RELEASED 26.5.2014
A NEW PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TWO CD SET OF TODD RUNDGREN & UTOPIA’s ENTIRE CONCERT AT THE ELECTRIC BALLROOM, MILWAUKEE IN OCTOBER 1978 • THE LATEST RELEASE IN THE TODD RUNDGREN ARCHIVE SERIES • BOOKLET WITH PHOTOGRAPHS & ESSAY • REVIEWS IN "UNCUT”, "MOJO”, "RECORD COLLECTOR” & "PROG” MAGAZINES • COVERAGE ON RELEVANT WEBSITES & FANZINES
Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release in the Todd Rundgren Archive series. "Live at the Electric Ballroom” was recorded in Milwaukee on the 23rd October 1978 and captures Todd Rundgren and Utopia in fine form. Recorded for an FM radio simulcast, this concert has remained in the vaults until this 2CD release which features the entire concert. Featuring such classic material as ‘Real Man’, ‘Can We Still Be Friends’, ‘Black Maria’, ‘The Seven Rays’, ‘Couldn’t I Just Tell You’, ‘Hello, It’s Me’ and many more, the concert has been mastered from the original broadcast tapes. This Esoteric Recordings release features an illustrated booklet with new essay notes.
TRACK LIST DISC ONE 1. REAL MAN 2. IT WOULDN’T HAVE MADE ANY DIFFERENCE 3. LOVE OF THE COMMON MAN 4. TRAPPED 5. ABANDON CITY 6. THE VERB ‘TO LOVE’ 7. THE SEVEN RAYS 8. CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS 9. THE DEATH OF ROCK AND ROLL
DISC TWO 1. YOU CRIED WOLF 2. GANGRENE 3. A DREAM GOES ON FOREVER 4. BLACK MARIA 5. EASTERN INTRIGUE / INITIATION 6. COULDN’T I JUST TELL YOU 7. HELLO, IT’S ME 8. JUST ONE VICTORY
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