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Boards of Canada fan puts 'clue' record up for auction – asking $5,000 Boards of Canada fan puts 'clue' record up for auction – asking $5,000
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Two weeks after finding the record that gave the first clue about Boards of Canada's new album, a US student is putting the disc up for auction. Pleading for money to "help me start out on my own", the seller has already attracted drawn bids of $4,000 (£2,500).Two weeks after finding the record that gave the first clue about Boards of Canada's new album, a US student is putting the disc up for auction. Pleading for money to "help me start out on my own", the seller has already attracted drawn bids of $4,000 (£2,500).
On Record Store Day on 20 April, a Boards of Canada fan stumbled across a strange 12-inch vinyl record at New York's Other Music record shop. Unsure of what he had found, he allegedly paid less than £20 and posted details of the purchase online: 20 seconds of ambient electronica, a plain card sleeve and a numeric code. It kicked off an international scramble for other discs in the series. By Monday, internet sleuths had gathered enough clues to uncover the jackpot: details of Tomorrow's Harvest, the Scottish act's long-awaited fourth album.On Record Store Day on 20 April, a Boards of Canada fan stumbled across a strange 12-inch vinyl record at New York's Other Music record shop. Unsure of what he had found, he allegedly paid less than £20 and posted details of the purchase online: 20 seconds of ambient electronica, a plain card sleeve and a numeric code. It kicked off an international scramble for other discs in the series. By Monday, internet sleuths had gathered enough clues to uncover the jackpot: details of Tomorrow's Harvest, the Scottish act's long-awaited fourth album.
Shortly afterwards, the buyer – calling himself "lilcakey" – put his precious record up for sale at Discogs, asking $5,000 (£3,226). He has since transferred the listing to eBay, hoping to garner enough cash to ease the transition into adult life. "As much as this record means to me, I'm just a college kid getting ready to graduate and move abroad and am in serious need of money," he explained in the auction listing. "The experience of calling out to the web and watching the internet and its many niche communities rally to pick apart this puzzle was something I still haven't fully wrapped my head around … As hard as it is to let this record go, nothing will erase the experience of pursuing the answer this record made me ask."Shortly afterwards, the buyer – calling himself "lilcakey" – put his precious record up for sale at Discogs, asking $5,000 (£3,226). He has since transferred the listing to eBay, hoping to garner enough cash to ease the transition into adult life. "As much as this record means to me, I'm just a college kid getting ready to graduate and move abroad and am in serious need of money," he explained in the auction listing. "The experience of calling out to the web and watching the internet and its many niche communities rally to pick apart this puzzle was something I still haven't fully wrapped my head around … As hard as it is to let this record go, nothing will erase the experience of pursuing the answer this record made me ask."
Although the record's sleeve is only in near-mint condition ("one corner is just a lilllll bent"), at the time of writing, the high bid is already $4,150 (£2,671). It is expected to go higher still: the auction won't finish until 6 May. Still, there may be other options for those who covet Boards of Canada's rarest release: another copy was found at Rough Trade East, in London, and there are reportedly four more in the wild.Although the record's sleeve is only in near-mint condition ("one corner is just a lilllll bent"), at the time of writing, the high bid is already $4,150 (£2,671). It is expected to go higher still: the auction won't finish until 6 May. Still, there may be other options for those who covet Boards of Canada's rarest release: another copy was found at Rough Trade East, in London, and there are reportedly four more in the wild.
Copies of Tomorrow's Harvest will be available everywhere, for about a tenner, on 10 June.Copies of Tomorrow's Harvest will be available everywhere, for about a tenner, on 10 June.
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