Re: (idm) New scoop on the BoC: Aquarius 7"

From James Skilton
Sent Mon, Apr 6th 1998, 19:15

At 22:58 05/04/98 PDT, Scott Cullun wrote:
>Ok, for those who have heard this, please delete at your disgression... 
>otherwise please pay attention.
>
>I have done some digging and found this out.  The Boards of Canada 7" 
>entitled "Aquarius" as far as I know is only available through Skam via 
>mail order... much like the Autechre mail order 12".  

I posted an SAE to SKAM in January asking for info on mail-ordering it and
heard nothing back. However a recent email on the list seems promising, as
anyone who replied to it will know.

>I have seen shots of the cover which look like this lime green 
>blurriness kind of like the self titled release by 777...
>and it says "Boards of Canada" across the front.

the picture I've seen is a line drawing of the guys, with colouring
instructions (numbers in each area)

>There you have it.  IMHO, it might be worth getting as far as being a 
>completist which is fine and dandy, but the track "Aquarius" is on the 
>Boards of Canada LP so you would at least score one of the two tracks on 
>the 7"er.

something I have read (review at EHX perhaps?) indicates that Aquarius may
appear on the Album in a different mix. But I cannot confirm this, owning
neither at present.

J
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