Boards of Canada is one of those bands where the more you dig into their discography, the more you end up falling into rabbit holes of secrets and theories. But this band gets even more mysterious when you consider everything that the band hasn't released.
From 1987 to 1996, BOC released over 9 albums via extremely limited homemade cassettes, but here's the thing: For most of them, we don't even know what they sound like...
These are the lost albums of Boards of Canada.
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The albums I talk about (in order):
- Catalog3 (no audio available)
- Acid Memories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nxtpZ1lXaU&ab_channel=HoodedFreak
- Closes Vol.1 (no audio available)
- Play by Numbers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEPPv-o68KY&ab_channel=HoodedFreak
- Hooper Bay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s-LHQdQnsU&ab_channel=HoodedFreak
- Boc Maxima
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMvWTm8SlEk&t=1288s&ab_channel=peter
- A Few Old Tunes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KvK0F860Xk&t=553s&ab_channel=Ichokedamelononce
-Old Tunes Vol.2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9ShhIgBe7A&ab_channel=geokaker
- Random 35 Tracks Tape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSGIX0U8myU&t=2584s&ab_channel=JuraMiller
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:13 Catalog3
1:57 Acid Memories
3:10 Closes Vol.1
4:07 Play by Numbers
5:11 Hooper Bay
6:19 Boc Maxima/Old Tunes
7:18 Random 35 Tracks Tape