Todd Rundgren's Utopia
Cobo Hall
Detroit MI
July 13 1975
This is a special treat. Super rare, and in very few (if any) collector's hands until now. It is two master cassettes that I believe Frank Bubnick had been holding on to from a 70s 'snail' mail trade... Back when a 'trade' was even to be made! He gave them to me a while ago, and I've always thought these poor sounding primitive tapes could be a great audience recording, if put in the right hands to fix it up (So many classic 70s fan recordings have made at the famous Cobo Hall in Detroit). Well, my/our friend~ Joe franks (Fartherobliv) took my transfer of this recording and did just that. The mastery he performed has made this a VERY good listen.
The exact date of this show is arguable but we know it took place between July 4th & July 14th (the first dates of the 1975 Tour in support of Initiation).
And Willie had just replaced Kevin Ellman on drums. My tapes are scribbled with July 13, so I'm going with that
About the work Joe did, he says: "Sound is steady and mostly consistent, and listenable. Clean and nice after the EQ.
HMK has some hectic sound at first 2 min then clears up (repairs noted below).
Ikon 75' as I call it (which is just the jam part slightly extended) gives us a nice deviation, HOWEVER it has none of the momentum of the previous year, and only gives us extremely short solos before stopping. I do enjoy the Side A Initiation medley especially here, it sounds as fresh as it would ever be at any time, definitely a very nice aspect of this show.
The Vegas Hits Medley is missing the beginning intro, but the other tape flip has been edited out on this remastered version to keep it continuous.
I'm a sucker for the Vegas Hits Medley, it's charming, and for me a highly enjoyable aspect of this show.
Some of the dialogue that Todd says is hard to hear, the Freak Preamble is its own track, in case someone would want to skip that part. Freak Parade is quite awesome.
TLR is missing the beginning.
Then we get Mr Triscuits, which is another highlight.
This show has Killer moments for sure. Thanks so much Warren, and to Frank B."
1975 07 13 - TR-U - Cobo Hall - Detroit, MI
Tracking, EQ, repairs, re-master by fartherobliv (JF) - Jan 2014
Tape 1 (Sides A & B)
01 - Star Spangled Banner~Utopia Theme
02 - Sunset Blvd~Le Feel Internacionale
03 - Freedom Fighters
04 - Don't You Ever Learn
05 - 7 Rays
06 - HMK (channel replacement done on R, replaced w/ Left 0:00-4:09)
07 - Ikon '75
08 - The Wheel
09 - Real Man
10 - Born To Synthesize
Tape 2 (Sides A & B)
11 - Death of Rock n Roll
12 - Eastern Intrigue
13 - Initiation
14 - Fair Warning (fixed overlap; cut at 4:36, left untouched)
15 - Vegas Medley (beginning missing - tape change cut eliminated)
16 - #1LCD
17 - Freak Preamble
18 - Freak Parade
19 - The Last Ride (beginning missing)
20 - Mr Triscuits (R channel replaced w/ Left (0:00 - 4:25)
21 - Something's Coming
22 - Open My Eyes
23 - Sons of 1984
total time: 154 min.
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Utopia
Nakano Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo
December 12 1976
audience recording
Silver CDs-->EAC-->wav-->FLAC
'Communion With The Sun'- A fairly recent 'boot' Japanese double CD (Sirene-179). Hiroshi might be able to shine more light on this one, (because I believe
he has it)...but this just in from my buddy Soichi (Japan). Happy New Year to me! This is not the 'Smashing Ice Guitar' (Tarantura) boot from the same date
and seems to be another source too! Or maybe two shows were performed on December 12th 1976? Again maybe Horoshi can clarify.
An excellent audience recording I think. If ya'll already have this, then please forgive me. I didn't have it, and It's been very hard for me to find until
now. This is ESSENTIAL. Soichi also provides us with the CD Artwork (I include it below and within the .rar download). ENJOY!
Disc One:
01 Overture/Communion With The Sun
02 When The Shit Hits the Fan (Sunset Blvd.) - le Feel Internacionale
03 Love of the Common Man
04 The Seven Rays
05 Windows
06 Emergency Splashdown
07 Freedom Fighters
Disc Two:
01 The Verb To Love
02 Initiation
03 The Wheel
04 Landmark
05 Mister Triscuits
06 Something's Coming
07 Jealousy
08 Boogies (Hamburger Hell)
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Utopia
Nakano Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo
December 12 1976
audience recording
Silver CDs-->EAC-->wav-->FLAC
'Communion With The Sun'- A fairly recent 'boot' Japanese double CD (Sirene-179). Hiroshi might be able to shine more light on this one, (because I believe
he has it)...but this just in from my buddy Soichi (Japan). Happy New Year to me! This is not the 'Smashing Ice Guitar' (Tarantura) boot from the same date
and seems to be another source too! Or maybe two shows were performed on December 12th 1976? Again maybe Horoshi can clarify.
An excellent audience recording I think. If ya'll already have this, then please forgive me. I didn't have it, and It's been very hard for me to find until
now. This is ESSENTIAL. Soichi also provides us with the CD Artwork (I include it below and within the .rar download). ENJOY!
Disc One:
01 Overture/Communion With The Sun
02 When The Shit Hits the Fan (Sunset Blvd.) - le Feel Internacionale
03 Love of the Common Man
04 The Seven Rays
05 Windows
06 Emergency Splashdown
07 Freedom Fighters
Disc Two:
01 The Verb To Love
02 Initiation
03 The Wheel
04 Landmark
05 Mister Triscuits
06 Something's Coming
07 Jealousy
08 Boogies (Hamburger Hell)
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