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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.
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''[[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.
  
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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. 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>
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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 ==
 
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== See Also ==
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* [[Discography#Rare.2FEarly_Releases|Rare/Early Releases]]
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==

Latest revision as of 22:30, 6 July 2026

Catalog 3
BOC-album-17.jpg
Label(s) Music70
Catalogue No(s) CANC19
Release date(s) 1987
1997 (repress)
Format(s) Cassette
CD
Running time(s) 56:36


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.[1][2] 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. Due to the fact it hasn't surfaced on the Internet in any form, its very existence is occasionally debated.[3]

Tracks[edit]

  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

See Also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Catalog 3 on boardsofcanada.com, archive from 2001
  2. ↑ "Records" section on boardsofcanada.com, archive from 2001
  3. ↑ "I genuinely don't believe the pre-OT albums actually exist." Thread on Twoism
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