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| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Broke Down And Busted | |||
| 2. Believe In Me | |||
| 3. We Gotta Get You A Woman | |||
| 4. Who's That Man? | |||
| 5. Once Burned | |||
| 6. Devil's Bite | |||
| 7. I'm In The Clique | |||
| 8. There Are No Words | |||
| 9. Baby Let's Swing / The Last Thing You Said / Don't Tie My Hands | |||
| 10. Birthday Carol | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Long Flowing Robe | |||
| 2. The Ballad (Denny & Jean) | |||
| 3. Bleeding | |||
| 4. Wailing Wall | |||
| 5. The Range War | |||
| 6. Chain Letter | |||
| 7. A Long Time, A Long Way To Go | |||
| 8. Boat On The Charles | |||
| 9. Be Nice To Me | |||
| 10. Hope I'm Around | |||
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Famed producer extraordinaire (Meatloaf’s “Bat Out Of Hell”, XTC, Psychedelic Furs, New York Dolls, Patti Smith, The Tubes, Hall & Oates, Steve Hillage etc) Todd Rundgren maintained his own highly successful recording career throughout the 70s and 80s, always encompassing a wide range of musical styles, from Philly soul to full-blown electronica, via pop ballads and heavy metal. PhiladelphiabornTodd started his career with The Nazz, an Anglophile quartet whose three albums were written by Rundgren. Their hit, the Who-influenced “Open My Eyes”, features on Lenny Kaye’s original “Nuggets” compilation. Todd next turned to engineering and producing, manning the controls for The Band’s “Stage Fright” album, before convincing Albert Grossman (Bob Dylan’s manager) that he should sign him to his new Bearsville label.
First album “Runt” (1970), features the hit pop single “We Gotta Get You A Woman” as well as the nine-minute rock epic “Birthday Carol”. The Band’s Levon Helm and Rick Danko play on “Once Burned”, while “There Are No Words” hints at future experimentation.
This edition features for the first time ever on CD, all the different mixes, performances and exclusive songs from the November 1970 mis-pressing of the album. The songs “Say No More” and “Baby Let’s Swing” (complete version) appear nowhere else.
“The Ballad Of Todd Rundgren” (1971) features more of Todd’s Laura Nyro-inspired soul/pop ballads, and another hit in “Long Flowing Robe”. The four bonus tracks are all radio performances from this era. The package contains ephemera and rare photos, all the lyrics, and extensive notes by Paul Myers, extracted from his recent definitive book on Todd Rundgren “A Wizard, A True Star: Todd Rundgren In The Studio”.
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Customer Reviews
The albums are very different from Todd's later output but the songs are good and well-performed and include guitar-based blues, piano-based ballads, grandiose orchestral works and catchy popsongs - the blueprints for his subsequent releases. He hasn't quite found his singing voice yet but the songs are excellent.
Overall this is a very worthy collection of great 70s music that you must get.
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