Peel Session (Boards of Canada EP)

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Peel Session
Boardsofcanadapeelsession.jpg
EP by
Released11 January 1999 (1999-01-11)
Recorded16 June 1998
Maida Vale Studios
Genre IDM
Length
  • 24:56 (2019 re-release)
  • 17:01 (1999 release)
Label Warp Records WAP114
Producer Michael Sandison, Marcus Eoin
Boards of Canada chronology
Music Has the Right to Children
(1998)
Peel Session
(1999)
In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Peel Session is an EP by Boards of Canada, featuring the tracks played on their 21 July 1998 Peel Session broadcast on BBC Radio 1. It was originally released on 11 January 1999 as a 12" and CD by Warp Records, with catalogue numbers WAP114 and WAP114CD, respectively.

Contents

The music was written & produced at the band's Hexagon Sun studio in June 1998. [2] The BBC website and the privately released Peel Session June 1998 CD-R on the band's own Music70 label both indicate the recordings for broadcast were made on 16 June 1998 at the BBC's Maida Vale Studios. [3] [4] On the Warp release, the annotation TX 21/07/98 appears on the front cover, and CD copies have the same date on the disc, [2] suggesting the recordings first publicly aired on 21 July 1998.

The original radio broadcast contained four tracks, the last being "XYZ", [4] which was not included on the 1999 release due to sample licensing issues.

In September 2019, Warp Records announced that the EP would be re-released on 15 November 2019 to celebrate the record label's 30th anniversary. The re-release features "XYZ", which was also uploaded to YouTube alongside the announcement. [5]

All versions released on Warp exclude the actual live recording of "Happy Cycling", as it was deemed unsatisfactory by the band. Instead, they contain a re-recorded studio version of the track.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Marcus Eoin and Michael Sandison.

1999 release tracklisting
No.TitleLength
1."Aquarius (Version 3)"6:24
2."Happy Cycling"7:56
3."Olson (Version 3)"2:31
Total length:16:51
November 2019 re-release tracklisting
No.TitleLength
1."Aquarius (Version 3)"6:24
2."Happy Cycling"7:56
3."Olson (Version 3)"2:31
4."XYZ"8:05
Total length:24:56
Annotated titles on the BBC website about the broadcast
No.TitleLength
1."Aquarius" 
2."Happy Cycling (Changed From Bad Day)" 
3."Olson" 
4."Xyz (Pronounced X Y Zee)" 

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. 1 2 Peel Session (Boards of Canada EP) at Discogs
  3. Peel Session (Boards of Canada EP) at Discogs
  4. 1 2 "BBC - Radio 1 - Keeping It Peel - 16/06/1998 - Boards Of Canada". BBC. Archived from the original on 28 January 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  5. "Boards Of Canada • 'XYZ'". Warp Records. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2019.