[mixcloud] Failed to parse JSON

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./youtube-dl --version
2017.08.18

/youtube-dl -C --verbose https://www.mixcloud.com/gonesthedj/ghettoblastershow-13-feb1310/
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-C', '--verbose', 'https://www.mixcloud.com/gonesthedj/ghettoblastershow-13-feb1310/']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.08.18
[debug] Python version 3.6.2 - Linux-4.12.8-2-ARCH-x86_64-with-arch
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.3.3, ffprobe 3.3.3, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Public IP address: x.x.x.x
[mixcloud] gonesthedj-ghettoblastershow-13-feb1310: Downloading webpage
[mixcloud] gonesthedj-ghettoblastershow-13-feb1310: Downloading webpage
ERROR: gonesthedj-ghettoblastershow-13-feb1310: Failed to parse JSON  (caused by JSONDecodeError('Extra data: line 1 column 2 (char 1)',)); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 676, in _parse_json
    return json.loads(json_string)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/json/__init__.py", line 354, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/json/decoder.py", line 342, in decode
    raise JSONDecodeError("Extra data", s, end)
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Extra data: line 1 column 2 (char 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 676, in _parse_json
    return json.loads(json_string)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/json/__init__.py", line 354, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/json/decoder.py", line 342, in decode
    raise JSONDecodeError("Extra data", s, end)
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Extra data: line 1 column 2 (char 1)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 776, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 433, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/mixcloud.py", line 108, in _real_extract
    play_info = self._decrypt_play_info(encrypted_play_info, track_id)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/mixcloud.py", line 74, in _decrypt_play_info
    video_id)
  File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 680, in _parse_json
    raise ExtractorError(errmsg, cause=ve)
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: gonesthedj-ghettoblastershow-13-feb1310: Failed to parse JSON  (caused by JSONDecodeError('Extra data: line 1 column 2 (char 1)',)); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.