Talk:Old Tunes

Mark?
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)
 * I'll field that. Some background; WATMM is an electronic music website and forum that hosted one of the preeminent Boards of Canada websites, as well as prominent sites on other Warp Records artists Aphex Twin, Autechre and Squarepusher.  Because of this, he had some contacts with Warp and some of the artists he covered, including contacts with Boards of Canada's elusive Hexagon Sun collective.  Joyrex maintained a special account on the forum to allow the band to monitor discussions and remove sensitive information or slanderous material regarding the bad.  It was from this account ("Hexagon Sun") that this rare post was made, signed "-mark, hs".  Because of Joyrex's known contacts with the band (he hosted a fan video contest in which BoC judged the entries), this post is widely considered to be a legitimate  communication from an official representative of the band. Pimlottc 14:12, 13 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Updated the article with basically the above information. Pimlottc 15:14, 13 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks. - N&#246;&#134;&#36;&#174;&#229;M 18:42, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Origins and Authenticity
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)


 * Interesting... - N&#246;&#134;&#36;&#174;&#229;M 05:33, 16 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I wish they would just get the negotiations (with Warp) over with and release this most-excellent set of tracks. I own nearly all of BoC's albums on vinyl, and if it's royalties they're concerned with... I'd buy Old Tunes as soon as it was available (especially if it were on vinyl), and I'm sure hundreds of other fans would, as well (and hopefully it wouldn't be a limited pressing...it would sell out within a day or two). It would also be nice to know who originally leaked the tracks... but I doubt that that will ever be brought to light. In any case... we're all waiting for something "official". Fuzzform (talk) 21:29, 20 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I don't think they'll actually release this stuff without them making remixes or updates because Mike and Marcus are perfectionists. As I've said, it was just a collection of fun stuff, I don't think they were too bothered with quality control and probably never thought it'd see the light of day. The time it takes for them to write new material and whittle it down, I honestly don't think they have the time to go over old ground. Time will tell. KToiBalToi (talk) 23:28, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism
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)

Merger proposals
Proposing that three articles be merged into this one:
 * A Few Old Tunes (album)
 * Old Tunes Vol. 1 (album)
 * Old Tunes Vol. 2 (album)

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. --&mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  |  00:39, 3 April 2014 (UTC)


 * ✅ (see below) --&mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 03:45, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

cover art
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). "" 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. --&mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 02:39, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Merge/rewrite
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... --&mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 03:35, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Seems there's not anything to take from merging the other articles other than a couple external links. E.g. Old Tunes Vol. 1 (album) is entirely unsourced in its explanation, relying on apparent original research for everything. --&mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 03:41, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 20:09, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

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