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Could you (NotsraM) explain who "Mark" from the two quotations is? Would it be possible to elaborate in the article on this person's connection with Boards of Canada? Thanks. Wowbobwow12 02:27, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
The tapes were indeed never intended for release and were only handed out to several of Mike and Marcus's friends. They were just a small compilation of tracks that Mike and Marcus had done as teenagers and were trying to group them together. They did have a lot of stuff.
To be honest, I've rarely, if ever, listened to my copy so I have no idea if the tracks ripped onto mp3 are genuine or not. I guess they probably are, going by the comments I've heard on the wattm board. I certainly remember the Colonel Abrams track.
I do know that the artwork sleeve shown in the " A few old tunes" pictures is correct. It's the same as my copy, however my cassette is different. They were just copied onto whatever cassette was free to record on. I don't have copies of the other stuff but they look genuine too.
The girl on the cover of "a few old tunes" is Louise Campbell, the younger sister of (Peter) Iain Campbell who has worked with them on other art projects. I think it was taken as a still from an old family video.
I'm rather intrigued to find out who the Prince Murat person is, as I know very few copies were given out, and only to close friends. A traitor in the midst. :) lol
Hope this clears a couple of things up. I'm pretty knew to wiki editing so I'll wait untill someone else fills in what they think the relevant parts are. KToiBalToi ( talk) 03:25, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
What the hell is this? Someone put half the article in a large banner titled "WIKIPEDIA IS A DANGEROUS CULT", with a red background. Keshidragon ( talk) 14:12, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
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Proposing that three articles be merged into this one:
The authenticity is not settled (these are not official releases) so there's no precedent to break them out into separate articles. I'm frankly pessimistic that the whole bunch would survive AfD with the current sourcing. Extensive coverage of the goings-on at a message board, fan speculation, original research, mention of what the artists and labels have not said, and more or less complete lack of reliable secondary sources. ...But this is not a PROD or AfD, it's a merger proposal. If these articles are to be kept, combining them makes them more robust both in content and appearance. --— Rhododendrites talk | 00:39, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
There was an html comment in the article about the girl on the [supposed] cover (who I recognize from another of their releases, but can't remember which).
<!-- The following is pending confirmation by Peter Iain Campbell, please do not delete --><!-- It appears that the [[woman]] pictured in the artwork for ''A Few Old Tunes'' is Louise Campbell, younger sister of Peter Iain Campbell, a [[photographer]] who has collaborated with Boards of Canada on other [[art]] projects. The [[image]] appears to be a still taken from a Campbell family home video. -->
As it wouldn't be appropriate to include information about a living person without a source, I just went ahead and removed it until someone can verify. --— Rhododendrites talk \\ 02:39, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
Ok so after several months I started merging, and in the process rewriting the article. The first thing that's clear is the sources are pretty bad all around: wikis, forums, etc. I've removed a lot of the unsourced detail like "one time someone posted x to a forum", as well as original research, etc. I did keep most of the references, though, even if they're broken and less than desirable -- we can replace them as we can. Given the explanation from the Hexagon Sun representative (as well as everything else), I'm reframing the article from being about disputed albums to being about unreleased albums. We can talk about the controversy, but it doesn't make sense to make it the focal point. Making some other organizational, formatting, etc. changes... --— Rhododendrites talk \\ 03:35, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Old Tunes/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.
=== B-Class === I think we've formed a raw, somewhat useful article here, however, the article lacks hard facts/solid information. Additionally, the article needs some minor cleanup; creating sub-pages or even new pages for the actual cassette tracklistings may be beneficial, on the other hand, they may not be important enough to warrant their own pages. - Nö†$®åM 19:36, 22 December 2006 (UTC) |
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Could you (NotsraM) explain who "Mark" from the two quotations is? Would it be possible to elaborate in the article on this person's connection with Boards of Canada? Thanks. Wowbobwow12 02:27, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
The tapes were indeed never intended for release and were only handed out to several of Mike and Marcus's friends. They were just a small compilation of tracks that Mike and Marcus had done as teenagers and were trying to group them together. They did have a lot of stuff.
To be honest, I've rarely, if ever, listened to my copy so I have no idea if the tracks ripped onto mp3 are genuine or not. I guess they probably are, going by the comments I've heard on the wattm board. I certainly remember the Colonel Abrams track.
I do know that the artwork sleeve shown in the " A few old tunes" pictures is correct. It's the same as my copy, however my cassette is different. They were just copied onto whatever cassette was free to record on. I don't have copies of the other stuff but they look genuine too.
The girl on the cover of "a few old tunes" is Louise Campbell, the younger sister of (Peter) Iain Campbell who has worked with them on other art projects. I think it was taken as a still from an old family video.
I'm rather intrigued to find out who the Prince Murat person is, as I know very few copies were given out, and only to close friends. A traitor in the midst. :) lol
Hope this clears a couple of things up. I'm pretty knew to wiki editing so I'll wait untill someone else fills in what they think the relevant parts are. KToiBalToi ( talk) 03:25, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
What the hell is this? Someone put half the article in a large banner titled "WIKIPEDIA IS A DANGEROUS CULT", with a red background. Keshidragon ( talk) 14:12, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
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Proposing that three articles be merged into this one:
The authenticity is not settled (these are not official releases) so there's no precedent to break them out into separate articles. I'm frankly pessimistic that the whole bunch would survive AfD with the current sourcing. Extensive coverage of the goings-on at a message board, fan speculation, original research, mention of what the artists and labels have not said, and more or less complete lack of reliable secondary sources. ...But this is not a PROD or AfD, it's a merger proposal. If these articles are to be kept, combining them makes them more robust both in content and appearance. --— Rhododendrites talk | 00:39, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
There was an html comment in the article about the girl on the [supposed] cover (who I recognize from another of their releases, but can't remember which).
<!-- The following is pending confirmation by Peter Iain Campbell, please do not delete --><!-- It appears that the [[woman]] pictured in the artwork for ''A Few Old Tunes'' is Louise Campbell, younger sister of Peter Iain Campbell, a [[photographer]] who has collaborated with Boards of Canada on other [[art]] projects. The [[image]] appears to be a still taken from a Campbell family home video. -->
As it wouldn't be appropriate to include information about a living person without a source, I just went ahead and removed it until someone can verify. --— Rhododendrites talk \\ 02:39, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
Ok so after several months I started merging, and in the process rewriting the article. The first thing that's clear is the sources are pretty bad all around: wikis, forums, etc. I've removed a lot of the unsourced detail like "one time someone posted x to a forum", as well as original research, etc. I did keep most of the references, though, even if they're broken and less than desirable -- we can replace them as we can. Given the explanation from the Hexagon Sun representative (as well as everything else), I'm reframing the article from being about disputed albums to being about unreleased albums. We can talk about the controversy, but it doesn't make sense to make it the focal point. Making some other organizational, formatting, etc. changes... --— Rhododendrites talk \\ 03:35, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Old Tunes/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.
=== B-Class === I think we've formed a raw, somewhat useful article here, however, the article lacks hard facts/solid information. Additionally, the article needs some minor cleanup; creating sub-pages or even new pages for the actual cassette tracklistings may be beneficial, on the other hand, they may not be important enough to warrant their own pages. - Nö†$®åM 19:36, 22 December 2006 (UTC) |
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