TODD RUNDGREN Something / Anything? 1972 UK BEARSVILLE 1st PRESS Nr MINT
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77
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£ 77
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Jul 4, 2014
Sold Date
Jun 24, 2014
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£ 20
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TODD RUNDGREN Something / Anything? 1972 UK BEARSVILLE 1st PRESS Nr MINT
LOVELY COPY - COMPLETE w/ FOLD-OUT LYRIC INSERT
TODD RUNDGRENSomething / Anything?
UK BEARSVILLE (K65501) ORIGINAL PRESSING (March 1972)
LOVELY COPY - DELIVERERS BEAUTIFULLY DEEP, RICH AND WARM SOUND AND PLAYS WITH NOTHING TO FAULT
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE UK BEARSVILLE LABELS
MATRIX Record 1: K65501 A1 / K65501 B3
MATRIX Record 2: K65501 C1 / K65501 D1
THE TWO RECORDS ARE HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER "Printed and made by MacNeill Press Ltd., London, S.E.1"
COMPLETE WITH THE FOUR-FOLD PHOTO/LYRIC INSERT
AND THE TWO ORIGINAL DIE-CUT INNER SLEEVES WITH UK PATENT NUMBER AND "MADE IN ENGLAND" PRINTED IN BLUE
After two albums, Todd Rundgren had one hit and a burgeoning cult following, plus growing respect as a hit-making record producer. There's no question he was busy, but as it turns out, all this work only scratched the surface of his ambition. He had decided to abandon the Runt pretence and recorded a full double album by himself (save for one side). Others had recorded one-man albums before, most notably Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney, but Rundgren -- without borrowing musically from either artist -- captured the homemade ambience of McCartney with the visionary feel of Music of My Mind, adding an encyclopaedic knowledge of pop music from Gilbert & Sullivan through Jimi Hendrix, plus the crazed zeal of a pioneer.
Listening to Something/Anything? is a mind-altering trip in itself, no matter how many instantly memorable, shamelessly accessible pop songs are scattered throughout the album. Each side of the double album is a concept onto itself. The first side is "a bouquet of ear-catching melodies"; side two is "the cerebral side"; on side three "the kid gets heavy"; side four is his mock pop operetta, recorded with a full band including the Sales brothers.
It gallops through everything -- Carole King tributes ("I Saw the Light"), classic ballads ("Hello It's Me," "It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference"), Motown ("Wolfman Jack"), blinding power pop ("Couldn't I Just Tell You"), psychedelic hard rock ("Black Maria"), pure weirdness ("I Went to the Mirror"), blue-eyed soul ("Dust in the Wind"), and scores of brilliant songs that don't fall into any particular style ("Cold Morning Light," "It Takes Two to Tango").
It's an amazing journey that's remarkably unpretentious. He may have contributed self-penned liner notes, but Rundgren peppers his writing with self-aware, self-deprecating asides, and he also indulges his bizarre sense of humour with gross-outs ("Piss Aaron") and sheer quirkiness, such as an aural tour of the studio at the beginning of Side Two.
Something/Anything? has a ton of loose ends throughout: plenty of studio tricks, slight songs (but no filler), snippets of dialogue, and purposely botched beginnings, but all these throwaways simply add context -- they're what makes the album into a kaleidoscopic odyssey through the mind of an insanely gifted pop music obsessive. Rundgren occasionally touched on the sheer brilliance of Something/Anything? in his later work, but this extraordinary double album is the one time where his classicist song-craft and messy genius converged to create an utterly unique, glorious record
Side 1:
I Saw The Light
It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference
Wolfman Jack
Cold Morning Light
It Takes Two To Tango (This Is For The Girls)
Sweeter Memories
Side 2:
Intro - Breathless
The Night The Carousel Burned Down
Saving Grace
Marlene
Song Of The Viking
I Went To The Mirror
Side 3:
Black Maria
One More Day (No Word)
Couldn't I Just Tell You
Torch Song
Little Red Lights
Side 4:
Overture: Money (That's What I Want) - Messin' With The Kid
Dust In The Wind
Piss Aaron
Hello It's Me
Some Folks Is Even Whiter Than Me
You Left Me Sore
Slut
LABELS: NEAR MINT
All four labels are clean and unmarked - light spindle traces only (mostly on Side Two)
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
All four surfaces shine like-new with just a few light, superficial and harmless marks
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Outstanding sound quality with Rundgren's deep, rich and lush production.
The whole set plays beautifully throughout and my play-check at volume found little to fault - nothing but the (very) occasional minor one-off tick - lovely copy of a wonderful record
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
Clean, sharp and unmarked with just a little storage wear on the corners
LYRIC INSERT: NEAR MINT
The four-fold insert with lyrics on one side and photo artwork on the other is clean and unmarked
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd Class Recorded Delivery)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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