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“The Real Song for the Deaf”, which is essentially Track 0, is located in the pregap of Track 1 as a hidden track. The hidden track can be found by rewinding the first track to roughly -1:33. A voice comes on and says: “Huh? What?” and a pattern of low-frequency bass plays and modulates for the rest of the song.
This track […] is difficult to listen to on all but conventional CD players. Most software CD players do not allow rewinding of this nature, and most MP3 “ripping” software will not include the data.
This is so fascinating, I wonder if other types of medium of similar methods for hiding music.
People have done this with vinyl by putting hidden tracks on second grooves not connected to the main groove.
The actual track since no one linked it yet:
https://open.spotify.com/track/0Fl6Pl6w89IL1FWt8Uvg01?si=qs9pfyuuQvitp3LyxuIHuw
Or on youtube for anyone else who doesn’t use spotify:
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Here’s a link to nothing for those who don’t use Spotify, YouTube or Piped:
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This was a big thing in the 90s, even Tom Petty did it.
This is a pregap track, not an unlisted track at the end. To hear this one you need to rewind the first track backwards until you get to the pregap track beginning.
Yep Tom Petty, Better Than Ezra and many other bands did this on CD
Less Than Jake did it as well.
mmhmm
There’s also the “hidden track” of the laughing to the tune of Feel Good Hit of the Summer at the end!
Edit: and the actual hidden track, mosquito song
“I can’t even hear it!”
Neat. I gotta dig this album out now. Just saw these guys on tour, excellent show, love this band
Reminds me of how Jack White had a team of vinyl creatives come up with cool ways to hide music on the vinyl record https://youtube.com/watch?v=i-8B-_Jq2ro&feature=share9
That utter bastard made one side of Lazaretto play backwards: you have to put the needle in the center of the record and it spins out to the edge. First time I tried to listen to it I was very high and it was hell.
This had been done before. Techmoan on YouTube did a video on a symphonic piece that was put on vinyl backwards. It’s something about how the needle travels slower at the center increases the possible dynamics vinyl can reproduce
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Would this be something that would’ve carried over on the rip I did like 18 years ago?
Probably not - article states most ripping software misses it
Dream Theater did this for their entire album Octavarium. Every song has hidden parts, but I think every streaming service has included them into their respective songs
I’m sure there was a Killswitch engage album where if you skip backwards on a certain song it played a different song.
Wow I listen to some of this album all the time, better check it out
They Might Be Giants also did this on their 1996 album Factory Showroom
WHAT?! I love that album and hear it all the time, never knew there was a hidden track
Truly a song for the deaf.
