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Long lost early Todd Rundgren recordings have surfaced in a new deluxe Nazz box set that unearths the original recordings from the 60s power-pop/psych project that brought Todd Rundgren his first taste of musical notoriety. Lost Masters & Demos will be released through Cleopatra Records on December 2.
Rundgren’s ambitious vision for the second Nazz album actually encompassed 26 songs spread across two LPs. And although the recordings were eventually scrapped and most of the songs reserved for the band’s posthumous third album, 1971’s III, these early versions of the songs would profoundly shape not just Nazz’s sound but the trajectory of Rundgren’s own career.
These tracks are taken directly from the original master acetates of the originally conceived 1968 rough mix of Nazz’s second album, 1969’s Nazz Nazz. It was at the sessions that Rundgren took his first turn behind the mixing desk.
Lost Masters & Demos brings all of these rarities into one gorgeous package, available as either a three CD or four LP set, that includes a full-colour booklet with detailed liner notes from music historian Michael Armes as well as an extensive interview with Nazz engineer and future engineer on Rundgren’s first three solo albums James Lowe, plus a stack of rare photos!
In addition, the other recently discovered acetates contain alternate mixes of Nazz’s signature tune Open My Eyes as well as the future Rundgren hit Hello, It’s Me. And you can hear the original acetate version of Forget All About It below.
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- Todd Rundgren - Initiation + Lyric Inner - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.60, €12.10 (Back In Stock) (arrived 13-Feb-2025 17:00)on February 21, 2025 at 11:17 pm
TODD RUNDGREN Initiation (1975 UK 7-track vinyl LP, including Real Man, another perfect example of Todd's knack for pop craft, plus more synth-heavy prog of the early Utopia variety. The picture sleeve shows minimal wear [some very mild papersplitting at one or two far reaching corners] but comes with its lyric card inner and the vinyl remains in EX condition K55504)
- Todd Rundgren - The Complete Bearsville Albums Collection - UK - cd album box set - £150.00, $189.00, €181.50 (New Item) (arrived 22-Jan-2025 18:00)on February 21, 2025 at 11:17 pm
TODD RUNDGREN The Complete Bearsville Albums Collection (2016 UK limited edition 13-disc CD set featuring his complete collection of work released on the legendary Bearsville label, including the Runt, Runt: The Ballad Of Todd Rundgren, Something/Anything?, A Wizard A True Star, Todd, Initiation, Faithful, Back To The Bars, Hermit Of Mink Hollow, Healing, The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect. All eleven albums come in their mini LP-style picture sleeves and are housed together in a clamshell picture box, and remains in a 'near mint' condition)
- Todd Rundgren - Todd + Poster - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £35.00, $44.10, €42.35 (New Item) (arrived 28-Oct-2024 17:00)on February 21, 2025 at 11:17 pm
TODD RUNDGREN Todd (1974 UK 17-track double vinyl LP, his fifth studio album including the single A Dream Goes On Forever. The single-pocket picture sleeve has a little shelfwear & scuffing to the edges and comes complete with the double-sidedlarge fold-out lyric poster with Todd's face on the other side printed in black & grey out of the names of all the people who sent in their postcards from the 'A Wizard, A True Star' album, while both vinyl discs appears in Excellent condition K85501)
- Todd Rundgren - Hermit Of Mink Hollow - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.60, €12.10 (New Item) (arrived 28-Oct-2024 17:00)on February 21, 2025 at 11:17 pm
TODD RUNDGREN Hermit Of Mink Hollow (1978 UK 12-track vinyl LP, glossy picture sleeve with lyric inner. The sleeve shows light wear with a little foxing to the inner & the vinyl shows only light signs of play K55521)
- Todd Rundgren - Back To The Bars - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £25.00, $31.50, €30.25 (New Item) (arrived 28-Oct-2024 17:00)on February 21, 2025 at 11:17 pm
TODD RUNDGREN Back To The Bars (1978 UK 20-track double live LP, with each of the four sides recorded at a different location during week-long stints in NYC, LA, & Cleveland, OH, gatefold picture sleeve with illustrated inners. The sleeve shows light wear & the vinyl remains excellent with just a few light surface scuffs to show for its years K65511)
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