Hooper Bay

For anyone thats sure that they have heard the _real_ hooper bay, could someone please describe some of the songs to me so I can make sure that I have the real one. The length of the tracks closely matches discogs (they are like 1 second shorter each, I account this for being a cassette so track times aren't definite).

link pls

(it's probably not real)

but..

linkpls anyway.

  Salvinorin said:

For anyone thats sure that they have heard the _real_ hooper bay, could someone please describe some of the songs to me so I can make sure that I have the real one. The length of the tracks closely matches discogs (they are like 1 second shorter each, I account this for being a cassette so track times aren't definite).

I am quite confident that you do not have the real one. There is no real one.

Fumi, the gal in your avatar is very striking.

Oh yeah, seems like we get three or so of these threads every year.

It's probably Mum.

If there are no rules against it, i'll gladly post one of the tracks on the forum tonight. (And probably catch a lot of shit for it :))

I am aware that the vast majority of them out there are fake, but this one had the length of the tracks so close that I was impressed.

Also, does anyone know any sources to get the some of the real unreleased stuff? (except any of the "old tunes" serious and boc maxima).

  Salvinorin said:

If there are no rules against it, i'll gladly post one of the tracks on the forum tonight. (And probably catch a lot of shit for it :))

 

I am aware that the vast majority of them out there are fake, but this one had the length of the tracks so close that I was impressed.

 

Also, does anyone know any sources to get the some of the real unreleased stuff? (except any of the "old tunes" serious and boc maxima).

it is easy to fake tracks that have not been publicly released, and even easier to make track times coincide.

The problem with pictures of the tape is that I don't have the tape; I have mp3 rip's of someone who claims to have it.

boards_of_canada___hooper_bay___01___seward_leaf.mp3Fetching info...

boards_of_canada___hooper_bay___02___geiser.mp3Fetching info...

boards_of_canada___hooper_bay___03___circle.mp3Fetching info...

yeah..

i'm gunna go out on a limb here and say faek.

i really like "seward leaf" tho.

circle is mum.

who did seward leaf though.. that was pretty nice

Lol. Apparently no Mum fans here. Seward Leaf and Geiser are also Mum, from their first wide release "Yesterday was dramatic, today is OK"

lol they are fake, well, at least compared to the ones i have!

  môak said:

lol they are fake, well, at least compared to the ones i have!

ah of course.

oh another fake one

Only since BOC has fake music ever been a topic of discussion. lol. i fucking love boc.

  Replicant said:

Only since BOC has fake music ever been a topic of discussion. lol. i fucking love boc.

ever seen a radiohead forum?

Here's a good rule of thumb: unless boc or any member thereof show up at your house and present you with a copy of hooper bay* and say "Morning. I'm from hexagon sun, here's my passport and two other forms of identification. I would like you to have a genuine copy of hooper bay*" -it's a fake.

*Closes, Acid Memories, Play By Numbers, Catalog 3 and any leaked new boc may be substituted above as indicated.

I am beginning to think that Closes, Acid Memories, Play By Numbers, Catalog 3 do not exist and never have. Let's face it, in this age of internet availability there is NOTHING that is that hard to find. Especially considering that some of these were supposedly issued/reissued on CD according to discogs.com. There is always someone who will leak things to the net. I have downloaded every single one of the Hooper Bay posts that I could find and none of them are BOC. Until someone can prove it to me without a doubt, they are just an imaginary back catalog that was created to generate hype.

yeah but then you have the mystery untitled demo tapes with obvious boc tracks on it that nobody can label, they could be from any of the old releases, its impossible to know until a genuine leak surfaces tho :/

  Synthetrix said:

I am beginning to think that Closes, Acid Memories, Play By Numbers, Catalog 3 do not exist and never have. Let's face it, in this age of internet availability there is NOTHING that is that hard to find. Especially considering that some of these were supposedly issued/reissued on CD according to discogs.com. There is always someone who will leak things to the net. I have downloaded every single one of the Hooper Bay posts that I could find and none of them are BOC. Until someone can prove it to me without a doubt, they are just an imaginary back catalog that was created to generate hype.

its like trying to find jesus

  Synthetrix said:

I am beginning to think that Closes, Acid Memories, Play By Numbers, Catalog 3 do not exist and never have. Let's face it, in this age of internet availability there is NOTHING that is that hard to find. Especially considering that some of these were supposedly issued/reissued on CD according to discogs.com. There is always someone who will leak things to the net. I have downloaded every single one of the Hooper Bay posts that I could find and none of them are BOC. Until someone can prove it to me without a doubt, they are just an imaginary back catalog that was created to generate hype.

They do exist, they were just given to very select individuals (very close friends/family), hence them not getting leaked (yet). Also, remember, all of these "releases" (they were all self-funded DIY efforts) were made before the internet really took off - very small chance of somebody uploading them somewhere. The big reason they can't be found is they were never commercially released - Twoism was an exception since while the band did do the sleeves themselves (must have been fun adhering your own stickers on the sleeves and vinyl), they did actually put a few copies in local shops.

Hopefully BoC will consider putting out select tracks from these releases, or release them outright or as a BoC-set (ha). They've mentioned it being a possibility, but emissions from the Hexagon Sun have been very sparse as of late.

maybe the reason they never surfaced is because they suck and they dont want anyone to hear them

  Joyrex said:

emissions from the Hexagon Sun have been very sparse as of late.

  Synthetrix said:

I am beginning to think that Closes, Acid Memories, Play By Numbers, Catalog 3 do not exist and never have. Let's face it, in this age of internet availability there is NOTHING that is that hard to find. Especially considering that some of these were supposedly issued/reissued on CD according to discogs.com. There is always someone who will leak things to the net. I have downloaded every single one of the Hooper Bay posts that I could find and none of them are BOC. Until someone can prove it to me without a doubt, they are just an imaginary back catalog that was created to generate hype.

I still find it odd that the old tunes tapes leaked, as those seem even more rare than the old BOC albums. I'll bet if they had a choice in the matter, they would prefer the old albums leaked as opposed to the old tunes collections. All speculation of course.

Remember that the OT tapes were given out more freely (a mistake) than the album releases - in fact, the only verifiable person I know that own's actual copies of BoC's back catalogue is the Cosmic Crofter, which I think works for Benbecula now. He was the one that set up the old BoC EHX site (BoC's first webpage) where these old releases were first mentioned (first it was just Twoism and BoC Maxima, back to Acid Memories, then the really rare ones like Catalog 3 and Closes Volume One appeared, with the mention that they had been "repressed" onto CD in 1997. I think BoC does not include them in their current discography due to the overwhelming requests for copies of the music or information on them.