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alley. Hidden CD tracks of the 1990s. sent in
over email to myweeklymixtape at gmail .com by
a mixtaper who has to be referred to as Benjamin
C. So, Benjamin, thank you so much for sending
this topic in. And yeah, this is a great one,
and I am going to have a lot of fun diving down
this rabbit hole because CD tracks in the 90s,
hidden CD tracks, are kind of the cheat codes,
if you will, of the musical era. They are the
up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right,
B, A, start. for CDs. You didn't get these on
cassettes. You didn't get these on vinyl. There
was no such thing as streaming at this time.
Maybe towards the end of the decade, you had
the start of Napster creeping up, but this was
definitely a byproduct of the CD era. One of
the most fun things about CDs is never knowing
what you were going to get. When you pop that
CD in, maybe you saw 37 tracks, but only 13 were
listed. Maybe in the era of three or four minute
songs, you thought it was odd that the CD was
running 65 minutes when it's only 10 tracks.
That was part of the mystery of opening up and
putting a CD in for the first time. And they
were never announced. There was not a lot of
fanfare behind them. It was just something that
happened and then word of mouth started to spread.
It was a fantastic marketing idea. because it
got people talking about the album as a whole
outside of the singles that you were hearing
on radio and MTV at the time. This was one of
the first times since vinyl records, and I know
I'm basically only talking about 8 -tracks and
cassettes at this point, that they truly used
the physical medium to do something a little
bit more than just present the songs that the
artist had recorded. Obviously, the hidden track
is a song that the artist recorded. But it was
in a way that you kind of had to find out about
it organically. Things weren't leaked online
at this point. There was word of mouth that definitely
played a huge role in spreading the hidden CD
tracks after they became available. But there
was that feeling of discovery. If you discovered
it on your own for the first time, that you stumbled
across something that was kind of a wink, wink,
nudge, nudge from the artist himself to you,
the listener. And I feel like in the vinyl LP
era, they had a lot of fun little gadgets that
they did with record album presentation. Thinking
about the spinning disc of Led Zeppelin 3. I
don't know, Grand Funks shining on that used
the 3D album cover art that you had to put the
glasses on to truly get the effect up. Things
like that. But here it was done through music
as opposed to... the artistic side of the coin,
the way the album was presented to the listeners
on the shelves in the record store. This was
something that was a present that you got after
purchasing the album. And it's a distinctly 90s
thing because a lot of these songs you can find
on streaming now, but they're just listed at
the bottom of the track listing on Spotify or
Apple Music. And I kind of feel like that takes
the fun out of listening to the track. Now, obviously,
The CD listening experience and streaming listening
experiences are two different animals. So when
you're streaming a bunch of songs on random,
the last thing you want is for a track to play
and then have a bunch of silence before a hidden
track. That takes away from what people are looking
for when they're shuffling their playlist on
one of these streaming sites. However, with a
CD, when you were listening to it front to back,
an album listen, it really helped kind of hammer
home that this was an experience more than just
an album. And not every band did it. And the
bands that did it really went out of their way
to make it special. And I think that's what I'm
going to focus on with the songs that I come
up with for this playlist. Now, while I'm mulling
over which direction I want to start this in,
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All right, now in order to kick things off correctly
here, there are so many different directions
I can go, but I want to start with a song that
I think defines the importance of the hidden
CD track. And I think there's no other song that
best defines that. by actually going outside
of the rock world and into the hip -hop and R
&B universe for this one. And I'm going to do
that with Lauryn Hill's Can't Take My Eyes Off
You, which was a hidden track on the miseducation
of Lauryn Hill. Now, the reason it was a hidden
track on that album was because a year earlier,
the song was featured in a movie, and it was
Mel Gibson. Julia Roberts, oh God, Conspiracy
Theory. It was featured in the movie along with
the original, which was done by Frankie Valli.
This was a cover and it was not a single. They
did not release this as a single. This was just
something that she recorded for the soundtrack
of the movie. However, a DJ heard the song, loved
it, put it on CD and started spinning it. and
it took on a life of its own after that. Stations
all over the country started playing it. It landed
on the Billboard charts, even though it was not
released as a single. And the label realized
they had a hit on their hands, so they had to
include it on the CD itself. Why they did it
as a hidden track at this point, I'm not quite
sure. I'm assuming it has to do with production
and maybe the booklet and trade cards were already
pre -produced before the actual album CDs were
produced for the final pressings. Because honestly,
that's the only logical thing I can think of.
Because the song had already made a name for
itself prior to the miseducation of Lauryn Hill
coming out. But that aside, this was the first
time a hidden track was nominated for a Grammy
Award. So I think right there is the importance
of the hidden track. And it can also serve as
one of those, how the hell did Brian know that
information? Yeah, this is just one of the many
weird, random musical facts that I have stored
in the back of my mind that serve me no purpose
other than using them for situations just like
this. But if it ever comes up as a question on
Jeopardy, at least you're prepared at this point.
That aside. Just because the song isn't listed
on the track listing doesn't mean that it doesn't
solidify itself and its importance to the music
community. Now, I'll be perfectly honest with
you. Not every song I'm going to talk about tonight
is going to hit this level of importance or this
level of impact. Some of these are going to be
fun. Some of these are going to be silly. Some
of these are going to be cover songs because
that was part of what Hidden Tracks were. Maybe
they were something that... didn't quite fit
the vibe of the entire album. But it was something
that the artist wanted to include, but not necessarily
make it a part of the album's quote -unquote
canon. But sometimes these songs became part
of the canon, regardless of such. And I think
I'm going to ease into the rock side of things,
but stick with the female side of music here
and go with a song that... Was not only a hidden
track, it was a hidden track at the end of a
hidden track. So it was like a double secret
probation hidden track. Because at the end of
Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette, Wake
Up is track 12. Then track 13 starts with the
Jimmy the Saint blend of You Oughta Know. It's
a remix of the track. And when I first heard
the CD, I'm like, oh, they put a different remix
of You Oughta Know at the end because this was
the big radio single that broke her out. Fine.
Makes perfect sense. But when that ends, there's
another minute of silence followed up by Alanis
taking a deep breath and singing this acapella
song just by herself. Dark, haunting, vulnerable.
The perfect way to close Jagged Little Pill.
Now this only appears on the CD release. It didn't
come out on the, because at the time in 1995,
they still were pressing vinyl. Wasn't on there.
This was a, you had to own the CD to get it,
which obviously at this point, vinyl was pretty
much hitting its decline and CDs were becoming,
if not were already the predominant format in
music. as if they needed another way to kind
of get people to really buy in on CDs more. This
was just another cherry on top of that. But this
is one of those songs that, even though it's
a hidden track, Alanis has played it a lot throughout
the years. I'm not saying every year. There's
some tours she's completely skipped it. However,
since about 2019, I want to say, she has played
this song at least once every year. while out
on tour, and obviously more so on the post -COVID
Jagged Little Pill anniversary tours, because
that's part of the whole experience of that tour.
But even after that tour ended, she's still continuing
to play it. And in case you were wondering, yes,
I sometimes spend a little bit more time on Set
List FM than I should. I love digging around
and seeing what songs artists are breaking out
of nowhere. If you go through, you can actually
see the complete song listing by artist. And
you can look up certain songs and see how many
times they've been played, when they've been
played. It's such a fun website, but I digress.
So there's obviously something behind this song
that resonates with her fans, resonates with
fans of the album, and obviously resonates with
her because she doesn't have to play the song.
It's her decision when she walks up on that stage.
So I feel like Your House has to be included
on this mix, if for nothing else, for the fact
that... At least over the last six years, it's
being recognized year in and year out as she
continues to tour. Now, while this song has a
little bit of a, I guess we'll use the word stalker
-esque vibe to it, I feel like here's where we
take this playlist a little bit off the rails.
And we go with something that's kind of the same
theme, but kind of not. And it's certainly not
a serious song by any stretch of the imagination.
But if you were a fan of Green Day's Dookie,
after F .O .D. ended, you were treated to a little
bit of silence, like a lot of these tracks did.
Then you were treated to Trey Cools' All By Myself.
Considering the success, I guess you'd call it,
that Trey had singing Dominated Love Slave on
Kerplunk, I guess it was only fitting that on
their major label debut, Trey got a song to himself,
and this one's tucked at the end of the album.
And I don't think I need to get into what this
song's about. I think the title pretty much can
sum it up for you. You can give it a listen and
figure it out for yourself. I'll have the playlist
embedded over on the episode page at myweeklymixtape
.com if you want to listen, but I don't think
I need to explain this one. And it's one of those
songs that showed the band's sense of humor.
Now, similar to Alanis' Your House, the band
has played this song live. anniversary tour that
they just did in 2024 surrounding dookie that
was played at a lot of the shows however don't
be shocked it has popped up sporadically over
the years maybe when the band is just goofing
off it's not played a lot anymore obviously with
the dookie anniversary tour aside however you
never know when you see green day you might catch
a little bit of trey cool singing all by myself
and hopefully that's all Although I will say
on the Insomniac tour, they did break out Dominated
Loveslave from Kerplunk with Billy Joe on drums.
That was definitely one that was fun. And I wish
they would do just a little bit more because
it was just a ridiculously stupid song to break
out in the middle of a punk show. And I guess
just as ridiculously stupid as All By Myself.
Although Dominated Loveslave can be found dead
smack in the middle of Kerplunk and All By Myself,
not so much. And I think to follow up all by
myself, I'm going to stay in this kind of silly
place and go with a cover song. Although there's
a lot surrounding this album that involves quote
unquote hidden tracks. Because as most CDs start
on track one, Korn's Follow the Leader actually
starts on track 13. The original CD contains
25 songs. The first 12 songs on Follow the Leader
are each five seconds of silence, which added
up is a minute of silence. Later on the CD at
track 22, there's a song called Justin that was
written and recorded for a member of the Make
-A -Wish Foundation who wanted to meet the band
during the recording of this album. And they
recorded this song for him and the first 12 tracks
on the album. are five seconds of silence that
equal up to one minute of silence for this fan
of the band, which I think is an amazing thing
for them to do. It keeps Justin in everybody's
memory moving forward. That being said, I was
working at a record store when this album came
out, and I cannot tell you how many people tried
to return it. It got to the point... that we
put stickers on the CD saying, album starts on
track 13. Ask at the counter. Because people
were assuming that their CD was defected. Rightfully
so. This is the first time I'd ever seen anything
like this. And I thought it was a very unique
way for the band to get word out about the album
and word out about Justin in an era where there
wasn't viral videos. and social media. It got
to the point where one customer had actually
asked me if the entire album was considered a
quote -unquote hidden track by the way they did
that. And while that's not the case, at the end
of track 25, which was My Gift to You, there
were two hidden tracks. The song ends, there's
a couple of minutes of silence, and then there's
a little interlude for about two minutes. And
then there is the nearly five minutes of awesome
that is Korn and Cheech Marin covering Earache
My Eye from Up in Smoke. Being in my 20s at the
time, I was all about comedy movies. And Up in
Smoke is one of those must -see comedies in your
life. So when I first heard this, I had my stereo
so loud, I think I still have tinnitus from it.
This was so much fun. And yes, it's silly in
concept because of the movie, but Korn and Cheech
Marin play it straight and they rock the shit
out of it. They take it seriously, even though
the song was from a comedy. And I think to follow
that up to close out Side A, I am going to go
with another nu metal track here and go with
a song that doesn't close out the album as a
hidden track. But it's tucked in between two
songs on the album, as well as at the end of
the album's biggest single. This is something
that you can't find on streaming because it was
only available on the original pressing. And
the song was originally recorded for this band's
1995 cassette demo. And on that demo, it was
called Stereotype. Some people also refer to
this song as Blind. Depending on who you ask,
I've been trying to figure out exactly what the
real story is on this, and everywhere you look,
it's referred to differently. I've even seen
it listed as Stereotype Me. And the song is by
Limp Bizkit, and it's on $3 bill, y 'all. And
if you have the original CD, it's tucked in after
Faith ends, but before Stinkfinger begins. This
feels like a nod to Tom Petty here. Yes, I know
Limp Bizkit was not shouting out Tom Petty on
this track in any way, shape, or form. But if
you remember at the end of Running Down a Dream
on the original Full Moon Fever CD, there is
that little hidden track, Attention CD Listeners.
And while Tom's is just a spoken little joke
in the middle, this is actually a clip of a song
that the band had done in demo form in a full
version. earlier in their career prior to this
album. Why it didn't make the final listing on
$3 bill, y 'all, I'd have no idea. I'd love to
find out. That'll have to be something I ask
if and when I ever get somebody from Limp Bizkit
on the podcast. But this is one of those instances
where the hidden track doesn't happen at the
end of the album. It happens while you're playing
the CD straight through, which doesn't happen
quite as often. I mean, honestly, most of them
were at the end of CDs. But there are instances
where songs were tucked in the middle of CDs
and there were even discs that did pre -run tracks,
meaning you had to start at track one at zero
zero zero, hit the rewind button, rewind the
track in CD form. Obviously, this isn't like
a cassette here to hear the song. I think a few
examples of that 311 did it on Transistor. The
Offspring did it on Americana. And I don't want
to say Nirvana did it on Nevermind. I think there's
some ambient noise before Smells Like Teen Spirit.
It's also been done, I want to say, Public Enemy
did it on Music and Our Message. So again, just
these hidden Easter eggs that are so important
to the 90s CD experience. And I think that's
going to close out Side A of this 10 -song hidden
CD tracks playlist, which kicked off with Lauryn
Hill's Can't Take My Eyes Off You, I Love You
Baby, followed up by Alanis Morissette's Your
House, Green Days, All By Myself, Korn and Cheech
Marin's Earache My Eye, and Limp Bizkit's Blind
or Stereotype Me, depending on who you ask. Head
over to myweeklymixtape .com to hear all the
songs I've discussed in this mix through the
playlist embedded on the episode page. And I
think I'm going to start side B of this hidden
CD tracks playlist by going back to the punk
universe again. And I'm going to go with a song
that's both a cover and a re -record of a cover
that this band covered 15 years prior to this
version coming out. The original version was
recorded as a B -side for this band's single
1945. And it came out in either 81 or 82. I'm
not 100 % sure which year it was put out in.
but one of those two years, and the band is Social
Distortion. The song is a cover of The Rolling
Stones' Under My Thumb. You can find the original
on the Mainliner CD compilation if you don't
have that original single. But the version I'm
going to talk about tonight, the hidden CD version,
is the re -record from their 1996 album White
Light, White Heat, White Trash. Awesome Social
Distortion album. And this hidden track, you
know me and my love of cover songs. This is one
of those songs that solidified why I love covers
so, so much. The energy they bring to this version
is undeniable. And the fact that it sounds stronger
15 years after they covered it originally, back
in the early 80s. And I have to be honest, the
way this was recorded, the performance they gave
on this version. fits seamlessly into the White
Light album. And I can't picture listening to
the White Light album without this cover at the
end of it. I'm actually shocked they didn't put
it on as a non -hidden track and release it as
a single. They really slayed this one. One of
my favorite cover songs from the entire decade,
let alone hidden tracks. And I think because
I'm on this cover song kick now, I'm going to
stay there for a little bit. And go with another
band that dropped not one, but two covers at
the end of one of their EPs. And at the end of
the day, this is truly a toss -up, a coin flip
for me, because I can go with either their cover
of Pig Faces Suck or their cover of Adam and
the Ant's Physical You're So. And I'm talking
about Nine Inch Nails off their Broken EP. One
of the first introductions I had to Nine Inch
Nails was this EP. prior to Closer becoming the
massive hit it was, but after Pretty Hate Machine.
So this was the EP that I discovered them on
because of Wish, and it sent me back to Pretty
Hate Machine, and then obviously I became the
fan that I was of Nine Inch Nails from Closer
on. However, I will admit I do not have the original
pressing of this, because the original pressing,
if you're lucky enough to have it, has a mini
CD. with these two singles on it, meaning Physical
You're So and Suck. Most copies that people have
are the repress where they are the hidden track.
But if you have the original mini CD of these
two tracks, one, don't get rid of it because
it's worth a little bit of money. And two, I'd
love for you to send me a picture of it because
I've never seen it out in the wild and I'm always
looking for it. Myweeklymixtape at gmail .com.
Please send it my way. And I think both of these
covers kind of fall under the faithful rendition.
I mean, Pigface's Suck is very faithful to the
original. And I feel like Physical Your So is
just a bit heftier than Adam and the Ant's version,
but it still keeps the original's intention intact.
It's by no way, shape, or form a color -by -numbers
cover. Trent Reznor definitely makes the version
his own and puts his stamp on it. But there's
definitely a hat tip, love, homage to the original
at play here. So he's not deviating so far away
from the original that it feels like it's a completely
different composition. The heft and the energy
is there, but then again, it's there on the original
as well. And as an EP as a whole, Broken kind
of bridges that gap between Pretty Hate Machine's
synth -pop sound and the industrial sound that
they get into on the downward spiral. And these
two songs are kind of that final step in that
bridge, and I love them both so much. But I think
at the end of the day, I'm going to have to go
with Physical for tonight's playlist with zero
disrespect to Suck. And man, there are so many
other songs I can get to tonight, and I only
have three left. And I'm trying to just spin
through my brain which ones would catch the most.
How did you not bring up blank insert song here?
And I feel like I'd be doing this playlist a
disservice if I didn't include a song that while
it's a hidden track, it's so good that it's baffled
me. For nearly 30 years as to why it didn't make
the original release. And that's going to be
Damone from Deftones Around the Fur. This is
one of those tracks that just blew your mind,
especially if you had one of those old school
CD players that did the countdown for the song
as opposed to counting up the track. Because
it's a long ass track. I mean, MX is only a five
minute song. And then there's nearly 15 minutes
of silence before Bong Hit, which is only like
20 seconds long. And then there's another 12
minutes of silence before you get to Damone.
Damone starts well after the 32 -minute mark
on the track itself. So when you think about
it, between MX, Bong Hit, and Damone, there's
over 25 minutes of silence on this CD. You really
had to kind of grind it out to get to these tracks.
Bong hit not being a track per se, but, you know,
breaking up the silence, if you will. But Damone
as a song is so friggin solid. I've always wondered
how it was not considered to be a part of around
the fur. Now, I have to give credit where credit
is due on streaming sites. The MX track is still
over 37 minutes long. And on Apple Music, there
is parentheses saying includes Hidden Tracks,
Bong Hit, and Damone. Spotify doesn't include
that. I feel like Apple Music kind of spoils
the party because this is one of those few streaming
instances, like I talked about at the beginning
of this episode, where you can relive that Hidden
Track experience on streaming. And I kind of
love that fact. But I don't like the spoiler
that Apple Music put on there. They should just
call it MX and let the fans figure it out for
themselves. But that's just me. That's just my
opinion. However, they did not split it into
three tracks like other artists have done tonight.
So I got to give respect for that. But this next
track on streaming was definitely split out into
its own track. And I feel like it kind of takes
the fun. a little bit away from the discovery
aspect of it, but maybe that's just me being
nostalgic for a day when these things were special
and unique and needed to be discovered and didn't
just happen because the next track started playing.
And to be perfectly honest, if I was shuffling
my Nirvana catalog, endless nameless popping
up in the middle of a shuffle, just feels wrong
it needs to come a little bit after something
in the way they kind of need to be back to back
because to me that is the never mind experience
and this is the next track that i am going to
follow up deftones demone with nirvana's endless
nameless for a lot of people this was the first
hidden track that became What the hell was that
at the end of Nevermind? I mean, when you think
about it, it truly is the yang to the yin of
Something in the Way. I couldn't picture Nevermind
without this song, and I couldn't picture a playlist
of hidden CD tracks without discussing Endless
Nameless. It is every bit of the eyebrow -raising
insanity. that defines what a hidden track was.
Was that supposed to be there? Was that a mistake?
Where does this fit into the artist's vision
of the album? It raises so many questions, and
Endless Nameless was one of the first times I
discovered a hidden CD track. And it blew my
mind. I wanted to know more. Obviously, not the
first time it happened, and certainly not the
last. Because hidden tracks go all the way back
to Abbey Road with Her Majesty. Because on the
original vinyl pressings, I know we're talking
CDs here, but a little aside, did not list that
on the Abbey Road album. But that said, definitely
one of the most memorable. So much so, that my
final track of the night has to be the parody,
or style parody maybe, of Endless Nameless. That
appeared... on Weird Al Yankovic's Off the Deep
End. And it's a track called Bite Me. 10 seconds
of screaming, bloody murder and noise. And if
you look it up on YouTube, I highly recommend
you turn the closed captioning on. You're welcome.
Yes, this ends the hidden track playlist on a
little bit of a comedic note, but there's comedy
kind of throughout some of the songs we've talked
about tonight. When you bring up things like
All By Myself or Earache My Eye. But this is
pure comedy. This is pure Weird Al. However,
you need to think about this. Not only did Weird
Al parody Smells Like Teen Spirit on Smells Like
Nirvana. He parodied the album cover for Off
The Deep End. And then he parodied the hidden
track at the end of Nevermind. Endless Nameless
as well. It's a trio of parodies done by the
master of parodies himself. So the fact that
it was on Weird Al's radar shows just how important
Endless Nameless was as a hidden track for him
to even acknowledge it on his album. It's a trio
of parodies all wrapped in one. The first time
I heard Bite Me, which came at the end of You
Don't Love Me Anymore, which was, again, a slower
song. So again, a total 180, just like Nirvana
did. To me, that was epic level brilliance in
terms of comedy. And it was also a hat tip to
what Nirvana did on Nevermind. So yes, it's a
one -two punch, and those two play off each other,
but I could not think of a better way to close
out this hidden CD tracks of the 90s playlist.
Now, I see the irony in calling it side A and
side B for this episode because we're specifically
talking about CDs, but, you know, go with it
for me here. The second half of this playlist
kicked off with Social Distortions, Under My
Thumb, followed up by Nine Inch Nails, Physical,
You're So, Deftones, Damone, Nirvana's Endless
Nameless, and Weird Al's Bite Me. Head over to
myweeklymixtape .com to hear all the songs I've
discussed in this mix. through the playlist embedded
on the episode page. Now, I know with 10 songs,
I am only scratching the surface of the greatest
hidden CD tracks of the 90s. So I want this conversation
to continue, and I want to know your favorite
hidden CD tracks. So be sure to send me an email,
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until next time, enjoy the hidden tunes. You
really didn't think I was going to do a hidden
songs of the nineties playlist episode and not
go full blown meta here and do a hidden podcast
segment at the end of a podcast. I'm not going
to say I'm the first one to ever do it, but I
sure as hell have never heard this done at the
end of a podcast, especially considering the
fact I left 30 seconds of silence after the music
ended. So I have no idea if anybody is ever going
to hear this part of the episode. So if you do,
please hit me up, myweeklymixtape at gmail .com
and let me know you heard it. But I think for
this part of the episode, I'm going to shout
out one more hidden CD track. So a hidden CD
track at the end of a hidden CD track episode.
And I'm going to go with... Crackers Kerosene
Hat because they had a trio of hidden tracks,
but they were spread out because when you first
dropped the CD of Kerosene Hat into your CD player,
you were treated to the fact that it had 99 tracks
on the CD, the highest number you could go at
the time. Now, mind you, the CD did list 15 tracks
and it did say 13 and 14 were no songs. So they
weren't hiding that part of this because tracks
13 and 14 were indeed no songs. It was just silence.
So they were being very honest with us. So kudos
for the honesty. And then track 15 was indeed
High Desert Biker Meth Lab. So again, Cracker
was being honest with all of us. I appreciate
that. However. Then you had from track 16 to
68, Silence. Just track after track of Silence.
Followed up by Euro Trash Girl, which was originally
featured on their Tucson EP, but here just thrown
on as a hidden track after many, many, many clicks
of Silence. That came in at, you guessed it,
track 69. 17 tracks of silence before i ride
my bike at track 88 followed by another 10 tracks
of silence before the final track on kerosene
hat that being the acoustic version of the title
track now when you look this album up on streaming
high desert biker meth lab is not track 15 it's
track 13. So the no songs at 13 and 14 just disappear
on the streaming version. They're gone, even
though they weren't there in the first place.
But I digress. Euro Trash Girl is not track 69.
It's track 14. I Ride My Bike is not track 88.
It's track 15. And the acoustic version of Kerosene
Hat is not track 99. It's track 16. So... All
the fun taken away on streaming CDs for the win.
Thank you guys for listening. My name is Brian
Colburn and we'll see you next week.