Old Tunes is the collective name given to two unofficially released
audio cassette tape recordings by the
Scottishelectronic music duo
Boards of Canada: A Few Old Tunes (also known as Old Tunes Vol. 1), 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-peerfile 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.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Old Tunes is the collective name given to two unofficially released
audio cassette tape recordings by the
Scottishelectronic music duo
Boards of Canada: A Few Old Tunes (also known as Old Tunes Vol. 1), 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-peerfile 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.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]