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== [[A Few Old Tunes|A Few Old Tunes (1996)]] ==
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* A child saying "Yeah!", reversed ([[Roygbiv]], [[Roygbiv#Alpha_Quest_Mix|ROYGBIV (Alpha Quest Mix)]])
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===== [[Spectrum]] =====
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* A vocoded voice, gradually slowing down, saying "... and so you could become very sensitive to everything, you start walking through the studio, you go: 'ah yes, it's going to be a good day, I can feel -'" ([[Nova Scotia Robots]])
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* Beginning at :38, the same drum loop that appears in [[Twoism_(song)|"Twoism"]] plays throughout
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* Two men and a woman, talking about a development plan for the Niagara River; woman might be from a different source ([[Niagara]])
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===== [[P:C:]] =====
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* A woman giggling followed by two metallic-sounding high notes ([[Niagara]], [[The Color of the Fire]], [[The Color of the Fire|I Love U]])
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* A man and a woman breathing heavily, with 1970's music in the background<ref>https://youtu.be/wGKhFfMUTwc?t=63</ref>
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* A monologue, taken from a pornographic film, in which a young man tells of his first sexual experience ([[Sixtyniner]], [[Sir Prancelot Brainfire]])
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===== [[Trapped]] =====
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* A flute played in a Native American style at high pitch ([[Red Moss]])
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* A remix of ''Trapped'' by Colonel Abrams (1985)
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* An episode of Bob Vila's ''Home Again'', with dialogue heavily spliced ([[Concourse]])
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* A much different version of this remix was released under the [[Hell Interface]] moniker in 1997 as part of the Skam Records MASK200 compilation<ref>https://www.discogs.com/release/2967-Various-MASK-200</ref>
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* A sample from Indeep's 1983 hit "Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life" ([[Nlogax]])
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===== [[Devil]] =====
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* Exuberant conversation between several young adults suspected (but not confirmed) to be members of the Hexagon Sun collective ([[Turquoise Hexagon Sun]])
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* A commercial for Dirt Devil (a brand of portable vacuum cleaner).<ref>https://youtu.be/5hIdVAFs3dk</ref>
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* The "I feel proud" speech <ref><flashmp3>Different-mes-orig.mp3|bg=0xF3EDCF|leftbg=0xF3EDCF|rightbg=0xF3EDCF|lefticon=0x41982F|righticon=0x41982F|righticonhover=0x41982F|slider=0xF3EDCF|track=0xF3EDCF|border=0xF3EDCF|rightbghover=0xFFCB1F|text=0x41982F|load=0xFFCB1F</flashmp3></ref> from [[Sesame Street]] ([[Whitewater]] [pitch-shifted and words rearranged], [[Sixtyten]] [reversed; beginning only], [[Sunshine Recorder]] ["Bye"'s only])
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===== [[Blockbusters]] =====
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* A woman's voice, sampled from the conclusion of a 1982 porn film entitled ''A Brief Affair'' ([[One Very Important Thought]] on [[BOC Maxima]])
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* Dialogue, applause, and music from an episode of the British television game show ''Blockbusters''
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* A tinny, cyclic sound that is possibly part of a drum loop ([[Spectrum]], [[Twoism]])
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===== [[The Way You Show]] =====
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* Two women speaking, presumably on a television show in which a plain-looking person receives a makeover ([[Light, Clear Hair]])
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* The chorus of "Celebration" by Kool & The Gang  
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* A man and a woman breathing heavily, with 1970's music in the background ([[P:C:]])
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===== [[I Love U]] =====
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* Most vocals from [[Colonel Abrams - Trapped|Trapped]] by Colonel Abrams ([[Trapped]])
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* Also appears on ''[[Music Has the Right to Children]]'' as "[[The Color of the Fire]]"
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* A commercial for Dirt Devil (a brand of portable vacuum cleaner). Voice over is spoken by a mature-sounding English man: "It's almost like having an upright in the palm of your hand. The Devil is lightweight (Devil), powerful (Devil), has a wide opening (Devil) with a revolving brush...Get a Devil." ([[Devil]], [[Peace-Tony-Devil]])
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===== [[Sequoia]] =====
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* Dialogue, applause, and music from an episode of the British television game show ''Blockbusters'', spliced for surreal effect  ([[Blockbusters]])
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* A drum fill from ''Fragment'' by Bleach (1992)<ref>https://youtu.be/bPW3YRn_uAI . Slowed down and possibly rerecorded.</ref>
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* The chorus of "Celebration" by Kool & The Gang ([[The Way You Show]])
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* A [[Sesame Street]] vignette in which a child sounds out the phrase "I love you" while attempting to write it out ([[The Color of the Fire]], [[The Color of the Fire|I Love U]])
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* A drum fill from "Strawberry Fields Forever" by The Beatles ([[Kid For Today]], [[Sequoia]])
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* A basic (snare-)kick-kick-snare drum pattern ([[Oirectine]], [[5:9:78]]) (may just be similar-sounding different samples)
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* A choir-like melodic/harmonic loop ([[Audiotrack 06|Old Tunes Vol. 1: Side A Audiotrack 6]], [[Sevenfortyseven]])
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* A drum loop with a wah effect applied ([[Audiotrack 08|Old Tunes Vol. 1: Side A Audiotrack 8]], [[June 9th]])
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* A choir-like melody ([[Audiotrack 12|Old Tunes Vol. 1: Side A Audiotrack 12]], [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius (Version 3)]])
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* From "Flashback" by Imagination: "We're startin' up, now we're on our way" ([[We've Started Up]])
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* "He's a dream" from the song of the same name by Shandi ([[We've Started Up]])
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* "Berceuse" from the ''Dolly Suite'' by Gabriel FaurΓ© ([[Jimbo Rehearsing]]) (not necessarily a sample, but probably not played by BoC)
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* "I'm..er...a Real Traditionalist myself of course, because of Orbison, and Holly, and The Fireballs and The String Along, and er, all the things that happen in the studio. I'm so glad to...take care of...studio and..." ([[Dave (I'm A Real Traditionalist)]])
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* "The royal family should be <em>left in peace</em>!" ([[Peace-Tony-Devil]])
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* A commercial for Frosted Flakes ([[Peace-Tony-Devil]])
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* Spoken by English-accented voices, presumably from a world news broadcast:
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** Woman: "Iraq says nineteen people died"
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** Man: "We won't know that until a full assessment has taken place in due course" ([[Iraq Says]])
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* The hook from Tony Basil's 1982 hit "Mickey" ([[Nine-Rubber Wisdom]])
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* A bubbly pitch modulation or filter modulation synthesizer effect, followed by a group of people shouting ([[On A Rolling Sea]], [[Orange Romeda]])
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* From the 1958 horror film ''Terror from the Year 5000'': "Dad, look at the TV" ([[Apparatus]])
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* An old Amiga module called "Voyager" by Hellraiser ([[Apparatus]])
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* A microtonal synthesizer loop from the ending of "Karn Evil 9, Third Impression" on the album Brain Salad Surgery by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer ([[Music For Pylons]])
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* The snare drum from "When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin ([[Music For Pylons]]) (possible but not confirmed)
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* A "skipping" drum loop ([[Orange Hexagon Sun]], [[Turquoise Hexagon Sun]])
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* A loop of bongos being played rapidly ([[Oirectine]], [[Mira Calix - Sandsings]])
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* A drum loop with a distinctive electronic closed hi-hat (([Iced Cooley]], [[Seeya Later]], [[Smokes Quantity]])
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* An unidentified speech sample (thought by some to be the voice Welsh actor [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0535053/ Philip Madoc]) which begins narrating a story about holts near the sea ([[An Eagle in Your Mind]])
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* A synthetic-sounding voice saying "I love you" ([[An Eagle in Your Mind]])
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* What sounds like a voice saying "sweat-sweat" (possibly "percussion" constructed using the voice of the girlfriend of one of the members of BoC) ([[An Eagle in Your Mind]])
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* Chopped-up voices saying "now this is very irresponsible" and, in a Scottish accent, "yer no gonnae" ([[Telephasic Workshop]])
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* A slightly slowed-down male voice saying "bordering Canada" (?) ([[Telephasic Workshop]])
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* A young man shouting "twenty cent" (?) ([[Telephasic Workshop]])
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* The song "Getaway" by Earth, Wind, &amp; Fire ([[Sixtyten]])
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* High voices saying or singing what is believed to be "David Addison", reversed ([[Sixtyten]])
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* What might be a recording from a native American ceremony, including what sounds like someone with a drum ([[Kaini Industries]])
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* Birds whistling outside BoC's studio ([[Rue the Whirl]])
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* The slap bass riff (and possibly drums on the Aquarius single) from the beginning of "Aquarius" from [http://www.discogs.com/release/702474 Galt MacDermot's 1979 soundtrack] for the film "[[wikipedia:Hair (movie)|Hair]]" (All versions of [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius)]])
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* The word "orange" from a sketch in a vintage [[wikipedia:Sesame Street|Sesame Street]] episode (All versions of [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius]])
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* Children's laughter, and the same children saying "yeah, that's right" from a vintage [[wikipedia:Sesame Street|Sesame Street]] episode (All versions of [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius]])
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* A sequence of numbers read by a professional-sounding woman's voice (All versions of [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius]], though the number sequence varies)
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* The same voice that recites the number sequence saying "Orange" (All versions of [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius]])
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* A chorused male voice singing "I'm listening" ([[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius (Verison 3)]])
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* A synthesized male voice saying "sixtyten new aquarius" ([[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius (Verison 3)]])
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* A girl's voice saying what is believed to be the phrase "for sand and stars" (All versions of [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius]])
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* The same voice-over from the [[BoC Maxima]] version of [[One Very Important Thought]], but read by the same voice that reads the number sequence from [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius]], and with "listening to Boards of Canada" in place of "viewing an adult film" ([[One Very Important Thought]] on [[Music Has the Right to Children]])
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* Eerie, sustained choral singing thought to have been sampled from Stanley Kubrick's [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/ 2001: A Space Odyssey] or possibly Norman Jewison's [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070239/ Jesus Christ Superstar] ([[Happy Cycling]])
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* A reversed interview with with Jeff Lynne of the Electric Light Orchestra on the subject of ELO's supposed use of backmasked vocals and the resulting controversy ([[Happy Cycling]])
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* Seagulls and a sound like a man singing, rather faint and tinny ([[Happy Cycling]])
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* A slide projector switching to the next slide ([[Kid For Today]])
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* Children laughing and the creaking of a porch swing (?) ([[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (song)|In a Beautiful Place out in the Country]])
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* The phrase "Come out and live with a religious community in a beautiful place out in the country", processed through a vocoder and probably slowed down ([[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (song)|In a Beautiful Place out in the Country]])
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* A man or low-voiced woman slowly saying "the past inside the present" ([[Music Is Math]])
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* The phrase "we all fall down" spoken slowly, processed through a vocoder, and melodized ([[Music Is Math]])
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* A similar voice to the "past inside the present" voice saying either "purple", "be careful", or "perfect circle" ([[Music Is Math]])
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* The sound of a crackling campfire ([[Beware The Friendly Stranger]])
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* A number station broadcast recorded by Sean Booth on a shortwave radio and gifted to BOC ([[Gyroscope]])
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* Reversed high notes played on a 12-string guitar (probably an acoustic guitar and most likely sped up) (end of [[Gyroscope]])
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* Leslie Nielson's voice over from a National Geographic film about underwater volcanic explosions and capturing a sea dandelion ([[Dandelion]])
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* A child saying "beautiful place" ([[Sunshine Recorder]])
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* A vocoded voice saying "an eagle in your mind" ([[Sunshine Recorder]])
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* Dialogue between a man and a woman sampled from the 1972 film ''Season of the Witch'' ([[Julie And Candy]])
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* The flute solo at the end of "When the Music Starts to Play" by The Incredible String Band, heard in reverse and at a lower speed ([[The Smallest Weird Number]])
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* Track 10 from side B of ([[Old Tunes Vol. 1]]), reversed ([[The Smallest Weird Number]])
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* An interview with Amo Bishop Roeden featuring the line "Although not a follower of David Koresh, she's a devoted Branch Davidian" ([[1969]] (with "David Koresh" reversed); BoC remix of [[Slag Boom Van Loon - Poppy Seed|Poppy Seed]] by Slag Boom Van Loon)
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* A vocoded voice, similar to the one heard counting in [[Aquarius]], saying "1969 in the sunshine" ([[1969]])
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* A 1979 public information advert on the topic of energy conservation by the youth organization 4-H ([[Energy Warning]])
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* Continuous, repeated whispering of the word "us", or the sound of air being sucked from a person's mouth as by a dental vacuum ([[Opening The Mouth]])
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* "Alpha and Omega" said over a loudspeaker ([[Alpha And Omega]])
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* A vocoded voice saying "Yellow" ([[Alpha And Omega]])
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* A man's voice saying "I'm a God-darned Satanist, and, if I wanted, I'd be in this business too", reversed ([[Alpha And Omega]])
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* A spoken passage that seems to have been taken from a self-improvement-oriented self-hypnosis tape and which has been modified to sound as if it is being spoken underwater ([[The Devil Is In The Details]])
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* Very slowly-spoken speech (words unknown) processed through a vocoder and harmonized at close intervals for a dissonant sound (not confirmed) ([[The Devil Is In The Details]])
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* A sound similar to a bubbling cauldron ([[A Is To B As B Is To C]])
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* A ring-modulated voice saying "One two three four five, six seven eight nine ten. Now in Spanish, then in French, we'll say that twice again" ([[A Is To B As B Is To C]])
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* A group singing "We love you all" ([[A Is To B As B Is To C]])
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* From the film ''Season of the Witch'', a man: "I'll be gone about a week. Oh, by the way, I brought..." (forwards and then reversed) ([[A Is To B As B Is To C]])
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* From the song "Teddy Bear's Picnic": "If you go down to the woods today, you'd better not go alone!" (reversed) ([[A Is To B As B Is To C]])
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* A reversed excerpt of an interview with Tommy Silverstein on the A&E investigative report ''Behind Bars: Supermax'' ([[A Is To B As B Is To C]])
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* "so, those prophecies you've been describing" ... "and now to business [matters?]..." (reversed) ([[A Is To B As B Is To C]])
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* A voice repeating "it must be a [message] ... look up there!" ([[A Is To B As B Is To C]])
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* An English woman possibly saying "round the, round the, round the cauldron" and/or "but you may be dead ... you may be dead", which heavy echo applied ([[Dawn Chorus]])
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* A child wailing semi-melodically ([[Dawn Chorus]])
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* The sound of velcro pieces being separated (not confirmed) ([[You Could Feel the Sky]])
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* A grunting noise resembling the sound of a taut tope being pulled across the hull of a wooden ship ([[You Could Feel the Sky]])
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* "A god with horns" or "A god with hooves" ([[You Could Feel the Sky]])
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* Whispered: "take my hand" ([[You Could Feel the Sky]], [[Sevenfortyseven]])
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* Various young speakers discussing the nature of God, sampled from an album entitled "Family of God" ([[From One Source All Things Depend]])
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* From an early 1970's anti-drug social hygiene film, a woman speaking and laughing ([[Chromakey Dreamcoat]])
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* Various voices including a baby crying ([[Peacock Tail]])
  
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== [[Old Tunes Vol. 2|Old Tunes Vol. 2 (1996)]] ==
 
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===== [[We've Started Up]] =====
 
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* The beginning of the song "Falling in Love Again" by Techno Twins<ref>https://youtu.be/ZsLw0BCI6u4</ref>
 
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* Sample featuring the lyrics "We're startin' up, now we're on our way" from "Flashback" by ''Imagination'' (1981)<ref>https://youtu.be/iqPVMw939j8?t=8</ref>
 
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* Sample with the words "He's a dream" from the song of the same name by ''Shandi'' (1983)<ref>https://youtu.be/YOgejpn6CII?t=103 . Sample is slowed down by ~25%.</ref>
 
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===== [[Jimbo Rehearsing]] =====
 
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* This song is a sped up recording of "Berceuse" from the ''Dolly Suite'' by Gabriel FaurΓ©<ref>https://youtu.be/r1jUmqel1Is . The exact recording is unknown, but the cited material should demonstrate the compositional source.</ref>
 
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===== [[Staircase Whip]] =====
 
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* Main vocal sample comes from "Zableyalo mi Agŭntse", as it appears on the compilation album ''Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares'' (1991)<ref>https://youtu.be/dluBzT6kVno?t=83</ref>. Marcus also references this compilation album in an interview.<ref>https://bocpages.org/wiki/Breaking_Into_Heaven</ref>
 
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===== [[Dave (I'm A Real Traditionalist)]] =====
 
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* Vocal sample of David Bigham saying  "I'm..er...a Real Traditionalist myself of course, because of Orbison, and Holly, and The Fireballs and The String Along, and er, all the things that happen in the studio. I'm so glad to...take care of...studio and..."<ref>https://youtu.be/vJiREhmiUQs  The video in this reference is unrelated, and just for visual interest. Additionally, it is not confirmed that the sample source is from David Bigham. For more discussion about the source, see the [[Dave (I'm A Real Traditionalist)|full page]] for this song. </ref>
 
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* Contains a sample of a woman ordering at a drive-thru also used in "[[R35TT A06]]" <ref>Appears at :31 in this song, and 3:20 in "[[R35TT A06]]"</ref>
 
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===== [[Peace-Tony-Devil]] =====
 
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* "The royal family should be <em>left in peace</em>!"
 
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* A commercial for Frosted Flakes<ref>https://youtu.be/0L4iuauTuEQ?t=25</ref>
 
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* A commercial for Dirt Devil (a brand of portable vacuum cleaner.)<ref>https://youtu.be/5hIdVAFs3dk</ref>
 
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===== [[Iraq Says]] =====
 
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*Voices saying "Iraq says nineteen people died" and "We won't know that until a full assessment has taken place in due course" (source unknown)
 
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*Brief jingle from Sesame Street<ref>https://youtu.be/QimBkBFspbY?t=151</ref>
 
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*Samples from opening screen of ''The Terminator'' (1992) game on the Sega Genesis.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asG9Ksx69YA</ref>
 
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===== [[Nine-Rubber Wisdom]] =====
 
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* The hook from Toni Basil's 1982 hit "Mickey"<ref>https://youtu.be/WFrmapGCuhs?t=6 . Sample appears around :35 in Nine-Rubber Wisdom.</ref>
 
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===== [[On A Rolling Sea]] =====
 
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* A group saying "Fly!" from Sesame Street episode 3174 (1994)<ref>https://youtu.be/eDTAnUCmapU?t=152 . This sample also appears prominently in "[[Orange Romeda]]"</ref>
 
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===== [[Iced Cooly Beatnik]] =====
 
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* Main melody sampled from the horror film ''The Haunted House of Horror'' (1969)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d1aOKXnMGc&t=3539s</ref>
 
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===== [[Sir Prancelot Brainfire]] =====
 
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* Uses a full exerpt of "Sir Prancelot", a theme song of the cartoon ''The Adventures of Sir Prancelot'', with an added synth line.<ref>https://youtu.be/nf1HmWmaCZc</ref>
 
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* A vocal sample from the adult film ''Summer of '72''.<ref>https://youtu.be/wGKhFfMUTwc?t=120 . As noted in this video, excerpts from the film also appear in "[[Niagara]]", "[[P:C:]]", and "[[Sixtyniner]]". </ref>
 
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===== [[Heysanna Hosanna]] =====
 
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* The music is a rendition of "Hosanna" from the rock opera ''Jesus Christ Superstar.'' The source is unknown, and could have been played by BoC.
 
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===== [[Apparatus]] =====
 
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* From the 1958 horror film ''Terror from the Year 5000'': "Dad, look at the TV"<ref>https://youtu.be/JZs5qTGtKfk?t=2872 </ref>
 
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* An old Amiga module called "Voyager" by ''Hellraiser''<ref>https://youtu.be/siIqv8178xo?t=14</ref>
 
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===== [[Music For Pylons]] =====
 
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* A synthesizer loop from the ending of "Karn Evil 9, Third Impression" on the album ''Brain Salad Surgery'' by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2W7l4IPptY&t=512s . Sample has been slowed.</ref>
 
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* Drums from "Cocaine Sex (Turbo Lust Mix)" by ''Renegade Soundwave'' (1987)<ref>https://youtu.be/lbDkut1bLKQ?t=397 . Sample is also slowed and distorted.</ref>
 
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===== [[Orange Hexagon Sun]] =====
 
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* Uses the same drum loop at "[[Turquoise Hexagon Sun]]"
 
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== [[BoC Maxima|BoC Maxima (1996)]] ==
 
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===== [[Niagara]] =====
 
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* Two men talking about the Niagara river sampled from the documentary ''The Falls'' (1991)<ref>http://youtu.be/UGrNQcPLwWE?t=2956 </ref>
 
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* Background music from the adult film ''Summer of '72''<ref>https://youtu.be/wGKhFfMUTwc</ref>
 
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* Beginning at :22, a giggle and two metallic-sounding high notes from the ''I Love You'' Sesame Street vignette<ref>https://youtu.be/mpQXqnOStAs?t=40</ref>
 
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===== [[Concourse]] =====
 
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* Dialogue from episode 509 of ''Bob Vila's Home Again'' (1992)<ref>http://youtu.be/CUt_PPzFAdY . Comes from multiple parts of the episode, most notably 8:49 and 9:45</ref>
 
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===== [[Whitewater]] =====
 
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* Speech from the  "Many Me's" Sesame Street segment<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZyRR-18EVU . The speech used here is treated heavily. As noted in further citations, this clip is used in many other BoC tracks, such as "[[Sixtyten]]", "[[Dawn Chorus]]", and "[[Sunshine Recorder]]"  </ref>
 
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== [[Hi Scores (release)|Hi Scores (1996)]] ==
 
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===== [[Nlogax]] =====
 
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* The opening drums ''Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life'' by Indeep<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgGiCKbud5I</ref>
 
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===== [[June 9th]] =====
 
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* Shares a drum loop with "[[R35TT A08]]" from ''[[Random 35 Track Tape]]''<ref>https://youtu.be/nMuNULvJRvg?t=1332</ref>
 
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===== [[Everything You Do Is A Balloon]] =====
 
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* Melodic fragment from ''Timeless'' by John Abercrombie<ref>https://youtu.be/CHsZ_-9442o?t=84 . This song also appears in the background of the original vocal sample used in "[[One Very Important Thought]]"</ref>
 
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== [[Music Has The Right To Children|Music Has The Right To Children (1998)]] ==
 
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===== [[Wildlife Analysis]] =====
 
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* A sample from Sesame Street's ''Alphaquest'' slowed by ~15.86 semitones repeats throughout<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBFLBBgRpY0&t=25s . Original sample, unedited.</ref>
 
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===== [[An Eagle in Your Mind]] =====
 
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* All percussion on this track is constructed using the voice of Mike's girlfriend<ref>https://bocpages.org/wiki/Northern_Exposure</ref>
 
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* At 1:53, a speech sample from the documentary ''On the Tracks of the Wild Otter'' (1983) is heard<ref>https://youtu.be/NvIneE_fcHM?t=1591</ref>
 
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* At 2:50 a processed voice saying "I love you", from Sesame Street<ref>The original sample: https://youtu.be/mpQXqnOStAs?si=26dYmAf0FqeLp3xI&t=38 This additional source demonstrates the processing: https://youtu.be/pfTks0bgEO4?si=xp30LGFs0U4w_a60&t=128</ref>
 
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===== [[The Color of the Fire]] =====
 
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* Throughout the song, a child sounding out the sentence "I love you" from Sesame Street is heard<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpQXqnOStAs </ref>
 
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===== [[Telephasic Workshop]] =====
 
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* Chopped-up voices saying "now this is very irresponsible" and, in a Scottish accent, "yer no gonnae"
 
βˆ’
* A slightly slowed-down male voice saying "bordering Canada"
 
βˆ’
* A young man shouting "twenty cent" (?)
 
βˆ’
===== [[Triangles and Rhombuses]] =====
 
βˆ’
* The vignette at the end of the song is "It's Too Orangey" from ''[[Random 35 Tracks Tape]]''<ref>https://youtu.be/b4tdPBYeLAE?t=4806 . </ref>
 
βˆ’
===== [[Sixtyten]] =====
 
βˆ’
* A sound effect from the science fiction film ''Terror from the Year 5000'' (1958)<ref>https://youtu.be/nch8WxwcRBk . As the video notes, this film is also sampled in "[[Apparatus]]" from ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 2]]''.</ref> begins the song.
 
βˆ’
* Various vocal samples from ''Getaway'' by Earth, Wind & Fire (1976)<ref>https://youtu.be/xN_3nib4r3Y . Notable clips appear at 1:10 & 2:17, and repeat throughout Sixtyten.</ref>
 
βˆ’
* Various vocal samples from ''On Your Face'' by Earth, Wind & Fire (1976)<ref>https://youtu.be/2IbTNgdxrpc . Notable clip appears at 1:10</ref>
 
βˆ’
* A child saying "There are a lot of different 'me's, you know. There's the made me, when I get angry." from Sesame Street<ref>https://youtu.be/QZyRR-18EVU . Various pieces of this sample also appear in "[[Dawn Chorus]]", "[[Whitewater]]", and "[[Sunshine Recorder]]".</ref>
 
βˆ’
===== [[Turquoise Hexagon Sun]] =====
 
βˆ’
* Shares a primary drum sample with "[[Orange Hexagon Sun]]" from ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 2]]''.
 
βˆ’
===== [[Kaini Industries]] =====
 
βˆ’
* What might be a recording from a native American ceremony, culled from the recordings ''Calling an Enemy's Arutam Soul'' (1973) and ''Song of Kundi, the Flute Bird (Flute Solo) (1973)<ref>https://youtu.be/hRoKgx7ioxc , https://youtu.be/D7dvcEkotAE . These recordings are a likely sample source, but this has not be comprehensively confirmed.</ref> <ref>https://youtu.be/D7z-p2XmhTE . Video that contrasts one of the purported samples.</ref>
 
βˆ’
===== [[Roygbiv]] =====
 
βˆ’
* Melodic fragment from Sesame Street episode 2852 (1991)<ref>https://youtu.be/9j4kXWTJXLE?t=696</ref>
 
βˆ’
* A child saying "Lake" from Sesame Street episode 2852 (1991)<ref>https://youtu.be/9j4kXWTJXLE?t=717 . ibid, different timestamp.</ref>
 
βˆ’
*Similar Slow Kick and Snare Sample from "[[Spectrum]]"
 
βˆ’
 
βˆ’
===== [[Rue the Whirl]] =====
 
βˆ’
* Birds whistling outside BoC's studio ([[Rue the Whirl]])<ref>https://bocpages.org/wiki/Two_Aesthetes_of_Electronic_Music</ref>
 
βˆ’
===== [[Aquarius]] =====
 
βˆ’
* Drums, bass and other elements from "Aquarius" from the Musical ''Hair'' (1979)<ref>https://youtu.be/ISYwosO04fg?t=45 . It has been suggested that the sample has been rerecorded due to the slight difference in instrumentation, but this has not been confirmed.</ref>
 
βˆ’
* The word "orange" from a short vignette from Sesame Street<ref>https://youtu.be/ZHAtrnbu8ts?t=1</ref>
 
βˆ’
* Children's laughter, and the same children saying "yeah, that's right" from an episode of Sesame Street<ref>https://youtu.be/LjOzmDqoKyM?t=7</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/LjOzmDqoKyM?t=32 . ibid, different timestamp.</ref>
 
βˆ’
* A sequence of numbers read by a professional-sounding woman's voice
 
βˆ’
* A girl saying "We'll sail to the stars." from Sesame Street<ref>https://youtu.be/mN3pAZpBTrE?t=67</ref>
 
βˆ’
===== [[Pete Standing Alone]] =====
 
βˆ’
* A distorted voice saying "bonds" ([[Pete Standing Alone]])
 
βˆ’
===== [[One Very Important Thought]] =====
 
βˆ’
* A voice-over from the adult film ''A Brief Affair'' (1982), rerecorded, and with the words "listening to Boards of Canada" replacing "viewing an adult film."<ref>https://youtu.be/pHWjf88n2Mw?t=18 . This is the original sample, which also appears on the original version of One Very Important Thought on ''[[BoC Maxima]]''. The sample here is clearly rerecorded, but it is unknown who is speaking.</ref>
 
βˆ’
===== [[Happy Cycling]] =====
 
βˆ’
* Dissonant tone and drum beat from ''Heart Beat, Pig Meat'' by Pink Floyd (1970)<ref>https://youtu.be/AGLX5CglVGY?t=15</ref>
 
βˆ’
* Beginning at :39, eerie choir samples from ''The Crucifixion'', from the soundtrack to ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' (1973)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAL0Y0PxJFc&t=64s</ref>
 
βˆ’
* At 4:51, a reversed interview with with Jeff Lynne of the Electric Light Orchestra on the subject of ELO's supposed use of backmasked vocals and the resulting controversy<ref>http://www.elodiscovery.com/Jeff-Lynne-Electric-Light-Orchestra-Interviews2.html . Link now broken, needs new source.</ref>
 
βˆ’
* Beginning at 1:19, bird calls and a male singing voice from ''La FΓͺte Sauvage'' by Vangelis<ref>https://youtu.be/e8eeCRVVjWc?t=163</ref> plays intermittently.
 
βˆ’
 
βˆ’
== [[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (release)|In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (2000)]] ==
 
βˆ’
 
βˆ’
===== [[Kid For Today]] =====
 
βˆ’
* A slide projector switching to the next slide
 
βˆ’
===== [[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country]] =====
 
βˆ’
* Children laughing and the creaking of a porch swing
 
βˆ’
* The phrase "Come out and live with a religious community in a beautiful place out in the country", quoted from Amo Bishop Roden, processed through a vocoder.<ref> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6gCmQ1dxek&t=974s Additionally, the full sample of Roden speaking appears on the [[Slag_Boom_Van_Loon_-_Poppy_Seed|Poppy Seed remix]].</ref>
 
βˆ’
 
βˆ’
== [[Geogaddi|Geogaddi (2002)]] ==
 
βˆ’
 
βˆ’
===== [[Music Is Math]] =====
 
βˆ’
* A man or low-voiced woman slowly saying "the past inside the present"
 
βˆ’
* The phrase "we all fall down" spoken slowly, processed through a vocoder, and melodized
 
βˆ’
* A similar voice to the "past inside the present" voice saying either "purple", "be careful", or "perfect circle"
 
βˆ’
===== [[Beware The Friendly Stranger]] =====
 
βˆ’
* The sound of a crackling campfire
 
βˆ’
* A playground with children, played very quiet
 
βˆ’
===== [[Gyroscope]] =====
 
βˆ’
* A number station broadcast recorded by Sean Booth on a shortwave radio and gifted to BOC<ref>https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=254145#p254145</ref>
 
βˆ’
* Reversed high notes played on a 12-string guitar (probably an acoustic guitar and most likely sped up)
 
βˆ’
===== [[Dandelion]] =====
 
βˆ’
* Dialogue from ''Dive to the Edge of Creation'' (1980)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2qmf24O0yo&t=2418s</ref>
 
βˆ’
===== [[Sunshine Recorder]] =====
 
βˆ’
* A child saying "A beautiful place", from [[Sesame Street]]<ref>https://youtu.be/KRD1dgLXu04?t=133</ref> 
 
βˆ’
* A vocoded voice saying "an eagle in your mind"
 
βˆ’
* A child saying "Bye" from [[Sesame Street]]<ref>https://youtu.be/QZyRR-18EVU?t=62 ; also appears in ''Dawn Chorus'', and the full clip in ''Whitewater'' </ref>
 
βˆ’
===== [[Julie And Candy]] =====
 
βˆ’
* Dialogue between a man and a woman sampled from the ''Season of the Witch'' (1972)<ref>https://youtu.be/gkBxtZzLlNQ?t=424</ref>
 
βˆ’
===== [[The Smallest Weird Number]] =====
 
βˆ’
* The flute solo at the end of ''When the Music Starts to Play'' (1966) by The Incredible String Band, heard in reverse and at a lower speed<ref>https://youtu.be/RANBgWcPbxU?t=150 ; a different part of this song is used in ''The Beach at Redpoint'' and the ''Dead Dogs Two'' remix. </ref>
 
βˆ’
* Track 10 from side B of ([[Random 35 Tracks Tape]]), reversed
 
βˆ’
===== [[1969]] =====
 
βˆ’
* An interview with Amo Bishop Roeden featuring the line "Although not a follower of David Koresh, she's a devoted Branch Davidian" ([[1969]] (with "David Koresh" reversed); Same words occur in BoC remix of [[Slag Boom Van Loon - Poppy Seed|Poppy Seed]] by Slag Boom Van Loon
 
βˆ’
* A vocoded voice, similar to the one heard counting in [[Aquarius]], saying "1969 in the sunshine"
 
βˆ’
===== [[Energy Warning]] =====
 
βˆ’
* A 1979 public information advert on the topic of energy conservation by the youth organization 4-H<ref>http://dt.prohosting.com/70s/childtv/psa4h.au</ref>
 
βˆ’
* A synthesizer line from the documentary ''The Falls'' (1991) <ref>https://youtu.be/UGrNQcPLwWE?t=3017 ; possibly rerecorded</ref>
 
βˆ’
===== [[Opening The Mouth]] =====
 
βˆ’
* Continuous, repeated whispering of the word "us", or the sound of air being sucked from a person's mouth as by a dental vacuum
 
βˆ’
===== [[Alpha And Omega]] =====
 
βˆ’
* "Alpha and Omega" said over a loudspeaker
 
βˆ’
* A vocoded voice saying "Yellow"
 
βˆ’
* A man's voice saying "I'm a God-darned Satanist, and, if I wanted, I'd be in this business too", reversed
 
βˆ’
===== [[The Devil Is In The Details]] =====
 
βˆ’
* A spoken passage that seems to have been taken from a self-improvement-oriented self-hypnosis tape and which has been modified to sound as if it is being spoken underwater
 
βˆ’
* Very slowly-spoken speech (words unknown) processed through a vocoder and harmonized at close intervals for a dissonant sound (not confirmed)
 
βˆ’
===== [[A Is To B As B Is To C]] =====
 
βˆ’
* A sound similar to a bubbling cauldron
 
βˆ’
* A vocoded voice singing: "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Now in Spanish, then in French, we'll say that twice again". Sampled from the song ''Languages We Speak'' by [https://www.discogs.com/artist/4433629-Sarah-Barchas Sarah Barchas]<ref>https://youtu.be/DdGUyK4wyXA?t=20</ref>
 
βˆ’
* A group singing "We love you all"
 
βˆ’
* From the film ''Season of the Witch'', a man: "I'll be gone about a week. Oh, by the way, I brought..."<ref>See file:
 
βˆ’
[[File:A is to B sample.mp3|thumb|A is to B sample ]]
 
βˆ’
</ref> forwards and reversed
 
βˆ’
* From the song "Teddy Bear's Picnic": "If you go down to the woods today, you'd better not go alone!" (reversed)
 
βˆ’
* A reversed excerpt of an interview with Tommy Silverstein on the A&E investigative report ''Behind Bars: Supermax''<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzb27OV7qmo&t=675s</ref>
 
βˆ’
* "So, those prophecies you've been describing" ... "and now to business [matters?]..." (reversed)
 
βˆ’
* A distorted voice repeating "It must be a musical computer!" sampled from ''Make a Joyful Noise!: introducing Colby!'' <ref>https://youtu.be/lYJrM9epx-0?t=110</ref>
 
βˆ’
===== [[Dawn Chorus]] =====
 
βˆ’
* An English woman possibly saying "round the, round the, round the cauldron" and/or "but you may be dead ... you may be dead", which heavy echo applied
 
βˆ’
* A child wailing semi-melodically
 
βˆ’
===== [[You Could Feel the Sky]] =====
 
βˆ’
* The sound of velcro pieces being separated, the tightening of a rope, or the compression of two rubber surfaces such as rubber gloves. (not confirmed)
 
βˆ’
* A grunting noise resembling the sound of a taut tope being pulled across the hull of a wooden ship
 
βˆ’
* A man saying "A god with horns" and/or "A god with hooves", played in reverse
 
βˆ’
* Whispered: "take my hand" ([[You Could Feel the Sky]], also in [[Seven Forty Seven]])
 
βˆ’
===== [[From One Source All Things Depend]] =====
 
βˆ’
* Various young speakers discussing the nature of God, sampled from an album entitled ''Family of God'' (1970)<ref>https://youtu.be/a8SbU8ioHTg</ref>
 
βˆ’
 
βˆ’
== [[The Campfire Headphase|The Campfire Headphase (2005)]] ==
 
βˆ’
===== [[Chromakey Dreamcoat]] =====
 
βˆ’
* Conversation from the anti-drug education film ''The Social Seminar: Tom'' (1972) <ref>https://youtu.be/_abTIS0Lg0I?t=600</ref>
 
βˆ’
* Slowed down voice on the right channel from Reese's Peanut Butter Cup commercial (1979) repeating "peanut butter. It's doggone good!"<ref>https://youtu.be/Wty8UYT6PGw?t=9</ref>
 
βˆ’
===== [[Peacock Tail]] =====
 
βˆ’
* Various voices including a baby crying
 
βˆ’
===== [[A Moment of Clarity]] =====
 
βˆ’
* A choir sample from ''Foreign Affair'' (1979) by The Manhattan Transfer<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTmR4e-ssdA&t=223s</ref>
 
βˆ’
===== [['84 Pontiac Dream]] =====
 
βˆ’
The sampled piano chord at 1:02 also appears in ''Chromakey Dreamcoat'' at 4:29<ref>https://youtu.be/ex6-A803EnE?t=268</ref>
 
βˆ’
===== [[Sherbet Head]] =====
 
βˆ’
* Various garbled voices that seem as though they may have been recorded in a highly reverberant public space on a handheld recorder
 
βˆ’
===== [[Hey Saturday Sun]] =====
 
βˆ’
* An underlying drone sound that bears a strong resemblance to the drone heard in the cabin of an airliner during travel
 
βˆ’
===== [[Slow This Bird Down]] =====
 
βˆ’
* Shortwave radio noise, including morse, teletype, and various data signals, one which seems to be a Harris RF-5710 radio modem
 
βˆ’
===== [[Farewell Fire]] =====
 
βˆ’
* This is a certified Marcus Track<ref>https://bocpages.org/wiki/The_Last_Secret_of_Pop#Translated_Text</ref>
 
βˆ’
 
βˆ’
== [[Tomorrow's Harvest|Tomorrow's Harvest (2013)]] ==
 
βˆ’
===== [[Gemini]] =====
 
βˆ’
* The words "Does anybody copy me?" followed by "Roger"
 
βˆ’
===== [[Reach For The Dead]] =====
 
βˆ’
* A male voice says "Listen" or possibly "Risen."
 
βˆ’
===== [[Telepath]] =====
 
βˆ’
* A male voice counting to ten repeatedly along with some speech
 
βˆ’
===== [[Transmisiones Ferox]] =====
 
βˆ’
* A female voice saying  "Nineteen-ninety-nine"
 
βˆ’
* A female voice saying "The others."
 
βˆ’
===== [[Sick Times]] =====
 
βˆ’
* A voice  at 1:46 saying "thank you"
 
βˆ’
===== [[Palace Posy]] =====
 
βˆ’
* The word "eleven" from WTCN-TVs 1970's jingle<ref>https://youtu.be/j7DPNQdCuYw?t=6</ref>
 
βˆ’
===== [[Split Your Infinities]] =====
 
βˆ’
* A quote at 1:45 about FEMA camps from the documentary ''America Under Siege'' (1994)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P-hvPJPTi4</ref>
 
βˆ’
 
βˆ’
* A sample from an MCA Videodisc bumper. The sample appears deeper in the mix at 1:48, but can be heard most clearly and in its entirety starting at 4:00. <ref>https://youtu.be/eRhs70SWc2c?si=KJeoROqreqJ-Hsdg This sample is also pitched down slightly. This particular bumper most likely originates from 1982-1984; LaserDiscs went through many different renamings and rebrandings, and the MCA Videodisc label was only used during this period.</ref>
 
βˆ’
 
βˆ’
===== [[Nothing Is Real]] =====
 
βˆ’
* A distorted voice reciting about or talking to Jesus
 
βˆ’
===== [[New Seeds]] =====
 
βˆ’
* Speculated to be a developed version of "Audiotrack 14" from ''[[Random 35 Tracks Tape]]''<ref>https://youtu.be/m5YhlMNM6Nk?t=14 . The stuttering synth line is purported to be similar to the primary guitar/synth line of New Seeds.</ref>
 
βˆ’
 
βˆ’
== Unsorted ==
 
βˆ’
* A Christian Science Monitor news segment about laws pertaining to immigrants in the USA, reversed ("[[Michael Fakesch - Surfaise : The Trade Winds Mix By Boards Of Canada]]")
 
βˆ’
* A woman with a southern American accent apparently pulling up to a drive-through fast food ordering microphone and asking "Yes, what comes with, uh, chicken fingers?"  ("[[Dave (I'm A Real Traditionalist)]]", "[[R35TT A06]]")
 
βˆ’
* Looped reversed sample of "[https://youtu.be/yxC-utQG1GE?t=77 Bless the Lord]" from "[http://www.discogs.com/Various-Make-A-Joyful-Noise-Introducing-Colby/release/4952806  Make A Joyful Noise: Introducing Colby]" ([[Warp10-06]])
 
βˆ’
* A woman saying "One, two, three and four" in an American/Canadian accent, possibly from a vintage children's educational tape or retro domestic appliance advert ([[Warp10-07]])
 
βˆ’
* A vocoded voice repeating throughout, possibly saying "Marcus singing", "Funky singing", "Love is in me", or "Focus in me" ([[Warp10-08]])
 
βˆ’
* Another vocoded voice which repeats throughout, possibly saying "The one move it" in a Scottish accent, or "The one and only" ([[Warp10-08]])
 
βˆ’
* A sample of children laughing similar to [[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (song)|In a Beautiful Place out in the Country]] drenched in reverb ([[Warp10-07]])
 
βˆ’
* A child saying "Louder!" ([[ATP-07]])
 
βˆ’
* A vocoded female voice possibly saying "Electric Star" ([[ATP-07]])
 
βˆ’
* "See the rainbow" ([[ATP-07]])
 
  
 
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