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Post by John S. Damm on Jul 14, 2024 20:32:07 GMT -5
Got my copy. Just getting ready to listen. The info for Disc 1 doesn't pop up in iTunes. ![:(](//storage.proboards.com/1960644/images/SsmpaA0hrnR0zSNrbUvc.png) I entered the data in and submitted it. Try ripping it again and see if the data is there. If you see a track called Mest City. You know you have what I entered. Sorry. Too tired now to fix it. I actually played Disc 1 in my CD player and through my main stereo system and sure enough, after Track 12, "Meat City," the damn thing kept going from Track 13 to Track with silent 24 seconds tracks! It made the Disc quite long! ![:o](//storage.proboards.com/1960644/images/GowCXAvfMToKPZsJREgz.png) WTF?! Is that a Sean Lennon "mind game?" I had a heck of a time ripping Disc 1 to my iTunes library to get it on my iPod Touch, having to type in the names of the 12 songs and then I had to manually delete from my iTunes library those 88 twenty-four second tracks! I just ordered the 2-Disc version which has what would be Disc 1 The Ultimate Mixes and Disc 6, The Out-Takes! I hope that Disc 1 is normal! It would be funny if that was a Sean punk on us and not a Disc defect. People on the Hoffman Music Forum are complaining about the Discs being made in the Czech Republic and not at a Germany plant. I suppose this will be a bigger problem going forward since less and less plants make CDs.
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Post by debjorgo on Jul 15, 2024 12:47:06 GMT -5
When you entered the titles, did you save it to iTunes? When you get your two-disc set, if he data isn't there on disc 1, see if you can pull up what you entered. I forget what it says, but over to the right, there are several options. I saved my info, so it might be there.
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Post by John S. Damm on Jul 16, 2024 0:11:20 GMT -5
The titles were there on Disc 1 of the 2 Disc set.
There was still 88 24 second tracks.
The discs in the two disc set were made in Germany.
The booklet also suggests that there may be two bonus tracks of "I'm The Greatest" and a different take of "You Are Here" but I haven't found them.
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Post by OldFred on Jul 16, 2024 10:20:09 GMT -5
The titles were there on Disc 1 of the 2 Disc set. There was still 88 24 second tracks. The discs in the two disc set were made in Germany. The booklet also suggests that there may be two bonus tracks of "I'm The Greatest" and a different take of "You Are Here" but I haven't found them. On a cd player, preferably a Sony player, you can access the hidden tracks by letting the first track begin to play, then pause and hit the rewind function button and begin rewinding the track then you’ll hear another track ahead of it and rewind for a bit and then let it play. On the 2 cd set ‘I’m The Greatest’ is the hidden track on cd 1, the hidden track on cd 2 is the single version of ‘Meat City’. ‘You Are Here’ is mislabeled on the booklet and is available on the 6 cd box set.
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Post by John S. Damm on Jul 16, 2024 10:32:30 GMT -5
Thanks Fred and I in fact had watched those videos earlier but that was before I had the Box and 2-Disc version in hand!
I will try that but I do not have a Sony CD player but I do have a Sony Blu-Ray player and I have read that it is easier to hear the hidden tracks in that format.
I love Sean's sense of humor but I am a little bummed that awesome tracks might be missed without us going through those mind games!
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Post by OldFred on Jul 16, 2024 10:49:58 GMT -5
What should have been done with the hidden tracks on the cds is to add them after the last track but not list them on the packaging and that they would only show up when you shined the UV light on the song list. And the tracks would have shown up when you loaded the cds onto iTunes and other devices. Fans who only download or stream songs must be really peeved that none of the hidden tracks are available to buy or on streaming platforms.
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Post by John S. Damm on Jul 18, 2024 9:36:57 GMT -5
What should have been done with the hidden tracks on the cds is to add them after the last track but not list them on the packaging and that they would only show up when you shined the UV light on the song list. And the tracks would have shown up when you loaded the cds onto iTunes and other devices. Fans who only download or stream songs must be really peeved that none of the hidden tracks are available to buy or on streaming platforms. Totally agree OldFred! I have tried twice with the CDs only on both my Marantz CD Player and my Samsung Blu-Ray player (I misidentified it as Sony) which also plays CDs and DVDs. No luck on the CDs. I follow the instructions that you and others have kindly provided and I just keep getting Track 1 "Mind Games!" I hear MG rewind but it does not then jump back into a hidden track. One video previewer said it is easier to find the hidden tracks on Blu-Ray so I will pull those out this weekend but two nights in a row I was shut-down trying the two Discs in the 2-Disc package. I have not tried it on the 6 CDs from the Box and maybe I will. As noted, the CDs in the Box were made in the Czech Republic while the CDs in the 2-Disc set were made in Germany. Still, I am absolutely blown away by Discs 1, 5 and 6! I will not let Sean's mind games ruin my enjoyment of this release as he and his crew otherwise did a fantastic job! I have not even gotten to Discs 2, 3 and 4 as I have been enthralled with 1, 5 and 6.
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Post by John S. Damm on Jul 22, 2024 11:06:02 GMT -5
I played the Blu-Rays last night and finally found and heard the hidden tracks: 1. I'm The Greatest [Ultimate Mix]: pretty cool, this is also on the UNCUT Magazine Disc. 2. You Are Here [Out-Take Take 4]: beautiful, this song is a big winner in this 2024 re-issue as some of the overbearing production has been eliminated but this is 9:18 minutes long! 3. Mellotron Magic/Weird Slide Guitar: Meh, over 11:00 minutes of noodling around. 4. Rock 'n' Roll People [Ultimate Mix]: This Rocks hard but it seems to be a different version than the Menlove Avenue version, glad to have it!. 5. I'm The Greatest [Evolution Documentary]: has dialog between John, George and Ringo which is cool, three of the four! 6. Matchbox/That's Alright Mam/Heartbreak Hotel Jam: This is okay, fairly quick run throughs. 7. Meat City [Single Version Ultimate Mix]: This version Rocks, short and sweet!
I did not look for the videos, that will have to come later.
The rewind works much easier on a Blu-Ray player rather than a CD player.
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Post by John S. Damm on Aug 15, 2024 20:22:53 GMT -5
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Post by debjorgo on Aug 16, 2024 11:52:50 GMT -5
That seems odd. I didn't realize there was a market for John Lennon in streaming. I've never seen any promotion in iTunes for the proper Mind Games album. It's never charted there. Maybe he's big on Spotify. The CD version of the Mind Games release is number 5 on amazon. The 2 LP is number 286. The LP version of the box doesn't seem to be available anymore.
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