle which depict ''[[A Few Old Tunes]]'' as the cover and the cassette label. This leads to believe [[Boards of Canada]] used two different labelings for the very same cassette. See the two conflicting [[Old_Tunes_Vol._1#Artwork|scans]] below.

== Availability ==
* A rip can be downloaded at [http://rareboc.org rareboc.org].

==Cover==
* According to KToiBalToi: "the girl on the cover of "a few old tunes" is Louise Campbell, the younger sister of [[Peter Iain Campbell|(Peter) Iain Campbell]] who has worked with them on other art projects. I think it was taken as a still from an old family video."<ref>http://medlibrary.org/medwiki/Talk:Old_Tunes</ref>
** The image is also used on the cover of ''[[Hi Scores (release)|Hi Scores]]''.

==Samples/Lyrics==
*A sample from the adult film [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128647/ "Summer of '72"] in [[P:C:]].
*Large chunks of the [[wikipedia:Colonel Abrams|Colonel Abrams]] song "Trapped" in "[[Trapped]]".
*A sample from an advertisement for a cleaning product in [[Devil]].
*A sample from the British game show [[wikipedia:Blockbusters (game show)|Blockbusters]] in [[Blockbusters|the song of the same name]].
*"[[The Way You Show]]" contains a loop sampled from "[[wikipedia:Celebration (song)|Celebration]]" by [[wikipedia:Kool & the Gang|Kool & the Gang]].

==Tracks==

'''Side A:'''
# "[[Spectrum]]" – 2:19
# "[[Light, Clear Hair]]" – 0:41
# "[[P:C:]]" – 0:48
# "[[Trapped]]" – 3:52
# "[[Rodox Video]]" – 1:19
# "[[Happy Cycling]]" – 1:49
# "[[House Of Abin'adab]]" – 1:55
# "[[Finity]]" – 5:00
# "[[Forest Moon]]" – 6:35
# "[[Skimming Stones]]" – 2:12
# "[[Carcan]]" – 1:50
# "[[Devil]]" – 0:14
# "[[Mansel]]" – 5:36
# "[[She Is P]]" – 1:42
# "[[Davie Addison]]" – 1:15

'''Side B:'''
# "[[Sac]]" – 1:23
# "[[Blockbusters]]" – 0:40
# "[[I Will Get It Tattooed]]" – 1:37
# "[[The Way You Show]]" – 2:56
# "[[I Love U]]" – 1:41
# "[[King Of Carnival]]" – 4:18
# "[[M9]]" – 3:32
# "[[Original Nlogax]]" – 1:11
# "[[Sequoia]]" – 4:49
# "[[Boqurant]]" – 1:43
# "[[5.9.78]]" – 4:14
# "[[Wendy Miller]]" – 0:32
# "[[Paul Russell's Piece]]" – 0:53
# "[[Up The March Bank]]" – 3:24
# "[[Nova Scotia Robots]]" – 1:47

==Liner Notes==

* On Front Cover:

30 Fabulous Tracks 
boards of canada 
A Few Old Tunes

* On outer flap:

PHASE 5 STEREO SPECTACULAR 
©MUSIC70 1996 all rights 
reserved no unauthorized copying, lending, 
hiring, or broadcasting of this recorded work. 
made in england

* Above track listing:

Frazer Clarke played on 
Happy Cycling 
Thanks Music70 gang 
esp. Simon Yuill, Iain, 
Chris Horne

* Right of track listing:

All 
live drums by Mike 
Thanks Jimbo 
Mostly recorded between 
1991-1995. Everything 
by Mike+Marcus except: 
'Trapped' contains sample of Colonol Abrams 
'Devil" contains sample of Dirt Devil commercial 
'Blockbusters' contains sample of 'Blockbusters' 
'The Way You Show' contains sample of Kool + The Gang

* Below track listing:

©MUSIC70 
Photo by Iain PIC from film by Iain

== Videos ==
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==References==
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==See also==
*[[Old Tunes saga]]
*[[Prince Murat]]
*[http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5756 Info about the new scan]
*[http://www.discogs.com/Boards-Of-Canada-A-Few-Old-Tunes/release/690476 Discogs]

==Artwork ==

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R35TT A14

2026-01-11T18:41:19Z

Niski: cleanup - R35TT, and in particular this track had been leaked at least a year prior to the file's circulation in 2002, making the "godever" speculation invalid and potentially misleading.

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| name=R35TT A14
| runtime=1:48 (1 second overlap with [[R35TT A13]], 2 second overlap with [[I Will Get It Tattooed]])
| appearson=[[Random 35 Tracks Tape]]}}

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== Samples / Lyrics ==
*This track features use of the "ocarina" sample from Ensoniq's series of VFX keyboards which include the VFX,VFX-SD, and SD-1.<ref>https://soundcloud.com/user-173148214/a14-ocarina-wave-sample/s-BBbPKhjdZR4</ref> The first of these synthesizers, the Ensoniq VFX, was released in 1989.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensoniq_VFX</ref>

== Trivia ==

== Videos ==
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== External links==

== References ==
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[[Category:Random 35 Tracks Tape tracks]]

Random 35 Tracks Tape

2025-12-27T07:23:10Z

Niski: removed unconfirmed/misleading information

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| release_date=1995?
| format=Cassette
| label=(unknown)
| catno=N/A
| runtime=84:00
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[[Random 35 Tracks Tape]] (real name unknown) refers to a collection of 35 tracks leaked on P2P networks around September 2004, with some tracks being leaked as far back as 2000.
Unlike other "[[Old Tunes]]" tapes, the tracks are completely unlabeled; however, a few match known tracks from other sources, including commercial releases. No liner notes or tape scan have ever surfaced.

Despite its uncertain provenance, the tape is generally believed to be authentic.

==Background==
*''[[Random 35 Tracks Tape]]'' seems to be sourced from a cassette tape containing a (presumably) hand-selected set of pre-[[BoC Maxima]] tracks. The leaking of these tracks to P2P networks ([http://www.slsknet.org Soulseek], originally) provided much drama on [[WATMM]].
**All files are encoded as 320kbps MP3.
* For a long time, it was assumed that this tape was the missing ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 1]]'' (since ''[[A Few Old Tunes]]'' and ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 2]]'' were already known), although this was never confirmed. This was finally proven false when, on 8th August 2009, [[Twoism forum]] member dealer posted new photos of a cassette and liner notes showing that ''[[A Few Old Tunes]]'' and ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 1]]'' were, in fact, the same release.
*[[MDG]] has said that it is not known who compiled the tracks, calling it "a mystery, just a mixture".<ref>http://bocpages.org/wiki/Statements_from_Hexagon_Sun#September_2009</ref>
*Zoetrope, a user on radiomute.com, referred to not only the commonly known ''[[A Few Old Tunes]]'' and ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 2]]'', but also a third volume, which he appeared to refer to this leaked release as. Some also seem to believe that this is a 'Closes Vol. 2'.

== Discovery ==
These tracks appear to have first surfaced on [http://www.slsknet.org Soulseek] under various names, such as "random 35 tracks tape (rarities and the best of - not old tunes v1 or v2)" and "A Few Older Tunes Disc 1/Disc 2", reflecting the uncertainty of the collection's provenance. Early sightings include:
* 9 Sep 2004 - [http://community.livejournal.com/boardsofcanada/28808.html LiveJournal post]
* 3 Oct 2004 - [http://xltronic.com/mb/topic.php3?topic=65661 xltronic messageboard topic]
* 8 Oct 2004 - [http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/idm@hyperreal.org/42958.html idm-l post]
* 3 Mar 2004 - [http://www.radiomute.com/showthread.php/10564-B.O.C.-quot-A-Few-Old-Tunes-Vols-1-2-3-quot Zoetrope's Post]

== Availability ==
* A rip can be downloaded at [http://rareboc.org rareboc.org].
* March 15th 2022 a new restoration by oliveoil22<ref>https://www.twoism.org/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=4843</ref> was posted on the [[Twoism_(messageboard)|Twoism]] forum.<ref>https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15027</ref>
** [[Random 35 Tracks Tape#Videos|YouTube video]]
** [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xJkkNJDCcWbs78uADHaQLi0HNfUnHllM?usp=sharing FLAC download]
* June 27th 2025 a new denoised version by alexw44 was posted on the subreddit.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1lm3b7o/using_modern_denoising_techniques_i_created_a/</ref><ref>https://archive.org/details/r35ttdenoise</ref>

==Tracks==
'''Important:''' Track titles and lengths are estimations; original listings are not available.''

'''Side A:'''
# "[[R35TT A01]]" – 1:22
# "[[R35TT A02]]" | "[[She Is P]]" – 2:12
# "[[R35TT A03]]" – 3:45
# "[[R35TT A04]]" – 0:50
# "[[R35TT A05]]" | "[[Finity]]" – 5:04
# "[[R35TT A06]]" – 4:57
# "[[R35TT A07]]" – 3:58
# "[[R35TT A08]]" – 6:34
# "[[R35TT A09]]" – 1:50
# "[[R35TT A10]]" – 2:59
# "[[R35TT A11]]" | "[[Blueberry]]" – 0:26
# "[[R35TT A12]]" – 2:59
# "[[R35TT A13]]" – 2:12
# "[[R35TT A14]]" – 1:46
# "[[R35TT A15]] | "[[I Will Get It Tattooed]]" – 1:05

'''Side B:'''
# "[[R35TT B01]]" – 1:29
# "[[R35TT B02]]" – 3:51
# "[[R35TT B03]] | "[[House Of Abin'adab]]" – 1:04
# "[[R35TT B04]]" – 4:26
# "[[R35TT B05]]" – 1:52
# "[[R35TT B06]]" – 0:23
# "[[R35TT B07]]" – 3:42
# "[[R35TT B08]]" – 0:57
# "[[R35TT B09]]" – 3:12
# "[[R35TT B10]]" | "[[The Smallest Weird Number]]" in reverse – 0:59
# "[[R35TT B11]]" – 3:31
# "[[R35TT B12]]" – 3:33
# "[[R35TT B13]]" | "[[Davie Addison]]" – 1:11
# "[[R35TT B14]]" – 3:15
# "[[R35TT B15]]" – 2:04
# "[[R35TT B16]]" – 2:21
# "[[R35TT B17]]" | "[[It's Too Orangey]]" – 0:19
# "[[R35TT B18]]" – 2:02
# "[[R35TT B19]]" – 1:23
# "[[R35TT B20]]" – 0:27

==Samples/Lyrics==
Side A:
* "[[Blueberry]]" is believed to be the name of the short vignette at the end of "[[Sixtyten]]" on ''[[Music has the Right to Children]]''.
* [[R35TT A06|Track 6]] contains a sample later used in "[[Seven Forty Seven]]", but slightly slower.
* [[R35TT A08|Track 8]] contains a sample from "[[June 9th]]" except much faster.

Side B:
* "[[It's Too Orangey]]" is believed to be the name of the vignette at the end of "[[Triangles and Rhombuses]]", also on ''[[Music has the Right to Children]]''.
* [[R35TT B10|Track 10]] is a reversed version of "[[The Smallest Weird Number]]", later released on "[[Geogaddi]]"

== Videos ==
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==See also==
*[[Old Tunes saga]]
*[http://www.slsknet.org Soulseek]

== External links ==
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20041112023647/http://boc.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/Unreleased/Rarities Wayback machine link of the XWiki page with detailed information on the initial leak]
* [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xJkkNJDCcWbs78uADHaQLi0HNfUnHllM?usp=sharing R35TT March 15th 2022 restoration by oliveoil FLAC download]
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1lm3b7o/using_modern_denoising_techniques_i_created_a/ R35TT June 27th 2025 Modern Denoise on Reddit by alexw44]
* [https://archive.org/details/r35ttdenoise R35TT June 27th 2025 Modern Denoise on Archive.org by alexw44]
* [https://www.instagram.com/r35tt_fanpage/ R35TT Fanpage on Instagram]

== References ==
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Old Tunes saga

2025-05-15T17:32:10Z

Niski: added a 2025 update in regards to the supposed destroying of the old tunes tapes by mike p

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== Timeline ==
=== 2025 ===
On May 14th, 2025, [[Mike Paradinas]] confirmed in an AMA that the supposed 2013 destroying of the tapes was done on photopcopied fakes and not the genuine copies in response to a question regarding the background music used in the videos:

* Sat 14th of May, 13:46 PM GMT+2<ref>https://forum.keyosc.com/topic/639-a%C2%B5a-ask-%C2%B5-ziq-anything/page/4/</ref>
<blockquote>
It's a boards-alike tune I created for the video. We didn't even destroy the tapes, I still have them, we just made photocopies and destroyed the fakes lol. It was a fun day. And no I don't know who Steinvord is.
</blockquote>

=== 2013 ===
==== Story ====
The first of June 2013 the original tapes of [[Old Tunes Vol. 2]], [[A Few Old Tunes]] and [[BoC Maxima]] surfaced on eBay. <ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10732</ref> They are being sold with their starting bids set respectively at £999.00 <ref>http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-Original-Boards-Of-Canada-OLD-TUNES-VOl-2-cassette-1996-Music70-/111086979586?pt=UK_Music_Cassettes_GL&hash=item19dd4cca02</ref>, £999.00 <ref>http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-Original-Boards-Of-Canada-A-FEW-OLD-TUNES-cassette-1996-Music70-/111086974522?pt=UK_Music_Cassettes_GL&hash=item19dd4cb63a</ref> and £99.00 <ref>http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-ORIGINAL-Boards-Of-Canada-BOC-MAXIMA-cassette-1996-Music70-/111086954530?pt=UK_Music_Cassettes_GL&hash=item19dd4c6822</ref>.

Lara Rix-Martin,[[Planet Mu]] label owner [[Mike Paradinas]]' wife <ref>http://www.factmag.com/2013/03/01/mike-paradinas-and-lara-rix-martin-on-heterotic-the-early-days-of-%C2%B5-ziq-and-the-ascent-of-planet-mu/</ref>, also known as [http://forum.watmm.com/user/9352-rixxx/ rixxx] on [[WATMM]] posted :
* Sat 1st of June, 04:41 PM GMT+2 <ref>http://forum.watmm.com/topic/79122-boc-old-tunes-1-2-boc-maxima-orig-twosim-etc/?p=2014748</ref><ref><img src="http://i.imgur.com/z9XAL68.jpg" width="700px"></ref>
<blockquote>
oh get over yourselves, we've got a baby coming a mortgage to pay and what use are they sitting on a shelf? There's more than 10,000 records in this house I'm sure a couple aren't going to be missed.
</blockquote>

* Sat 1st of June, 07:10 PM GMT+2 <ref>http://forum.watmm.com/topic/79122-boc-old-tunes-1-2-boc-maxima-orig-twosim-etc/#entry2014810</ref><ref><img src="http://i.imgur.com/BUt8GMW.jpg" width="700px"></ref>
<blockquote>
We aren't rolling around in our own mess, but there's no point in us having these items at a time when we need to focus on sorting our finances out (I'm not going to be able to work for a while etc). Mike does have other unreleased stuff but he wont sell those because they havent been out there in the public domain, these tunes have been knocking about for years and people are well aware of them so it's not like they are being leaked.
 
It seems to me people are more pissed off with the price that some of the bids are starting from (even though it would have got to that by now?) rather than the fact we are selling them.
</blockquote>

4th of June: Apparently all three auctions were canceled. "This listing was ended by the seller because the item is no longer available." <ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=205348#205348</ref><ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=205357#205357</ref>

* Tue 3rd of June, 11:39 PM GMT+2 <ref>http://forum.watmm.com/topic/79122-boc-old-tunes-1-2-boc-maxima-orig-twosim-etc/page-21#entry2017605</ref><ref><img src="http://i.imgur.com/zbiHOrv.jpg" width="700px"></ref>
<blockquote>
The tapes have now been exchanged privately to a undisclosed seller. All three tapes are now not available.
</blockquote>

* Tue 4th of June, 12:11 AM GMT+2 <ref>http://forum.watmm.com/topic/79122-boc-old-tunes-1-2-boc-maxima-orig-twosim-etc/page-22#entry2017649</ref><ref><img src="http://i.imgur.com/p49gZju.jpg" width="700px"></ref>
<blockquote>
No one from related labels or BoC contacted us about any of the tapes.
</blockquote>

===== destroying of tapes =====
Note: This has been confirmed to have been done on photocopied fakes as of May 14th, 2025 and the actual tapes have not been damaged in any way, see https://forum.keyosc.com/topic/639-a%C2%B5a-ask-%C2%B5-ziq-anything/page/4/

source: http://forum.watmm.com/topic/79520-oldtunesdestroyed/

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==== eBay ====
* [http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-Original-Boards-Of-Canada-A-FEW-OLD-TUNES-cassette-1996-Music70-/111086974522?pt=UK_Music_Cassettes_GL&hash=item19dd4cb63a RARE Original Boards Of Canada 'A FEW OLD TUNES' cassette 1996 Music70]
* [http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-Original-Boards-Of-Canada-OLD-TUNES-VOl-2-cassette-1996-Music70-/111086979586?pt=UK_Music_Cassettes_GL&hash=item19dd4cca02 RARE Original Boards Of Canada 'OLD TUNES VOL 2' cassette 1996 Music70]
* [http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-ORIGINAL-Boards-Of-Canada-BOC-MAXIMA-cassette-1996-Music70-/111086954530?pt=UK_Music_Cassettes_GL&hash=item19dd4c6822 RARE ORIGINAL Boards Of Canada BOC MAXIMA cassette 1996 Music70]

=== 2011 ===
In 2011, posts appeared on the review page for the A Few Old Tunes release on discogs.com, claiming to be by recipients of the original cassette tapes from Mike and Marcus Sandison. [[http://www.discogs.com/reviews/list?release=690476]]
<blockquote>"This might not be the strongest evidence of its 'authenticity', but a producer-friend of mine from the UK once received a copy directly from Mike & Marcus. At some point a girlfriend of his stole it and it made its way onto eBay via her new partner. I don't remember whether he ever got it back or not... since he was an old friend of the duo (and not one of us fanboys!) it didn't really matter to him that much if I recall correctly." - originalnlogax, Jan 18, 2011</blockquote>

<blockquote>To wind up the authenticity issues, yes, myself and another producer received old tunes one and 2 as christmas presents from Mike and Marcus, and we made copies of each one, so we had a cassette of both each.

The images that were seen on the now slightly legendary $900 Ebay auction were of my 1 original and a copy, with my handwriting in blue paint pen.

The stories vary from the wildy inaccurate to the half true, how the tapes wound up on EBAY.

Here`s what happened.

While living in the USA, I used to visit my then girlfriend,a known ex moderator of the WATMM forum, Joanna Balsamo, AKA octavekitten in south florida, and after breaking up with her, she agreed to send back my belongings I had left at her house including the 2 OLD TUNES cassettes. I never recieved the package.

I was told it was lost in the mail with no tracking or return address.

Having no way of the tapes ever being returned to sender with no tracking info etc, they strangely then found their way into the hands of her next live -in boyfriend, who, after being told she was leaving town without him, tried to auction them off on Ebay to get rid of `parts of a past life` or some other post break up catharsis.

Ms. Balsamo never re-appeared on WATMM forum to attempt to clear her name, and proceeded to reinvent herself a scenester in an unrelated music genre in another city. this procedure of bailing and reinvention is a repeating pattern with Ms. B as drama is a forte of hers according to numerous victims.

I was told the tapes that had been seen on ebay were copies of the originals and were not my property, but the large photographs that the auctioneer had posted in loving detail showing handwriting on the copied cassette, in blue paint pen proved this to be untrue.

The intervening party that got them off ebay was myself, and possibly BOC, I intervened simply out of respect for BOC having an item given in trust to someone ending up being ausctioned for an extortionate amount of money.

The guy in question to my knowledge, still has them.. I called him at work once, he said hed send them back, but never did.

Hopefully that will finally clear up the story. - datathief, Jul 12, 2011</blockquote>

=== 2005 ===
[[Hexagon_Sun_Official]] posted the following on [[WATMM]] on February 15, 2005, in response to the (subsequently cancelled) auction of original [[Old Tunes]] tapes on ebay by [[Prince Murat]];
<blockquote>
OK The reason it was jumped on was this: Warp and BOC have been in talks for a long while about putting out a box set of old tracks from these tapes and others, with new packaging and art, to be released sometime after the forthcoming record. The tapes were private comps given out to close friends a few years ago, long before the band imagined there would be this kind of interest, and long before the likes of Soulseek etc existed. The tracks are out there now, nothing can be done about that, they've been circulating for a while and fans have them, so the decision was taken to at least consider tidying them up and repackaging them with decent exclusive artwork & more rarities. BOC never wanted these tracks presented this way, mislabelled and as poor-quality MP3 files. There's no 'hype', these comps were never listed on any old discogs as they were never intended for mass release in the first place. Now the intention is still to get round to scheduling a release of these tunes and other rare comps, but unscrupulous people like '[[Prince Murat|prince murat]]' are obviously stealing the thunder of the proposed releases, whilst trying to make a tidy profit in the process (a starting price of $799 speaks volumes about 'prince murat's true intentions. who is trying to profit from hype here? if any money is going to be involved, surely the artist who wrote those tracks should be receiving the royalties, and not this person? there's no difference between this kind of profiteering and someone trying to sell a bootleg CDR of Beck's new album months prior to release.) Anyway, now you know, we hope the intervention hasn't caused too much negative feeling, after all the concern that Warp and BOC have is that basically it's going to spoil the impact of a nice release that hopefully will be enjoyed by the fans. -[[mark]], [[Hexagon Sun|hs]]
</blockquote>

==See Also==
*[[A Few Old Tunes]]
* [[Old Tunes Vol. 2]]
* [[BoC Maxima]]
*[[WATMM]]
* Third post by [[MDG]] in this section: [[Statements_from_Hexagon_Sun#August_2008]]

== External Links ==
* regarding that ebay BOC old tunes tape ({{iarchive|http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=15871}})
* http://www.planet.mu/artists/heterotic
* https://www.facebook.com/pages/Heterotic/138367089545225
* http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10732
* http://forum.watmm.com/topic/79122-boc-old-tunes-1-2-boc-maxima-orig-twosim-etc/
* https://soundcloud.com/heterotic
* http://rareboc.ax.lt/

== References ==
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List of known live performances by [[Boards of Canada]]. See also: [[Other live sets]].

{| class='wikitable sortable'
|-
! Date !! Name !! Venue !! City
|-
| 1996-07-19 || [[Autechre Live at the Reach]] || The Reach, [[wikipedia:King's College London Students' Union|King's College London Students' Union]] || London
|-
| 1996-12-06<ref>https://groups.google.com/g/alt.music.techno/c/0rTBwrk7JzY/m/KoYs1SfWF9IJ</ref> || [[Versivo]] || The Roadhouse || Manchester
|-
| 1997-02-15 || [[Versivo]] || The Phoenix || Manchester
|-
| 1997-02-20 || [[Autechre 1997 UK tour]] || The Venue || Edinburgh
|-
| 1997-07-20 || [[Phoenix Festival]] || [[wikipedia:Long Marston Airfield|Long Marston Airfield]] || [[wikipedia:Stratford-upon-Avon|Stratford-upon-Avon]]
|-
| 1997-07-26 || [[Sun Flower Festival]] || Herrnwahlthann || Regensburg
|-
| 1997-10-31 || [[Blech 01]] || The Powerhaus || London
|-
| 1998-04-25 || [[Test One Festival]] || [[wikipedia:Kelham Island Museum|Kelham Island Museum]] || Sheffield
|-
| 1998-09-25 || [[September @ Music Box ]] || [https://web.archive.org/web/20010430025845/http://www.jillys.co.uk/musicbox/ Music Box] || Manchester
|-
| 1999-11-05 || [[Live_@_Warp10|Warp 10th Anniversary]] || The Z Room, [[wikipedia:Old Truman Brewery|Old Truman Brewery]] || London
|-
| 1999-12-04 || [[Global Tendencies]] || Sala Itzela || Oiartzun
|-
| 2000-10-14 || [[The Incredible Warp Lighthouse Party ]] || The Chainstore, [[wikipedia:Trinity Buoy Wharf|Trinity Buoy Wharf]] || London
|-
| 2001-04-07 || [[Live_@_ATP|All Tomorrow's Parties 2001]] || Camber Sands Holiday Centre || Camber Sands
|}

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