play a music CD backwards?

[Phil Reynolds]

On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 10:58:26AM -0500, Michael W. Lucas wrote:
> No, I'm not looking for satanic messages.  :-)  
> 
> I have a music CD that was pressed from a master tape run backwards
> (Throbbing Gristle's "2nd Annual Report", if anyone cares).  It would
> be nice to hear it forwards.
> 
> Can someone suggest a way to hear a CD backwards?  Sadly, none of the
> standard CD players have this option.  I'd happily rip this to MP3 if
> I could find a MP3 player with a "play backwards" option.

Use cdparanoia to rip the track(s) then use sox with the "reverse"
effect.

Install and man them both if you need further help.

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