Saw him last night. The same show I saw last year during the Me/We tour (when I bought the tickets I thought the deep-cuts theme would be continued, but did not expect the selected songs to be the same). Nonetheless, a satisfying show. I thought it was better than last yearâs. His voice was strong, the band was tight, good venue. He did not talk much at all except for saying hello and goodbye, which I thought was unusual for him, but similar to last yearâs show. About two hours.
Well, it does say âStillâ in the title.
But the bench is so deep for him, itâs disappointing when he bunts. I was rewatching a bit of the AWATS tour that I saw many moons ago, and the effort he put into was absolutely worth it.
Location: Perched on the precipice of the cauldron of truth
Posted:
Jul 21, 2025 - 10:03am
steeler wrote:
Todd still godd.
Still Me/Still We tour.
Saw him last night. The same show I saw last year during the Me/We tour (when I bought the tickets I thought the deep-cuts theme would be continued, but did not expect the selected songs to be the same). Nonetheless, a satisfying show. I thought it was better than last yearâs. His voice was strong, the band was tight, good venue. He did not talk much at all except for saying hello and goodbye, which I thought was unusual for him, but similar to last yearâs show. About two hours.
Just listened to something that I'd missed. In it, he does the Ikon (live as always, with lots of warts but who cares. Sounds like the exact band as on the "studio" release) and then he tosses fans a bone. Fun. Good music to garden to, since the temps are finally below 90 out there...temporarily.
77 and still going strong. I was traveling yesterday and was tuned into Sirius Deep Tracks. Greg Roberson did a stellar job of tribute with a good mix of Nazz, Utopia and his production work.
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.
When I *ahem* saw Burt from the front row he confessed that he never quite âgotâ rock and roll, but this was as close as he got to writing a rock song.
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.
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.
âI 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,â he explained. âSo, itâll be a continuation of that, because I havenât had time to get another record out. Usually if I get a record out, Iâll build a show around it, but I donât have one right now.â
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
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 !
.
One of Todd's best albums! Treatise on Cosmic Fire is a joyous composition. Enjoy hearing it at it's finest audio level!
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
