Todd Rundgren/UTOPIA (and Related) Audio on CD-R ______ v06.2013

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 2011. 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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Date	Title	Source	Time
1985	ACAPELLA-RUNT (RELEASED 1984 LATE)	BOOT CD OF ACETATE	37:53
Date Added:6/7/2012 Track List:BLUE ORPHEUS (DIFFERENT MIX/VERSION). JOHNEE JINGO. PRETENDING TO CARE. HODJA. LOST HORIZON. SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON. MIRACLE IN THE BAZAAR. LOCKJAW. HONEST WORK. MIGHTY LOVE. Note:Another CD from a boot LP. Made from pre-release acetate of A Cappella. Some minor differences in Blue Orpheus. Xtra note: Tony has the actual acetates that he got from the Estate Sale. If we could figure out a safe way to dub it and keep all the integrity, we would. Not possible at this time.~ Warren
1/2/85	THE RITZ NEW YORK	AUDIENCE (TOM CANNON/BUBNICK/RUSSO)	46:34/41:39
Track List:CD ONE: LOVE OF THE COMMON MAN. CLICHE'. IT WOULDNT HAVE MADE ANY DIFFERENCE. TOO FAR GONE. CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS. TEPTAE VIDEO. SONG OF THE VIKING. HONEST WORK. JOHNEE JINGO. TINY DEMONS. LORD CHANCELLOR'S NIGHTMARE SONG. BAG LADY. CD TWO: DRUNKEN BLUE ROOSTER. BANG THE DRUM ALL DAY. TEPTAE VIDEO. IM SO PROUD/OOH BABY BABY/LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU. I SAW THE LIGHT. ONE WORLD. TYE WHEEL. DREAM GOES ON FOREVER. Note:Decent show but, tape sounds to have some limitations. Russo did a great job of squeezing out the fidelity here...show has very little talk for a NYC show but you can hear it...one of the short ones - nice to hear the A Cappella stuff while the album remained in limbo...got this source from Tom Cannon~ Tony
4/6/85	IOWA SEASONS CENTER CEDAR RAPIDS	AUDIENCE DIGITAL TRANSFER WARREN	N/A
Date Added:6/10/2012 Track List:PLAY THIS GAME. STYLE. PRINCESS OF THE UNIVERSE. SET ME FREE. HAMMER IN MY HEART. SWING TO THE RIGHT. ZEN MACHINE. MATED. MYSTIFIED. ROAD TO UTOPIA. CARAVAN.IT IS NOT ENOUGH. Note:Rather decent audience recording. Real keeper. Not sure why this wasn't moved to CD-R before. The band does a lot of long pauses between songs...strange... like they are discussing what to play next.~ Warren
4/12/85 and 6/6/85	POV TOUR - EAST LANSING MICHIGAN UNKNOWN VENUE (6/6/85) AND MILWAUKEE RIVERSIDE THEATER (4/12/85)*	(SOUNDBOARD- EAST LANSING)(AUDIENCE-MILWAUKEE*)	71:20
Track List:PLAY THIS GAME. STYLE. PRINCESS OF THE UNIVERSE. SET ME FREE. HAMMER IN MY HEART. SWING TO THE RIGHT. ZEN MACHINE. MATED. MYSTIFIED. ROAD TO UTOPIA. CARAVAN. MORE LIGHT. LOVE IS THE ANSWER. JUST ONE VICTORY* Note:This gem from the acoustically challenged POV tour comes from Frank Bubnick & Paul Russo. They did a magnificant job of pasting together a good audience tape with the only known sdbd from the tour.~ Warren
4/16/85	ILLINOIS STATE UNIV. NORMAL IL	AUDIENCE DIGITAL TRANSFER WARREN	N/A
Date Added:6/10/2012 Track List:PLAY THIS GAME (FADES IN). STYLE. PRINCESS OF THE UNIVERSE. SET ME FREE. HAMMER IN MY HEART. TODD TALK. SWING TO THE RIGHT. ZEN MACHINE. MATED. MYSTIFIED. ROAD TO UTOPIA. CARAVAN.DRUM SOLO.CARAVAN (CONT'D). MORE LIGHT.LOVE IS THE ANSWER. Note:Decent recording. Very large arena sounding though. Whole show. Don't know why this cassette wasn't digitally transferred before now. I like this!~ Warren
5/10/85	RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL NY	AUDIENCE (TWEEK BY FRANK BUBNICK)	N/A
Date Added:6/10/2012 Track List:PLAY THIS GAME. STYLE. PRINCESS OF THE UNIVERSE. SET ME FREE. HAMMER IN MY HEART. TODD TALK. SWING TO THE RIGHT. ZEN MACHINE. MATED. MYSTIFIED. ROAD TO UTOPIA. CARAVAN. IT IS NOT ENOUGH.JUST ONE VICTORY.BABA O'REILLY Note:Rather rough audience recording. Very large arena sound (of course...it's RCMH). Lot's of audience chatter next to recorder. Takes some getting used to. But folks this is the band cookin'! The audience is loving it. Wow. The finale is Baba O' Rielly! Sounds like the whole city of New York singing a long with it and Just One Victory. Frank Bubnick did what he could to this. I'm keeping/listening to this baby.~ Warren
7/3/85	GAMMAGE AUDITORIUM PHOENIX AZ	AUDIENCE (DIGITAL EDIT & TRANSFER JAMIE SLATTERTY)
Date Added:9/22/2002 Track List:PLAY THIS GAME. STYLE. PRINCESS OF THE UNIVERSE. SET ME FREE. HAMMER IN MY HEART. SWING TO THE RIGHT. ZEN MACHINE. MATED. MYSTIFIED. ROAD TO UTOPIA. CARAVAN. MORE LIGHT. LOVE IS THE ANSWER. Note:This is a decent but not great audience recording that becomes quite comfortable listening. Not the whole show of course but, Jamie Slatterly did wonders to this tape. If you were there...or if you like the era, this is a pretty good, but not superb, audience recording and a fab clean up job by Jamie. Jamie
10/13/85	U.P.A.C. KINGSTON NY 'WARMING UP A CAPPELLA'	AUDIENCE	56:44/44:25
Date Added:11/21/2000 Track List: CD ONE: BORN TO SYNTHESIZE. LOVE OF THE COMMON MAN. CLICHE'. TOO FAR GONE. SONG OF THE VIKING. JOHNEE JINGO. BLUE ORPHEUS. PRETENDING TO CARE. HODJA. LOST HORIZON/MARVIN GAYE MEDLEY. TINY DEMONS. LORD CHANCELLOR'S NIGHTMARE SONG. HONEST WORK. CD TWO: IT WOULDNT HAVE MADE ANY DIFFERENCE. CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS. BANG THE DRUM ALL DAY. IM SO PROUD/OOH BABY BABY/LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU/I SAW THE LIGHT. MIGHTY LOVE. SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON. REAL MAN. LOVE IS THE ANSWER. Note:Average quality audience recording of first stop on the A Cappella tour (just miles outside Woodstock in Ulster County). Decent first nite with some bugs but, really a pretty average recording for completists or for those looking for a rep of the tour; it's just fine.~ Warren
10/23/85	FIRST AVENUE MINNEAPOLIS	AUDIENCE	N/A
Date Added:7/3/2012 Track List:BORN TO SYNTHESIZE. LOVE OF THE COMMON MAN.CLICHE. TOO FAR GONE. SONG OF THE VIKING. JOHNEE JINGO. BLUE ORPHEUS. PRETENDING TO CARE. HODJA [FALSE START]. HODJA. LOST HORIZON / MARVIN GAYE MEDLEY/ I WANT YOU. TINY DEMONS. LORD CHANCELLOR'S NIGHTMARE SONG. HONEST WORK. IT WOULDN'T HAVE MADE ANY DIFFERENCE. CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS.BANG ON THE DRUM. MEDLEY:I'M SO PROUD/ OOH BABY BABY/ LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU. I SAW THE LIGHT. MIGHTY LOVE. SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON. REAL MAN. LOVE IS THE ANSWER. Note:Pretty darn good audience recording!~ Warren
10/25/85	MILWAUKEE RIVERSIDE THEATER	AUDIENCE (POSITIONING - TRANSFER BY SARA)	45:36/59:50
Date Added:4/11/2005 Track List:CD ONE: BORN TO SYNTHESIZE. LOVE OF THE COMMON MAN. CLICHE'. TOO FAR GONE. SONG OF THE VIKING. JOHNEE JINGO. BLUE ORPHEUS. PRETENDING TO CARE. HODJA. LOST HORIZON/WHATS GOING ON/MERCY MERCY ME/I WANT YOU/LOST HORIZON CD TWO: TINY DEMONS. LORD CHANCELLOR'S NIGHTMARE SONG. HONEST WORK. DRUNKEN BLUE ROOSTER. IT WOULDNT HAVE MADE ANY DIFFRENCE. CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS. BANG ON THE DRUM ALL DAY. IM SO PROUD/OOH BABY BABY/LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU/I SAW THE LIGHT. MIGHTY LOVE. SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON. REAL MAN. LOVE IS THE ANSWER Note:So far the best find from this era that hadn't yet been transferred. There were a number of great recordings from Milwaukee over the 80s especially... and this one is really nice. Very very low audience noise. Sounds like the mics were positioned unobscured in front of the PA...etc... As for performance, not all great...Pretending To Care is a bit of a disspointment here, yet I Want You is superb...even passionate on Hodja...there is a slight bummer, in that the last 4 tunes have unnatural cuts and fades...Probably due to recording the show on cassette and tape shortage...All in all, this is why we've undertaken another exam of the tapes and called it the 'Archive' a/o 'Library'. And we're really lucky there are people like Sara and others who will take the time to find nuggets like this. This is as good of an audie that you'll ever get from this era. Maybe this could benefit from some further processing help on down the line but, its really nice to be no longer oxidizing...thanks Sara K.!~ Tony & Warren
10/26/85	CHICAGO BISMARK THEATER KBFH	FM/LP SOURCE	74:02
Track List:INTRO. BORN TO SYNTHESIZE. JOHNEE JINGO. HODJA. PRETENDING TO CARE. LOST HORIZON/MARVIN GAYE MEDLEY. TINY DEMONS. REAL MAN. HONEST WORK. CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS?. MIGHTY LOVE. SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON. Note:Another missing CD-R piece. We dont think the show (performance wise) was that great, but recording sounds great. Gotta love the King Biscuit!~ Warren
10/27/85	UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS - STUDENT UNION CHAMPAGNE IL	AUDIENCE (SARA K. DIGITAL TRANSFER)	46:30/45:51
Date Added:4/19/2005 Track List:CD ONE: BORN TO SYNTHESIZE. LOVE OF THE COMMON MAN. CLICHE'. TOO FAR GONE. SONG OF THE VIKING. JOHNEE JINGO. BLUE ORPHEUS. PRETENDING TO CARE. HODJA. LOST HORIZON/WHATS GOING ON/MERCY MERCY ME/ I WANT YOU. TINY DEMONS (CUTS) CD TWO: LORD CHANCELLOR'S NIGHTMARE SONG. HONEST WORK. IT WOULDNT HAVE MADE ANY DIFFERENCE. CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS. BANG ON THE DRUM ALL DAY. IM SO PROUD/OOH BABY BABY/LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU/I SAW THE LIGHT. MIGHTY LOVE. SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON. REAL MAN. Note:Fair to mid sounding cassette at times. But a pretty nice performance all in all...Sara pointed out the fact that the last 3 or so appear to be from a different source (may even be a different show) we just dont know...nice to have it preserved, but probably not going to clean up that well..still enjoyable if you were there. Thanks Sara K. for doing the transfer~ Tony
10/30/85	DALLAS ARCADIA THEATER	FM BROADCAST	65:00/53:01
Date Added:12/12/2000 Track List: CD ONE: BORN TO SYNTHESIZE. LOVE OF THE COMMON MAN. CLICHE'. TOO FAR GONE. SONG OF THE VIKING. JOHNEE JINGO. BLUE ORPHEUS. PRETENDING TO CARE. HODJA. LOST HORIZON/MARVIN GAYE MEDLEY. TINY DEMONS. LORD CHANCELLOR'S NIGHTMARE SONG. HONEST WORK. IT WOULDNT HAVE MADE ANY DIFFERENCE. CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS? CD TWO: BANG THE DRUM ALL DAY. IM SO PROUD/OOH BABY BABY/LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU/I SAW THE LIGHT. MIGHTY LOVE. SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON. REAL MAN. LOVE IS THE ANSWER. Note:The complete radio A Cappella thang from Dallas. As most of you know, I (Tony) included this on the top 20 traded (essential) list.. back when I wrote for Utopia Times in the late 80s/early 1990. Great classic show. Now legimately available on Crowne Archive Series so try Scott at TRBAZAAR to find/buy a copy~ Tony & Warren
11/11/85	SAN FRANCISCO WARFIELD THEATER	SOUNDBOARD	74:28
Track List:BORN TO SYNTHESIZE. LOVE OF THE COMMON MAN. CLICHE'. TOO FAR GONE. SONG OF THE VIKING. JOHNEE JINGO. BLUE ORPHEUS. PRETENDING TO CARE. LOST HORIZON/MARVIN GAYE MEDLEY. TINY DEMONS. HONEST WORK. IT WOULDN'T HAVE MADE ANY DIFFERENCE. CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS?. I SAW THE LIGHT (CUTS IN). MIGHTY LOVE. SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON. REAL MAN. LOVE IS THE ANSWER. Note:From a recently discovered/acquired upgrade of the board tape that has circulated. Soundcheck is also available~ Warren
11/11/85	SAN FRANCISCO WARFIELD THEATER (SOUNDCHECK)	SOUNDBOARD	N/A
Date Added:6/18/2012 Track List:PLAY THIS GAME. TINY DEMONS. CLICHE. MARVIN GAYE MEDLEY. IT WOULDN'T HAVE MADE ANY DIFFERENCE. DRUNKEN BLUE ROOSTER.BLUE ORPHEUS. Note:Awsome sounding A Capella soundcheck. Rather lengthy one at that.~ Warren
11/28/85	ATLANTA MOONSHADOW SALOON	AUDIENCE RECORDING BY WARREN	42:05/46:07
Track List:CD ONE: BORN TO SYNTHESIZE. LOVE OF THE COMMON MAN. CLICHE'. TOO FAR GONE. SONG OF THE VIKING. JOHNEE JINGO. BLUE ORPHEUS. PRETENDING TO CARE. HODJA. LOST HORIZON/MARVIN GAYE MEDLEY CD TWO: TINY DEMONS. LORD CHANCELLOR'S NIGHTMARE SONG. HONEST WORK. IT WOULDN'T HAVE MADE ANY DIFFERENCE. CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS?. BANG THE DRUM ALL DAY. I'M SO PROUD/OOH BABY BABY/LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU. I SAW THE LIGHT. MIGHTY LOVE. SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON. REAL MAN (FADE) Note:It ain't complete, but a very strong A Capella audience recording thanks to Warren~ Tony
11/29/85	KIDNAPPER'S CHARLOTTE NC	AUDIENCE DIGITAL TRANSFER WARREN	N/A
Date Added:6/10/2012 Track List:DISC ONE: BORN TO SYNTHESIZE. LOVE OF THE COMMON MAN. CLICHE. TOO FAR GONE. SONG OF THE VIKING. JOHNEE JINGO. BLUE ORPHEUS. PRETENDING TO CARE. HODJA. LOST HORIZON/MARVIN GAYE MEDLEY. DISC TWO: TINY DEMONS. LORD CHANCELLOR'S NIGHTMARESONG. HONEST WORK. IT WOULDN'T HAVE MADE ANY DIFFERENCE. CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS. BANG THE DRUM ALL DAY. I'M SO PROUD MEDLEY/I SAW THE LIGHT. MIGHTY LOVE. SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON. REAL MAN. LOVE IS THE ANSWER. Note:Awsome audience recording. I have no earthly idea why someone did not dub from this cassette until now. Great Todd solo performance. Full set.~ Warren
12/10/85	TOADS PLACE NEW HAVEN CT	AUDIENCE	61:02/65:53
Track List:CD ONE: BORN TO SYNTHESIZE. LOVE OF THE COMMON MAN. CLICHE'. TOO FAR GONE. SONG OF THE VIKING. JOHNEE JINGO. BLUE ORPHEUS. PRETENDING TO CARE. HODJA. LOST HORIZON/WHAT'S GOING ON/MERCY MERCY ME/I WANT YOU/LOST HORIZON (CUTS). TINY DEMONS. LORD CHANCELLOR'S NIGHTMARE SONG. HONEST WORK. IT WOULDNT HAVE MADE ANY DIFFERENCE CD TWO: CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS?. BANG THE DRUM ALL DAY. I'M SO PROUD/OOH BABY BAY/LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU/I SAW THE LIGHT. MIGHTY LOVE. SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON. REAL MAN (FROM 12/9/85 PROVIDENCE). LOVE IS THE ANSWER Note:Another gem live A Cappella whole show. Added 'Real Man' from the night before as they appeared to delete it this night. Sound is very clear and not much audience noise.~ Warren
12/11/85	STATE THEATER EASTON PA	AUDIENCE (DIGITAL TRANSFER SARA K.)	46:11/48:42
Date Added:4/17/2005 Track List:CD ONE: BORN TO SYNTHESIZE (CUTS IN). LOVE OF THE COMMON MAN. CLICHE'. TOO FAR GONE. SONG OF THE VIKING. JOHNEE JINGO. BLUE ORPHEUS. PRETENDING TO CARE. HODJA. LOST HORIZON/WHATS GOING ON/MERCY MERCY ME/I WANT YOU. CD TWO: TINY DEMONS. LORD CHANCELLOR'S NIGHTMARE SONG. HONEST WORK. IT WOULDNT HAVE MADE ANY DIFFERENCE. CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS?. BANG THE DRUM ALL DAY. IM SO PROUD/OOH BABY BABY/LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU/I SAW THE LIGHT. MIGHTY LOVE. SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON Note:Nice transfer of slightly better than avg audience recording with potential-performance is pretty nice.~ Warren
12/16/85	PHILADELPHIA WALNUT THEATER	AUDIENCE SOURCE -(CLEANED & DIGITAL TRANSFERRED BY HIROSHI KAWAUCHI)	56:40
Date Added:10/25/2000 Track List:PRETENDING TO CARE (FADES IN). LOST HORIZON/MARVIN GAYE MEDLEY. TINY DEMONS. HONEST WORK. IT WOULDN'T HAVE MADE ANY DIFFERENCE. CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS. HODJA. BANG ON THE DRUM ALL DAY. OOH BABY BABY/IM SO PROUD (CUTS). MIGHTY LOVE. SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON. REAL MAN. LOVE IS THE ANSWER Note:This is a suprising upgrade delivered from our pal Hiroshi. The quality is strong and bright. Although the show is cut up some, it is worth checking it... especially for those who love this tour.~ Warren

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