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Now, we all love Spotify, but before you go throwing away your record or CD collections and proclaiming that the whole need to actually 'own' music is ridiculously outdated, I've stumbled across a slight flaw.
It does, I'm afraid, involve B** D****, but only as an example of why things might not be as perfect as they seem. I was idly spotifying away, as you do on a quiet day off, and found his Bootleg Series Vol 4 - The 'Royal Albert Hall' concert. It's all fine, until you get to the end of the penultimate song: Ballad Of A Thin Man. Dylan and his band have crashed and bawled away to fine effect for seven minutes, then there's a bit of applause and it fades out. The next thing you hear is the snare crack for the start of probably the best version of Like A Rolling Stone he ever played.
What's the problem? Well, they've only cut out the best-known piece of crowd interaction in rock history - there's no Judas on Spotify.
If the most famous bit of one of the most famous live albums ever isn't on there, what else might be missing? I know Spotify is generally wonderful, but it's no substitute for the real thing.

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Er,

I don't love Spotify. Hardly ever go there to be truthful.

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eddie g | 6 May 2009 - 5:21pm

That will be why

you didn't get what I assume to be a joke based on Spotify ads plugging their premium version.

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Gatz | 6 May 2009 - 7:31pm

But Judas is there

At the beginning of "Like a rolling stone".

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Thomas the Rhymer | 6 May 2009 - 6:46pm

I've just checked onSpotify now...

...and the 'Judas' section has been excised. Somewhat bizarre.

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Peckham For The... | 6 May 2009 - 7:11pm

I'm pretty sure

on the CD the Judas moment is at the end of "Ballad of a thin man" track ... I remember trying to play it to a friend and having to rewind from the beginning of "Rolling..." to find it.

Talking about rewinding it took me ages to find out there was a hidden track before the first track on David Gray's "White Ladder" album...effectively track zero...any other albums have this feature?

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spinoza013 | 6 May 2009 - 11:53pm

2 many DJs by Radio Soulwax

has something or other like that. Summat based on 'Can't Get You Out of My Head' by Kylie Minogue.

the proverbial mo-fo to rip to mp3, obviously

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ivan | 7 May 2009 - 12:09am

Where is Judas

now that we clearly need him more than ever?

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Retropath2 | 6 May 2009 - 7:39pm

I can't get spotify where i am...

but I'd be horrified if certain bits of between song banter went missing; The Stones 'Ya Yas' album is a fine bit of work, but for me, i can't help but piss meself laughing everytime Jagger makes the comment about 'mah trawsers', or 'Charlie's good tonight, inneee'.

Essential parts, those!

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ivan | 6 May 2009 - 9:37pm

Just had a listen....

and i think that it might be missing because Spotify doesn't seem to do 'gapless' albums, that or someone in the company is rewriting history!

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humphreym | 6 May 2009 - 11:10pm

There's 55 seconds cut from the end of 'Thin Man'

on Spotify as compared to the actual release.

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stimpy | 7 May 2009 - 10:01am
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