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         |  mortsto-x
             from Trondheim/Bodø (Norway) on 2005-11-24 05:30 [#01786471] Points: 8062 Status: Lurker
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 | Wonder if something will happen soon... 
 Warp and BOC
 have been in talks for a long while about putting out a box
 set of old tracks from these tapes and others, with new
 packaging and art, to be released sometime after the
 forthcoming record. The tapes were private comps given out
 to close friends a few years ago, long before the band
 imagined there would be this kind of interest, and long
 before the likes of Soulseek etc existed.
 
 The tracks are out there now, nothing can be done about
 that, they've been circulating for a while and fans have
 them, so the decision was taken to at least consider
 tidying
 them up and repackaging them with decent exclusive artwork
 &
 more rarities. BOC never wanted these tracks presented this
 way, mislabelled and as poor-quality MP3 files.
 
 There's no 'hype', these comps were never listed on any old
 discogs as they were never intended for mass release in the
 first place.
 Now the intention is still to get round to scheduling a
 release of these tunes and other rare comps, but
 unscrupulous people like 'prince murat' are obviously
 stealing the thunder of the proposed releases, whilst
 trying
 to make a tidy profit in the process (a starting price of
 $799 speaks volumes about 'prince murat's true intentions.
 who is trying to profit from hype here? if any money is
 going to be involved, surely the artist who wrote those
 tracks should be receiving the royalties, and not this
 person? there's no difference between this kind of
 profiteering and someone trying to sell a bootleg CDR of
 Beck's new album months prior to release.)
 
 Anyway, now you know, we hope the intervention hasn't
 caused
 too much negative feeling, after all the concern that Warp
 and BOC have is that basically it's going to spoil the
 impact of a nice release that hopefully will be enjoyed by
 the fans.
 
 -mark, hs
 
 
 
 
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         |  virginpusher
             from County Clare on 2005-11-24 07:17 [#01786498] Points: 27325 Status: Lurker
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 | Thatd be cool for the fans if they did 
 
 
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         |  Toejam
             from Perth (Australia) on 2005-11-24 07:23 [#01786501] Points: 3077 Status: Regular
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 | Hell yes. 
 I'd buy a release like that as soon as I could get my eager
 little hands on it...
 
 No idea what their early stuff sunds like
 
 
 
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         |  J198
             from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2005-11-24 08:29 [#01786549] Points: 7342 Status: Lurker | Show recordbag
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 | i hope they never release this. If it wasnt meant to be released, it should never be released, and i'll be damned if
 warp get any cash for it.
 
 so there is boc material we have never heard.. is that
 really such a disaster?
 
 i don't even mind that they don't release that much music.
 What we've gotten so far is a handful of treasures with
 which we should be more than happy.
 
 just my opinion..
 
 
 
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         |  vlari
             from beyond the valley of the LOLs on 2005-11-24 08:33 [#01786551] Points: 13915 Status: Regular
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 | from what I've heard of the Old Tunes I'd say that those tracks are far more enjoyable than the post MHTRTC
 output. I'd definately buy a boxset if it appeared
 
 just my opinion
 
 
 
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         |  Chihiro
             from twins land on 2005-11-24 08:35 [#01786552] Points: 4650 Status: Regular | Followup to vlari: #01786551
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 | agrees 
 
 
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         |  mappatazee
             from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2005-11-24 08:37 [#01786554] Points: 14302 Status: Lurker
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 | Would be great. 
 
 
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         |  J198
             from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2005-11-24 08:40 [#01786557] Points: 7342 Status: Lurker | Show recordbag
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 | strange. i never really enjoyed any of the 'old tunes' as much as their more recent material.
 
 
 
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         |  dog_belch
             from Netherlands, The on 2005-11-24 08:55 [#01786565] Points: 15098 Status: Addict | Show recordbag
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 | i hope they never release this. If it wasnt meant to be released, it should never be released, and i'll be damned
 if
 warp get any cash for it.
 
 What's wrong with releasing something originally not
 intended as a commercial release? I love the Old Tunes
 tracks, maybe they're so great because they were conceived
 without being tailored towards an album or single release.
 They're just great BOC music. And what's wrong with Warp
 getting money for tidying them up, packaging, advertising,
 releasing etc the material if it's in agreement with BOC?
 You fanbois really can be worrying.
 
 
 
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         |  J198
             from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2005-11-24 09:20 [#01786582] Points: 7342 Status: Lurker | Followup to dog_belch: #01786565 | Show recordbag
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 | don't you think it sounds a bit odd that now BoC agree to release this, just because it happens to 'be out there'?
 
 it sounds like 'oh well fuck it, we might as well make use
 of the situation then' to me.
 
 If this does get officially released one day, i will of
 course buy it, to complete my collection, and i will
 probably enjoy it too, but i'll never forget that these
 tracks are only on cd now because some cunt 'stole' them and
 distributed them over the internet, which hardly even
 existed at the time of production.
 
 fact: boc did not intend for this music to be commercially
 released.
 
 this whole thing is just wrong. i admired and respected boc
 for having that private 'legacy' of unreleased tracks, and
 letting all that go to hell because one person betrayed
 them, is wrong no matter how you look at it.
 
 Imagine if you were one of the people who had this original
 tape.
 
 
 
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         |  qrter
             from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2005-11-24 09:24 [#01786586] Points: 47414 Status: Moderator | Followup to J198: #01786582
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 | they weren't meant for mass release at the time, who knows how they would've felt about it at this same time had
 the tracks not been leaked.
 
 they still may have thought "you know what? these tracks are
 actually quite good, we'll release them anyway."
 
 if they really didn't want to release them they still
 could've said "fuck you, have fun with your shitty quality
 mp3s" and left it at that.
 
 there's just no way to know.
 
 
 
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         |  J198
             from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2005-11-24 09:31 [#01786590] Points: 7342 Status: Lurker | Followup to qrter: #01786586 | Show recordbag
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 | "you know what? these tracks are actually quite good, we'll release them anyway."
 
 but they were INTENDED for family and friends at THAT time.
 Releasing them now, for god knows how many fans, seems
 strange to me. Does it not seem strange to you, or anyone
 else for that matter?
 
 you could say its not such a big deal. well it would be to
 me, if i was a member of boc or hexagonsun, or one of the
 people with an original tape.
 
 
 
 
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         |  kaen
             from the magical land of moo (United Kingdom) on 2005-11-24 10:11 [#01786613] Points: 154 Status: Lurker
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 | good music is good music. 
 
 
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         |  inkey
             from urgato (United States) on 2005-11-24 10:16 [#01786616] Points: 276 Status: Lurker
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 | you people worry about strange things...  there's benzene in a river in china and many other more pressing matters to
 worry about.
 
 
 
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         |  mappatazee
             from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2005-11-24 11:03 [#01786638] Points: 14302 Status: Lurker | Followup to J198: #01786590
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 | No, I think you need to CHILL THE FUCK OUT. 
 
 
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         |  J198
             from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2005-11-24 11:06 [#01786639] Points: 7342 Status: Lurker | Show recordbag
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 | calmer than you are, dude. 
 
 
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         |  earthleakage
             from tell the world you're winning on 2005-11-24 11:11 [#01786640] Points: 27859 Status: Regular
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 | theyve eaten themselves. being secretive will create a buzz, a 'cult' underground following which self-promotes, listing
 albums on their own discography which were only 'given to
 friends', what exactly did they expect? cake and eat it.
 
 
 
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         |  esaruoho
             from helsinki (Finland) on 2005-11-25 16:46 [#01787713] Points: 577 Status: Regular
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 | they can release whatever they want. twoism was a good idea to re-release via warp, properly
 packaged and all.
 if they do this, then they've done it - so what. i'm sure
 there'll be decent tracks in it.
 and tracks do grow out of  what they were "meant for".
 lookin back at what you made ages ago  - it might have
 acquired worth and sense   in the time you've spent
 existing in other places - then if you get it released -
 it'll make total sense.
 if they do a boxset, good on them.
 if they dont do a boxset, good on them.
 let them deal with their music the way they see fit - its
 theirs, and they know what value any single has, or doesnt
 have.
 if they choose to package it well and get it released via
 the warp machine, then good on them - we'll get
 well-packaged release of older material, hopefully some of
 their  remix-adulterations of tracks,
 (trapped/midastouch/etc)etc.... and why not?
 
 
 
 
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         |  Combo
             from Sex on 2005-11-25 17:16 [#01787760] Points: 7546 Status: Lurker
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 | It would probably be a good idea to let people hear some more good music. I'd be happy with a release of old tunes.
 
 
 
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         |  evolume
             from seattle (United States) on 2005-11-25 17:47 [#01787774] Points: 10965 Status: Regular
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 | i'd buy it. and i almost never buy anything. 
 
 
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         |  Vin3islih
             from United Kingdom on 2005-11-25 18:41 [#01787788] Points: 1066 Status: Regular | Followup to J198: #01786549
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 | there's no reason for them not to release this stuff, unless you are content with poor quality mp3 / mislabeled tracks
 off Soulseek?  They consider it worth commercial release, so
 let them?
 
 Just my opinion.
 
 
 
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         |  Vin3islih
             from United Kingdom on 2005-11-25 18:44 [#01787790] Points: 1066 Status: Regular | Followup to J198: #01786582
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 | what's wrong about it is this 'cunt' who spread them on the Internet.  Again, if BOC want them issued properly and now
 consider them worthy of commercial consumption, then let
 them?  It's there property, not the property of Soulseek
 users content with mislabelled or low bit rate mp3...to do
 with they please.
 
 
 
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         |  nacmat
             on 2005-11-25 19:04 [#01787800] Points: 31275 Status: Lurker
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 | it would be nice 
 
 
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         |  hills west
             from new york (United States) on 2005-11-26 14:05 [#01788202] Points: 56 Status: Lurker
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 | if they do release this boxset: 1- i will definately buy it
 2- consider it their way of saying goodbye...because that
 would be the artistic beauty they would see fit
 3- all the posers who thought that MHTRTC was their first
 album will be bumping it in their cars
 4- all the newer artists that like to copy other artists
 will start
 making music similar thus restarting a cycle that us
 oldies
 will hate
 
 
 
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         |  earthleakage
             from tell the world you're winning on 2005-11-26 14:28 [#01788205] Points: 27859 Status: Regular
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 | 50,000 leechers can't be wrong! 
 
 
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