Catalog 3 - Revision history

Aris: Additional writing

2026-07-06T20:30:43Z

Additional writing

Katie at 02:46, 28 April 2026

2026-04-28T02:46:36Z

Fredd-E at 11:03, 15 January 2026

2026-01-15T11:03:50Z

172.68.182.195: mistake

2019-08-07T14:18:07Z

mistake

Joyrex: Added repress date to release dates

2019-08-02T15:30:49Z

Added repress date to release dates

Joyrex: Clarified album title vs catalog number

2019-08-02T15:28:59Z

Clarified album title vs catalog number

Sixtyniner: cleansed of scaruffi references

2019-08-02T13:03:30Z

cleansed of scaruffi references

162.158.182.243: morse info

2019-07-31T12:43:45Z

morse info

162.158.78.27 at 10:48, 17 November 2017

2017-11-17T10:48:38Z

162.158.78.27 at 10:48, 17 November 2017

2017-11-17T10:48:12Z

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 | name=Catalog 3
 | cover=BOC-album-17.jpg
-| release_date=1987,1997 (repress)
+| release_date=1987 <br> 1997 (repress)
 | format=Cassette <br>CD
 | label=Music70
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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. It should be noted that the ''name of the album'' is Catalog 3, while the ''catalog number'' (for the fledgling Music70 label the band self-released their music on) is CANC19, alluding to the original cassette format. 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 is unknown if the CD repress in 1997 has a different catalog number.
+''[[Catalog 3]]'' is [[Boards of Canada]]'s earliest known release. All known information about it comes from an old version of the duo's website from 2001.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010207035049/http://www.boardsofcanada.com/discog_catalog3.html Catalog 3 on boardsofcanada.com], archive from 2001</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010606220519/http://www.boardsofcanada.com/records.html "Records" section on boardsofcanada.com], archive from 2001</ref> Supposedly released on cassette in the summer of 1987, it was repressed on CD in 1997. Though the release is titled ''Catalog 3'', it carries the catalog number of CANC19, alluding to the original cassette format. It is unknown if the CD format also shares this number. The use of the name ''Catalog 3'' could imply the existence of two prior releases.
-The album has not been heard by those outside of the band's friends and family.
+The album has not been heard by those outside of the band's friends and family. Due to the fact it hasn't surfaced on the Internet in any form, its very existence is occasionally debated.<ref>[https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15185 "I genuinely don't believe the pre-OT albums actually exist."] Thread on Twoism</ref>
 == Tracks ==

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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. It should be noted that the ''name of the album'' is Catalog 3, while the ''catalog number'' (for the fledgling Music70 label the band self-released their music on) is CANC19, alluding to the original cassette format. It is unknown if the CD repress in 1997 has a different catalog number.
+''[[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. It should be noted that the ''name of the album'' is Catalog 3, while the ''catalog number'' (for the fledgling Music70 label the band self-released their music on) is CANC19, alluding to the original cassette format. 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 is unknown if the CD repress in 1997 has a different catalog number.
 The album has not been heard by those outside of the band's friends and family.

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 == References ==

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	The album has not been heard by those outside of the band's friends and family.		The album has not been heard by those outside of the band's friends and family.
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−	~~The albums cover contains morse code, which when decodes reads "DECODE MORSE".~~

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 | name=Catalog 3
 | cover=BOC-album-17.jpg
-| release_date=1987
+| release_date=1987,1997 (repress)
 | format=Cassette <br>CD
 | label=Music70

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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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	The album has not been heard by those outside of the band's friends and family.		The album has not been heard by those outside of the band's friends and family.
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		+	The albums cover contains morse code, which when decodes reads "DECODE MORSE".

	== Tracks ==		== Tracks ==

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

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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]]'' 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>.
+''[[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 has been 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>.