Here's a reply to the message "[idm] "Hidden" tracks (was Re: [idm]
rest proof & Plaid)" written on Sat, 26 May 2001 17:43:19 +0200:
quoted 2 lines While we're on the subject - is it just me, or are labels getting extra
>While we're on the subject - is it just me, or are labels getting extra
>wack lately when it comes to those "hidden" tracks on CDs?
It is starting to get a bit tiresome. It was an interesting gimmick at
first (ie, 10 years ago), but there doesn't really seem to be much
point to it all these days.
Okay, so the "track zero" on EP7 was an interesting spin, but other
than that, if there's no point in a "hidden" track being delayed, then
why delay it?
The only interesting use I've seen of the technique is on A Guy Called
Gerald's "Automannik" -- I reckon most of the people who own the album
(on CD, obviously) haven't even noticed. If you play the album through
normally, everything's fine. But on most of the tracks, you can
"rewind" into a negative space at the start of the track and hear a
few extra little snippets and samples that aren't picked up when the
CD's played normally. The effect is seamless which ever way you do it.
I only noticed because I used to have the album on vinyl, played it to
death, bought the CD, accidentally rewound a bit too far and heard
noises I'd never heard on the vinyl before.
--
Mark Stevens
http://www.headspin.clara.net/
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