Old Tunes Release

[orion]

Not especially. Becomes just another release then. The magic is the imperfection for me. Hipster enough for you?

Edit: My reply was to Orion rather than Arvy btw

Boards of Canada has never made "just another release"

[Mexicola]

Yeah, I know what you're saying and to a point I agree. I just kind of feel the reason these are special is they aren't polished and pristine. Having said that, we shouldn't have them anyway and I'm sure they didn't want them out there on ratty mp3s anyway. Hmmm. Mixed views, but its their choice of course.

[Jango9]

that Hooper Bay cassette from the summer

Wait, what?

[Mexicola]

Seek and ye shall find.

[seanandcandy]

I'd rather have a new ep instead. I've already heard old tunes a bazillion times.

yes yes out with the old, in with the new!

[Najlepsiejszy]

that Hooper Bay cassette from the summer

Wait, what?

I fell for that too. Don't believe anything he says.

Also I'd like them to release WAVs of the music, but I don't think I'd want a physical copy. I'd like them to stay rare

[Mexicola]

Would I? #doublebluff

[Mindshifter]

When I was young I recorded the songs that i like on tape, straight from the radio, as i'm sure, alot of people did. The result was an eclectic collection of weird songs, some talking etc.
This is exactly what makes the old tunes so good; its like someone recorded some underground bizarre shit on a tape in the '80.
To remaster en officially release it would be miles besides what makes old tunes so cool in the first place.

[arvy]

If they want to release their old catalogue on a proper vinyl/cd release, I would say yes, would def buy it

[arvy]

Not especially. Becomes just another release then. The magic is the imperfection for me. Hipster enough for you?

Edit: My reply was to Orion rather than Arvy btw

Hipster, what it even means here? I think this would be just another release plus to my collection

[Lens Larque]

The Old Tunes have been available more or less for 13 years now. I'd like if they didn't waste an entire release on them.

A remastered Zander 2 or an entirely new record?

[Skimming Stone]

Why not both?

[ShaneAnthony]

aaa:-):-):-)

[Negamuse]

Its just that "but Ive already *stole* this album" comes off a little - shall we say... off, is all.

[Opothecary]

Its just that "but Ive already *stole* this album" comes off a little - shall we say... off, is all.

This - and it gets it out of the way for some new old tunes next time! I mean, its in the ASCAP catalog, so you'd think that it will happen, but Mark might be right - I never really expected to see 1:1 releases of the OT tapes, but I figured we'd get Maxima someday though.

[mr3]

but I figured we'd get Maxima someday though.

Yeah, that's my guess too--wait for a lull in album work and then release Boc Maxima 1st. I've always wondered if they viewed it as a mental early cut of MHTRTC, but it really does have its own feel. After releasing that, a big comp so the stuff already out there could still be appreciated separately. I'm no lawyer, but one thing I like about the situation they've created is that they probably have more power to re-release than most by self-claiming copyright so early on so much.

[ShaneAnthony]

I know that warp are listed as the publisher but I remain sceptical that the band themselves had anything to do with this because I would expect to see HISCORES listed as HISCROES and UP THE MARCH BANK listed as UP THE MARCHBANK. if anything it was probably just registered so they (the record label, who own the rights as mentioned upthread) could make a claim against someone who was selling the music online, one of those dodgy sites that makes money selling mp3s it picks up off file sharing sites.

That's definitely a possibility, but you do have to wonder why now? After all these years, why would Warp decide to register these tracks now in an effort to curb the piracy of them, if they weren't planning on monetizing them in some way?

I think after what mdg has been alluding to, as well as Joyrex's post (taking anything he says with a grain of salt), and the fact these have been registered post TH, I think it's safe to assume these will be officially released soon-ish, if not within the year.

this

[Skimming Stone]

On a sort of similar note, has sequoia always been in BoC's youtube playlist? I knew 5d was in there, but it's quite cool that sequoia is too, I never noticed before

[NuevasSemillas]

See the rainbow

[nick47]

Very interested to see how this all plays out.

Id love to have some more vinyls (and stickers)!!!