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Back To The Bars
''Back to the Bars'' is a live album by rock musician Todd Rundgren, which was released as a double LP in 1978. The album was recorded during week-long stints in New York City ( The Bottom Line), Los Angeles ( The Roxy), and Cleveland ( The Agora). The music featured the best of Rundgren's most commercial work spanning seven of the eight solo albums released in the 1970s up to, but not including, his most recent at the time. This effort was in place of rumors of a re-release of his out-of-print first two LPs, ''Runt'', and ''Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren''. The only offering from those were "The Range War", and the bulk of the material came from ''Something/Anything?'', ''A Wizard, a True Star'', ''Todd, Initiation'', and ''Faithful''. The finale included past and present members of Rundgren's Utopia: Roger Powell, Kasim Sulton, Willie Wilcox, John Siegler, Ralph Schuckett and Moogy Klingman. Also joining in were the Hello People: Norman Smart, Greg Geddes, Bobby Sedita, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Rundgren
Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who has performed a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the bands Nazz and Utopia. He is known for his sophisticated and often unorthodox music, his occasionally lavish stage shows, and his later experiments with interactive art. He also produced music videos and was an early adopter and promoter of various computer technologies, such as using the Internet as a means of music distribution in the late 1990s. A native of Philadelphia, Rundgren began his professional career in the mid-1960s, forming the psychedelic band Nazz in 1967. After two years, he left Nazz to pursue a solo career and immediately scored his first US top 40 hit with " We Gotta Get You a Woman" (1970). His best-known songs include " Hello It's Me" and " I Saw the Light" from '' Something/Anything?'' (1972), which get frequent air time on classic rock radio stations, the 1978 " C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello People
Hello People was a rock group that was created in New York City in late 1967 by producer Lou Futterman. History The idea for creating the group stemmed from Marcel Carné's 1945 film ''Children of Paradise'' (''Les Enfants du Paradis''). Etienne Decroux, the father of French mime, plays the part of Baptiste's father in the film. During the sixties, Decroux taught painting to a group of musicians. Since these musicians learned to paint so quickly, Decroux reasoned that musicians could also learn mime and apply it in some new way to create a new form. The manager of the musicians Decroux taught, Lou Futterman, decided he would implement this new concept, and put together a new group of musicians who would perform in mime makeup and do mime routines between songs, never speaking a word to the audience. Two of the original group, Greg Geddes and Ronnie Blake, were recruited from the music department at Western Connecticut State University (called, at that time, Danbury State C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runt
In a group of animals (usually a litter of animals born in multiple births), a runt is a member which is significantly smaller or weaker than the others.. Owing to its small size, a runt in a litter faces disadvantage, including difficulties in competing with its siblings for survival and possible rejection by its mother. Therefore, in the wild, a runt is less likely to survive infancy. Even among domestic animals, runts often face rejection. They may be placed under the direct care of an experienced animal breeder, although the animal's size and weakness coupled with the lack of natural parental care make this difficult. Some tamed animals are the result of reared runts. Not all litters have runts. All animals in a litter will naturally vary slightly in size and weight, but the smallest is not considered a "runt" if it is healthy and close in weight to its littermates. It may be perfectly capable of competing with its siblings for nutrition and other resources. A runt is speci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Wizard, A True Star
''A Wizard, a True Star'' is the fourth studio album by American musician Todd Rundgren, released on March 2, 1973, by Bearsville Records. It marked a departure from his previous album, ''Something/Anything?'' (1972), featuring fewer straightforward pop songs, a development he attributed to his experimentation with psychedelic drugs and his realization of "what music and sound were like in my internal environment, and how different that was from the music I had been making." The album was produced, engineered, and largely performed by Rundgren alone. He envisioned it as a hallucinogenic-inspired "flight plan" with all the tracks segueing seamlessly into each other, starting with a "chaotic" mood and ending with a medley of his favorite soul songs. At the time of release, he stated that ''Wizard'' intended to advance utopian ideals; later, he said that the album had no definite meaning. No singles were issued from the album, as he wanted the tracks to be heard in the context of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd (album)
''Todd'' is the fifth studio album (and second double album) by American musician Todd Rundgren, released in February 1974 on Bearsville Records. It is the follow-up to the previous year's '' A Wizard, a True Star'' and features a comparatively heavier reliance on guitar playing and synthesizers. About half of the tracks were performed by Rundgren alone, with the other half recorded with varying configurations of musicians. In the US, the album peaked at number 54, while lead single "A Dream Goes On Forever" reached number 69. Background In March 1973, Rundgren's fourth album '' A Wizard, a True Star'' was released. Recorded at his newly built Secret Sound Studios in Manhattan, ''Wizard''s sound and structure was heavily informed by his recent experiments in psychedelic drugs. Critical reception to ''Wizard'' was mixed, and according to Rundgren, the album was generally regarded as "professional suicide". In the weeks following the album's release, he produced the New York Dolls' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oops! Wrong Planet
''Oops! Wrong Planet'' is the third studio album by American rock band Utopia (American band), Utopia. It delivers a markedly trimmed-down, pop-oriented direction for the band following the progressively influenced previous album, ''Ra (Utopia album), Ra''. ''Oops!'' peaked at No. 77 on the Billboard album chart in 1977. "Love is the Answer" later became a hit for England Dan & John Ford Coley, charting #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary list in 1979.[ www.allmusic.com] Track listing Personnel *Todd Rundgren - guitars, lead (1, 3, 6, 10–12) and backing vocals, saxophone (10) *Roger Powell (musician), Roger Powell - Keyboard instrument, keyboards, lead (2, 8) and backing vocals, trumpet (8), Powell probe *Kasim Sulton - bass guitar, bass, lead (1, 5–7, 10) and backing vocals *Willie Wilcox, John "Willie" Wilcox - drums, lead (4, 9) and backing vocals Engineered and produced by Rundgren Charts References {{Authority control 1977 albums Todd Rundgren al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faithful (Todd Rundgren Album)
''Faithful'' is the seventh studio album by American musician Todd Rundgren, released in May 1976 on Bearsville Records. Music Rundgren explained the motivation of the first side as treating rock music like European classical music, where a piece is always performed in the same way. Rundgren is backed on the album by the other three members of Utopia: Roger Powell on keyboards, John Siegler on bass, and John Wilcox on drums. The first side is dedicated to "faithful" re-recordings of songs from 1966, while side two contains original songs inspired by music of that time period. Critic Robert Christgau called the second side Rundgren's "clearest and most interesting set of songs since ''Something/Anything?''".Robert Christgau, Rock Albums of the '70s' The closing song, "Boogies (Hamburger Hell)", opens with a reference to restaurant chain Beefsteak Charlie's, which former Utopia drummer Kevin Ellman was operating along with his family at the time. Release The album was released i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Initiation (Todd Rundgren Album)
''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. Content At over sixty-seven minutes, ''Initiation'' is one of the longest commercially-released albums released in a single LP disc. 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" to "Eastern Intrigue") and speed up the entirety of Side Two to eliminate 2–3 minutes from each side (5). The album's original inner sleeve included a note which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Musical ensemble, bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All-Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar, and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frampton Comes Alive!
''Frampton Comes Alive!'' is a double live album by the English musician and songwriter Peter Frampton, released in 1976 by A&M Records. Following four studio albums with little success and sales, ''Frampton Comes Alive!'' was a breakthrough for Frampton and is one of the best-selling live albums ever. " Show Me the Way", " Baby, I Love Your Way", and " Do You Feel Like We Do" were released as singles; all three reached the top 15 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and frequently receive airplay on classic rock radio stations. Released on 15 January 1976, ''Frampton Comes Alive!'' debuted on the charts at No. 191. It reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200 the week ending 10 April 1976, spending 10 non-consecutive weeks in the top spot through October. It was the best-selling album of 1976 and has sold over 8,000,000 copies in the United States. ''Frampton Comes Alive!'' was voted "Album of the Year" in a 1976 ''Rolling Stone'' readers' poll. It stayed on the chart for 97 week ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stevie Nicks
Stephanie Lynn Nicks (born May 26, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, known for her work with the band Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist. After starting her career as a duo with her then-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham, releasing the album '' Buckingham Nicks'' to little success, Nicks joined Fleetwood Mac in 1975, helping the band to become one of the best-selling music acts of all time with over 120 million records sold worldwide. '' Rumours'', the band's second album with Nicks, became one of the best-selling albums worldwide, being certified 20× platinum in the US. In 1981, while remaining a member of Fleetwood Mac, Nicks began her solo career, releasing the studio album '' Bella Donna'', which topped the ''Billboard'' 200 and has reached multiplatinum status. She has released eight studio albums as a solo artist and seven with Fleetwood Mac, selling a certified total of 65 million copies in the U.S. alone. After the release of her first solo album, ''Rolling Stone'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Oates
John William Oates (born April 7, 1948) is an American musician, best known as half of the rock and soul duo Hall & Oates along with Daryl Hall. He has played rock, R&B, and soul music, serving as a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Although Oates' primary role in the duo was being the guitarist, he also co-wrote many of the top 10 songs that they recorded, including: " Sara Smile" (referring to Hall's then-girlfriend, Sara Allen), " She's Gone", and " Out of Touch", as well as " You Make My Dreams", " I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)", " Maneater", and "Adult Education". He also sang lead vocals on several more singles in the Hot 100, such as " How Does It Feel to Be Back", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (a remake of the 1965 song performed by the Righteous Brothers), and " Possession Obsession". In 1986, Oates contributed the song "(She's the) Shape of Things to Come" on the soundtrack to the 1986 film '' About Last Night''. He also co-wrote and sang b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
