Todd Rundgren/UTOPIA (and Related) Audio on CD-R ______ v05.2013

Greetings Audio Toddheads! Warren Hewetson (Atlanta, GA. USA) here. As most of you probably have already gathered; Tony Rogers and I have transferred all his audio collection over to my home in April of 2012. I don't speak for Tony, but in/around 2008, he had some exceptional changes in his family, business/practice, musicianship & life's interests. It somewhat prohibited his 'curatorship' of this vast historical collection of obscurities, rarities & Toddities. Me having been a long time friend, and somewhat of a 'side kick' collector/enthusiast; We (Tony & I) thought my 'sitrep' (58, single, IT guy in Atlanta with lots of TR history/archival collecting since 1973) would be ideal for taking over the 'Library' in all its glory. I plan to share openly, just as Tony did all these decades. Am I an authority? Hell no. But been following Todd in all forms of media ever since I saw/met him here at the Atlanta Fox Nov. 8 1973. So I know a little bit. I want to say a big THANK YOU in advance to all of you who are going to help and have helped with this so far. I’ll do my best. Write me anytime. twarrenh@bellsouth.net

Having said all that, I'll be making changes to some of Tony's descriptions here as a form of update. I like to give credit where credit is due too. So please forgive me if I do not credit the right persons involved in making these recordings available/possible. Feel free to correct me on who's responsible for what, but do not ask me to change artist information, line-ups, set-lists, venues and or dates. In addition, most of the Tubes related media will not be included in the collection. And from around 2008 and beyond; the library here is not covered too extensively. My partner in crime~ Jeff Gauss (Weavil) has offered to help me out with much of that. Visit: Weavil's Toddlist. With Jeff's help, this is arguably one of the (if not THE) largest most extensive archival collections of Todd's rare audio on the planet.

I do not have any rights to, and I am not open for sharing any material that may be listed below that has been commercially or officially released and is still available retail. (It may be listed below for collection listing purpose only). I do not take or give any money for a single item below either. I do not take away any proceeds that are due to Todd Rundgren, family, friends, business or supporting/associated musicians. If it is ROIO (recording of independent origin),then I'm open to share. Support the artist! Go buy his stuff where and whenever available! Speaking of which; the ultimate place to find/buy Todd's releases and imports & rarities is TRBAZAAR. Check it out ! If Scott ain't got it it, nobody does...just about!

I give Tony a ton of applause for his relentless cause of collecting this stuff from around the globe. You can write him at the TRconnection Forum and thank him too. We've also recently been working in collaboration with my friend Frank Bubnick and his well known vast quality collection (you can visit his list by clicking on his name). WOW! Maybe I can do a "Credits" list here below, on down the road. Like to make sure all the folks involved are appreciated. For now, let me go ahead and thank some folks that have really been intrumental in these archives (no particular order): Tony Rogers (of course), Jeff Gauss (Weavil), Frank Bubnick, Paul Russo, Hiroshi Kawauchi, Istvan, Roger Steel, Mike Adrian, Gil Ireland-Ashley, Gary Urwin, Don B., Bob Stanislowski (RIP), Micheal B., Jon Risen, Jon Babcock, Mark Wilpolt, Tom Cannon, Joe Franks, Richard Roys, Storm Hunter, Sara K., Moz, and players to be named later. Special thanks to Roger Linder for providing this page space for decades. Let's Rock!

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1970s: 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
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Date	Title	Source	Time
1979	PATTI SMITH GROUP 'WAVE'	TRANSFER BY JEFF GAUSS (WEAVIL)	45:00
Date Added:6/8/2012 Track List: FREDERICK. DANCING BAREFOOT. SO YOU WANT TO BE A ROCK N ROLL STAR. HYMN. REVENGE. CITIZEN SHIP. SEVEN WAYS OF GOING. BROKEN FLAG. WAVE. FIRE OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN. 54321 - WAVE. Note:This is good one. Todd's old girfriend at her peak (from underground poetic obscurity to artist peak then back to obscurity). Todd production of course. I bet Scott can get you this one at TRBAZAAR. ~ Warren
1979	RICK DERRINGER- GUITARS AND WOMEN	ROGER STEEL-CD	47:57
Date Added:11/24/2002 Track List:SOMETHING WARM. GUITARS AND WOMEN. EVERYTHING. MAN IN THE MIDDLE. IT MUST BE LOVE. DESIRES OF THE HEART. TIMELESS. HOPELESS ROMANTIC. NEED A LITTLE GIRL (JUST LIKE YOU). DONT EVER SAY GOODBYE. BONUS TRACKS: LET THE MUSIC PLAY. RUNAWAY Note:Definitely "in print". Thus just here for listing purposes. Cannot/will not share. Check with Scott at TRBAZAAR for the release?. ~ Warren
2/16/79	THE PALLADIUM NEW YORK- BOAT PEOPLE/INDOCHINESE BENEFIT	FM RADIO	74:36
Track List:TRAPPED. LOVE IN ACTION. ABANDON CITY. LOVE OF THE COMMON MAN. IT WOULDN'T HAVE MADE ANY DIFFERENCE. DEATH OF ROCK AND ROLL. GANGRENE. CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS?. BLACK MARIA. ALL REVED UP (WITH MEATLOAF). JOHNNY B GOODE (W/ MEATLOAF). POST CONCERT INTERVIEW. HANG ON SLOOPY (KBFH LATE SHOW). JUST ONE VICTORY (KBFH LATE SHOW). Note:This CD is from the WNEW FM broadcast of the first show. Some problems appear from someone on a CB or other source interferring occasionally onto the Bcast line..the KBFH was broadcast as a compilation of both early and late shows and Rick Derringer guests on the last 2 tunes. Sound is worth it. We have an Hiroshi verison which has a WNEW interview at front of it that happened before the show. sounds as great as ever, but still the CB stuff does show up on last few tunes...I love what Todd did here, and it was historic, but the version of Johnny B Goode is hard to take with the flange sound guitar...Utopia was a bit too tech savvy to be rolling in Chuck Berry mud.....great job from Hiroshi-really an important event in Todd history and it sounds better than ever.~ Tony
4/9/79	NAKANO SUN PLAZA TOKYO	BOOT (2)CD	90:00
Date Added:5/22/2012 Track List:DISC ONE:TRAPPED.LOVE IN ACTION.ABANDON CITY.LOVE OF THE COMMON MAN.IT WOULDN'T HAVE MADE ANY DIFFERENCE.SHOT IN THE DARK.THE IKON.SEVEN RAYS. CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS.GANGRENE.THE WHEEL.LOVE ALONE.DISC TWO:LAST OF NEW WAVE RIDERS.DEATH OF R&R.VERB TO LOVE.HIROSHIMA.DREAMS GOES ON FOREVER. BLACK MARIA.EASTERN INTRIGUE-INITIATION.COULDN'T I JUST TELL YOU.HELLO IT'S ME.JUST ONE VICTORY Note:Another one that has become officially released later on Crowne Todd Archives Vol.2. I bet you can find/buy it legitimately thru TRBAZAAR~ Warren
4/27/79	SAN FRANCISCO OLD WALDORF	FM SOURCE (THANK YOU DON B.)	64:20/44:49
Track List:CD ONE: TRAPPED. LOVE IN ACTION. ABANDON CITY. LOVE OF THE COMMON MAN. THE LAST RIDE. SHOT IN THE DARK. THE IKON. CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS?. GANGRENE. THE WHEEL. LOVE ALONE. CD TWO: LAST OF THE NEW WAVE RIDERS. DEATH OF ROCK AND ROLL. SPENCER DAVIS MEDLEY (WITH SPENCER DAVIS GUESTING). EASTERN INTRIGUE. INITIATION.COULDN'T I JUST TELL YOU. ROCK LOVE. JUST ONE VICTORY. Note:Excellent radio event outshines most old Bcasts in quality as well as song selection. Plus the never again Spencer Davis thang.We need to give most the credit to Don B. for making this one possible to the collection from his FM recording. ESSENTIAL BUT AVAILABLE COMMERCIALLY IN EDITED FORMAT FROM SANCTUARY. You might find/buy it at Scott's TRBAZAAR.
7/11/79	NEW YORK CITY CENTRAL PARK	ANALOG AUDIE	49:57/39:16
Date Added:9/1/2003 Track List:CD ONE: TRAPPED. BACK ON THE STREET. ABANDON CITY. LOVE OF THE COMMON MAN. THE VERB TO LOVE. LAST OF THE NEW WAVE RIDERS. SHOT IN THE DARK. THE IKON/THE SEVEN RAYS. LOVE ALONE. CD TWO: GANGRENE. PERUVIAN BASKET RAP. BLACK MARIA. THE DEATH OF ROCK AND ROLL. LOVE IN ACTION. FREEDOM FIGHTERS. COULDNT I JUST TELL YOU. ROCK LOVE. LOVE IS THE ANSWER. Note:This recording is not the best one of the tour, but is listenable for an audie...some NYC yap. The best of this tour would be the Syracuse (below). This is cool if you were there especially....thanks HK~ Tony
8/4/79	KNEBWORTH FESTIVAL ENGLAND	AUDIENCE(GIL IRELAND-ASHLEY)	44:54/45:25
Date Added:1/11/2006 Track List:CD ONE:INTRO/TRAPPED. BACK ON THE STREET. ABANDON CITY. LOVE OF THE COMMON MAN. THE VERB TO LOVE. LAST OF THE NEW WAVE RIDERS. SHOT IN THE DARK. THE IKON. THE SEVEN RAYS. CD TWO: LOVE ALONE. GANGRENE. BLACK MARIA. THE DEATH OF ROCK AND ROLL. LOVE IN ACTION. FREEDOM FIGHTERS. COULDNT I JUST TELL YOU. ROCK LOVE. LOVE IS THE ANSWER. Note:Great performance, but sound quality approximates what they sounded like on a cassette recorder circa '79 with some yap at the front. But what a performance. They were charged up for it. Super vocal on Verb to Love...Todd does not same the forthcoming album is imminent like he did in summer 79 or later....Ikon is a bit shakey- Kazim is cut off during his solo, but smoking...Todd jokes about the size of the audience...one real oddity is Freedom Fighters....this was a very good performance, thanks that someone had the foresight to tape (one of the Tubes???- We'll never know...........)But honestly folks, I had never earmarked Knebworth as super performance... but no doubt it was. They ruled there...confident and strident as can be...~ Tony
8/23/79	DR PEPPER MUSIC FESTIVAL CENTRAL PARK NEW YORK	DON DAVIDSON/PAUL RUSSO/FRANK BUBNICK AUDIENCE	56:02/32:08
Date Added:12/21/2002 Track List:CD ONE: INTRO. TRAPPED. BACK ON THE STREET. ABANDON CITY. THE VERB TO LOVE (CUTS IN). LAST OF THE NEW WAVE RIDERS. SHOT IN THE DARK. THE IKNO/THE SEVN RAYS. LOVE ALONE GANGRENE. BLACK MARIA. DEATH OF ROCK AND ROLL. LOVE IN ACTION. CD TWO: FREEDOM FIGHTERS. COULDNT I JUST TELL YOU. ROCK LOVE. LOVE IS THE ANSWER. HELLO ITS ME (FROM NYC 78 W/ CHAKA KHAN) Note:A pretty darn good audience tape from 70 this is...real NYC crowd, so a bit of yap is here. But it is pretty sharp sound for the time and the performances are good.~ Tony
10/31/79	"HALLOWEEN 79" CAPITOL THEATER PASSAIC	FM BROADCAST WARREN	75:06/68:58
Date Added:3/17/2002 Track List: CD ONE: LAST OF THE NEW WAVE RIDERS. BACK ON THE STREET. LOVE OF THE COMMON MAN. CARAVAN. TRAPPED. SHOT IN THE DARK. THE VERB TO LOVE. ROAD TO UTOPIA. LOVE ALONE. GANGRENE. ROCK LOVE. BLACK MARIA. THE DEATH OF ROCK AND ROLL. LOVE IN ACTION. CD TWO: COULDNT I JUST TELL YOU. ANYWAY ANYHOW ANYWHERE .LOVE IS THE ANSWER. JUST ONE VICTORY (FADES) Note:A strong FM- and the sound is good. Warren recorded the Broadcast live feed from his Atlanta 96Rock FM~ Tony
11/14/79	WESTCHESTER THEATRE TARRYTOWN NY	FM BROADCAST (WCOZ BOSTON)	78:06
Date Added:3/7/2013 Track List:RADIO INTRODUCTION. THE LAST OF THE NEW WAVE RIDERS. BACK ON THE STREET. LOVE OF THE COMMON MAN. CARAVAN. 96 TEARS. TRAPPED. SHOT IN THE DARK. THE LAST RIDE. THE ROAD TO UTOPIA. GANGRENE. ROCK LOVE. THE DEATH OF ROCK AND ROLL. LOVE IN ACTION. COULDN'T I JUST TELL YOU. ANYWAY, ANYHOW, ANYWHERE. LOVE IS THE ANSWER. JUST ONE VICTORY. RADIO CREDITS Note:Great recent find! I didn’t even know this was ‘out there’.WCOZ Boston 94.1 FM radio ‘The Source’. Another great 1979 Soundboard type source! Very good quality. Super ‘Adventures’ representation here! We were all getting used to ’96 Tears’ and ‘Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere’ being introduced in the Utopia sets by this time too. This and Landmark (below) are ESSENTIAL.
11/16/79	SYRACUSE LANDMARK THEATER	FM BROADCAST (BUT DIRECT TO DIGITAL FROM THE VINYL- SANDRA WINTERS)	72:34
Track List:THE LAST OF THE NEW WAVE RIDERS. BACK ON THE STREET. LOVE OF THE COMMON MAN. CARAVAN. 96 TEARS. TRAPPED. THE LAST RIDE. ROAD TO UTOPIA. GANGRENE. ROCK LOVE. DEATH OF ROCK AND ROLL. LOVE IN ACTION. COULDN'T I JUST TELL YOU. ANYWAY, ANYHOW, ANYWHERE. LOVE IS THE ANSWER. JUST ONE VICTORY Note:Of course this is a masterpiece, and 'must have' from one of the coolest tours ever. Pre- Adventures stuff. I was at the Legend Valley show earlier in the year. Great line up. Sandra Winters worked wonders here. No noise, clicks...missing only Shot in the Dark due to time constraints. This was the 'First Concert of the Decade' broadcast later on 1/1/80 across the country.~ Tony ESSENTIAL

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