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First album “Runt” (1970), features the hit pop single “We Gotta Get You A Woman” as well as the nine-minute rock epic “Birthday Carol”. The Band’s Levon Helm and Rick Danko play on “Once Burned”, while “There Are No Words” hints at future experimentation.
This edition features for the first time ever on CD, all the different mixes, performances and exclusive songs from the November 1970 mis-pressing of the album. The songs “Say No More” and “Baby Let’s Swing” (complete version) appear nowhere else. “The Ballad Of Todd Rundgren” (1971) features more of Todd’s Laura Nyro-inspired soul/pop ballads, and another hit in “Long Flowing Robe”.
The four bonus tracks are all radio performances from this era. The package contains ephemera and rare photos, all the lyrics, and extensive notes by Paul Myers, extracted from his recent definitive book on Todd Rundgren “A Wizard, A True Star: Todd Rundgren In The Studio”.
DISC ONE
RUNT
1. Broke Down And Busted
2. Believe In Me
3. We Gotta Get You A Woman
4. Who’s That Man?
5. Once Burned
6. Devil’s Bite
7. I’m In The Clique
8. There Are No Words
9. Baby Let’s Swing /
The Last Thing You Said /
Don’t Tie My Hands
10. Birthday Carol
RUNT – ALTERNATE VERSION
11. Broke Down And Busted
[Intro: There Are No Words]
12. Believe In Me [alternate mix]
13. We Gotta Get You A Woman
[alternate mix]
14. Hope I’m Around
[early version]
15. Devil’s Bite [alternate mix]
16. Baby Let’s Swing
[full length song]
17. Say No More
18. Birthday Carol [alternate mix]
DISC TWO
RUNT: THE BALLAD OF Todd Rundgren
1. Long Flowing Robe
2. The Ballad (Denny & Jean)
3. Bleeding
4. Wailing Wall
5. The Range War
6. Chain Letter
7. A Long Time, A Long Way
To Go
8. Boat On The Charles
9. Be Nice To Me
10. Hope I’m Around
11. Parole
12. Remember Me
BONUS TRACKS:
13. Broke Down and Busted
[live at Carnegie Hall,
8th June 1972]
14. Believe In Me
15. Be Nice To Me
16. Hold Me Tight
[live broadcast on WMMR-FM,
30th June 1971]
