If you own the recent 2 Many DJs album - I know for sure that at least two of you do - here's a tip from a friend. There is a cut-up, vaguely electroclash-style mix of Kylie's Can't Get You Out Of My Head hidden at the beginning of the disc. Play track 1 and, as it starts, press your 'seek backward' button (not 'previous track') and you'll see your timer display start going into minus time.

The track is 4:15 long, hence the rather cryptic "-04:15" at the beginning of the track listing on the back of the CD case. Once upon a time I would have scrutinised each record/CD sleeve so closely that I might have spotted this myself, but these days they tend to get thrown in the car's glove compartment without so much as a second glance.

Sneaky to put the hidden track at the beginning for a change, huh? Is this a stunning piece of news that will change your life forever, or am I weeks (if not months) behind everyone else and the last person to know?

Caveats: doesn't seem to be possible with Windows Media Player (Windows XP) or KDE CD Player (Mandrake Linux 8.1); will possibly only work with genuine original CDs, not copies.

Posted by Hg on Thursday 20 June 2002 at 20:08.
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Randomly -- if you own the X-FILES TV show soundtrack "Songs In The Key Of X", you can do the same trick -- about 9 minutes backwards from the start of the disc is Nick Cave & The Dirty Three's absolutely phenomenal song "Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Revertentum" (the best thing on there) and a remix of the theme song. Ahem.

Comment by Chris on Thursday 20 June 2002 at 17:05.

I'm pleased to say that I realised this on the day I bought the CD. It's been done before - I've got CDs from Maxwell and Pansy Division which do the same thing.

Comment by mike on Saturday 22 June 2002 at 09:20.

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