Todd Rundgren - un (injustamente) semi-desconocido

Hola,

Este es uno de esos especiales sobre "si-no-son-perdedores-se-le-acercan-mucho".

Yo desde luego le tenía muy olvidado desde entrados los ochenta y eso que entre 1975 y 1980 fui un notable admirador suyo, con sus 5 primeros vinilos en casa (todos en edición USA) y aquí siguen...., con intensivas audiciones de Something / Anything y A Wizard, a True Star como discos de "casi referencia". Los "tiempos cambiaron / mis preferencias evolucionaron (no siempre correctamente) y lo fui "abandonando".... lo volví a "recuperar" a principio de este presente siglo y después lo volví a dejar "en el cajón de los discos perdidos"..... Pero.... un "tick" me ha llevado a descargar directos y he vuelto "a entrar en ese, su mundo, tan particular, especial y cambiante" con el añadido de etapas que me resultaron totalmente desconocidas.......

Toda un experiencia, en la que "me he coscado" de la influencia que Todd Rundgren tuvo sobre Beck (eso se ve claro en los conciertos de entrados los 80' y, sobre todo, principios de los 90')... un compositor / creador /intérprete iconoclasta y cambiante, que va "mezclando estilos" con un toque absolutamente personal.... el rock, el soul, el funk, "sinfonismo-freak, todo ello muy "mezclado" desde finales de los ochenta..... los "CAMBIOS interpretativos" en idénticos temas en los conciertos de 1978-1979 son colosales.... nunca ha sido un músico de "a piñón".

Aquí vamos, y va a ser "intenso":



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Todd Rundgren and Band
Ultrasound Stuidos  hempstead Long Island
May 2, 1972

FM>unknown>silver cd>eac>flac

1.  Broke Down and Busted
2.  Georgia Swing
3.  Outside Love
4.  Piss Aaron
5.  A Dream Goes On Forever
6.  I Saw the Light
7.  It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference
8.  Good To be Alive
9.  Mad Red Ant Lady
10.  Blaze aka Heat and Blaze
11.  Lady on a Terrace
12.  Slut            

The actual titles of 8-10 appear to be up in the air.





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Todd Rundgren
Best of the BBC Rock Hour Pre-FM Reel
Broadcast on August 10th, 1980
Hammersmith Odeon - London, England
October 9, 1975

1) Intro/ Freedom Fighters  
2) Mr. Triscuits  
3) The Last Ride
4) Sunset Boulevard
5) Heavy Metal Kids  
6) The Wheel
7) Open My Eyes
Sons of 1984
9) Do Ya/ Outro

Original 2 track 7" reel @ 7.5 IPS. It was transferred on a Tascam BR20 T to a Sony CDR-W33 professional stand alone recorder, transferred to .wav edited and burned to CDR. This torrent was created from the archived cdr I burned to clean up my hard drive.

Transferred by Talbe1019

PRE-FM Reel>CDRW>WAV>CDWAV>Archived CDR>WAV>FLAC





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Todd Rundgren & Utopia
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
November 11, 1977

Source: FM broadcast KRO radio on February 26, 1978
Lineage: MC > Tascam 202 MK III > HD > WAV > FLAC

draftervoi's notes:
Hans de Vente digitized his FM recording of a Todd Rundgren 1977-11-11 show from a Dutch radio station in the Summer of 2014. There was already a circulating version of a tape recorded by Dan Lampinski from an American radio station. Hans' tape has better audio quailty, but the first song cuts in during the first chorus, the start is missing.

The two versions also seems to have slightly different ambience; Hans tape has slightly wider stereo separation (to my ears...).

I chaptered and normalized Hans' tracks and did some other minor editing (removed a few pops, made the between song edits less jarring by getting the volume levels closer to each).

01. Trapped
02. The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell
03. Abandon City
04. Love Of The Common Man
05. Back On The Street
06. Black And White
07. Communion With The Sun
08. Utopia Theme
09. Love Is The Answer
10. Crazy Lady Blue
11. Love In Action
12. The Death Of Rock 'n Roll
13. Dutch Radio Outro

Todd Rundgren: guitars, vocals
Roger Powell: keyboards, synths, vocals
Kasim Sulton: bass, vocals
John "Willie" Wilcox: drums, vocals


Support the artists! Buy their official releases, go to their concerts!
Trade freely! Do not buy or sell! Keep it lossless!

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Enjoy!








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Todd and the Hello People
The Roxy
May 23rd, 1978

source: FM > ? > CDR > EAC > FLAC

First nationwide simulcast of a concert transmitted via microwave.  This show is the Roxy portion of the Back to the Bars (BTTB) album, unedited.  Classic show with Todd pouring his heart out, he's really hitting his stride. Set list: Real Man, It Wouldn't..., Love of the Common Man, Lady Face (rare - only performed live), Love In Action, Never Neverland, You Cried Wolf (with Wolfman Jack), Range War (with Spencer Davis), Bread, Can We Still Be Friends, Black Maria, Don't You Ever Learn, Sometimes I Don't Know What To Fell (with Hall & Oates), Black and White (GREAT version), A Dream Goes On Forever, I'm So Proud Medley, Eastern Intrigue and Initiation (with Kasim Sultan), Couldn't I  Just Tell You.  Also includes the whole encore which was totally cut out of BTTB - Hello It's Me (which feature Stevie Nicks singing harmony with Todd which was totally cut from BTTB), Hang On Sloopy, She's Gone, and Just One Victory.  It's cool to hear wghat happens after Todd says "It's sing along night for the Woodstock generation" at the end of BTTB.  Excellent quality.  This is the best quality I've heard of this show and was made from a master cassette from FM.  Sound quality is fairly clear and features great bass punch, highs are a bit rolled-off but seem to improve as the show moves along.  J Hananvan CD."


cd1:
Intro from Wolfman Jack
Real Man
It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference
Love of the Common Man
Lady Face
Love In Action
Never, Neverland
You Cried Wolf
Station ID's #1
Range War
Bread
Can We Still Be Friends
Black Maria
Don't You Ever Learn
Station ID's #2
Sometime's I Don't Know Wat To Feel

cd2:
Black and White
A Dream Goes On Forever
Station ID's #3
Motown Medley ending with I Saw The Light
Station ID's #4
Eastern Intrigue
Intiation
Couldn't I Just Tell You
Announcements
Hello It's Me
Hang On Sloopy
She's Gone
Just One Victory


enjoy!

kinlin, october 2004








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Todd Rundgren & Utopia
The Place, Seattle
August 12, 1978
FM recording

FM broadcast---?--->Trade CDR--->EAC--->FLAC Frontend--->FLAC (L8)

1.1 Real Man 4:35
1.2 It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference 5:19
1.3 Love Of The Common Man 3:58
1.4 Trapped 3:19
1.5 Abandon City 4:52
1.6 The Verb "To Love" 8:33
1.7 The Seven Rays 11:30
1.8 Can We Still Be Friends? 4:30
1.9 The Death Of Rock 'N Roll 5:16
1.10 You Cried Wolf 2:29
1.11 Gangrene 4:14
1.12 A Dream Goes On Forever 3:37
1.13 Black Maria 5:49
2.1 Eastern Intrigue 5:44--->
2.2 Initiation 7:05
2.3 Couldn't I Just Tell You 3:25
2.4 Hello It's Me 4:28
2.5 Just One Victory 4:17

Todd Rundgren---guitars, drums, vocals
Roger Powell---keyboards, synths, vocals
Kasim Sulton---bass, guitar, vocals
John "Willie" Wilcox---drums, percussion, bass, vocals







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Todd Rundgren and Friends
The Palladium
New York, NY
February 16, 1979

Early Show

Source: WNEW-FM > Cassette Master (TDK-SA)

Transfer: Sony TC-WE 475 > gold tipped cables > JVC XL-R2010 CD-RW (44.1 Hz)

01 Trapped
02 Love In Action
03 Abandon City
04 Love of the Common Man
05 It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference
06 The Death Of Rock 'N Roll
07 Gangrene
08 Can We Still Be Friends
09 Todd Talks
10 Black Maria
11 All Revved Up (w/Meat Loaf)
12 Johnny B. Goode (w/Meat Loaf)
13 DJ Commentary
14 Radio Intro
15 Hang On Sloopy (w/Rick Derringer)
16 Just One Victory
17 Funky But Chic (David Johansen)
18 Frenchette (David Johansen)
19 Stairway To The Stars (BOC)
20 Don't Fear The Reaper (BOC)
21 WNEW Credits


Here's another Rundgren show that has never been on the TTD tracker.
Billed as the "Indochinese Refugee Concerts." This event had several big names involved.
Blue Oyster Cult, Todd Rundgren headlined the event.
Former New York Doll's frontman David Johansen (The Johansen Group)
and guitarist Rick Derringer (who had just finished his own show over at 'My Father's Place')
Todd introduces Meat Loaf at the beginning of track 11. Mr Loaf joins in on 2 songs.
Funny enough that 'Johnny B. Goode' is dedicated to John Denver, not sure why.


The bonus material is from the late show.  We have Rick Derringer on guitar joining in.
We also have David Johansen doing 'Funky But Chic' and 'Frenchette'.
Along with Blue Oyster Cult performing a 9 song set, we only get 2 of those songs here.
'Stairway To The Stars' and 'Don't Fear The Reaper'.

Quite a cool selection of artists and songs here.

I had never heard any of this umtil now.



There was an unexpected tape cut during 'Black Maria' @ 1:26.  a small portion is missing.

The tape flip was between tracks 10 and 11.

Thanks to BR for the tapes.


Enjoy

George







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Todd Rundgren / Utopia
Capitol Theatre
Passaic, New Jersey
October 31, 1979

Source: WNEW-FM > Cassette Master (Maxell UD XL-II)

Transfer: Sony TC-WE 475 > gold tipped cables > JVC XL-R2010 CD-RW (44.1 Hz)

Editing: Soundforge > Wav > TLH (sector boundary aligned) Flac Level 8


Side A
01 WNEW Introduction
02 Last of the New Wave Riders
03 Back on the Street
04 Love of the Common Man
05 Caravan
06 96 Tears
07 Trapped
08 Shot in the Dark
09 The Verb (To Love)
10 The Road to Utopia

Side B
11 Love Alone w/Kasim Sulton
12 Gangrene
13 Rock Love
14 Todd Talks
15 Black Maria
16 The Death of Rock and Roll
17 Love In Action
18 Couldn't I Just Tell You
19 encore cheer
20 Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere

Side C
21 Love Is The Answer
22 Just One Victory

Enjoy

George








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Todd Rundgren
May 25, 1982 (Tuesday)
The Venue Club
London, UK

This is a short broadcast solo set from one of the few UK tours.
The US broadcast of the BBC Rock Hour was September 5, 1982, so you may see that date listed for this performance.

Lineage: BBC Rock Hour transcript vinyl LP > DAT > CDR (mastering by Sandra Winters including the use of a click and pop filter) > CDR
More Lineage: CDR(n) > xACT (extraction) > Sound Studio (retrack) > xACT (fix SBE, flac level 5, add tags)

The Soul Medley here is the arrangement from B2tB of I'm So Proud ~ Ooh Baby Baby ~ La La (Means I Love You) ~ I Saw The Light.


01 BBC intro                              00:55
02 Love of the Common Man                 03:39
03 ClichŽ                                 04:32
04 It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference   05:10
05 Too Far Gone                           02:45
06 Can We Still Be Friends?               05:42
07 Tiny Demons                            03:20
08 Bag Lady                               03:29
09 Soul Medley                            11:56
10 One World                              03:48
11 The Wheel                              06:05
12 BBC outro                              00:16









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Todd Rundgren
The New Ritz, New York
April 21, 1991 (2nd Wind tour)
soundboard recording
sbd->cassette->ProTools->CDr->FLAC8
remastered by Paul Russo April 2005


1.1 Love Science (cuts in) 5:28--->
1.2 Real Man 4:31--->
1.3 Love of the Commom Man 7:30
1.4 Who's Sorry Now 7:15
1.5 Dana Carvey 3:33
1.6 Johnee Jingo 4:19
1.7 Mighty Love 4:57
1.8 Parallel Lines 4:30--->
1.9 Can't Stop Running 5:49--->
1.10 Unloved Children 4:54
2.1 Change Myself 6:31
2.2 Kindness 5:47
2.3 Secret Society 4:20--->
2.4 Something to Fall Back On 3:35--->
2.5 Rock Love 6:53
2.6 Lost Horizon medley 10:55--->
2.7 Feel It 7:39
2.8 Second Wind 8:05
2.9 Hello It's Me 6:05
2.10 Jesse 5:59
2.11 Public Servant 7:12

Trade freely--never sell!!




A más de un compañero que no le conozca le puede sorprender, y mucho....... a mi, ciertamente, estos conciertos (y otros que no he subido) me han "sorprendido" y eso que ya le conocía aunque "demasiado olvidado le tenía"......

Saludos,

Ramón

Buenos días,
Me encanta este músico, desde los 70.
Muchas gracias por los enlaces Ramón, y sobre todo por el curro. Un saludo

Buenos días Odisea,

Muchas gracias por tu comentario y por el aprecio que le tienes a Todd Rundgren; en respuesta al mismo subo otros tres conciertos que se quedaron pendientes y que complementan estupendamente lo de ayer.


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Todd Rundgren & Utopia
Bearsville Studio
Bearsville, New York
July 3, 1981
FM broadcast

setlist:
1: set me free (cuts in slightly) 3:38
2: only human  6:08
3: rock love  5:18
4: the up  4:10
5: love of the common man  3:37
6: Lysistrata  3:10
7: back on the street  4:09
8: crazy lady blue  4:02
9: time heals  4:05
10: the healer  3:49
11: I saw the light (cuts in) 3:14
12: caravan  7:52
13: love in action  3:31
14: last of the new wave riders  4:29
15: love is the answer  4:25
16: just one victory  6:21
17: couldn't I just tell you  (cuts in)  3:23

Todd Rundgren: lead vocals, guitar
Kasim Sulton: bass, keyboards, vocals
Roger Powell: keyboards, synthesizer, vocals
John "Willie" Wilcox: drums

lineage:
 WAAF 107.3 FM (Worcester) radio recorded broadcast >
 Sansui 8 reciever with wire antenna >
 unknown cassette deck (dolby off) >
 Maxell XLI 90 min. master cassette (normal bias) >
 played on Nak, 300 into soundforge (wav) >
 flac (sb's aligned) > torrentially yours.
 a this and that production.

 Do not sell this recording.
 Share freely, losslessly and gaplessly.





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Todd Rundgren
Kosei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan
January 20, 1988

Source: FM radio
Lineage: FM > cass. (1) > Audacity > Wav > Flac

01. There Goes My Inspiration
02. Love Of The Common Man
03. Hammer In My Heart
04. Lysistrata
05. Cliché
06. It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference
07. I Saw The Light
08. Can We Still Be Friends?
09. Drive
10. One World
11. Love Is The Answer  

Total time 42:19


Dave's notes:
This is from a first generation tape I got from a tape trader from Tokyo in the late 1980s.
3/4 of this is Todd "unplugged" with just guitar or piano...note that this was well before
the MTV-driven "Unplugged" trend which started in 1989.

Support the artists! Buy their official releases, go to their concerts!
Trade freely! Do not buy or sell! Keep it lossless!

Uploaded to TTD by propylaen2001 in July 2018.

Enjoy!








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Todd Rundgren
The Sting
New Britain, Connecticut
July 18, 1995

Source: WHCN-FM broadcast > 1st generation cassette
Transfer: Sony TC-WE 475 > gold tipped cables > JVC XL-R2010 CD-RW (44.1 Hz)
Editing: Soundforge (tracking) > WAV > TLH [SB's aligned] Flac level 8

01 DJ Introduction
02 Black and White
03 Family Values
04 If Not Now, When?
05 Hammer In My Heart
06 Tables Will Turn
07 #1 Lowest Common Demoninator
08 Espresso
09 The Individualist
10 Mystified
11 Broke Down and Busted
12 Woman's World
13 Temporary Sanity
14 Fascist Christ
15 Black Maria
16 World Wide Epiphany

Total Time = 115:25 min

enjoy

George





Todo esto hay que tomárselo con muuuchaaaa calma, sin empachos ni en descargar (estarán años en mi Dropbox) ni audicionar, si hay algún concierto que "no gusta" se elimina implacablemente.... estas descargas "no piden pan" pero sí espacio disponible en disco duro, interno o externo.

Salut,

Ramón