[sburgess]

I don't think the Red Book spec allows for what you want to do. If the CD's a-playin' the counter's a-countin'! The only way I've ever seen hidden tracks at the end of a disk is with an extra-long last track which really contains both tunes, which is basically what you are describing. Since the player derives its location information from the disc's table of contents, if you rigged the table so the player wouldn't count the extra audio, it would also not play the extra audio, AFAIK.

On the other hand, if someone else has found a way to do this, I'd love to hear it!

-Scott