Flowfazer - Music for the Eye is back!
The Classic Todd Album Performed In Its Entirety

Shot and recorded at the Keswick Theater in Philadelphia on 
September 14, 2010
DVD also includes Roy Firestone interview Part 1
Buy it directly from TODD!

Toddstore Clearance Sale

Your Name in Rolling Stone Ad: 40 Years of Something/Anything?

courtesy of Bill Brickner
Todd to tour with RINGO again this Summer 2012

Here's my recent piece on The Individualist (remaster by Esoteric) at
Cool Album of the Day

(Courtesy of MJ-THANKS)

"you could say I'm like a Casanova of music. I can't seem to settle down with one musical form."
-TR
The winners of the FREE DVD in the "Todd" DVD Giveaway contest, sponsored by S'more Entertainment and The Todd Rundgren Connection have been chosen!
And I am one of the Winners!

Organized all the releases and special TR thangs on 12/3/11...
now to get to the BootZ!

NEW
The Todd Rundgren Museum Presents…
To be a part of this project and start uploading your memorabilia, just contact Roger at trconnection and he will set you up with a curator account. 
It’s as easy as that!
My Collection is HERE

Photo: Rachel and Danny

Photo: Rachel and Danny
********************

!!!!!!! WEAVILS ALBUMS AND SHOWS !!!!!!!
The Lizardz - Jan. 2012 Demo (as mp320s)
The Lizardz STUDIO rough mix previews

I've been using mediafire to disTRibute some TR goodies with some help from others...
THANKS jon, moz, mikea, lou, rob, istvan, matt, TTD, robby z, warren, tony, and MANY others
The TRorch has been passed
from Tony to Warren
and I am proud to be a part of this!

My UL(s) of the Week
System Set-up for my LP Hi-Res captures are:
"Complete MidHi-Fi Cleaning Kit" used to clean stylus, anti-static cloth, and carbon-fibre record brush as sweeper.

Denon DP-11F (Gold Ends)
New Ortofon Red Tip cartridge/stylus
Sherwood AD2608 Pre-amp/Amp
Focusrite Audio Interface set at 24/96
Sonar Producer XL
24/96 .wav>.flac 8
Tested encoded files
(I'm still getting used to ULing and I understand some fingerprints don't match up due to re-naming, most notably "Another Live"
...sorry 'bout that. I'll TRy to get better at those)

1989-10-24 Up Against It Live NYC Public Theater (LuEsther Hall) Added: 5/18/12 .flac8/.rar
Part 1
Part 2

War Babies-Hall & Oates & Siegler & Wilcox & York & Rundgren VG+ LP 
'74 TR Production and SMOKIN' HOT Guitar! 
Hi-Res (24/96) Added: 5/18/12

The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect from VG- LPHi-Res (24/96) Added: 5/18/12

POV from MINT $4 LP Hi-Res (24/96) Added: 5/13/12
from Inner Sleeve in Wausau, WI (Mike ROCKS!)
Side 1
Side 2

nazz fungo bat acetates Added: 5/15/12 NOT the Rhino release
Disc 1
Disc 2
nazz demos Added: 5/15/12
Disc 1
Disc 2
nazz raritiesAdded: 5/15/12
nazz vs. toddzillaAdded: 5/12/12

1972 March Utopian DreamsAdded: 5/12/12

NPS Supplement, Co de Kloet - Interview - September 10th, 1994 - 
Airdate January 16th, 1996 Added: 5/11/12
Part 1
Part 2

VPRO-FM Simulcast Cyberradio 65 - september 23rd, 1994 + Veronica-FM -
Airdate september 24th, 1994
(Beursgebouw, Amsterdam Holland TR-i POD show) Added: 5/11/12
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

TR Studio Work
Jericho 1971Added: 5/14/12 (TR engineered/produced and also sings harmonies and plays rhythm guitar)

Hello People - Handsome Devils 1974 TR produced Added: 5/15/12
Side 1
Side 2
Hello People - Bricks 1975 TR produced Added: 5/15/12
Side 1
Side 2
Hello People - Home-made with TEAC 1974 TR not involved-recording demonstration Added: 5/15/12

Moondogs - That's What Friends Are For 1981 TR produced Added: 5/15/12
Side 1
Side 2
 

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Hi-Resolution LP Captures  (24/96)

The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect from VG- LP Hi-Res (24/96) .flac/.rar Added: 5/18/12

War Babies-Hall & Oates & Siegler & Wilcox & York & Rundgren VG+ LP 
'74 TR Production and SMOKIN' HOT Guitar! 
Hi-Res (24/96) .flac/.rar Added: 5/18/12

POV Mint $4 LP Hi-Res (24/96) .wav/.rar Added: 5/13/12
from Inner Sleeve in Wausau, WI (Mike ROCKS!)
Side 1
Side 2

Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren U.K. Pressing '77 LP Hi-Res (24/96)
Thanks to DaveK for the CLEAN original vinyl!
This special piece was captured by Fellow Lizard TRavis after he vacuumed it...WOW, what a HUGE difference that makes!
Travis also uses a Tube Pre-amp...I'll attempt to get his system set-ups to post here...in time.
Please note that the Sides are in reverse order of their original U.S. counterparts. I have no idea why they switched them but they did.
Closing the album with "Chain Letter" sure has a different effect than closing with "Remember Me" yet both are Classic Todd Tunes with incredible lyrics.
Thanks Dave K, twarrenh, and Travis!

nazz SGC LP  Hi-Res (24/96)
Thanks to DaveK for the CLEAN original vinyl!

Undercover Soundtrack "Side 1" 1987- Hi-Res Mint LP Rip (24/96)

The Tubes 12" Single (Remote Control) - TR Production
Mint vinyl capture in Hi-Res (24/96)
A Prime Time
B No Way Out
 

Jesse Winchester LP 1970 Hi-Res from G+ LP(24/96)

Cheap Trick Next Position Please LP 1983 Hi-Res from Mint LP (24/96)
 
 

TR-i Day Job 12" Promo EP Vinyl
one of MY first vinyl captures
*Album Version
*Radio Version
* Club Version
24/96 Hi Resolution .flac
16/44.1 .wav
 

   *************** 1st Drop Series **************
Another Live LP  1st Drop Hi-Res (24/96)
Thanks to DaveK for the fresh vinyl!

Nearly Human LP 1st Drop Hi-Res (24/96)

Swing To The Right LP 1st Drop Hi-Res (24/96)

Liars Double LP 1st/2nd Drop Hi-Res (24/96)
Thanks to fellow Lizard Jamie for LP2!
Most songs/sides segue so this is presented at 2 LPs. (.rar)
1stDrop on LP1 and 2ndDrop (from a different copy) on LP2.
My sealed Disc 2 was damaged by a badly creased inner-sleeve so I borrowed his LP2 that had only been played once.
The Double Vinyl is STELLAR and sounds AMAZING but the 'flips' are in strange places.I attempted to make these as natural as possible.

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Alternate Runt (NOT the 2011  Edsel Remaster  which is well-worth buying)
Alternate Runt Bonus Tracks
Bang The Drum All Day - Carnival Cruise Ad
[re]PRODUCTION Sampler (NOT Mastered)  - BUY [re]PRODUCTION
Undercover Soundtrack "Side 1" 1987 CD - HiRes LP above is better
TR-iPod Tunes
Grokgazer 1990
Jeff's TR Faves-n-rarities 1
RA Tour Program
1972 The Divine Miss M - Kevin Ellman on Drums - Includes Moogy's "Friends"

1960s
1966 Demos - Woody's Truck Stop
(the FIRST band Todd joined - THIS is where it ALL began! Scans and Booklet)
nazz From Philadelphia - 1968 +
THIS is where The Legend begins
nazz - 13th and Pine (outtakes/alt versions)

nazz mono (TRansferred from clean cassette  by Scott 'Boots' Walker R.I.P. Brother)

nazz mono (Istvan) - VinylAdded: 5/11/12
(not my LP capture)

nazz nazz mono (Istvan) - Vinyl
(not my LP capture)

1970s

1972 TODD RUNDGREN RADIO SHOW from Bearsville Box
1972-05-02 Ultrasonic Studios Hempstead
1972-05-18 Boston, MA
1972-06-08 (or is it 1972-05-08?) RCMH (Aud)

1972-07-10 Skansen Club Stockholm Sweden
72 Atlanta 
TRTV Vol. 1 and 2 (Audio...NOT Video)

1973-11-8 TR ReTRorock Atlanta, GA

1973-11-11 TRs UT Counterpart Studios FM Scott 'Boots' Walker (R.I.P. Brother) Remaster 2008
TR's UT 11/13/73 Detroit, MI (Aud Master)
TRs Utopia Grand Valley Dome Grand Rapids MI March 19 1974

TRs UT Memorial Auditorium Kansas City April 2 1974

Todd Rundgren's Utopia Ellis Auditorium Memphis April 28 1974
TR 6/22/74 Scott 'Boots' Walker (R.I.P. Brother) Remaster
TRsUT 11/9/74 St Louis (End of Show)
TRsUT 8/9/75 Toronto (AUD)

TR's UT 1975-10-12 Den Hagg Amsterdam Holland
TRsUT 10/16/74 A
TRsUT 10/16/74

TRsUT 8/9/75 Toronto AUD
TRsUT 10/9/75 Aud 1
TRsUT 10/9/75 Aud 2
TRsUT 10 9 75 Pre-FM Reel
Utopia 7-8-76 Grand Rapids, MI

1976-12-05 Kohseinenkin Hall Osaka JapanAdded: 5/15/12 Photos HERE
Utopia 1/25/77 Oxford Polytechnic (UK)

1977-04-25 Utopia Fox Theatre Atlanta 'RA'Added: 5/15/12
1977-11-11 Utopia - 11-11-77 Brown University, Providence (plus extras)
TR El Mocambo 1978 KBFH
1978/4/21 David Bowie with ROGER POWELL Detroit, MI

1978 Secret Sessions
TR 8/5/78 San Francisco, CA (Pre-FM)
TR 8/10/78 Houston, TX (FM)

Utopia 10-12-78 The Place Seattle, WA

The Royal Oak, Detroit, MI 1978-10-25 (2nd Gen FM)
Utopia 8/4/79 Knebworth A
Utopia 8/4/79 Knebworth B
 
 
 
 

1980s
Utopia 4/9/80 WMMR FM Philadelphia

1980-4-19 Philly SpecTRum
5/26/80 "SECOND SET" FRESNO CALIFORNIA
TR and Ian Hunter 10/11/80 Agora Ballroom Atlanta PHOTOS!
TR and Ian Hunter 10/13/80 Agora Ballroom Hallandale FL
TR and Ian Hunter 10/19/80 partial with Mick Ronson!
TR and Ian Hunter 10/20/80 plus exTRas

Utopia - Sept 1981 Akron, OH (Aud)
TR 1982-05-25 Pre-FM The Venue Club London, UK (BBC Rock Hour) - TheTradersDen
Utopia - August 13, 1982 Pier 84, New York, NY
Utopia - 11/25/82 Los Angeles, CA FM!
Utopia - 11/25/82 Los Angeles, CA SBD
TR Debut of "Maybe I Could Change" Solo 12/1/83 Madison, WI SBD MUST HAVE!
Utopia 5 24 84 Milwaukee The Palms (Audience) plus exTRas
Utopia - August 24, 1984 Pier 84, New York, NY

TWO WEEK WONDER TOUR
12/13/86 - The Living Room, Providence, RI (solo, 2nd gen Aud)

TR w/ Bourgeous Tagg "CONDOMANIA" 4-22-87 SF, CA DNA Lounge
Hun Sound July 1989 Nearly Human Tour Rehearsal
7/27/89 Columbus, OH Newport Theatre
8/3/89 Providence, RI The Living Room

1989-10-24 Up Against It Live NYC Public Theater (LuEsther Hall) Added: 5/18/12 .flac8/.rar
Part 1
Part 2
 
 
 
 
 

1990s
TR 2/22/90 Columbus, OH (QFM-96)
TR 12/30/90 CHICAGO RIVERIA THEATER - Monitor SBD partial
TR 4/6/91 1 Dallas, TX
TR 4/6/91 2 Dallas, TX
TR 4/17/91 FM Kirby Center, Wilkes-Barre SBD
TR 5/5/91 Orpheum Theatre Minneapolis MN 96 Rock FM Atlanta
UtopiaRedux '92 Missing Bits

9/10/94 NPS Supplement, Co de Kloet - Interview - September 10th, 1994 - 
Airdate January 16th, 1996 Added: 5/11/12
Part 1
Part 2

TR-i 7/16/95 The Chance Poughkeepsie, NY WDST FM 96 Rock FM Atlanta
 TR-i 7/18/95 The Sting New Britain, CT July 18 1995 FM 96 Rock Atlanta
TR-i 8/4/95 Liberty Lunch - Austin, TX
8/27/96 Irving Plaza, NYC (Aud Source 1 of 3)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

2000s
TR 2004-05-08 Tower Theater, PA (Aud)

Liars Live Fan Compilation

Liars Live Audio from DVD mojorissen
TR & Ethel TROMP 11/15/8
TR Norwegian Wood 6/13/9
AWATS 9/6/9 Aud
AWATS 9/7/9 Aud (dpa4061)
2009-10-23  TODD SET and HALL and OATES SET with TODD ON ENCORES
The Spectrum Phili PA " the last call"

2008-11-16 Bonn, Germany Harmonie - Arena Added: 5/18/12
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
 
 

2010s
TRs Johnson 4/2/10 Engelwood, NJ AUD1

TR 4/11/10 Ridgefield, CT 2 Options
TR 4/13/10 Birchmere Disc 1 AUD
TR 4/13/10 Birchmere Disc 2 AUD
TRs Johnson 4/16/10 Lincolnshire, Il Cubby Bear Disc 1 AUD
TRs Johnson 4/16/10 Lincolnshire, Il Cubby Bear Disc 2 AUD
Todd-Healing 9/5/10 Akron MiniDisc Source
Todd-Healing 9/5/10 Akron SSDSM6-L Source
Todd-Healing 9/8/10 Muskegon SSDSM6L Source - I was THERE!
Todd-Healing 9/8/10 Muskegon dpa4061 Source - I was THERE!
Todd-Healing 9/10/10  St.Louis (Aud Source 1)
Todd-Healing 9/11/10 (w/ The Fixx Opener) Indianapolis, IN
TR's Johnson 12/7/10 The Blender Gramercy Theatre, NYC
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
TR's Johnson 12/7/10 The Blender Gramercy Theatre, NYC
TRsUT 1/29/11 Aud
TRsUT 1/30/11 Aud
Todd-Healing 3/30/11 Toledo,OH
Todd-Healing 4/1/11 The Southern Theatre Columbus, OH AUD Source 1
TR 6/26/11 Norfolk CT Infinity Hall
Disc 1
Disc 2
TR 6/26/11 Norfolk CT Infinity Hall
TR 6/28/11 Birchmere Music Hall
TR 2011-07-06 BB Kings NYC - 2 Options
TR Greatest Hits Show 7/9/11 Cleveland, OH Ohio Theater
7/16/11 San Juan CapisTRano Web Stream Audio
2011-07-30 Niigata Japan - Fuji Rock Festival
meTRopole 9/24/11 FM
meTRopole 9/24/11 FM mp3s
meTRopole 9/25/11 Oosterpoort Groningen, Netherlands AUD
TRsUT Durham 11/10/11 Audio
Todd Rundgren's Utopia Bergan Englewood, NJ Take 2 11/16/11 Part 1
Todd Rundgren's Utopia Bergan Englewood NJ Take 2 11/16/11 Part 2
TRs UT 11/18/11 Peekskill PPV Audio
"The Unpredictable Todd Rundgren" 3/12/12 NYC Winery Webcast Audio

TR 3 26 12 Dallas, TX (aud) and HERE at The TRader's Den (my first UL there-Thanks TTD/Gil!)
 
 
 

TR Productions
American Dream Scott 'Boots' Walker (R.I.P. Brother) Remaster from LP - 1969
(one of my fave TR productions and TR's first!)
Great Speckled Bird - 1969 with N.D. Smart
James Cotton - Taking Care of Business (great guitar from TR) 1970
Jesse Winchester LP 1970 Todd as engineer Hi-Res (24/96)

Jericho 1971Added: 5/14/12 (TR engineered/produced and also sings harmonies and plays rhythm guitar)
Buzzy Linhart - "The Black Album" 1972 - mixed by Todd
Includes guest star MOOGY KLINGMAN on organ AND future Steely Dan/Doobie Brothers session man supreme Jeff "Skunk" Baxter on acoustic and electric guitars!
The Black Album may be the least commercial of Buzzy’s efforts, but it is solid musicianship and contains sounds that drew from, as well as inspired, past and future works of Ten Wheel Drive, Bette Midler, Utopia, Jimi Hendrix, and Steely Dan, and it is all quite staggering. (Allmusic Guide)
Vinyl Rip...not mine
Felix Cavaliere 1974 +1 K2HD 2007
Roadmaster - 3-TRack Demo Produced by TR - 1976 Vinyl Rip
(not my capture)
Flint 1978 Todd and Zappa on guitar

Tom Robinson Band - TRB Two 1979Added: 5/11/12
Cheap Trick Next Position Please LP 1983 Hi-Res (24/96)
Zerra 1 1984

Jill Sobule Things Here Are Different 1990Added: 5/11/12

hiroshi takano awakening 1992Added: 5/11/12

12 Rods Separation Anxieties - TR Production - 2000Added: 5/11/12
 
 
 

TR Alumni
The Divine Miss M - Kevin Ellman on Drums - Includes Moogy's "Friends"Added: 5/11/12
 
 

TR Covers
Joe Jackson - Couldn't I Just Tell You
Blue Orpheous - Paul Gilbert
England Dan and John Ford Coley - "Love Is The Answer"
 
 
 
 

Check out jon's AWESOME files!

Special Non-mentions
http://www.mediafire.com/?dg1xxcjh8t3r3
http://www.mediafire.com/?wmn4e0ebk8861
http://www.mediafire.com/?rp4ajixyz0ug2
http://www.mediafire.com/?64h3nhb9869kz
http://www.mediafire.com/?tljyo7f6nlyt4
http://www.mediafire.com/?pjq1yczz8hf5w
http://www.mediafire.com/?j55ywp0yh6e4n
 

[pre]PRODUCTION,
a concept of mine that was assembled by Istvan.
This is the original versions of the TR-produced tunes done on [re]PRODUCTION.
http://www.mediafire.com/?axm83j377ee6p
Thanks Istvan
also...
Inspired by [a]PRODUCTION,
not covered on the new album,
probably a relief to the Blues Community,
James Cotton Taking Care of Business,
is NOW easily downloaded.
Here's this great album in .flac format:
http://www.mediafire.com/?8yo6caemxzw78
These .flacs are lossless compression that can be easily converted
to .wav files for CDs, 
or mp3s for those that do that,
by using a free prgram such as Trader's Little Helper or Switch File Converter by NCH.
It's a wonderful side of TR, Moogy (R.I.P.), and much of Todd's 1971 crew
like N.D. Smart, Stu Woods, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, David Sanborn...
and the many others.
enJoy...
 

Kasim Sulton 8/12/01 
Kens Bar and Grill Madison, WI Master Disc from 
Multi-track mixdown by Studio Earth

A Band of mine
KGP Conspiracy Album Rough Mixes Oct. 10, 2011

A Production of mine
Del Pez Girl's Gonna Drive You Crazy - 2011

and some Weavils!!!!!
Weavils 10 9 10 FonDuLac WI
Weavils 6 25 10 Appleton WI
Weavils Make It Happen Album Closer with Hidden Track '98
!!!!!!!!! MORE WEAVILS !!!!!!!!!
 

Dropcard I won through Nightmares with Alice Cooper Contest...
THANKS Alice

 

Todd Rundgren's Utopia Fall 2011

Great pix here - Jacksonville
and here - Atlanta

Very cool Todd Rundgrens Utopia Program HERE from rick720!

11/15/11
R.I.P. Mark "Moogy" Klingman
The TR's Utopia tour 2011 would never have happened without Moogy
(..."you know they got a Helluva Band")

Photo by trc member Julie O.
(Thanks)


Photo © by Chuck Madden - Jan. 2011 Highline NYC
Shining Still...TR Fan Family Compassion Fund


Photo: Rachel Culp.......................................................

(for saving's sake) 

congrats to all involved!

(RS 11/2/7 page 204)

~~~~~********** CDr List and Photo Gallery **********~~~~~ 

~now with eight pages~
SO MANY THANKS TO ALL CONTRIBUTORS
for quicker load 
 

SPEND TR'S 60th in HAWAII
 

Celebrating 40 Years of TR 

 Celebrate 40 Years of Todd! 
Get your name in Rolling Stone in 2007 

TODData is at it again, and this time
we're going for the big one. 
In 1992, fans helped sponsor a b/w classified Rolling Stone ad to celebrate 20 Years of Something/Anything? 
Last time, we ran a full-color quarter page ad to celebrate 30 Years of TODD (the album). 

Now, since NAZZ hit the streets in 1967, it's time to for 40 Years of Todd. 
TODData is facilitating a full page ad in 
Rolling Stone. 
It's going to take a lot more fans to make this happen. 
So, for a limited time, a donation of just $5 is all it takes to get your name in a 2007 Rolling Stone Magazine tribute ad. 

The exact issue and run date of the ad is yet to be determined. 
A prize schedule for larger donations will be added.
News on past events and current progress is in the works. 

For more, email info@TODData.com 

Contribute $5 before March 31, 2007 to reserve your space. 
The minimum donation amount is subject to change. 

To participate:
Send your donation via PayPal (select "service" as the category) to: 
Todd40@TODData.com 
Or mail a check or money order to: 
TODData: 40 Years of Todd 
3445 Seminole TR, Ste 275 
Charlottesville, VA 22911

from Bill himself.... 
"Greetings! 
I know it’s only been a few short years since we pooled our efforts to celebrate 30 Years of Todd (the album). But since I discovered 2007 is the 40th anniversary of Rolling Stone Magazine AND the 40th anniversary of the birth of NAZZ, I am compelled to mark the occasion. As you no doubt recall, last time out we gathered enough fans and enough money to run a quarter page full-color ad in issue #965 of Rolling Stone. It would not have been possible without the support of each and every participant. 
So I will take this opportunity to say THANKS once again for that great success. 
This time, I believe it is possible to generate enough interest and enthusiasm to run a full page ad for 40 YEARS OF TODD. As before, a prize table will be set up for different donations amounts. And some great offers are being finalized as I write to you. However, a full page ad is a big goal, and funds are needed throughout the whole campaign to get to the finish line by the reserve date of October 12. 
That is the latest date to assure inclusion in the November special issue which will focus on the innovators in Rock history. 
In my book, that’s a perfect fit for TR. 
October is a long way off. However, it is a mistake to wait until then to opt in. It takes a bit of advertising and promotion to make this all happen. There are things to do right now to help this come about. First and foremost, Todd is on tour now. This means thousands of fans who might not hear about this project are congregated at venues across the country. The immediate need is for printing announcement post cards to send to all fans who are willing to get them to show locations. I have already produced an on-line PDF for any highly motivated fans to download, print, cut, and distribute.
But it is more cost efficient and easier on everyone if I use some of the early proceeds to get a big run of cards made. 
I guess I buried the lead, but the big news is at the start of this round in order to get the most fans involved as I can, I am only asking for a $5 donation to qualify for getting name listing in the ad. 
If you are getting this email, it means you participated in either 30 Years of Todd, or 20 Years of Something/Anything? or both. 
So I am hoping the idea of doing this again with the goal of a full page ad is something you want to support and support early on. 

Please visit www.toddata.com for all the details, and don’t wait to send your contribution to TODD40@toddata.com via www.paypal.com. You may also mail check or money order to the address below. And also please consider printing and distributing post cards if you are going to see the Power TRio or the New Cars. 
As cliché as it sounds, this can’t happen without the fans behind the idea. 

Regards from Charlottesville, 
Bill 
TODD40 
3445 Seminole Tr, Ste 275 
Charlottesville, VA 22911 
Toddata and 40 Years of Todd have no official affiliation with Todd Rundgren or Rolling Stone Magazine." 

2007 TNC shirt (back), artwork by Prairie Prince 

4/19/7 
"New" music this summer 
According to a press release from Digital Music Group, Inc., 
they have acquired the rights to Todd's archive material and plan to release some this summer: 
Todd Rundgren/Utopia: The Todd Rundgren and Utopia archive features approximately 2,000 never-before-released live recordings, demos, out-takes, and alternate versions from 1977 to 2000. It also includes a significant array of never-before seen video footage as well. Rundgren, both an accomplished songwriter and producer whose hits "I Saw the Light," "Can We Still Be Friends," "Hello, It's Me," and "Bang the Drum" vaulted him from a cult following to stardom, formed Utopia in the mid-1970s. 
The archive includes never before seen or heard rare audio and video performances from both Rundgren as a solo artist and Utopia. 
The first of these previously unreleased audio and video performances will be released in the summer of 2007.

the fine work of the ever-amazing roger linder

(courtesy of eeeeej)

11.25.6 with the New Cars at Milwaukee's Riverside Theatre
(photos by me w/ cellphone)

The Definitive Rock Collection (Remastered) 

New Cars back on tour!

Todd will took "a tour of Canada with Jesse Gress, Tony Levin, and Jerry Marotta. 
The first date is August 25 in Vancouver and the last date is September 4 in Montréal." 
Listen to him discuss it during his 07/29 call to ToddFest/West here

and here
Fri 8/25/06 Vancouver, BC, Canada Commodore Ballroom 

Buffalo Grass 
I Hate My Frickin' ISP 
Black Maria 
Soul Brother 
Mammon 
Fascist Christ 
I Saw The Light 
Temporary Sanity 
Black And White 
Lunatic Fringe (Red Rider) 
No. 1 Lowest Common Denominator 
Drive 
Slut 
The Walls Came Down (The Call) 
One World 

 encore: 
Hawking 
World Wide Epiphany 

 encore 2: 
Love Of The Common Man (solo acoustic) 
 

Mon 8/28/06 Calgary, AB, Canada Whiskey 

(8/28/6 photo by Garry Quist) 
Tue 8/29/06 Edmonton, AB, Canada The Starlite Room 
Thu 8/31/06 Winnipeg, MB, Canada Ramada Conference Centre(WPG) 

(photo from 8/31/6 by Marc Zienkiewicz) 
Sat 9/02/06 Ottawa, ON, Canada Capital City Music Hall 
Sat 9/03/06 Montreal, QC Canada Club Soda 
Mon 9/04/06 Toronto, ON, Canada Danforth Music Hall 

(photo by Q107)

from tony levin himself!

MSNBC's The Most 8/22/6

great discography bit

Getting To Know: Todd Rundgren 
by Lisa Hood-Anklewicz 

Who He Is: 
A musician; a songwriter; a producer; an engineer; a programmer; a pioneer.   It is hard to define just who Todd Rundgren is, probably because he's never allowed his career to stay in one category long enough for anyone to define him.   Rundgren's desire for exploration of new avenues and sounds has left each release to be viewed as having a different “gimmick.”   However, at the core, it cannot be denied that Rundgren is truly one of the most innovative artists of the last thirty years. 
Born June 22, 1948, Rundgren began playing guitar as a child, picking up the basics from some early guitar lessons and then teaching himself the rest.   At the age of 16 he formed his first band, Money.   After high school, and a second band experience with Woody's Truck Stop, Rundgren formed and led the late sixties group The Nazz.   After two albums, Rundgren left The Nazz and began to work on his own solo career.
Over the next twenty-odd years, Rundgren moved between production and engineering work, some early computer programming and experimentation, not to mention the constant stream of releases moving between his solo work and the work he did with his band Utopia.   Moving into the nineties, Rundgren's work with computers began integrating itself quite heavily into his music, leading him to become a pioneer in musical multimedia. 

How To Spot Him:
Spotting Todd Rundgren musically can be rough work if you don't know what you're looking for.   His personal sound is ever changing, his love for technology can make even his distinctive voice hard to spot, and he has had his hands in more recordings than you can wrap your head around.   So that leaves spotting him physically, and that is the one way that is never too difficult.   Rundgren is tall, very lean and looks ever youthful.   Often sporting at least one streak of blonde in his hair, Rundgren remains that gawky tech geek that everyone loved back in high school. 

Vital Fact:
Rundgren's production career took off with the success of Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell in 1977, the cinematic quality of which Rundgren played a large role.   From there Rundgren began to work with numerous artists, including the New York Dolls, Patti Smith, XTC, and The Psychedelic Furs to name a few.   In fact, his production work is so extensive that in 1992, Rhino released an 18 track album titled An Elpee's Worth of Production , consisting solely of samples of Rundgren's wide range of production work; from Grand Funk Railroad to Jill Souble.   Incidentally, the album title is a nod to a Rundgren song called “An Elpee's Worth of Toons,” from his 1974 release Todd . 

Not So Vital Fact: 
In 1979, Rundgren opened Utopia Video Studios and in 1980 created the first commercially available music video for “Time Heals” from his album Healing .   It was also the first video to make use of the combination of live action and computer graphics, and went on to be the second video ever played on MTV when it launched in 1981. 

Where to Start: 
 No World Order ( 1993) – “Don't let no one tell you that god ain't got a sense of humor / Someone said he's pissed off, but that was just a rumor / I know he's laughin' when the preacher starts to scream about / How trippin' is evil, and sex is unclean.” 

Although No World Order met with fairly poor critical reviews and even put off some of Rundgren's core fans when it was released, I still think this is a good place to start for someone new to Todd Rundgren.  No World Order is more than just another album, and really has the combination of many different elements that make up Todd Rundgren and his incredibly diverse career. 
Musically, No World Order is an electronic heavy album fully composed, performed and produced by Rundgren alone.   The feeling of the album is a little bit spunky and lends itself well to a dance floor.   The vocal performances are mixed extensively, and Rundgren even experiments with some rap and spoken word.   Lyrically, the album lends itself to a political statement, with a few messages that are still relevant in the current world climate. 
The album consists of ten original songs, some of which have been presented in multiple mixes by Rundgren, to make up the full sixteen song tracklist.   “Day Job” takes a stab at the corruption of not only the corporate world, but the political and star systems as well as the different social classes.   The title track consists of only two verses, but has a potent message about the changes in world society, while “Property” takes a more personal turn, although nonetheless potent.   “Darkest day in history when someone invented property / Cause of our misery is the constant lust for property”. 
Technologically, No World Order was a huge advancement for the music industry.   Released under the moniker TR-I (Todd Rundgren Interactive), No World Order , was one of the first interactive CD-ROM releases in the music industry.   Rundgren broke down the tracks of No World Order and presented them in small snippets, giving the listener a chance to see the music in a different way and remix it as they see fit.  Key Cuts: “Property,” “Fascist Christ,” “Day Job.” 
Something/Anything? ( 1972) – “Some people never can be satisfied / less they push somebody else around / But I can't give no aid or take no side / I just watch them drag each other down because / Some folks is even whiter than me /Some folks is even blacker than me /I got myself caught in the middle somewhere /And that's just where I want to be” 
Something/Anything? is the album that initially propelled Rundgren to pop stardom.   It's a four side release that has a new musical theme on each side.   Over the years, each side has been labelled by the fans, which gives a pretty good description of the overall sound of the album; side one is "a bouquet of ear catching melodies”; side two is “the cerebral side”; side three is “the kid gets heavy”; and side four is a mock pop operetta.   The fourth side of the recording is the only part of Something/Anything? that Rundgren didn't do completely on his own.   Much of his career would be characterized by work that Rundgren wrote, played and produced alone. 
Something/Anything? produced two Top 40 hits for Rundgren with “Hello It's Me” and “I Saw The Light.”   Although the album clocks in at almost a full ninety minutes, it is a very tight and well produced project.   There are numerous tips of the hat to an endless list of artists that influenced Rundgren, but none in a way that blatantly leaves him wearing his influences on his sleeve, and all along the way there is plenty of room for that special idiosyncrasy that can belong only to Rundgren.  Key Cuts: “I Saw the Light,” “Couldn't I Just Tell You,” “Hello It's Me.”

Nearly Human ( 1989) – “For the want of a nail, the world was lost.”

When Nearly Human hit record stores, it had been four years since Rundgren had released any material, and Utopia had disbanded in the meantime.   He had been working behind the scenes in the studio through those years, and when he decided to record Nearly Human , he did it live off the studio floor.   Working with a slew of musicians, Rundgren put out one of the more successful albums his career had seen in quite some time and the music was viewed as much more accessible than what Rundgren had become known for. Leading off with “The Want of a Nail,” a strong and thoughtful soul-pop song, Nearly Human begins to show its theme, as stated so clearly in the title of the album.   The album is highlighted with “Parallel Lines,” a deeply emotional song that highlights Rundgren's skills as a songwriter: “ So I send you the gift of empathy / If you'd once in your life acknowledge me / I have visualized so thoroughly / That when I think of me I think of we.”   Continuing with a heavy line of soul influenced R&B throughout the album, Rundgren wraps up the Nearly Human exploration with “I Love My Life,” a highly upbeat and poignantly delivered song which finishes off the with a bit of a spiritual sentiment; “Look over there, look over here / I can see it, there is beauty in the world.”   Key Cuts: “The Want of a Nail,” “Parallel Lines,” “Hawking.”

A Wizard A True Star ( 1973) – “Here we are again, the start of the end, but there's more I only want to see if you'll give up on me” 

The first track on A Wizard A True Star   is “International Feel,” whose lyrics have been analyzed and overanalyzed by fans and critics alike since the album was released.   After the commercial success of Something/Anything? , Rundgren's follow up release miffed a number of people and some say it killed his pop career.   On the other hand, A Wizard A True Star reflects so much of what Rundgren is as a musician, and showed the potential of not only Rundgren's career, but of the potential of music period. Admittedly, A Wizard A True Star is not a commercially accessible album, but you can't explore Rundgren fully without exploring this album.   There is quite a bit of experimentation on the album and the music flirts with psychedelia.   The majority of the songs don't even hit the two minute mark, leaving them all to flow into each other and allowing Rundgren to guide the listener on his own personal mind trip.   It is an album that requires the listener to really pay attention and truly listen .   The album can feel heavy sometimes, or a little indecisive, however, there is an underlying plan that one has to look for. Given the general thought that Rundgren sabotaged his career by releasing this album, and the daring/prophetic nature of the opening lyrics, I find it a little ironic that the album ends with a song titled “Just One Victory,” an appropriate bookend.   “Give us just one victory, it will be all right / We may feel about to fall but we go down fighting / You will hear the call if you only listen / Underneath it all we are here together shining still.”   Key Cuts: Sometimes I Don't Know What to Feel, Just One Victory, Zen Archer 

Liars ( 2004) – ““There's no anger in me, you must mean someone else / Cause it's not me that you see, you're looking at yourself / And I won't give you a prize instead of someone else /Cause I don't play favorites, so get over yourself” 

Rundgren's songwriting inspiration for this album began after the 2000 U.S. presidential election, and over the next few years Rundgren penned and collected the songs that would become Liars.   For Rundgren, Liars came down to an exploration of truth and the realization of how little there is of it in the world.   Again, he cleverly bookends the album with two songs whose titles clearly tell the listener about the territory he is exploring with this album.   Kicking off with “Truth” (“I'm gonna find it, I'm gonna find the truth / Cause it ain't here, it's nowhere near”), and finishing with “Liar” (“Liar / And you send them to their death / With your every lying breath”), Rundgren takes the listener on a very focused trip in which he supplies a never ending line of questions that leave you re-thinking and re-questioning the world around you. 

Musically, Liars doesn't really break any new ground for Rundgren like his previous releases had done.   However, it is the definitive combination of all that he has done in his musical career.  The album moves seamlessly between the soul-based songs that will be familiar from Nearly Human ; the beats and electronic experiments of No World Order ; and the sweetness of a simple pop song that Rundgren mastered on Something/Anything? .   Because of these combinations, Liars was very close to being the first recommendation on this list.   It only got bumped because sometimes it's just more rewarding to know where you are going before you get there.   Key Cuts: “Sweet,” “Future,” “Liar.” 

Where to Go From Here & What To Avoid:

Okay, so you've gotten yourself in and comfortable with Rundgren somewhere along the line, the question is where to go from here?   As the Where to Start list clearly shows, Rundgren is not a typical artist, nor is he one that can be defined in one musical genre, which makes this part a little tougher to figure out.   Have you sided with Todd's more mainstream side or with his more experimental side, or have you embraced them both?   The answer could seriously affect the next choice of this list, which is why I've decided to do this a little differently than the Getting To Know articles of the past. 
For an artist whose catalogue is as diverse as Rundgren, it's nearly impossible to advise someone to avoid a portion of their work because none of it is ever the same.   Although his core fans have a deep appreciation for everything that Rundgren has done, it is also just as hard to advise someone which way to explore his career.   So here are my suggestions, dependant on if you choose to delve deep into the collection of more accessible and mainstream releases or if you'd prefer to follow along the experimentation track. 

For “Mainstream” Todd Rundgren... 
Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren (1971) – This was Rundgren's second solo release after leaving The Nazz and came before the success of Something/Anything? .   Ballad is really just a beautiful example of Rundgren's developing talents early in his career. 
The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect (1983) – This album contains what is probably the most recognized Rundgren song in the pop culture climate, “Bang The Drum All Day,”   Much like that song, The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect is filled with a pop cohesiveness that makes it one of Rundgren's best collections of pop songs.   Lyrically, the songs don't delve as deep as Rundgren typically likes to go, but the songwriting never suffers.   Many of the songs have a bit of a quirky or tongue-in-cheek feel but it only adds to the carefree feel of the overall album. 
Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978) – For the first time since the recording of Something/Anything? , Rundgren tackled this project completely solo, doing all the writing, recording, playing and production on his own.   Hermit of Mink Hollow is also the first truly focused album since Ballad in 1972, as it contains a smaller scope of musical exploration than Rundgren had been doing thus far.   The music seems much more personal, and the lyrics contain a highly emotional element.   Ultimatly, Hermit of Mink Hollow is the album that would have been the follow up to Something/Anything? , that is, if Rundgren hadn't decided to go another way. 

For “Experimental” Todd Rundgren... 
A Cappella (1985) – A Cappella is an album composed entirely, well, a cappella.   The whole concept of the album was formed around Rundgren's desire to experiment with technology and music, developing ten songs comprised entirely of only his voice.   Altered, looped, layered and reproduced, Rundgren's voice creates a full spectrum of outstanding sound; think much more synthesizer/electronic than Bobby McFerrin.  The whole recording is filled with precision and details that make it hard to believe that it is only Rundgren's voice that you are hearing, but those details are also what make A Cappella such an intriguing listen.
Healing (1981) – Healing was a move for Rundgren from the more mainstream Hermit of Mink Hollow , into a work that is more reflective, spiritual and slightly tempered from his former albums.   Leaving the “rock” on the shelf for this one and focusing the music with synthesizers and electronic sounds shows more of Rundgren's love for technology, and also produces the album's meditative feel.   Much like many of his works, Healing has a theme, focusing on the spiritual properties of music and their effects. As “new-age” as that sounds, remember that Healing came long before the New Age market was truly created and exploited like it is today. 
With A Twist (1997) -- I end this with With A Twist simply because it encapsulates two great pointers into one, a collection of Rundgren's best work combined with the quirkiness he is often known for.   While With A Twist is essentially a greatest hits collection, Rundgren throws a curve ball at you with it, having re-recorded each song in a Bossa Nova style. The result is a lounge feel that even compares at points to elevator music, but that is the beauty of the album.   Many artists have re-recorded and re-released their material, but who outside of Rundgren has ever done so with such audacity? 

Everything Else You Need To Know: 

www.trconnection.com

Literally everything and anything you could hope to find about Todd Rundgren is on this website.   For the Todd beginner, it may seem a little hard to navigate as the entire site seems to “coded” in Todd-isms, however, it is well worth the decoding to find the wealth of information that is hidden in this corner of the internet. 

TR makes a RARE Wisconsin Rapids appearance! 

elliotodd ... THIS is what EXCITED me about this tour!!!!! 
(from the new cars official site) 



Kasim leaves (as meatloaf's Bat III tour is to begin...and is airbrished out by management
(thanks sue) 

Best Friend's Girl
New Cars video on myspace

I Saw the Light
New Cars video on myspace

New Cars Tour cancelled 
due to injury

Injury stalls New Cars, Blondie tour 

June 13, 2006 08:45 PM 
by Rob Evans 
liveDaily Editor 
Though he soldiered on to play a handful of shows after suffering a broken left clavicle, The New Cars (music)' guitarist Elliot Easton's injury has forced the group's Road Rage Tour with Blondie (music) to "take a hiatus," according to a press release. 
Easton underwent surgery on Monday (6/12) due to the severity of the break; without the surgery, he could have had limited use of his shoulder. The guitarist was hurt last week when he was thrown from a bunk as the band's tour bus swerved to evade another vehicle, according to the group's publicist.

"It was amazing that after the accident Elliot played four more shows in a brace and in constant pain," Blondie's Debbie Harry said in a statement. "He really tried his best to keep on playing so he should be given a great deal of credit for that. We all wish him a speedy recovery." 

The tour had been scheduled to run through early July. There was no immediate word as to when--or if--the planned shows would be rescheduled.
 

todd's new axe 
5/30/6 denver, co 
(photo by tom lawrence) 

(photo from 5/13 show by debs - THANKS!) 
Hello Again 
Let's Go 
Shake It Up
Best Friend's Girl 
Candy O 
I Saw The Light 
Dangerous Type 
Moving In Stereo 
All Mixed Up 
Black Maria
You Might Think 
Drive 
Bang The Drum 
You're All I've Got 
Bye Bye Love 
Not Tonight 
Encore 
Just What I Needed 
Open My Eyes 
Good TImes Roll 

Special CD/DVD Liars Release!

AWATS 2006 japanese remaster 
just got mine...complete with cutout edges and postcard remake 
amazing! and well-worth the $30-ish while you can get it (very limited, only 2000 made) 

screen shots by the ever-amazing Roger Linder of trconnection.com

Todd testifies before Senate Judiciary Committee 
"Parity, Platforms, and Protection: The Future of the Music Industry in the Digital Radio Revolution " 

Testimony of Todd Rundgren 
Hearing on "Parity, Platforms and Protection: The Future of the Music Industry in the Digital Radio Revolution" 

Before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary April 26, 2006 9:30 AM EDT 

Additonal photos and commentary in the TR Connection Forums (free registration required to view). 
A stream of the session is available at rtsp://video.c-span.org/15days/e042606_music.rm (load into RealPlayer) 

Chairman Specter, Senator Leahy and members of the Committee: 

My name is Todd Rundgren, I am 58, and I am a professional musician. I have also been employed as a record producer, composer for film and television, technology spokesman and computer programmer. I am the designer and developer of PatroNet, an internet-based subscription service that allows audiences to provide direct underwriting of artists in exchange for insider information, direct communication, discounted merchandise and first-look experiences of the artists' work, all within a community structure. 

This is my 40th year as a musician, and 18th year as an independent. I left Warner Brothers in 1998 with the conviction that the major labels were unprepared for, and were indeed hostile to the inevitable changes that digital technology would effect in the way that music would be created, marketed and experienced. I wasn't so prescient that I foresaw the rise of the internet, but I was convinced that I would be hindered in any attempt to use new developments to alter the ground rules. 

One of the first cutting edge projects I was involved in concerned digital rights management, a concept that did not yet exist. I was hired by, ironically enough, the Warner Full Service Network, an interactive television pilot project that sought to merge video, computers and high-bandwidth home delivery. The plan was to create on-demand music services that could be navigated on one's home TV -- kind of like an iTunes for the early '90s. When it came time to plug the music in, everything I had suspected about the savvyness of the industry was crystallized. To a label, every one of the majors refused to consider the possibility of putting music they controlled onto a server. Ironically, even the music division of Warner Brothers would not cooperate, even though this was only a demonstration project. 

Ever since then, the behavior of the majors has been that of a mindless parasite, contributing nothing, yet trying to get it's snout into the bloodstream of any new development. The knee-jerk justification is "protection of artists", which would more accurately be represented as the interests of highly bankable artists still under contract. For every one of those, there are a hundred with a lifelong bad taste in their mouths over the way they were treated when sales began to lag. I have striven to tie together the "replacement parts" an independent musician would need to build enough audience for a sustainable living. Amongst these is, of course, the internet and a raft of contractors who can press and distribute discs for you and, if you can afford it, take on the promotion and marketing normally provided by a label. The only problem is getting heard. Terrestrial radio, especially of the syndicated flavor, is not available to most artists even if they do have a traditional label deal. 

I am opposed to any measures that would insinuate the major labels into an area that they have failed to husband, and to capitalize off of artists they have abandoned or never had any interest in. The myth that you could survive very long on record company advances has long been debunked. Players need to play to get paid and need audiences to play to. All the majors have ever done is try to claim the audience as theirs alone, and to lower expectations by exposing them only to the generally substandard product the majors begrudgingly underwrite. 

Worse yet, across the board fee structures like those proposed discourage the exposure of new talent in deference to audience favorites as broadcasters try to recover those fees. And worst of all, syndicated radio, the majors partner in neglect, does not deserve exemption for the abysmal quality of product they deliver. The fantasy that this type of legislation helps music or musicians should be summarily exposed for what it is: yet another futile attempt to turn back the clock to the days when they were the sole gatekeepers to an artist's future. 

Thank you for inviting me here to testify today. I would be pleased to respond to your questions. 
here's the "invite"

killer stage designed by Mike Cotten of the Tubes

Uncut May 06 

Fri, 04/28/06 
New York, NY China Club - By Invitation Only: WPLJ Presents The New Cars. 
268 W. 47 Street; New York, NY 

(photo courtesy of kasiminfo.com) 
Set List: 
Just What I Needed 
Let's Go 
Candy O 
You Might Think 
Warm 
My Best Friend's Girl
I Saw The Light 
You're All I've Got Tonight 
Not Tonight 
Drive
!!!!!!Black Maria!!!!!! 
Moving In Stereo 
All Mixed Up 
Shake It Up 
Dangerous Type 
Bye Bye Love
Open My Eyes 
Good Time Roll 
http://wplj.com/Article.asp?id=207525&spid= Photos at station's site 

(thanks wendy!) 

~~~~~~GREAT INTERVIEW~~~~~~ 

***** RADIO INTERVIEWS/LIVE SONGS ***** 

great to see TR lookin' so happy
(courtesy of kasiminfo.com) 

check out the new video! 
Toddcasts
3/15/6 w/ me
12/29/5 w/ me - go to #22

My bands featured on Toddcasts

backstage at LA's house of whites (LOL) pre-press conference on March 14 
(photo by Kasim Sulton)

PHOTOS FROM 3/14/6 PRESS CONFERENCE

rehearsal for the Tonight Show 

elliot's new signature SG 

March 14 
was a big day

Site is up!

The New Cars big announcement

The long-awaited/expected collaboration of Todd and Donald Fagen will bear fruit. On March 14 (a familiar date for another TR event) will see the release of Donald Fagen's latest solo effort "Morph." Digital retail versions will also include a bonus track of a TR-produced/Al Green-penned "Rhymes" which also features Todd in some capacity. News releases don't give much detail about how to acquire it otherwise. The specific quote is: 
"According to Warner Bros. VP of marketing Eric Fritschi, the label will sweeten the pot for digital retailers by offering "Morph The Cat" 
with a bonus cover of Al Green's "Rhymes," produced by and featuring Todd Rundgren." 

VIEW The New Cars were on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on March 14 VIEW

VIEW The New Cars on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson - Tuesday, March 21 VIEW
MANY THANKS TO SUE FOR POSTING THESE VIDS 

New Album "It's Alive" due May 9-backed up to 6/6/6

The track listing is: 
1. Just What I Needed (4:12) 
2. Let's Go (3:49) 
3. Candy-O (2:50) 
4. You Might Think (3:13) 
5. Best Friend's Girl (4:12) 
6. I Saw The Light (3:02) 
7. You're All I've Got Tonight (5:23) 
8. Not Tonight (3:33) 
9. Drive (4:05) 
10. Moving In Stereo (5:15)
11. Shake It Up (3:46) 
12. Dangerous Type (4:25) 
13. Bye Bye Love (5:02) 
14. Open My Eyes (3:02) 
15. Good Times Roll (4:53) 
16. Not Tonight (Studio version, previously unreleased) (3:25) 
17. Warm (new studio recording, previously unreleased) (4:04) 
18. More (new studio recording, previously unreleased) (3:41) 

All the live recordings were produced by The New Cars, recorded by Mark Linett and mixed by Todd Rundgren. The album was engineered by Mark Linett and Phillip Broussard. The drums on Not Tonight and More were performed by Kenny Aronoff , the rest feature Prairie Prince 

amazon

New Cars Biography
 

Friday, January 20 2006 Setlist:

Just What I Needed
Let's Go 
You're All I Got Tonight 
You Might Think 
Best Friends Girl 
I Saw The Light 
Candy-O 
Not Tonight (new tune) 
Drive (sung by Kasim) 
Moving in Stereo 
Shake It Up 
Dangerous Type 
Bye Bye Love 

encore 

Open My Eyes 
Good Times Roll 

~i am VERY excited about todd and elliot performing together~
(photo from 1/20/6 by TikiGirl/Lani...THANKS SO MUCH) 

The New Cars
featuring Todd Rundgren
Sneak Peek
just click PLAY on the video 

Video for new song "Not Tonight"

(1/20/6 photo courtesy of Scott at trbazaar...THANKS) 

screen captures by nightotter 

Todd Rundgren, July 2005 

*****~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ***** 

modeling the latest in trbazaarwear at the wildhorse in kellner 
(photo by grant meyer with my cell) 

screen capture from the amazing dvd 
Classic Albums - Meat Loaf: Bat out of Hell (1999) 
(screenshot courtesy of Mike B) 
 

sporting the shirt i designed on 7/4/5 with The Lizardz at the Wis. Rapids downtown fireworks celebration 
got it?
(photo by brother-in-law Jason Shields)

Me (in hat) sneakin' ("sneeeeeeeakin'?!" - Gollum) in before the encore kleenex filler "Pretending to Care" 
on FRIDAY THE 13TH of May in Milwaukee at the GORGEOUS Pabst Theatre
(BIG thanks to Gary for hookin' me - and 2 Lizardz - up w/ front and center!) 
(photo coutesy of Lani Hanson---BIG THANKS!) 

Post-show madness at The Pabst on Friday the 13th of May 
(Weavil John, 2 Lizardz, and lotssa friends)
(photo by Chris Braeger-THANKS) 

TODD PODCASTS

Ethel (strings), Joe Jackson (piano), and Todd Rundgren (guitar). 
Photograph courtesy of (c) Steven J. Sherman 
8/24/4 Central Park, NYC 

from OPENING NIGHT Maxwell C. King Center, Melbourne, FL on 4/13/5 by EJ Haas 

(screen shot by eeeeej) 

artwork by smeeg 
courtesy of  trbazaar

front and back of LIARS jersey 
fanmade quality toddwear available at 
rundgrenjunkie@aol.com

Utopia DVD - Boston 1982

Opening night of Liars tour 4/8/04 Milwaukee, WI (photo copyright noneotherthanbob fritsch)

~~~~~~~~~~ Me and Todd - Kenosha, WI 7.4.01 ~~~~~~~~~~ 

TR-iumphant return to UK 
 Bristol, England 7/12/04 
(photo courtesy of wraxallman) 

Liars Tour Opener in Milwaukee, WI on 4/8/04 
(photo by Jeff Mendez) 
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WE MADE IT!!!!!!! THANKS TO ALL THAT CONTRIBUTED IN MANY WAYS 
This ran in the Rolling Stone 964/965 PEOPLE OF THE YEAR issue on 12/30/4-1/13/5 

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Created and maintained by Rob Farrish. 
 
 
 

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scott at http://trbazaar.com, brad puro, frank bubnick, scott walker, mike adrian, istvan, dean g., the surf talks, smeeg, robert megacalm, roger steel, mojorissen, marc linovitz, michael laghaney, sara k and all tapers, chefnorm, ben mcmurtrie, wendy at "wendy's 1 world: a tribute to todd rundgren & utopia" at http://devoted.to/Todd, eeeej at http://www.seahaas.com/toddrundgren.html, charles maraia-NYC, mike strickland, lou reese, http://concertshots.com/, louanne at http://toddisgodd.com/, and all others for photos/artwork... and Z-man.
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SPECIFIC ITEMS I AM SEEKING INCLUDE (but are certainly not limited to):
Live Woody's Truck Stop and Nazz, Any Demos, TV/FM broadcasts, WTS 5.7.66 (todd's last show w/ WTS), 
Nazz 7.67 philly (opener for the doors), 6.18.72 Carnegie Hall (w/ Hello People), 
Utopia Mark I 5/73 FMs - *live in the studio WMMS-FM cleveland and live simulcast WKRQ-FM cincinnati*,
TR'sUT 11.73 - 5.74, TR'sUT 4.19 and 5.15.74 Carnegie Hall, 7.13.74/Eric Clapton (todd sits in),  7.4.75 (willie's first show),
UT 4.12.80 UPGRADE,  UT 5/84 Madison, WI Headliners, '85 Acappella tour, 11.22.86 (w/ the tubes), 11.17.87 (w/ BT),
5.1.88 (w/ the tubes), 5.8-16.92 Utopia (japan), 5.11.92/Cheap Trick (todd sits in),4.17.92 chicago UPGRADE, 
7.21.95 boston, TR 5.18.96 presidio benefit, 9.11.97 fm, TR 2.1.98 Madison, WI, Ringo tours, 
'99 Half-Twisted tour (6.13 or 7.1 preferred), 6.5.99 (w/ larry tagg), power TRio 7.1.00 hobart, in and 7.5.00 TRaverse city, mi, 
AWDAR1 7.5.01 chicago and 11.13.01, AWDAR2 7.14.03 burlington, iowa,
AWDAR1 (7.3.01) and 2 (7.3.02) milwaukee, wi summerfest, AWDAR1.5 6.15.02 kahului, hi (w/ eric carmen), any AWDAR2 without todd (7.6,10,12,18,24,27.02), w/H & O 8.27.02 chicago, AWDAR3 7.17.03 dayton, oh (without joey molland),
2003 Solo Tour - especially 1.20.03 opener~new orleans (w/ drive), 4.11.03 chicago, 4.26 harrisburgh,
7.23.03 milwaukee, and 11.11-23.03, 2004 LIARS TOUR - especially 4.8, 4.10, 4.11, AWDAR4 (6.12.04), 
the New Cars 6/3/6 ravinia and 11/25/6 milwaukee 
great quality videos from television performances,

FRANK ZAPPA, BADFINGER, BLUE OYSTER CULT and 
the TUBES (especially '73 demos, 11.20.78, unreleased '89 album, 4.94 the sting broadcast, 7.02.03 chicago and/or 7.21.00, 
8.9.01 oshkosh, wi, 8.10.02 chicago, 8.14.03 oshkosh, 6.28.04 milwaukee, and 7.17.04 port washington, wi) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>******************************<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

NEW ADDS---not yet input to list 
the producers 
7/30/89 - 2CDs 
8/3/89-2 
8/20 or 21/89 - 2 

12/30/90-2 
4/17/91-2 
6/8/95-2 
8/5/95-2 
8/4/95-2 
8/6/95-2
8/11/95-2 

4/30/5 
5/13/5
5/14/5 
5/30/5 
8/25/6 - 9/4/6 Canada Week with Jesse Gress, Tony Levin, and Jerry Marotta
 

AWATS (from reel) 
S/A? (from reel) 

 

Todd's official site

Patronet (Todd's subscription Service)

TR Fan Forum

UK TRading page with many new compilations that are EXCELLENT!

(run by The Surf Talks and full of great CD cover artwork)
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FABULOUS FAN-MADE SHIRTS OF GREAT QUALITY

rundgrenjunkie@aol.com
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Hello it's me.


This is my list of Todd,Utopia and related CD-rs, created with the dedication and cooperation of many individuals, named and unnamed in the list. It is the purpose of this page to spread what is available to those who wish to trade. 
These items are NEVER FOR SALE unless at some point Todd can profit from them. This discussion has been held with Todd and he feels those who sell this stuff are stealing from him... 
You can combat this by buying every single product he offers! I would expect that those coming here already have a complete collection. Please buy all official products! Sign up for Patronet! 
Support Todd rather than buying illegal stuff from ebay-don't be part of the problem... TRade instead with any of the other fine traders listed on the connection http://trconnection.com/home/bttbor in the circuit. 
Also, please do not burn CDs any faster than 8X burning speed in an effort to avoid glitches in the TRansfer...and i prefer to have as little writing as possible on the CD itself. please use the inner circle if possible. 
Also there is no need to send plastic cases as it gets expensive...sleeves of any sort are fine. 
Artwork is welcome but not necessary. Contact information is jeff@weavils.comand at the bottom of this page. thanks much! 

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i often do 'pre-burns' as i have no burner and my lists can be found here: 
http://forums.trconnection.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=40
just look for the most recent list (TRade with weavil - highest number) 
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Buy Billy James great Todd book "A Dream Goes on Forever Vol. 1" 

"It's a fabulously fun and informative read" - Me 9/03 

4/10/04 Chicago House of Blues(photo by kid noise) 
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"official"
 2.17.92 FM broadcast In the Studio for Something/Anything? 
#191 TRTV Volumes 1 and 2 TRTV Vols. 1 and 2 compilation (with some of One Long Year)
2000-2002 Songs from the Interocitor (afterlife, born to synthesize, a wall in nyc, while my guitar gently weeps)
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"toddities"Nimbus Thitherward - London 1975 +  rundgren comes alive EP + 10/30/80 capitol theater encore
CDRom Vid 1.8.77 Rockpalast German TV show - available on DVD-r at http://trbazaar.com/utopiavideos.htm

Patronet Party - (99?) interview/Q&A/ISP debut/singalong/ruth's birthday song
Guilty Pleasures - WORTfm 7.28.99 Madison, WI Radio Show 
with hosts Casey Fox, Jeff Gauss, and George Quinn (3CDs)

http://www.wort-fm.org/
7.4.01 Private Party at CLB's in Kenosha, Wi DVD and CD-ROM w/ ME on rhythm guitar for Mystified 
I can easily make VHS copies of this!

Todd - liars tour opener 4/8/04 Milwaukee, WI
(photo by soul sis Kris Voras)
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THANKS WARREN!

TODD'S FIRST PRODUCTION

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(japanese boot cover for this date
http://www.246.ne.jp/~elmo/boot.html )

(photos by Mockpo)

7" Japan PROMO Heavy metal kids/A dream goes on Forever 

from the back of the Felix Caviliere LP-1974

1972: THE FIRST – and to be disastrously short-lived – tour of Todd Rundgren's Utopia has stopped for a breather in Chicago. The band is cruising the Loop by foot, but the welcome they're receiving from the locals is hardly what you'd expect for visiting rock & roll dignitaries. It could be their flash clothes, but more likely it's the hair: Jean-Yves Labat is sporting a bright green lime 'do, Hunt Sales has had his sharply skunked, his brother Tony's is day-glo pink, while Todd's is every color they have a name for and then some. 

Whatever the cause, the effect is a shitrain of indignation. Sailors whistle and old women threaten to have coronaries as they pass, cars screech to a halt in disbelief, and even hippies feel obligated to be rude. 1964 all over again, just a little more colorful this time around. "See the thing is," says Todd as he dodges the insults, "that before long none of this will be so weird. Pretty soon kiddies will be pestering their parents ... 'Aw, c'mon Mom, just a little purple on the side...'" 

1974: "IT GETS to the point" says the same Todd Rundgren, the color in his hair: faded almost to nothing, "where you wonder if all somebody's gonna do is make jokes. Is that it? Or aren't you gonna turn your ability into something more than a joke. There's still just as much humor in what I do, it just gets more subtle all the time. A lot of the humor in my music before was along the lines of nervous laughter. Which is not really humor; it's laughing so you don't have to think about what's rally there. The reason I made the records funny in a certain way was to show people that I wasn't obligated to make them serious. And so if somebody thinks I'm obligated to make funny records now, then it's time to make serious records." 

The Todd Rundgren Cult was marshalled by the principal's exhibitionism. With Todd there was always a show; a performance to be given even if the venue was as trivial as an ad for Billboard. Following his activities was like watching a mescaline cartoon, but every child star, for better or worse, eventually grows up and graduates to prime time. With Todd, the process of artistically growing up was attacked with the same flamboyance which characterised his adolescence. He was, some said, like a kid turned loose in an intellectual candy store. "What he on?" others would ask. But it was really the same old Todd. Though the scene had shifted from high school to some supposedly loftier academy, you could still count an occasional spitball from the side of the room.

"I'm not trying to tell anybody anything," he contends. "I just do it for the people that ask. People that want to know what a person in my position experiences. That's the only thing that's worth telling them. They want to know what's different about the existence that I lead; what distinguishes me from them. Why do they write to me and I don't write to them? Why am I on the stage and they're in the audience? But I'm not obsessed with it. I don't think 'What's my seriousness quota this month' . . ." 

As he stretched his old songforms farther and farther away from their safely limited definitions, however, the danger arose that he might actually vanish beyond their comprehension, he stood to negate his greatest and longest-standing asset: his ability to involve people in whatever it is he's doing. 
But Todd, ever untrue to any form, sees it a little differently. 

"I never make records for the masses" he states flatly. "If the masses buy 'em, that's fine. But I actually expect that the more people buy 'em, the less people will understand will understand 'em. Because people will begin to buy them out of habit, knee-jerk reaction.
The more popular my records become, the less accessible I have to be, if only to make people question why they bought it in the first place." 

Oh, so it's almost as if you're issuing a challenge to your audience. "In a certain way I am. This is a generation of big-mouths that, despite whatever we might find prettiest to think, has done nothing to make a genuine difference. We all know where things should be, but it's too easy to be static. 
And I don't make records to pacify people into that position even further. 

"Most people making records today are making a living. If you actually do sell records, people suddenly believe that the record which sold contains within it that magic stuff that makes them saleable, and they build on imitation from there. 'Well, there's my style, what I've been looking for, because it makes me a living.' This is one of the few lines of work where that's possible. You can't be a doctor and experiment on people until you've found that magic formula. 
You have to go through a lot of serious discipline to do it effectively, like going to med school for eight years." 

Though his records now sell quite handsomely (even if the rank & file in his audience is still struggling to break past ‘Hello It's Me’) he's maintained the luxury of a cult within his following, a sub-audience that's more than willing to lie down on his operating table with earphones on. There are the fans, and there are the True Believers. He can afford to play this extravagant cat and mouse game because, in the end, he doesn't make records for a living. When the time comes to pay the rent, he'll go out and produce one instead. 

It almost seems that whenever he finds himself with a spare month on his hands, he systematically sets about filling that time with as much outside production work as he can squeeze in. The last time anyone looked, he was simultaneously producing Hall & Oates, Felix Cavaliere, the Hello People, and a Utopia album (not to be confused with a Todd album, which will follow). Oh, yes, and he was investigating the possibility of working in a Laura Nyro album somewhere along the line. Is this in fact the way the process works? "More or less," Are you good enough to get away with it? "Yes. But I give artists the kind of record they want to have. Sometimes what they want might be miles away from what I think they're capable of, but in the end it's their record." 

"My own records, of course, come out of a totally different consciousness. Which, good or bad, is at least my own. So many people go through life without a direction. They just go from stop to stop. It's like they're on a bus, and the only time they get off is to piss. And to avoid thinking about why they might be alive, they just fill up their time with things to do. So to communicate effectively, you have to make yourself appear to have a purpose. People like to think "If I'm confused and don't know what the hell I'm alive for, at least somebody does. So there must be a reason for me too. I just don't know it." So out of all this arises my responsibility to affirm for them that they do have a reason." 

Take it or leave it. At least it's never dull. 

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for
1975 - 1979
1980 - 1984
1985- 1989
1990 - 1994
1995 - 1999
2000 - 2004
2005 + Toddities

Jeff with Todd
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animation courtesy of EJ at Todd Rundgren's Hot Toddies
Contact Info
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54494

 

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