Released February 4, 1977 Artist Utopia Producer Todd Rundgren | Length 53:04 Release date 4 February 1977 Label Rhino Entertainment | |
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Recorded at Bearsville Sound Studio, Utopia Sound and Turtle Creek Barn Ra
(1977) Oops! Wrong Planet
(1977) Genres Rock music, Progressive rock, Art rock Similar Utopia albums, Rock music albums | ||
Todd rundgren utopia ra deluxe edition
Ra is the second studio album and third release by Utopia on Bearsville Records in 1977. Replete with an elaborate $250,000 stage show featuring a 22-foot-tall (6.7 m) pyramid and golden sphinx which took 18 months of prep, Ra was Rundgren's most ambitious live undertaking.
Contents
- Todd rundgren utopia ra deluxe edition
- Singring and the glass guitar part 1
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Charts
- Songs
- References
The cornerstone of the album and show is Singring and the Glass Guitar, which comprises solos by each band member battling the elements: water (drums), wind (bass), fire (keyboards), and earth (guitar). At the pinnacle of the live show, Rundgren played the final guitar solo while repeatedly climbing and flipping off the pyramid.
The album was modestly successful, peaking the Billboard Top 200 at #79.
Singring and the glass guitar part 1
Track listing
A number of Test Presses and a very limited amount of vinyl and 8 track tape(cassette release unknown)pressings were pressed using a rejected master tape that includes an alternate mix of the album. The songs "Communion with the sun" and "Sunburst Finish" are are almost entirely different takes, Communion with the sun having a more aggressive drum track, alternate vocals and instrument solos. Sunburst Finish lead vocals are similar but backing vocals are different and some backing vocals are missing. "Singring and the Glass Guitar" is slightly different as the intro to Willie Wilcox' drum solo is missing. All other tracks on the album are indistinguishable from the final master.
The only way to tell if the album or tape is from the rejected master is by playing them with the exception of the European pressing. A1 and B1 will be written into the dead wax of the vinyl. It is unknown as to exactly how many pressings were made.
Personnel
Production
Charts
Album - Billboard
Songs
1Overture: Mountaintop and Sunrise/Communion With the Sun6:54
2Magic Dragon Theatre3:28
3Jealousy4:44