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Todd Rundgren at the Bbc: 1972-1982 [cd/Dvd] [Box] by Todd Rundgren (CD, 2014)
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Product Identifiers
Record LabelEsoteric Recordings
UPC5013929456945
eBay Product ID (ePID)16050167688
Product Key Features
Release Year2014
FormatCD
GenreRock
Run Time164 Mins 19 Seconds
TypeBox Set
StyleArt Rock
ArtistTodd Rundgren
Release TitleTodd Rundgren at the Bbc: 1972-1982 [cd/Dvd] [Box]
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUSA
Number of Discs4
Additional informationLiner Note Author: Mark Powell. Recording information: Hammersmith Odeon (01/25/1977); Oxford Polytechnic (01/25/1977); The Old Grey Whistle Test (01/25/1977); The Paris Theatre, London, UK (01/25/1977); Hammersmith Odeon (05/02/1978); Oxford Polytechnic (05/02/1978); The Old Grey Whistle Test (05/02/1978); The Paris Theatre, London, UK (05/02/1978); Hammersmith Odeon (06/03/1982); Oxford Polytechnic (06/03/1982); The Old Grey Whistle Test (06/03/1982); The Paris Theatre, London, UK (06/03/1982); Hammersmith Odeon (07/06/1972); Oxford Polytechnic (07/06/1972); The Old Grey Whistle Test (07/06/1972); The Paris Theatre, London, UK (07/06/1972); Hammersmith Odeon (10/09/1975); Oxford Polytechnic (10/09/1975); The Old Grey Whistle Test (10/09/1975); The Paris Theatre, London, UK (10/09/1975); Hammersmith Odeon (10/14/1975); Oxford Polytechnic (10/14/1975); The Old Grey Whistle Test (10/14/1975); The Paris Theatre, London, UK (10/14/1975). Photographer: Barry Plummer. The years covered on this three-CD/one-DVD set are the peak years of Todd Rundgren's stardom, when he was not only touring on his own but with his often bizarre arena-prog outfit Utopia. Todd Rundgren at the BBC: 1972-1982 tips heavily in favor of Utopia, with two of its CDs devoted to BBC Radio One In Concert sessions from 1975 and 1977, while the DVD contains two Old Grey Whistle Test appearances with the band. There is some solo Todd, though, including a lengthy Old Grey Whistle Test from 1982 (several songs here were originally not broadcast) but the most interesting thing here is the earliest material, a BBC Radio One In Concert from 1972 that captures Todd alone at the piano. He's joshing with the audience, particularly on "Piss Aaron," where he spends time discussing the verses at length, and he takes the piss out of "Be Nice to Me," claiming it's a silly song. Silliness can be heard elsewhere, including a broadly campy version of "Something's Coming" from West Side Story, and that helps lighten a load that winds up getting slightly leaden due to the long stretches of Utopia at their densest. This era of Todd remains divisive -- some love it, while others will never warm to it -- and that keeps this set from being a must for fanatics, yet there's no denying that there's plenty of endearing, enduring eccentricity from one of pop's great madmen to be heard. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Number of Audio ChannelsStereo
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