A Few Old Tunes

''Old Tunes'' is the collective name given to two unofficially released audio cassette tape recordings by the Scottish electronic music duo Boards of Canada: ''Old Tunes Vol. 1'' (also known as ''A Few Old Tunes''), and ''Old Tunes Vol. 2'', both produced in 1996. Although neither tape has been officially released by the band, copies have leaked online and can be found on media-sharing sites such as YouTube.

Background

''Old Tunes'', as with most of Boards of Canada's other early work, was privately released only to the artists' family and friends. When MP3s of the albums' songs appeared on peer-to-peer file sharing service Soulseek in the early 2000s, there was controversy among fans as to their authenticity given past fraudulent claims of Boards of Canada "rarities" albums. Neither Boards of Canada nor their label acknowledged their validity until someone attempted to sell the tapes on eBay, when a representative for Hexagon Sun explained the private nature of the recordings and the possibility of a compilation release in the future.Fredd E's Boards of Canada discography; A Few Old Tunes
Retrieved on 2007/05/07.Fredd E's Boards of Canada discography; Old Tunes Vol. 1
Retrieved on 2007/05/07.Fredd E's Boards of Canada discography; Old Tunes Vol. 2
Retrieved on 2007/05/07.
Retrieved on 2007/05/07.A Few Old Tunes - bocwiki
Retrieved on 2007/05/07.Old Tunes Saga - bocwiki
Retrieved on 2008/04/07.

Track listings

on ''Old Tunes Vol. 1'':

Side A:
# "Spectrum" – 2:19
# "Light, Clear Hair" – 0:41
# "P:C:" – 0:48
# "Trapped" – 3:52
# "Rodox Video" – 1:19
# "Happy Cycling" – 1:49 (Not to be confused with the song of the same name on '' Music Has the Right to Children'' and the Peel Session EP)
# "House Of Abin'adab" – 1:55
# "Finity" – 5:00
# "Forest Moon" – 6:35
# "Skimming Stones" – 2:12
# "Carcan" – 1:50
# "Devil" – 0:14
# "Mansel" – 5:36
# "She Is P" – 1:42
# "Davie Addison" – 1:15
Side B:
# "Sac" – 1:23
# "Blockbusters" – 0:40
# "I Will Get It Tattooed" – 1:37
# "The Way You Show" – 2:56
# "I Love U" – 1:41 (Later appeared on ''Music Has the Right to Children'' as 'The Color of the Fire')
# "King Of Carnival" – 4:18
# "M9" – 3:32
# "Original Nlogax" – 1:11 (Not to be confused with 'Nlogax' on '' BoC Maxima'' and '' Hi Scores'')
# "Sequoia" – 4:49
# "Boqurant" – 1:43
# "5.9.78" – 4:14
# "Wendy Miller" – 0:32
# "Paul Russell's Piece" – 0:53
# "Up The March Bank" – 3:24
# "Nova Scotia Robots" – 1:47
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on ''Old Tunes Vol. 2'':

Side A:
# "We've Started Up" – 5:39
# "Jimbo Rehearsing" – 0:35
# "Staircase Whip" – 2:14
# "Statue Of Liberty" – 1:52
# "Dave (I'm A Real Traditionalist)" – 1:50
# "Peace-Tony-Devil" – 0:18
# "To The Wind" – 2:30
# "Iraq Says" – 0:38
# "Nine-Rubber Wisdom" – 1:20
# "On A Rolling Sea" – 1:34
# "Iced Cooly Beatnik" – 0:36
# "David Came To Mahana'im" – 4:39
# "Sir Prancelot Brainfire" – 2:51
# "North Sea Arbeit" – 1:12
# "Mushyz" – 0:35
# "Heysanna Hosanna" – 0:59
# "Fly In The Pool" – 0:51
# "Mukinabaht" – 5:05
# "It's A Whole 'Nother Year" – 2:00
Side B:
# "Kiteracer 2" – 2:29
# "Bmx Track" – 5:05
# "Hiscores" – 3:38 (Not to be confused with 'Hi Scores' from the '' Hi Scores'' EP.)
# "Geometric Piss" – 0:51
# "Zander Two" – 3:59
# "Magic Teens" – 3:00
# "Apparatus" – 0:33
# "Music For Pylons" – 1:12
# "Alpha Rainbow" – 1:12
# "Northern Plastics" – 1:55
# "Buckie High" – 5:16
# "I Love My New Shears" – 3:11
# "Solarium" – 0:22
# "Breaking Nehushtan" – 2:41
# "Orange Hexagon Sun" – 2:22
# "Lick" – 2:39
# "Powerline Misfortune" – 1:15

See also

* Boards of Canada discography

References

External links

A Few Old Tunes
at Discogs.com
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Boards of Canada albums
Ambient albums by Scottish artists
Intelligent dance music albums

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