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Catalog 3

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

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

References

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

[1] ttp://web.archive.org/web/20010619002459/http://www.boardsofcanada.com/discog_catalog3.html

[2] ttp://web.archive.org/web/20010606220519/http://www.boardsofcanada.com/records.html

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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>
 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>.