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* A child saying "Yeah!", reversed ([[Roygbiv]], [[Roygbiv#Alpha_Quest_Mix|ROYGBIV (Alpha Quest Mix)]])
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''For more detailed info on a particular sample, see the individual song pages.''
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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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* Various voices:
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== [[A Few Old Tunes|A Few Old Tunes (1996)]] ==
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** Man #1: "This is a ... uh ... map of the plan of William T. Love for a model industrial city ...."
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===== [[Spectrum]] =====
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** Woman: "Please do tell!"
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* Beginning at :38, the same drum loop that appears in [[Twoism_(song)|"Twoism"]] plays throughout
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** Man #1: "... This plan was to dig a canal from the Niagara River to the Niagara Escarpment."
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===== [[P:C:]] =====
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** Man #2: "We are located at the upper Niagara river gorge. Above the gorge itself is a residential community, the university." ([[Niagara]])
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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 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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===== [[Trapped]] =====
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* The following monologue taken from a pornographic film, spoken by a young man:
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* A remix of ''Trapped'' by Colonel Abrams (1985)
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<blockquote>That tiny room at the beach was absolutely the perfect place for my first time. When we came together, I could feel the hairs growing on my chest. I saw my future. I saw my past. For a few minutes it was like being alive. They lived happily ever after. All my questions had been answered. All my fears disappeared. All that was left was a kiss. Every move we made was a kiss. ([[Sixtyniner]], [[Sir Prancelot Brainfire]])</blockquote>
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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 flute played in a Native American style at high pitch ([[Red Moss]])
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===== [[Devil]] =====
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* From Bob Vila's ''Home Again'', two speakers jumbled together: "I notice that you ... well it's another one of these ... right! that is correct. that's interesting! great! right! uh we, now, those, uh, looks like full-dimensional ... right! that's correct. yeah, mm hm, uh, right, that's correct." ... ... "well, it makes a lot of sense!" ([[Concourse]])
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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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* A sample from Indeep's 1983 hit "Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life" ([[Nlogax]])
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===== [[Blockbusters]] =====
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* Various bits of speech. It's hard to make out much, but here's [DC]'s guess at some of it:
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* Dialogue, applause, and music from an episode of the British television game show ''Blockbusters''
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** "there's been a [release/leak]"? [female voice]<br />
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===== [[The Way You Show]] =====
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** "Oh, ... I know" [Scottish girl]<br />
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* The chorus of "Celebration" by Kool & The Gang
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** "Just slightly" [different Scottish girl]<br />
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===== [[I Love U]] =====
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** "... just [come in at the] end, right?" [English man]<br />
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* Also appears on ''[[Music Has the Right to Children]]'' as "[[The Color of the Fire]]"
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** "fan - tastic" [same man?]
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===== [[Sequoia]] =====
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** Another girl sounds (to me) like the same one who speaks all the way through all 3 live recordings of BoC at ATP, Lighthouse, and Warp, which adds to suspicions that these are recordings of people talking at the the Hexagon Sun studio, as the title of the track in which the voices are used would suggest. ([[Turquoise Hexagon Sun]])
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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 "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]]:
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<blockquote>When I'm with a friend / then I feel proud, and there's a Proud Me, too. / When I'm with a friend / then I feel proud, and there's a Proud Me, too. / - Me, too. / Right now, I'm the Loving Me; isn't he cute? And after I've done a real good job - I've cleaned my room, or something like that - then I feel proud, and there's a Proud Me, too. And when I'm with a friend, and we're having a good time, then I'm the Happy Me. But when my friend has to go home, then I feel a little sad, so I turn into the Sad Me. Anyway, there sure are a lot of different Me's, just like you have a lot of different You's. Well, we're going outside to - outside to play now, I hope all the different You's have fun, too! Bye!" ([[Whitewater]] [pitch-shifted and words rearranged], [[Sixtyten]] [reversed], [[Sunshine Recorder]] ["Bye"'s only])</blockquote>
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== [[Old Tunes Vol. 2|Old Tunes Vol. 2 (1996)]] ==
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* A woman's voice, sampled from the conclusion of a 1982 porn film entitled ''A Brief Affair'':
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===== [[We've Started Up]] =====
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<blockquote>Now that the show is over, and we have jointly exercised our constitutional rights, we would like to leave you with one very important thought: Some time in the future, you may have the opportunity to serve as a juror in a so-called obscenity case. It would be wise to remember that the same people who would stop you from viewing an adult film may be back next year to complain about a book, or even a TV programme. If you can be told what you can see or read, then it follows that you can be told what to say or think. Defend your constitutionally-protected rights. No one else will do it for you. Thank you. ([[One Very Important Thought]] on [[BOC Maxima]])</blockquote>
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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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* A tinny, cyclic sound that is possibly part of a drum loop ([[Spectrum]], [[Twoism]])
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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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* Two women speaking, presumably on a television show:
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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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** Woman #1: "Wearing light-colored hosiery like that makes your legs look larger. Do you know that?"
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===== [[Jimbo Rehearsing]] =====
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** Woman #2: "No. I don't want them larg--"
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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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** Woman #1: "And the shoes, the high-buckle in the instep also squashes your legs--"
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===== [[Staircase Whip]] =====
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** Woman #2: "Really?"
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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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** Woman #1: "so we're gonna do something else there. Let's talk about color for a minute--"
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===== [[Dave (I'm A Real Traditionalist)]] =====
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** Woman #2: "All right."
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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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** Woman #1: "Nikki. You like green--"
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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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** Woman #2: "Mmm hmm"
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** Woman #1: "and green's gonna be nice on you, but this one is decapitating you."
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===== [[Peace-Tony-Devil]] =====
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** Woman #2: "Really?"
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* "The royal family should be <em>left in peace</em>!"
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** Woman #1: "Yup." ([[Light, Clear Hair]])
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* A commercial for Frosted Flakes<ref>https://youtu.be/0L4iuauTuEQ?t=25</ref>
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* A man and a woman breathing heavily, with 1970's music in the background ([[P:C:]])
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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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* Most vocals from [[Colonel Abrams - Trapped|Trapped]] by Colonel Abrams ([[Trapped]])
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===== [[Iraq Says]] =====
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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]])
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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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* From an episode of the British television game show ''Blockbusters'':
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*Brief jingle from Sesame Street<ref>https://youtu.be/QimBkBFspbY?t=151</ref>
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** Kathy: "??? I'll have a 'W' then please, Bob."
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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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** Bob: "'W'. What 'W' was the name of Bob Marley's group?" (buzzer) "Wah ha ha ha ha! Everybody worked for it, Kathy got there"
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===== [[Nine-Rubber Wisdom]] =====
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** Kathy: "Waltzer."
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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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** Bob: "Yes it is! Waltzer. Gosh you took a chance. Well done!" (bell) "And for those who don't know, that's the one that...people are spun round as it revolves. It's a waltzer. And you've got the choice."
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===== [[On A Rolling Sea]] =====
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** Kathy: "I'll have the 'M' please, Bob."
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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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** Bob: "The 'M'. Yes, you may. What 'M' is a garden flower whose bright orange petals are u-- Yes, Sarah."
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===== [[Iced Cooly Beatnik]] =====
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** Sarah: "Football"
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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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** Bob:"That's it! That's perfect! You've done it! Terrific! Well done. Wowee, I was a little bit worried there. You did it, and here's the big prize, Kathy. Take a look at this; you're gonna love it." ([[Blockbusters]])
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===== [[Sir Prancelot Brainfire]] =====
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* The chorus of "Celebration" by Kool & The Gang ([[The Way You Show]])
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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 [[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 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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* A drum fill from "Strawberry Fields Forever" by The Beatles ([[Kid For Today]], [[Sequoia]])
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===== [[Heysanna Hosanna]] =====
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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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* 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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* A choir-like melodic/harmonic loop ([[Audiotrack 06|Old Tunes Vol. 1: Side A Audiotrack 6]], [[Sevenfortyseven]])
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===== [[Apparatus]] =====
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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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* 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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* A choir-like melody ([[Audiotrack 12|Old Tunes Vol. 1: Side A Audiotrack 12]], [[Aquarius (Version 3)]])
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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"
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* A slightly slowed-down male voice saying "bordering Canada"
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* A young man shouting "twenty cent" (?)
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===== [[Triangles and Rhombuses]] =====
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* 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>
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===== [[Sixtyten]] =====
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* 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.
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* 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>
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* Various vocal samples from ''On Your Face'' by Earth, Wind & Fire (1976)<ref>https://youtu.be/2IbTNgdxrpc . Notable clip appears at 1:10</ref>
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* 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>
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===== [[Turquoise Hexagon Sun]] =====
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* Shares a primary drum sample with "[[Orange Hexagon Sun]]" from ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 2]]''.
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===== [[Kaini Industries]] =====
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* 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>
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===== [[Roygbiv]] =====
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* Melodic fragment from Sesame Street episode 2852 (1991)<ref>https://youtu.be/9j4kXWTJXLE?t=696</ref>
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* A child saying "Lake" from Sesame Street episode 2852 (1991)<ref>https://youtu.be/9j4kXWTJXLE?t=717 . ibid, different timestamp.</ref>
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*Similar Slow Kick and Snare Sample from "[[Spectrum]]"
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===== [[Rue the Whirl]] =====
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* Birds whistling outside BoC's studio ([[Rue the Whirl]])<ref>https://bocpages.org/wiki/Two_Aesthetes_of_Electronic_Music</ref>
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===== [[Aquarius]] =====
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* 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>
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* The word "orange" from a short vignette from Sesame Street<ref>https://youtu.be/ZHAtrnbu8ts?t=1</ref>
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* 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>
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* A sequence of numbers read by a professional-sounding woman's voice
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* A girl saying "We'll sail to the stars." from Sesame Street<ref>https://youtu.be/mN3pAZpBTrE?t=67</ref>
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===== [[Pete Standing Alone]] =====
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* A distorted voice saying "bonds" ([[Pete Standing Alone]])
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===== [[One Very Important Thought]] =====
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* 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>
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===== [[Happy Cycling]] =====
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* Dissonant tone and drum beat from ''Heart Beat, Pig Meat'' by Pink Floyd (1970)<ref>https://youtu.be/AGLX5CglVGY?t=15</ref>
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* 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>
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* 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>
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* 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.
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== [[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (release)|In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (2000)]] ==
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===== [[Kid For Today]] =====
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* A slide projector switching to the next slide
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===== [[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country]] =====
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* Children laughing and the creaking of a porch swing
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* 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>
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== [[Geogaddi|Geogaddi (2002)]] ==
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===== [[Music Is Math]] =====
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* A man or low-voiced woman slowly saying "the past inside the present"
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* The phrase "we all fall down" spoken slowly, processed through a vocoder, and melodized
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* A similar voice to the "past inside the present" voice saying either "purple", "be careful", or "perfect circle"
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===== [[Beware The Friendly Stranger]] =====
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* The sound of a crackling campfire
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* A playground with children, played very quiet
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===== [[Gyroscope]] =====
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* 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>
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* Reversed high notes played on a 12-string guitar (probably an acoustic guitar and most likely sped up)
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===== [[Dandelion]] =====
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* Dialogue from ''Dive to the Edge of Creation'' (1980)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2qmf24O0yo&t=2418s</ref>
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===== [[Sunshine Recorder]] =====
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* A child saying "A beautiful place", from [[Sesame Street]]<ref>https://youtu.be/KRD1dgLXu04?t=133</ref> 
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* A vocoded voice saying "an eagle in your mind"
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* 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>
 +
===== [[Julie And Candy]] =====
 +
* Dialogue between a man and a woman sampled from the ''Season of the Witch'' (1972)<ref>https://youtu.be/gkBxtZzLlNQ?t=424</ref>
 +
===== [[The Smallest Weird Number]] =====
 +
* 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>
 +
* Track 10 from side B of ([[Random 35 Tracks Tape]]), reversed
 +
===== [[1969]] =====
 +
* 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
 +
* A vocoded voice, similar to the one heard counting in [[Aquarius]], saying "1969 in the sunshine"
 +
===== [[Energy Warning]] =====
 +
* 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>
 +
* A synthesizer line from the documentary ''The Falls'' (1991) <ref>https://youtu.be/UGrNQcPLwWE?t=3017 ; possibly rerecorded</ref>
 +
===== [[Opening The Mouth]] =====
 +
* Continuous, repeated whispering of the word "us", or the sound of air being sucked from a person's mouth as by a dental vacuum
 +
===== [[Alpha And Omega]] =====
 +
* "Alpha and Omega" said over a loudspeaker
 +
* A vocoded voice saying "Yellow"
 +
* A man's voice saying "I'm a God-darned Satanist, and, if I wanted, I'd be in this business too", reversed
 +
===== [[The Devil Is In The Details]] =====
 +
* 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
 +
* Very slowly-spoken speech (words unknown) processed through a vocoder and harmonized at close intervals for a dissonant sound (not confirmed)
 +
===== [[A Is To B As B Is To C]] =====
 +
* A sound similar to a bubbling cauldron
 +
* 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>
 +
* A group singing "We love you all"
 +
* 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:
 +
[[File:A is to B sample.mp3|thumb|A is to B sample ]]
 +
</ref> forwards and reversed
 +
* From the song "Teddy Bear's Picnic": "If you go down to the woods today, you'd better not go alone!" (reversed)
 +
* 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>
 +
* "So, those prophecies you've been describing" ... "and now to business [matters?]..." (reversed)
 +
* 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>
 +
===== [[Dawn Chorus]] =====
 +
* 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
 +
* A child wailing semi-melodically
 +
===== [[You Could Feel the Sky]] =====
 +
* 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)
 +
* A grunting noise resembling the sound of a taut tope being pulled across the hull of a wooden ship
 +
* A man saying "A god with horns" and/or "A god with hooves", played in reverse
 +
* Whispered: "take my hand" ([[You Could Feel the Sky]], also in [[Seven Forty Seven]])
 +
===== [[From One Source All Things Depend]] =====
 +
* Various young speakers discussing the nature of God, sampled from an album entitled ''Family of God'' (1970)<ref>https://youtu.be/a8SbU8ioHTg</ref>
 +
 
 +
== [[The Campfire Headphase|The Campfire Headphase (2005)]] ==
 +
===== [[Chromakey Dreamcoat]] =====
 +
* Conversation from the anti-drug education film ''The Social Seminar: Tom'' (1972) <ref>https://youtu.be/_abTIS0Lg0I?t=600</ref>
 +
* 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>
 +
===== [[Peacock Tail]] =====
 +
* Various voices including a baby crying
 +
===== [[A Moment of Clarity]] =====
 +
* A choir sample from ''Foreign Affair'' (1979) by The Manhattan Transfer<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTmR4e-ssdA&t=223s</ref>
 +
===== [['84 Pontiac Dream]] =====
 +
The sampled piano chord at 1:02 also appears in ''Chromakey Dreamcoat'' at 4:29<ref>https://youtu.be/ex6-A803EnE?t=268</ref>
 +
===== [[Sherbet Head]] =====
 +
* Various garbled voices that seem as though they may have been recorded in a highly reverberant public space on a handheld recorder
 +
===== [[Hey Saturday Sun]] =====
 +
* An underlying drone sound that bears a strong resemblance to the drone heard in the cabin of an airliner during travel
 +
===== [[Slow This Bird Down]] =====
 +
* Shortwave radio noise, including morse, teletype, and various data signals, one which seems to be a Harris RF-5710 radio modem
 +
===== [[Farewell Fire]] =====
 +
* This is a certified Marcus Track<ref>https://bocpages.org/wiki/The_Last_Secret_of_Pop#Translated_Text</ref>
 +
 
 +
== [[Tomorrow's Harvest|Tomorrow's Harvest (2013)]] ==
 +
===== [[Gemini]] =====
 +
* The words "Does anybody copy me?" followed by "Roger"
 +
===== [[Reach For The Dead]] =====
 +
* A male voice says "Listen" or possibly "Risen."
 +
===== [[Telepath]] =====
 +
* A male voice counting to ten repeatedly along with some speech
 +
===== [[Transmisiones Ferox]] =====
 +
* A female voice saying  "Nineteen-ninety-nine"
 +
* A female voice saying "The others."
 +
===== [[Sick Times]] =====
 +
* A voice  at 1:46 saying "thank you"
 +
===== [[Palace Posy]] =====
 +
* The word "eleven" from WTCN-TVs 1970's jingle<ref>https://youtu.be/j7DPNQdCuYw?t=6</ref>
 +
===== [[Split Your Infinities]] =====
 +
* 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>
 +
 
 +
* 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>
 +
 
 +
===== [[Nothing Is Real]] =====
 +
* A distorted voice reciting about or talking to Jesus
 +
===== [[New Seeds]] =====
 +
* 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>
 +
 
 +
== Unsorted ==
 +
* 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]]")
 +
* 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]]")
 +
* 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]])
 +
* 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]])
 +
* A vocoded voice repeating throughout, possibly saying "Marcus singing", "Funky singing", "Love is in me", or "Focus in me" ([[Warp10-08]])
 +
* Another vocoded voice which repeats throughout, possibly saying "The one move it" in a Scottish accent, or "The one and only" ([[Warp10-08]])
 +
* 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]])
 +
* A child saying "Louder!" ([[ATP-07]])
 +
* A vocoded female voice possibly saying "Electric Star" ([[ATP-07]])
 +
* "See the rainbow" ([[ATP-07]])
  
 
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Latest revision as of 04:37, 14 February 2024

For more detailed info on a particular sample, see the individual song pages.

Contents

A Few Old Tunes (1996)[edit]

Spectrum[edit]
  • Beginning at :38, the same drum loop that appears in "Twoism" plays throughout
P:C:[edit]
  • A man and a woman breathing heavily, with 1970's music in the background[1]
Trapped[edit]
  • A remix of Trapped by Colonel Abrams (1985)
  • A much different version of this remix was released under the Hell Interface moniker in 1997 as part of the Skam Records MASK200 compilation[2]
Devil[edit]
  • A commercial for Dirt Devil (a brand of portable vacuum cleaner).[3]
Blockbusters[edit]
  • Dialogue, applause, and music from an episode of the British television game show Blockbusters
The Way You Show[edit]
  • The chorus of "Celebration" by Kool & The Gang
I Love U[edit]
Sequoia[edit]
  • A drum fill from Fragment by Bleach (1992)[4]

Old Tunes Vol. 2 (1996)[edit]

We've Started Up[edit]
  • The beginning of the song "Falling in Love Again" by Techno Twins[5]
  • Sample featuring the lyrics "We're startin' up, now we're on our way" from "Flashback" by Imagination (1981)[6]
  • Sample with the words "He's a dream" from the song of the same name by Shandi (1983)[7]
Jimbo Rehearsing[edit]
  • This song is a sped up recording of "Berceuse" from the Dolly Suite by Gabriel FaurΓ©[8]
Staircase Whip[edit]
  • Main vocal sample comes from "Zableyalo mi AgΕ­ntse", as it appears on the compilation album Le MystΓ¨re des Voix Bulgares (1991)[9]. Marcus also references this compilation album in an interview.[10]
Dave (I'm A Real Traditionalist)[edit]
  • 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..."[11]
  • Contains a sample of a woman ordering at a drive-thru also used in "R35TT A06" [12]
Peace-Tony-Devil[edit]
  • "The royal family should be left in peace!"
  • A commercial for Frosted Flakes[13]
  • A commercial for Dirt Devil (a brand of portable vacuum cleaner.)[14]
Iraq Says[edit]
  • 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)
  • Brief jingle from Sesame Street[15]
  • Samples from opening screen of The Terminator (1992) game on the Sega Genesis.[16]
Nine-Rubber Wisdom[edit]
  • The hook from Toni Basil's 1982 hit "Mickey"[17]
On A Rolling Sea[edit]
  • A group saying "Fly!" from Sesame Street episode 3174 (1994)[18]
Iced Cooly Beatnik[edit]
  • Main melody sampled from the horror film The Haunted House of Horror (1969)[19]
Sir Prancelot Brainfire[edit]
  • Uses a full exerpt of "Sir Prancelot", a theme song of the cartoon The Adventures of Sir Prancelot, with an added synth line.[20]
  • A vocal sample from the adult film Summer of '72.[21]
Heysanna Hosanna[edit]
  • 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.
Apparatus[edit]
  • From the 1958 horror film Terror from the Year 5000: "Dad, look at the TV"[22]
  • An old Amiga module called "Voyager" by Hellraiser[23]
Music For Pylons[edit]
  • A synthesizer loop from the ending of "Karn Evil 9, Third Impression" on the album Brain Salad Surgery by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer[24]
  • Drums from "Cocaine Sex (Turbo Lust Mix)" by Renegade Soundwave (1987)[25]
Orange Hexagon Sun[edit]

BoC Maxima (1996)[edit]

Niagara[edit]
  • Two men talking about the Niagara river sampled from the documentary The Falls (1991)[26]
  • Background music from the adult film Summer of '72[27]
  • Beginning at :22, a giggle and two metallic-sounding high notes from the I Love You Sesame Street vignette[28]
Concourse[edit]
  • Dialogue from episode 509 of Bob Vila's Home Again (1992)[29]
Whitewater[edit]
  • Speech from the "Many Me's" Sesame Street segment[30]

Hi Scores (1996)[edit]

Nlogax[edit]
  • The opening drums Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life by Indeep[31]
June 9th[edit]
Everything You Do Is A Balloon[edit]
  • Melodic fragment from Timeless by John Abercrombie[33]

Music Has The Right To Children (1998)[edit]

Wildlife Analysis[edit]
  • A sample from Sesame Street's Alphaquest slowed by ~15.86 semitones repeats throughout[34]
An Eagle in Your Mind[edit]
  • All percussion on this track is constructed using the voice of Mike's girlfriend[35]
  • At 1:53, a speech sample from the documentary On the Tracks of the Wild Otter (1983) is heard[36]
  • At 2:50 a processed voice saying "I love you", from Sesame Street[37]
The Color of the Fire[edit]
  • Throughout the song, a child sounding out the sentence "I love you" from Sesame Street is heard[38]
Telephasic Workshop[edit]
  • Chopped-up voices saying "now this is very irresponsible" and, in a Scottish accent, "yer no gonnae"
  • A slightly slowed-down male voice saying "bordering Canada"
  • A young man shouting "twenty cent" (?)
Triangles and Rhombuses[edit]
Sixtyten[edit]
  • A sound effect from the science fiction film Terror from the Year 5000 (1958)[40] begins the song.
  • Various vocal samples from Getaway by Earth, Wind & Fire (1976)[41]
  • Various vocal samples from On Your Face by Earth, Wind & Fire (1976)[42]
  • 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[43]
Turquoise Hexagon Sun[edit]
Kaini Industries[edit]
  • 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)[44] [45]
Roygbiv[edit]
  • Melodic fragment from Sesame Street episode 2852 (1991)[46]
  • A child saying "Lake" from Sesame Street episode 2852 (1991)[47]
  • Similar Slow Kick and Snare Sample from "Spectrum"
Rue the Whirl[edit]
Aquarius[edit]
  • Drums, bass and other elements from "Aquarius" from the Musical Hair (1979)[49]
  • The word "orange" from a short vignette from Sesame Street[50]
  • Children's laughter, and the same children saying "yeah, that's right" from an episode of Sesame Street[51][52]
  • A sequence of numbers read by a professional-sounding woman's voice
  • A girl saying "We'll sail to the stars." from Sesame Street[53]
Pete Standing Alone[edit]
One Very Important Thought[edit]
  • 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."[54]
Happy Cycling[edit]
  • Dissonant tone and drum beat from Heart Beat, Pig Meat by Pink Floyd (1970)[55]
  • Beginning at :39, eerie choir samples from The Crucifixion, from the soundtrack to Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)[56]
  • 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[57]
  • Beginning at 1:19, bird calls and a male singing voice from La FΓͺte Sauvage by Vangelis[58] plays intermittently.

In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (2000)[edit]

Kid For Today[edit]
  • A slide projector switching to the next slide
In a Beautiful Place out in the Country[edit]
  • Children laughing and the creaking of a porch swing
  • 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.[59]

Geogaddi (2002)[edit]

Music Is Math[edit]
  • A man or low-voiced woman slowly saying "the past inside the present"
  • The phrase "we all fall down" spoken slowly, processed through a vocoder, and melodized
  • A similar voice to the "past inside the present" voice saying either "purple", "be careful", or "perfect circle"
Beware The Friendly Stranger[edit]
  • The sound of a crackling campfire
  • A playground with children, played very quiet
Gyroscope[edit]
  • A number station broadcast recorded by Sean Booth on a shortwave radio and gifted to BOC[60]
  • Reversed high notes played on a 12-string guitar (probably an acoustic guitar and most likely sped up)
Dandelion[edit]
  • Dialogue from Dive to the Edge of Creation (1980)[61]
Sunshine Recorder[edit]
Julie And Candy[edit]
  • Dialogue between a man and a woman sampled from the Season of the Witch (1972)[64]
The Smallest Weird Number[edit]
  • 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[65]
  • Track 10 from side B of (Random 35 Tracks Tape), reversed
1969[edit]
  • 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 Poppy Seed by Slag Boom Van Loon
  • A vocoded voice, similar to the one heard counting in Aquarius, saying "1969 in the sunshine"
Energy Warning[edit]
  • A 1979 public information advert on the topic of energy conservation by the youth organization 4-H[66]
  • A synthesizer line from the documentary The Falls (1991) [67]
Opening The Mouth[edit]
  • Continuous, repeated whispering of the word "us", or the sound of air being sucked from a person's mouth as by a dental vacuum
Alpha And Omega[edit]
  • "Alpha and Omega" said over a loudspeaker
  • A vocoded voice saying "Yellow"
  • A man's voice saying "I'm a God-darned Satanist, and, if I wanted, I'd be in this business too", reversed
The Devil Is In The Details[edit]
  • 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
  • Very slowly-spoken speech (words unknown) processed through a vocoder and harmonized at close intervals for a dissonant sound (not confirmed)
A Is To B As B Is To C[edit]
  • A sound similar to a bubbling cauldron
  • 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 Sarah Barchas[68]
  • A group singing "We love you all"
  • From the film Season of the Witch, a man: "I'll be gone about a week. Oh, by the way, I brought..."[69] forwards and reversed
  • From the song "Teddy Bear's Picnic": "If you go down to the woods today, you'd better not go alone!" (reversed)
  • A reversed excerpt of an interview with Tommy Silverstein on the A&E investigative report Behind Bars: Supermax[70]
  • "So, those prophecies you've been describing" ... "and now to business [matters?]..." (reversed)
  • A distorted voice repeating "It must be a musical computer!" sampled from Make a Joyful Noise!: introducing Colby! [71]
Dawn Chorus[edit]
  • 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
  • A child wailing semi-melodically
You Could Feel the Sky[edit]
  • 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)
  • A grunting noise resembling the sound of a taut tope being pulled across the hull of a wooden ship
  • A man saying "A god with horns" and/or "A god with hooves", played in reverse
  • Whispered: "take my hand" (You Could Feel the Sky, also in Seven Forty Seven)
From One Source All Things Depend[edit]
  • Various young speakers discussing the nature of God, sampled from an album entitled Family of God (1970)[72]

The Campfire Headphase (2005)[edit]

Chromakey Dreamcoat[edit]
  • Conversation from the anti-drug education film The Social Seminar: Tom (1972) [73]
  • Slowed down voice on the right channel from Reese's Peanut Butter Cup commercial (1979) repeating "peanut butter. It's doggone good!"[74]
Peacock Tail[edit]
  • Various voices including a baby crying
A Moment of Clarity[edit]
  • A choir sample from Foreign Affair (1979) by The Manhattan Transfer[75]
'84 Pontiac Dream[edit]

The sampled piano chord at 1:02 also appears in Chromakey Dreamcoat at 4:29[76]

Sherbet Head[edit]
  • Various garbled voices that seem as though they may have been recorded in a highly reverberant public space on a handheld recorder
Hey Saturday Sun[edit]
  • An underlying drone sound that bears a strong resemblance to the drone heard in the cabin of an airliner during travel
Slow This Bird Down[edit]
  • Shortwave radio noise, including morse, teletype, and various data signals, one which seems to be a Harris RF-5710 radio modem
Farewell Fire[edit]
  • This is a certified Marcus Track[77]

Tomorrow's Harvest (2013)[edit]

Gemini[edit]
  • The words "Does anybody copy me?" followed by "Roger"
Reach For The Dead[edit]
  • A male voice says "Listen" or possibly "Risen."
Telepath[edit]
  • A male voice counting to ten repeatedly along with some speech
Transmisiones Ferox[edit]
  • A female voice saying "Nineteen-ninety-nine"
  • A female voice saying "The others."
Sick Times[edit]
  • A voice at 1:46 saying "thank you"
Palace Posy[edit]
  • The word "eleven" from WTCN-TVs 1970's jingle[78]
Split Your Infinities[edit]
  • A quote at 1:45 about FEMA camps from the documentary America Under Siege (1994)[79]
  • 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. [80]
Nothing Is Real[edit]
  • A distorted voice reciting about or talking to Jesus
New Seeds[edit]

Unsorted[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ https://youtu.be/wGKhFfMUTwc?t=63
  2. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/release/2967-Various-MASK-200
  3. ↑ https://youtu.be/5hIdVAFs3dk
  4. ↑ https://youtu.be/bPW3YRn_uAI . Slowed down and possibly rerecorded.
  5. ↑ https://youtu.be/ZsLw0BCI6u4
  6. ↑ https://youtu.be/iqPVMw939j8?t=8
  7. ↑ https://youtu.be/YOgejpn6CII?t=103 . Sample is slowed down by ~25%.
  8. ↑ https://youtu.be/r1jUmqel1Is . The exact recording is unknown, but the cited material should demonstrate the compositional source.
  9. ↑ https://youtu.be/dluBzT6kVno?t=83
  10. ↑ https://bocpages.org/wiki/Breaking_Into_Heaven
  11. ↑ 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 full page for this song.
  12. ↑ Appears at :31 in this song, and 3:20 in "R35TT A06"
  13. ↑ https://youtu.be/0L4iuauTuEQ?t=25
  14. ↑ https://youtu.be/5hIdVAFs3dk
  15. ↑ https://youtu.be/QimBkBFspbY?t=151
  16. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asG9Ksx69YA
  17. ↑ https://youtu.be/WFrmapGCuhs?t=6 . Sample appears around :35 in Nine-Rubber Wisdom.
  18. ↑ https://youtu.be/eDTAnUCmapU?t=152 . This sample also appears prominently in "Orange Romeda"
  19. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d1aOKXnMGc&t=3539s
  20. ↑ https://youtu.be/nf1HmWmaCZc
  21. ↑ https://youtu.be/wGKhFfMUTwc?t=120 . As noted in this video, excerpts from the film also appear in "Niagara", "P:C:", and "Sixtyniner".
  22. ↑ https://youtu.be/JZs5qTGtKfk?t=2872
  23. ↑ https://youtu.be/siIqv8178xo?t=14
  24. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2W7l4IPptY&t=512s . Sample has been slowed.
  25. ↑ https://youtu.be/lbDkut1bLKQ?t=397 . Sample is also slowed and distorted.
  26. ↑ http://youtu.be/UGrNQcPLwWE?t=2956
  27. ↑ https://youtu.be/wGKhFfMUTwc
  28. ↑ https://youtu.be/mpQXqnOStAs?t=40
  29. ↑ http://youtu.be/CUt_PPzFAdY . Comes from multiple parts of the episode, most notably 8:49 and 9:45
  30. ↑ 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"
  31. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgGiCKbud5I
  32. ↑ https://youtu.be/nMuNULvJRvg?t=1332
  33. ↑ 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"
  34. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBFLBBgRpY0&t=25s . Original sample, unedited.
  35. ↑ https://bocpages.org/wiki/Northern_Exposure
  36. ↑ https://youtu.be/NvIneE_fcHM?t=1591
  37. ↑ 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
  38. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpQXqnOStAs
  39. ↑ https://youtu.be/b4tdPBYeLAE?t=4806 .
  40. ↑ https://youtu.be/nch8WxwcRBk . As the video notes, this film is also sampled in "Apparatus" from Old Tunes Vol. 2.
  41. ↑ https://youtu.be/xN_3nib4r3Y . Notable clips appear at 1:10 & 2:17, and repeat throughout Sixtyten.
  42. ↑ https://youtu.be/2IbTNgdxrpc . Notable clip appears at 1:10
  43. ↑ https://youtu.be/QZyRR-18EVU . Various pieces of this sample also appear in "Dawn Chorus", "Whitewater", and "Sunshine Recorder".
  44. ↑ https://youtu.be/hRoKgx7ioxc , https://youtu.be/D7dvcEkotAE . These recordings are a likely sample source, but this has not be comprehensively confirmed.
  45. ↑ https://youtu.be/D7z-p2XmhTE . Video that contrasts one of the purported samples.
  46. ↑ https://youtu.be/9j4kXWTJXLE?t=696
  47. ↑ https://youtu.be/9j4kXWTJXLE?t=717 . ibid, different timestamp.
  48. ↑ https://bocpages.org/wiki/Two_Aesthetes_of_Electronic_Music
  49. ↑ 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.
  50. ↑ https://youtu.be/ZHAtrnbu8ts?t=1
  51. ↑ https://youtu.be/LjOzmDqoKyM?t=7
  52. ↑ https://youtu.be/LjOzmDqoKyM?t=32 . ibid, different timestamp.
  53. ↑ https://youtu.be/mN3pAZpBTrE?t=67
  54. ↑ 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.
  55. ↑ https://youtu.be/AGLX5CglVGY?t=15
  56. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAL0Y0PxJFc&t=64s
  57. ↑ http://www.elodiscovery.com/Jeff-Lynne-Electric-Light-Orchestra-Interviews2.html . Link now broken, needs new source.
  58. ↑ https://youtu.be/e8eeCRVVjWc?t=163
  59. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6gCmQ1dxek&t=974s Additionally, the full sample of Roden speaking appears on the Poppy Seed remix.
  60. ↑ https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=254145#p254145
  61. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2qmf24O0yo&t=2418s
  62. ↑ https://youtu.be/KRD1dgLXu04?t=133
  63. ↑ https://youtu.be/QZyRR-18EVU?t=62 ; also appears in Dawn Chorus, and the full clip in Whitewater
  64. ↑ https://youtu.be/gkBxtZzLlNQ?t=424
  65. ↑ 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.
  66. ↑ http://dt.prohosting.com/70s/childtv/psa4h.au
  67. ↑ https://youtu.be/UGrNQcPLwWE?t=3017 ; possibly rerecorded
  68. ↑ https://youtu.be/DdGUyK4wyXA?t=20
  69. ↑ See file:
    A is to B sample
  70. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzb27OV7qmo&t=675s
  71. ↑ https://youtu.be/lYJrM9epx-0?t=110
  72. ↑ https://youtu.be/a8SbU8ioHTg
  73. ↑ https://youtu.be/_abTIS0Lg0I?t=600
  74. ↑ https://youtu.be/Wty8UYT6PGw?t=9
  75. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTmR4e-ssdA&t=223s
  76. ↑ https://youtu.be/ex6-A803EnE?t=268
  77. ↑ https://bocpages.org/wiki/The_Last_Secret_of_Pop#Translated_Text
  78. ↑ https://youtu.be/j7DPNQdCuYw?t=6
  79. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P-hvPJPTi4
  80. ↑ 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.
  81. ↑ https://youtu.be/m5YhlMNM6Nk?t=14 . The stuttering synth line is purported to be similar to the primary guitar/synth line of New Seeds.