# Hidden tracks on CDs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidden-tracks-on-cds/131856>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 11, 2002, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidden-tracks-on-cds/131856 "2002-10-11T18:55:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![evilyam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f475e1/32.png) [@evilyam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilyam)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidden-tracks-on-cds/131856/61 "2002-10-16T17:25:49Z")

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**Musicat** , that’s the problem - my computer CD players don’t let me rewind past 0:0.0 (although I haven’t looked extensively for one that does), and the ripper I use, Easy CD-DA Extractor 5.0 takes the CDs word for when tracks start. Exact Audio Copy can detect the TOC manually, but it seems to miss the first 5 or so seconds of Losing Streak before the first real song comes on. I’ll check out cdparanoia.

Ooh, and I think Beck’s Midnite Vultures has a hidden song before track 4 starts, but not part of track 3.

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