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    Todd Rundgren at the BBC 1972-1982

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    Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the first ever official release of TODD RUNDGREN AT THE BBC.

    This four-disc collection comprises three CDs and a DVD (NTSC / Region Free) featuring all of the surviving radio and television broadcasts in the BBC archive transmitted on radio and television in the UK between 1972 and 1982. The set features on CD Todd’s solo 1972 BBC Radio One "In Concert” performance, recorded soon after the release of his seminal album "Something / Anything”, the classic 1975 performance by Todd Rundgren and Utopia at Hammersmith Odeon, London (including a previously unreleased track ‘Something’s Coming’) – on the first ever UK concert tour of Todd Rundgren and Utopia, a 1977 performance at the Oxford Polytechnic by Todd Rundgren and Utopia (promoting the "Ra” album), and a DVD featuring three different performances for the classic "Old Grey Whistle Test” series; the 1975 Todd Rundgren and Utopia session, a film of Todd Rundgren & Utopia at the Bearsville Picnic in 1977 (performing ‘Singring and the Glass Guitar’) and the entire recordings made for a 1982 solo Todd Rundgren Whistle Test special (including two songs not featured on the original TV broadcast).

    This set is sure to delight the legions of Todd Rundgren fans and is a superb document of Todd’s continuing development as both a solo artist and with his band Utopia between 1972 and 1982.
    "Todd Rundgren at the BBC” has been remastered and authored from the original BBC masters and is presented in a clamshell box with a booklet featuring a new essay.

    NB: This title is released on October 27, 2014 and will not be dispatched until this date.

    TRACK LIST:

    CD One:
    TR – Radio One “In Concert” – Paris Theater, London, July 6th, 1972
    1. I Saw The Light
    2. It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference
    3. Piss Aaron
    4. Hello, It’s Me
    5. Be Nice To Me
    6. Black Maria

    TR with UTOPIA – “The Old Grey Whistle Test” – October 14, 1975
    7. Real Man
    8. The Seven Rays

    CD Two:
    TR with UTOPIA – Hammersmith Odeon, October 9th, 1975
    1. Freedom Fighters
    2. Mister Triskets
    3. Something’s Coming
    4. The Last Ride
    5. Sunset Boulevard / Le Feel Internacionale
    6. Heavy Metal Kids
    7. The Wheel
    8. Open My Eyes
    9. Sons Of 1984
    10. Do Ya
    11. Couldn’t I Just Tell You

    CD Three:
    TR with UTOPIA – Oxford Polytechnic, January 25th, 1977
    1. Communion With The Sun
    2. Love Of The Common Man
    3. Sunburst Finish
    4. Jealousy
    5. Windows
    6. Singring And The Glass Guitar
    7. Utopia Theme

    DVD:
    TR with UTOPIA – “The Old Grey Whistle Test” – October 14, 1975
    1. Real Man
    2. The Seven Rays

    TR with UTOPIA – “The Old Grey Whistle Test” – May 2nd, 1978
    3. Bearsville Picnic feat. Singring And The Glass Guitar

    TR – “The Old Grey Whistle Test” – June 3rd, 1982
    4. Love Of The Common Man
    5. It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference
    6. Too Far Gone
    7. Can We Still Be Friends
    8. The Song Of The Viking
    9. Compassion
    10. Lysistrata
    11. Tiny Demons
    12. Time Heals (promo video)
    13. One World
    14. A Dream Goes On Forever

    Our Price: £24.95
    Last edited by unclemeat; 09-08-2014 at 12:41 PM.

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    Looks great!
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    That's some good stuff - looking forward!

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    Sweet. Too bad the 1975 Hammersmith Odeon CD is already out (which I own) but this is an autobuy for me.

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    Great, I've beem waiting for a decent audio from the RA tour for years
    Ordering this tomorrow! !!

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    Pretty cool set. Did that Bearsville Picnic actually take place in NY?

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    Quote Originally Posted by unclemeat View Post

    DVD:

    TR with UTOPIA – “The Old Grey Whistle Test” – May 2nd, 1978
    3. Bearsville Picnic feat. Singring And The Glass Guitar
    The *full* singring on video?? Performed live? Total auto-buy if yes!

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    At 25:45 in the Bearsville Picnic video, you can see Utopia's rhythm section behind some considerably looser onlookers! http://youtu.be/VNK4wRc4O8U?t=25m45s

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luckie View Post
    At 25:45 in the Bearsville Picnic video, you can see Utopia's rhythm section behind some considerably looser onlookers! http://youtu.be/VNK4wRc4O8U?t=25m45s
    What the...those same people dancing were at ProgDay last weekend!

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    Quote Originally Posted by arturs View Post
    The *full* singring on video?? Performed live? Total auto-buy if yes!
    It's 16 minutes of it

    The start isn't there but Todd on the pyramid etc is

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    Quote Originally Posted by Esoteric View Post
    It's 16 minutes of it

    The start isn't there but Todd on the pyramid etc is
    Is the audio complete on the CD ?

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    I had that Ra show on cassette for many years, recorded off of a crappy radio back in 77, it was a pretty atrocious copy and degraded over the years, so I am really looking forward to this release.

    I also remember that Singring with Todd on the pyramid from the original broadcast on the OGWT, makes me feel old!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luckie View Post
    At 25:45 in the Bearsville Picnic video, you can see Utopia's rhythm section behind some considerably looser onlookers! http://youtu.be/VNK4wRc4O8U?t=25m45s
    Good eye! I had to watch a few times before I caught that... Singring in that video is fun but a little loose. Not essential.

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    Congratulations, Vicky, on another great release!
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    Quote Originally Posted by ronmac View Post
    Congratulations, Vicky, on another great release!
    Thank you Ron, we have some belters this Autumn, the PFM at the BBC one is pretty excellent too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Esoteric View Post
    Thank you Ron, we have some belters this Autumn, the PFM at the BBC one is pretty excellent too.
    I'm always excited to see any BBC material being released. I think it's probably the greatest treasure trove of material out there.
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    There is some great stuff, sadly a fair bit of early stuff was "wiped" before they changed their policies. A new deal though with labels has made it easier to be able to look at it though but you do have to have an ongoing relationship with the band, so we cant suddenly go and do say "supertramp" or "Crosby Stills"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rufus View Post
    Is the audio complete on the CD ?

    yes it is as its a whole show.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Esoteric View Post
    Thank you Ron, we have some belters this Autumn, the PFM at the BBC one is pretty excellent too.
    Thanks for doing the great job! Both PFM and Todd are at the top of my purchase shortlist.

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    Was that Bearsville Picnic spot produced for BBC , or is the tape used for this just from the BBC's airing of it?

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    Got mine today - incredible package, but enough about Todd.

    This is an ace collection, it looks superb and sounds fantastic. Incredible to see the OGWT performances of Real Man and Seven Rays after all these years.

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    Thank you Luckie, slight delay on this due to factory pressure but glad you think it's great.

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