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Grand Funk Railroad: Shinin’ On

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In March 1974, “Capitol” label released “Shinin’ On”, the eighth Grand Funk Railroad album. It was recorded 1974, and was produced by Todd Rundgren. The original cover was done in bi-visual 3-D and included the required blue and red lensed glasses to view it.

Personnel:

  • Mark Farner– vocals, guitar, guitarrón, harmonica, organ
  • Craig Frost– organ, clavinet, Moog, piano, mellotron, backing vocals
  • Mel Schacher– bass guitar
  • Don Brewer– vocals, drums, percussion
  • Todd Rundgren– guitar, backing vocals
  • David Lesage –recording

Track listing:

  1. Shinin’ On – Don Brewer, Mark Farner
  2. To Get Back In – Mark Farner
  3. The Loco-Motion – Goffin,King
  4. Carry Me Through – Don Brewer, Craig Frost
  5. Please Me – Don Brewer, Mark Farner
  6. Pretty Boy – Don Brewer, Mark Farner, Craig Frost
  7. Gettin’ Over You – Don Brewer, Craig Frost
  8. Little Johnny Hooker – Mark Farner

Johnny Winter: STill Alive and Well

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In March 1973, “Columbia” label released “Still Alive and Well” the fifth Johnny Winter album. It was recorded in 1973, and was produced by Rick Derringer.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Winter– vocals, guitar, slide guitar, mandolin
  • Rick Derringer– slide guitar, pedal steel guitar, click and electric guitar
  • Mark Klingman– piano
  • Randy Jo Hobbs– bass
  • Richard Hughes – drums
  • Jeremy Steig– flute
  • Todd Rundgren– mellotron
  • John Berg, Ed Lee – design

Track listing:

  1. Rock Me Baby – Big Bill Broonzy, Arthur Crudup
  2. Can’t You Feel It – Dan Hartman
  3. Cheap Tequila – Rick Derringer
  4. All Tore Down – Joe Crane
  5. Rock & Roll – Johnny Winter
  6. Silver Train – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  7. Ain’t Nothing to Me – Eric Dunbar
  8. Still Alive & Well – Rick Derringer
  9. Too Much Seconal – Johnny Winter
  10. Let It Bleed – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards

Roger Powell: Air Pocket

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On January 30, 1980, “Bearsville Records” label released “Air Pocket”, the second Roger Powell album. It was recorded in 1979, at “Utopia Sound Studios”in Woodstock, NY, and was produced by Roger Powell. “Air Pocket” was voted the #1 album of 1980 by a reader poll in “Keyboard Magazine”

Personnel:

  • Roger Powell – synthesizer, keyboards
  • John Holbrook – rhythm guitar, engineer
  • Todd Rundgren – guitar
  • Mark Styles – keyboards
  • Cleve Pozar – drums

Track listing.

All tracks by Roger Powell.

  1. Lunar Plexus
  2. Landmark
  3. Air Pocket
  4. Windows
  5. Emergency Splashdown
  6. Morning Chorus
  7. March of the Dragonslayers
  8. Prophecy
  9. Sands of Arrakis
  10. Dragons “N’ Griffins/Mr Triscuits Theme
  11. Pipeline ‘76

Laura Nyro: Mother’s Spiritual

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In January 1984, “Columbia” label released “Mother’s Spiritual”, the eighth Laura Nyro studio album. It was recorded in 1973, in Danbury, and was produced by Laura Nyro.

Personnel:

  • Laura Nyro – vocals, harmonies, acoustic and electric pianos, dulcimer
  • John Bristow – electric guitar
  • Jan Nigro – acoustic guitar
  • Todd Rundgren- synthesizer, production assistance
  • Lisa Sunshine – bass
  • Terry Silverlight- drums
  • Julie Lyonn Lieberman– violin
  • Nydia “Liberty” Mata – percussion, production assistance
  • Arthur Kelm, Chris Andersen – engineer, mixing
  • Irene Young – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Laura Nyro.

  1. To a Child
  2. The Right to Vote
  3. A Wilderness
  4. Melody in the Sky
  5. Late for Love
  6. A Free Thinker
  7. Man in the Moon
  8. Talk to a Green Tree
  9. Trees of the Ages
  10. The Brighter Song
  11. Roadnotes
  12. Sophia
  13. Mother’s Spiritual
  14. Refrain

XTC: Skylarking

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On October 27, 1986, “Virgin” label released “Skylarking”, the ninth XTC studio album. It was recorded in 1986, at “Utopia Sound Studios” in Woodstock, NY; “The Sound Hole Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Todd Rundgren.

Personnel:

  • Andy Partridge– vocals, guitar
  • Colin Moulding– vocals, bass, and bonfire
  • Dave Gregory– vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer, Chamberlin, string arrangement, the odd tiple
  • Prairie Prince– “the part of the time bomb” (i.e., drums)
  • Beech Avenue Boys (i.e., XTC) – backing vocals
  • Todd Rundgren– melodica,  keyboards, backing vocals, orchestral arrangements, computer programming, engineer
  • Mingo Lewis – percussion
  • Charlie McCarthy – alto and tenor saxophone, flute
  • Bob Ferreira – tenor saxophone, piccolo, bass clarinet
  • Dave Bendigkeit – trumpet
  • Dean Hubbard – trombone
  • John Tenney – violin
  • Emily Van Valkenburgh – violin
  • Rebecca Sebring – viola
  • Teressa Adams – cello
  • Jasmine Veillette – vocals
  • Kim Foscatoand, George Cowan – additional engineering
  • Greg Fulginiti – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy Partridge, except where noted.

  1. Summer’s Cauldron
  2. Grass – Colin Moulding
  3. The Meeting Place – Colin Moulding
  4. That’s Really Super, Supergirl
  5. Ballet for a Rainy Day
  6. 1000 Umbrellas
  7. Season Cycle
  8. Earn Enough for Us
  9. Big Day
  10. Another Satellite
  11. Mermaid Smiled
  12. The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul
  13. Dying – Colin Moulding
  14. Sacrificial Bonfire – Colin Moulding

The Psychedelic Furs: Forever Now

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On September 25, 1982, “Columbia” label released “Forever Now” the third  Psychedelic Furs (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1982, and was produced by Todd Rundgren. The album cover album featured cover art by English artist Barney Bubbles (aka Colin Fulcher).

Personnel:

  • Richard Butler– vocals
  • John Ashton– guitars
  • Tim Butler– bass guitar
  • Vince Ely – drums
  • Todd Rundgren– keyboards; saxophone; marimba
  • Gary Windo– horns
  • Donn Adams – horns
  • Ann Sheldon – cello
  • Flo & Eddie(Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan) – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. President Gas
  2. Love My Way
  3. Run and Run
  4. Merry-Go-Round
  5. Sleep Comes Down
  6. Forever Now
  7. Danger
  8. You and I
  9. Goodbye
  10. No Easy Street

The Band: Stage Fright

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Stage Fright

On August 17, 1970, “Capitol” label released “Stage Fright”, the third Band (The) studio album. It was recorded May–June 1970, at “Woodstock Playhouse” in Woodstock, New York, and was produced by Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel and Robbie Robertson..

Personnel:

  • Robbie Robertson – guitars, autoharp
  • Garth Hudson– organ, electric piano, accordion, tenor saxophone
  • Richard Manuel– vocals, piano, organ, drums, clavinet
  • Rick Danko – vocals, bass, fiddle
  • Levon Helm– drums, guitar, percussion, vocals
  • John Simon– baritone saxophone
  • Todd Rundgren– recording, mixing
  • Glyn Johns– mixing

Track listing:

  1. Strawberry Wine – Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson
  2. Sleeping – Robbie Robertson, Richard Manuel
  3. Time to Kill – Robbie Robertson
  4. Just Another Whistle Stop – Robbie Robertson, Richard Manuel
  5. All La Glory – Robbie Robertson
  6. The Shape I’m In – Robbie Robertson
  7. The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show – Robbie Robertson
  8. Daniel and the Sacred Harp – Robbie Robertson
  9. Stage Fright – Robbie Robertson
  10. The Rumor – Robbie Robertson

Grand Funk: We’re An American Band

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We Are an American Band

On July 15, 1973, “Capitol” label released “We’re An American Band”, the seventh Grand Funk Railroad studio album. It was recorded June 1973, at “Criteria Studios” in Miami, Florida, and was produced by Todd Rundgren. “National Association of Recording Merchandisers” (NARM) ranked the album at number 200 on its list of the “Definitive 200 Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Mark Farner– vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, electric piano, congas
  • Craig Frost– organ, clavinet, electric piano, Moog synthesizer
  • Mel Schacher– bass
  • Don Brewer– vocals, drums, percussion
  • Todd Rundgren– engineer
  • Seth Snyder – engineer assistant
  • Lynn Goldsmith, Andrew Cavaliere – art concept, design
  • John Hoernle – art direction
  • Lynn Goldsmith – photography

Track listing:

  1. We’re an American Band – Don Brewer
  2. Stop Lookin Back – Don Brewer, Mark Farner
  3. Creepin’ – Mark Farner
  4. Black Licorice – Don Brewer, Mark Farner
  5. The Railroad – Mark Farner
  6. Ain’t Got Nobody – Don Brewer, Mark Farner
  7. Walk Like a Man – Don Brewer, Mark Farner
  8. Loneliest Rider – Mark Farner
  9. Hooray – Don Brewer, Mark Farner
  10. The End – Don Brewer, Mark Farner
  11. Stop Looking Back (Acoustic Mix) – Don Brewer, Mark Farner

Patti Smith Group: Wave

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Wave

On May 17, 1979, “Arista” label released “Wave”, the fourth Patti Smith Group studio album. It was recorded in 1979 at “Bearsville Studios” in New York, and was produced by Todd Rundgren.

Personnel:

  • Patti Smith– vocals
  • Lenny Kaye– vocals, guitar, bass guitar
  • Richard Sohl– piano
  • Ivan Kral– bass guitar, guitar, cello, keyboards
  • Todd Rundgren– bass guitar,  engineer
  • Jay Dee Daugherty– drums, consultant
  • Andi Ostrowe – percussion, timpani
  • George Carnell – engineer assistant
  • Tom Edmonds – engineer assistant
  • Vic Anesini – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Frederick – Patti Smith
  2. Dancing Barefoot – Patti Smith, Ivan Kral
  3. So you want to Be (a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star) – Jim McGuinn, Chris Hillman
  4. Hymn – Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye
  5. Revenge – Patti Smith, Ivan Kral
  6. Citizen Ship – Patti Smith, Ivan Kral
  7. Seven Ways of Going – Patti Smith
  8. Broken Flag – Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye
  9. Wave – Patti Smith

Nazz: Nazz Nazz

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On April 7, 1969, “SGC Records” label released “Nazz Nazz”, the second Nazz album.It was recorded in 1969, and was produced by Nazz.

Personnel:

  • Robert “Stewkey” Antoni – vocals
  • Todd Rundgren – vocals, guitar, keyboards, horn and string arrangements
  • Carson Van Osten – vocals, bass
  • Thom Mooney – vocals, drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Todd Rundgren.

  1. Forget All About It
  2. Not Wrong Long
  3. Rain Rider
  4. Gonna Cry Today
  5. Meridian Leeward
  6. Under the Ice
  7. Hang on Paul
  8. Kiddie Boy
  9. Featherbedding Lover
  10. Letters Don’t Count
  11. A Beautiful Song