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Bud LeCompte

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Feb 21, 2001, 9:28:52 AM2/21/01
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Is this a wide spread phenomenon? They seem to be cropping up more and
more. Several CD I've bought recently have them. The coolest being on
Robert Walter's 20th Congress CD, Money Shot. There's a cool Hammond B3
version of "You've Got Another Thing Coming".

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JByers1044

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Feb 21, 2001, 3:37:36 PM2/21/01
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The hidden tracks where kind of cute ten years ago, but now they drive me
crazy!
If you load your C.D. player with a few
discs, sometimes you have to wait through
fifteen minutes of silence before the last hidden track plays and the C.D.
changer can move on to the next disc.
Aloha, Jerry

Rob Kloka

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Feb 21, 2001, 9:11:23 PM2/21/01
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Who was the first to do it? The Clash? "Train in Vain" from the "London
Calling" album 1979.

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JARED FERGUSON

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Feb 21, 2001, 10:14:35 PM2/21/01
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Ha-ha! Another win for modern technology! But seriously, I have London
Calling on CD (very musically diverse) and there is no silence before Train
In Vain. So take that VINYL! Well, vinyle just makes it feel like your
there:)
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MichaelCoak

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Feb 21, 2001, 11:46:30 PM2/21/01
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I agree. They were a clever idea long ago, but it's time to grow up. The
worst is U2's Zooropa - a disc I like very much - but at the end, after a long
silence, there is a loud alarm sound, what you might expect to hear if SAC
headquarters got broken into. I've fallen asleep listening to the disc and
awoken to THAT. A totally horrible experience.

Tim Pattison

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Feb 22, 2001, 5:30:19 AM2/22/01
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In article <970l1f$1bg1$1...@news.hal-pc.org>, Bud LeCompte <budman@hal-
pc.org> writes
I bought a Del Amitri CD recently which the CD player shows to have 93
tracks! Most of these are just a few seconds silence but eventually you
get to a "hidden" song.
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Jordan Marr

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Feb 22, 2001, 2:02:45 PM2/22/01
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Yow.. that sounds irritating!
Loosely related thought fragment: I don't think there's ever a good reason
to incorporate a PC speaker "beep" into any program.

Albums with hidden tracks that I can think of off hand:
Jawbox - Hidden cover of Tori Amos' "Cornflake Girl"
Tool (undertow) - Track 69 "Cry of the Carrots"
Delight (Dewdrops in the Garden) - Has a very long track at the end with
weird sample blips and a redo version of a song on the album
I think there's a really cool instrumental at the end of the DMB (under the
table and dreaming) CD as well.

It's funny how you'll remember exactly where these fast forward songs are if
you like them enough: "right at 10:03.01"!

jordan

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Jordan Marr

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Feb 22, 2001, 2:06:40 PM2/22/01
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Yes, they seem more irritating and "non-practical" these days, but I
remember "finding" one as a kid and being all excited! Like I got some
extra bit of joy out of my $15.99 or something. Then you call your music
lover buddies and get all excited about it on the phone. hehe!
Then the stories ensue of falling asleep and your first aquaintance with
said hidden song (or blip of song, or whatever)!

jordan

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Skokiaan

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Feb 22, 2001, 2:29:28 PM2/22/01
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<Who was the first to do it? The Clash? "Train in Vain" from the "London
Calling" album 1979.> ("Rob Kloka" rkl...@REMOVEwi.rr.com)

The Beatles: Abbey Road. 1969.
"Her Majesty" was not listed on first pressings of the record. The 30 second
song appears after 20 seconds of silence on side two.

This may not quite count, but two years prior to that the Beatles put a two
second track on the inner groove of the Sgt. Peper album that would play
endlessly on non-automatic turntables.
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Dino Scoppettone

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Feb 22, 2001, 3:58:23 PM2/22/01
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Jordan Marr wrote:

> Yow.. that sounds irritating!
> Loosely related thought fragment: I don't think there's ever a good reason
> to incorporate a PC speaker "beep" into any program.
>
> Albums with hidden tracks that I can think of off hand:
> Jawbox - Hidden cover of Tori Amos' "Cornflake Girl"
> Tool (undertow) - Track 69 "Cry of the Carrots"
> Delight (Dewdrops in the Garden) - Has a very long track at the end with
> weird sample blips and a redo version of a song on the album
> I think there's a really cool instrumental at the end of the DMB (under the
> table and dreaming) CD as well.

True, although technically that's not "hidden" -- it's listed on the CD
as #34 (which is the song title), but they made the song the 34th track
on the disc, so it has to skip forward from #11 to #34, which takes a
little while to do. Good song, though.

Another hidden track I've heard lately is "Kid Things" at the end of
Counting Crows' "This Desert Life".

Dino

Biggo

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Feb 23, 2001, 3:59:40 PM2/23/01
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Rob Kloka wrote:
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> Who was the first to do it? The Clash? "Train in Vain" from the "London
> Calling" album 1979.

M's "Pop Muzik". The 45mix version had actually *two*
songs on the same side. Not one after the other - they
were one *by* the other: two separate grooves running
side by side. The lead-in was a single groove, though,
so listening to the "hidden" song was a matter of luck :-)

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Rob Kloka

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Feb 23, 2001, 11:11:14 PM2/23/01
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Now that had to screw with some folks' heads! Way cool.

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Biggo

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Feb 24, 2001, 1:51:54 PM2/24/01
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Rob Kloka wrote:
> "Biggo" <big...@bluewin.ch> wrote in message
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> > M's "Pop Muzik". The 45mix version had actually *two*
> > songs on the same side. Not one after the other - they
> > were one *by* the other: two separate grooves running
> > side by side.
>
> Now that had to screw with some folks' heads! Way cool.

Yes. Sometimes you walked near the turntables
and the hidden song popped up automagically :-D

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Rob Kloka

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Feb 25, 2001, 3:27:14 AM2/25/01
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"Talk about... Pop Music!" (repeat till end)

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Biggo

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Feb 25, 2001, 7:03:03 AM2/25/01
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Rob Kloka wrote:
> "Biggo" <big...@bluewin.ch> wrote in message
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> >
> > Yes. Sometimes you walked near the turntables
> > and the hidden song popped up automagically :-D
> >
>
> "Talk about... Pop Music!" (repeat till end)

Shoobeedoobeedoowop!
Sorry. I *have* to go and listen to that song. *NOW*!

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Rob Kloka

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Feb 25, 2001, 3:10:09 PM2/25/01
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Ya' know, I could swear that my brother had that 45, but I don't remember
the hidden track. Perhaps I'm wrong, and he didn't have it. Must go call
my bro. now.

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Edward G.

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Feb 25, 2001, 3:33:32 PM2/25/01
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Ya gotta admit, that adjacent track thing is one helluva a gimmick for a pop
record.

Edward G.
'It's not a gang; it's a club.'

Biggo

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Feb 25, 2001, 8:11:19 PM2/25/01
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Rob Kloka wrote:
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> Ya' know, I could swear that my brother had that 45, but I don't remember
> the hidden track. Perhaps I'm wrong, and he didn't have it. Must go call
> my bro. now.

I have the 45 too, but unfortunately it's the 7".
The one with the double track was a 12", possibly on
coloured vinyl (not sure about this one, it's been a
looooong time...). If your brother has this one, he's
got a W@W, L@@K, R@RE record :-) They had it in a radio
station I was working for, some 15 years ago. I guess
they wouldn't care if I drop in and *cough* borrow it...

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Biggo

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Feb 25, 2001, 9:07:23 PM2/25/01
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OK, I was starting to think I was makin' it up :-)
I found this one:

All Systems Go: Pop Muzik
...12 inch vinyl: Unique Records 12NIQX3 (UK), 1988.
A - All Systems Go - Pop Muzik (Tropical Mix)
B1 Pop Muzik (7" Mix)
B2 Crash Bang Wallop

So it wasn't the original 1979 Robin Scott's recording.

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