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Boris Archive is a three disc collection of live material by Japanese band Boris. The first disc comprises various live renditions of older songs and material from Amplifier Worship and the Boris/Barebones split EP. The second disc is three drumless drone songs. The third disc is a live set consisting of the 65-minute Absolutego and the 70-minute Flood played back-to-back in 37 minutes. Altogether, 600 copies of each disc were pressed with the intention of being sold individually. However, due to strong demand for all three, a set consisting of an obi-style horizontal slipcase enclosing the three discs was created and limited to 320 copies.[4]

Boris Archive
Live album by Boris
Released	2005
Recorded	1996–2001
Genre	Drone doom, noise rock
Length	131:25 (total) 46:00 (volume one) 47:57 (volume two) 37:28 (volume three)
Label	aRCHIVE
Producer	Scott Slimm
Boris chronology
Sound Track from Film "Mabuta no Ura" (2005) Boris Archive (2005) Pink (2005)
Volume Two cover
Volume Three cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1] (volume one)
AllMusic	[2] (volume two)
AllMusic	[3] (volume three)

All 3 discs were re-released together in 2013 through Daymare Recordings with new artwork.[5]

Disc 1: "Live 96-98"

Recording

• Tracks 1-2 recorded December 21, 1996 at Koenji 20000V
• Tracks 3-5 recorded June 21, 1996 at Koenji 20000V
• Tracks 6-7 recorded October 4, 1997 at Shinjyuku Loft
• Track 8 recorded August 2, 1998 at Koenji 20000V

Disc 2: "Drumless Shows"

Recording

• Track 1 recorded August 9, 1997, at Nagoya Music Farm
• Tracks 2-3 recorded August 8, 1997, at Koenji 20000V

Disc 3: "2 Long Songs"

Recording

• Recorded May 3, 2001 at Koenji 20000V

Pressing history

Year	Label	Format	Country	Out of print?	Notes
2005	aRCHIVE	3CD	U.S.	Yes	Ltd. 600. 320 have a striped OBI strip to hold them together

References

External links

• aRCHIVE

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