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Steely_D

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Posted: Apr 17, 2025 - 10:43am

 ColdMiser wrote:

I was at this show, it was so well done. While Todd had top billing it really wasn't a Todd show. All the artists involved did a stellar job. And I now have a new favorite drummer. 



https://youtu.be/U9Qb7V-zNXM?s...


When I *ahem* saw Burt from the front row he confessed that he never quite “got” rock and roll, but this was as close as he got to writing a rock song.
ColdMiser

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Posted: Apr 17, 2025 - 10:01am

 kurtster wrote:
I was at this show, it was so well done. While Todd had top billing it really wasn't a Todd show. All the artists involved did a stellar job. And I now have a new favorite drummer. 



https://youtu.be/U9Qb7V-zNXM?s...
steeler

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Posted: Apr 16, 2025 - 5:21am

 Steely_D wrote:


Annoying to me that three of the four songs in the promo video are tunes I do not like. Always zone out when he does them. 

Have not seen a promo video for this summer 2025 tour?

steeler

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Posted: Apr 16, 2025 - 5:18am

 kurtster wrote:
That is the set list for the current What the World Needs Now tour. The Still Me, Still We tour starts this summer. According to Todd, it will be like the 2024 Me/We tour.

“I did a tour last year that was kind of deep cuts, some of the familiar stuff, but a lot of deep cuts that I knew the audience would enjoy and that we enjoy playing,” he explained. “So, it’ll be a continuation of that, because I haven’t had time to get another record out. Usually if I get a record out, I’ll build a show around it, but I don’t have one right now.”

kurtster

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Posted: Apr 15, 2025 - 9:44pm

 Steely_D wrote:
 steeler wrote:

Todd is touring nonstop these days. Just got tickets for July show part of his Still Me (Still We) tour.

Annoying to me that three of the four songs in the promo video are tunes I do not like. Always zone out when he does them. 
 
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/todd-rundgren/2025/bergen-performing-arts-center-englewood-nj-6b592606.html
Steely_D

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Posted: Apr 15, 2025 - 9:28pm

 steeler wrote:

Todd is touring nonstop these days. Just got tickets for July show part of his Still Me (Still We) tour.



Annoying to me that three of the four songs in the promo video are tunes I do not like. Always zone out when he does them. 
steeler

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Posted: Apr 15, 2025 - 7:55pm

Todd is touring nonstop these days. Just got tickets for July show part of his Still Me (Still We) tour.
ColdMiser

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Posted: Jan 20, 2025 - 7:56am

 kurtster wrote:

I've got a ticket for one of the NJ shows in April. Should be a good take, Todd rarely disappoints live. 
Steely_D

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Posted: Jan 19, 2025 - 12:03pm

 kurtster wrote:

Maybe it's because I sat front row for Bacharach a few years ago and have seen Todd dozens of times, but this just doesn't get my adrenaline flowing. Good for TR, finding a way to make some cash, but I'm gonna pass.
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Posted: Jan 19, 2025 - 7:01am

 kurtster wrote:

yes, that last date is very close to home...

kurtster

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Posted: Jan 18, 2025 - 6:56am


Interesting
Steely_D

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Posted: Oct 20, 2024 - 10:17am


miamizsun

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Posted: Jun 5, 2024 - 5:00am

 kurtster wrote:

Just picked the 24 bit / 192 khz files of Initiation.  I played it earlier today just because it was a good day for it.  A real guilty pleasure, the 1st issue Japanese white label promo copy.

Decided it was time to grab the new Machine Head files and went let's see if Todd had been updated recently, and he was.  Only 16 / 44.1 files before.

So I'm going through the specs and looked at the Editor's notes for the file album.  I already knew about the length problems and to tape it immediately and put it away because it would not take too many spins.  Knew about the EQ, yada.  Bought it day one when it came out.  But did not know about the times being sped up.  Or immediately learned and forgot it.

So I got to my favorite part of Treatise about 10 minutes in where he gets the Wurlitzer bouncing all over the place.  That is where I heard the difference.  Oh my !

The Editor's Notes :

Initiation is the sixth album by American musician Todd Rundgren, released May 23, 1975 on Bearsville Records. With this album, Rundgren fully embraced the synthesized prog sound he had begun exploring in more depth in his work with his band Utopia. However, unlike Utopia, in which Rundgren had limited himself to playing guitar, much of the synthesizers on Initiation were played and programmed by Rundgren himself.

At over sixty-seven minutes, Initiation is one of the longest commercially-released LPs. Due to a plastic shortage, in order to keep the album on one vinyl LP, Rundgren had to limit and EQ the master so the bass response was rolled off to keep the grooves small enough to cut onto a single disc; he also had to speed up the first half of Side One (Real Man-Eastern Intrigue) and speed up the entirety of Side Two to eliminate 2-3 minutes from each side. The album's original inner sleeve included a note which stated: "Technical note: Due to the amount of music on this disc (over one hour), two points must be emphasized. Firstly, if your needle is worn or damaged, it will ruin the disc immediately. Secondly, if the sound does seem not loud enough on your system, try re-recording the music onto tape. By the way, thanks for buying the album."


Going to take me awhile to work on this, but I'm certainly looking forward to it.

Going to load it up on foobar and listen to the whole thing now.  This is going to be fun.  Three thumbs up ! :)

edit:  And well into it now.  This is kinda like hearing Sgt Pepper on CD for the first time.  effing A

Cheers !

.
                       
{#Arrowd}
 
{#Notworthy}
 
{#Arrowd}


nice, i smell a mix cooking...  
ColdMiser

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Posted: Jun 4, 2024 - 4:18am

 kurtster wrote:

Just picked the 24 bit / 192 khz files of Initiation.  I played it earlier today just because it was a good day for it.  A real guilty pleasure, the 1st issue Japanese white label promo copy.

Decided it was time to grab the new Machine Head files and went let's see if Todd had been updated recently, and he was.  Only 16 / 44.1 files before.

So I'm going through the specs and looked at the Editor's notes for the file album.  I already knew about the length problems and to tape it immediately and put it away because it would not take too many spins.  Knew about the EQ, yada.  Bought it day one when it came out.  But did not know about the times being sped up.  Or immediately learned and forgot it.

So I got to my favorite part of Treatise about 10 minutes in where he gets the Wurlitzer bouncing all over the place.  That is where I heard the difference.  Oh my !

The Editor's Notes :

Initiation is the sixth album by American musician Todd Rundgren, released May 23, 1975 on Bearsville Records. With this album, Rundgren fully embraced the synthesized prog sound he had begun exploring in more depth in his work with his band Utopia. However, unlike Utopia, in which Rundgren had limited himself to playing guitar, much of the synthesizers on Initiation were played and programmed by Rundgren himself.

At over sixty-seven minutes, Initiation is one of the longest commercially-released LPs. Due to a plastic shortage, in order to keep the album on one vinyl LP, Rundgren had to limit and EQ the master so the bass response was rolled off to keep the grooves small enough to cut onto a single disc; he also had to speed up the first half of Side One (Real Man-Eastern Intrigue) and speed up the entirety of Side Two to eliminate 2-3 minutes from each side. The album's original inner sleeve included a note which stated: "Technical note: Due to the amount of music on this disc (over one hour), two points must be emphasized. Firstly, if your needle is worn or damaged, it will ruin the disc immediately. Secondly, if the sound does seem not loud enough on your system, try re-recording the music onto tape. By the way, thanks for buying the album."


Going to take me awhile to work on this, but I'm certainly looking forward to it.

Going to load it up on foobar and listen to the whole thing now.  This is going to be fun.  Three thumbs up ! :)

edit:  And well into it now.  This is kinda like hearing Sgt Pepper on CD for the first time.  effing A

Cheers !

.
                       
{#Arrowd}
 
{#Notworthy}
 
{#Arrowd}

One of Todd's best albums! Treatise on Cosmic Fire is a joyous composition. Enjoy hearing it at it's finest audio level! 

kurtster

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Posted: Jun 3, 2024 - 8:44pm

Just picked the 24 bit / 192 khz files of Initiation.  I played it earlier today just because it was a good day for it.  A real guilty pleasure, the 1st issue Japanese white label promo copy.

Decided it was time to grab the new Machine Head files and went let's see if Todd had been updated recently, and he was.  Only 16 / 44.1 files before.

So I'm going through the specs and looked at the Editor's notes for the file album.  I already knew about the length problems and to tape it immediately and put it away because it would not take too many spins.  Knew about the EQ, yada.  Bought it day one when it came out.  But did not know about the times being sped up.  Or immediately learned and forgot it.

So I got to my favorite part of Treatise about 10 minutes in where he gets the Wurlitzer bouncing all over the place.  That is where I heard the difference.  Oh my !

The Editor's Notes :

Initiation is the sixth album by American musician Todd Rundgren, released May 23, 1975 on Bearsville Records. With this album, Rundgren fully embraced the synthesized prog sound he had begun exploring in more depth in his work with his band Utopia. However, unlike Utopia, in which Rundgren had limited himself to playing guitar, much of the synthesizers on Initiation were played and programmed by Rundgren himself.

At over sixty-seven minutes, Initiation is one of the longest commercially-released LPs. Due to a plastic shortage, in order to keep the album on one vinyl LP, Rundgren had to limit and EQ the master so the bass response was rolled off to keep the grooves small enough to cut onto a single disc; he also had to speed up the first half of Side One (Real Man-Eastern Intrigue) and speed up the entirety of Side Two to eliminate 2-3 minutes from each side. The album's original inner sleeve included a note which stated: "Technical note: Due to the amount of music on this disc (over one hour), two points must be emphasized. Firstly, if your needle is worn or damaged, it will ruin the disc immediately. Secondly, if the sound does seem not loud enough on your system, try re-recording the music onto tape. By the way, thanks for buying the album."


Going to take me awhile to work on this, but I'm certainly looking forward to it.

Going to load it up on foobar and listen to the whole thing now.  This is going to be fun.  Three thumbs up ! :)

edit:  And well into it now.  This is kinda like hearing Sgt Pepper on CD for the first time.  effing A

Cheers !

.
                       {#Arrowd} {#Notworthy} {#Arrowd}
Steely_D

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Posted: Mar 15, 2024 - 11:01am


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Posted: Nov 27, 2023 - 9:36am

One of my favorite Todd songs...

Coaxial

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Posted: Nov 27, 2023 - 9:29am

 miamizsun wrote:
 
 
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steeler

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Posted: Nov 27, 2023 - 8:16am

 miamizsun wrote:
 




Nice!
ColdMiser

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Posted: Nov 27, 2023 - 7:33am

 Steely_D wrote:

If I thought I knew what was good for you / I would’ve gone and done it for myself.






Worlds of tomorrow
Life without sorrow
Take it because it's yours
Sons of 1984

That was a great audience sing-along at the end of that show, went of for a good 3 minutes after the curtain closed. 

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