Runt (album)

Alternative pressings

Upon its release in June 1970 the album was issued with 10 tracks. After "We Gotta Get You a Woman" became a hit single, Ampex decided to press more copies of the LP in November 1970 to keep up with demand. A rejected 12-track master of the LP was accidentally sent to the pressing plant resulting in approximately 5,000 mis-presses. Instead of throwing out the LPs, Ampex decided to sell them anyway, unmarked, as a sort of surprise to the purchaser. This album as well as Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren were issued in 1971 on the Bearsville label, being distributed by Ampex at the time. In mid-1971 Bearsville was purchased by Warner Bros. distribution, and plans were made to re-release each album as Runt with catalog number BV 2046 and Ballad as BV 2047. These were never pressed. Later in 1973 Warner Bros wanted Bearsville to re-release both albums as a "twin pack" entitled Todd Rundgren's Rack Job (Catalog number 2BV 2156). The album got as far as test presses and album art but was shelved, as Rundgren wanted to release an album of new material instead.

Track listing

All songs by Todd Rundgren.

1. "Broke Down and Busted" - 4:32
2. "Believe in Me" - 2:04
3. "We Got to Get You a Woman" [styled "We Gotta Get You a Woman" as a single and on Bearsville pressings] - 2:52
4. "Who's That Man" - 2:59
5. "Once Burned" - 2:09
6. "Devil's Bite" - 3:53

1. "I'm in the Clique" - 4:57
2. "There Are No Words" - 2:12
3. "Baby Let's Swing"/"The Last Thing You Said"/"Don't Tie My Hands" - 5:28
4. "Birthday Carol" - 9:14

12-track mispressed vinyl release, November 1970

1. "Broke Down and Busted" - 4:59 (same as standard version but with short intro from "There Are No Words")
2. "Believe in Me" - 2:01 (alternate mix)
3. "We Gotta Get You a Woman" - 3:07 (alternate mix)
4. "Once Burned" - 2:09 (same as standard version)
5. "Who's That Man?" - 2:59 (same as standard version)
6. "Hope I'm Around" - 4:28 (not on standard version, but an alternate version was included on his second album)
7. "Devil's Bite" - 3:58 (alternate mix with extended guitar solo)

1. "I'm in the Clique" - 4:57 (same as standard version)
2. "There Are No Words" - 2:12 (same as standard version)
3. "Baby Let's Swing" - 3:25 (full length song, not part of a medley)
4. "Say No More" - 3:08 (not on standard version)
5. "Birthday Carol" - 9:11 (partially the same as standard version, but with some brief alterations)

There were also 2 early issues on cassette with alternate track listings. The first issue was the 1970 Ampex release which reverses Sides One and Two of the LP, in order to sequence the longer side first. The second issue was the 1971 Bearsville Ampex release which has a radically different track listing as well as edited versions of "Devil's Bite", "Broke Down and Busted", "I'm in the Clique", "There are No Words", "Birthday Carol" and has the medley split in two.

Expanded reissue

In 2011 reissue label Edsel released an expanded twofer of Runt and Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren that included the eight long-out-of-print alternate versions of songs from the 12-track misprint as bonus tracks. In 2014, Edsel issued Runt + The Alternative Runt, a double CD set that contained the original Runt on the first disc, the November 1970 misprint on the second disc, and "Broke Down and Busted (live at Carnegie Hall, June 8, 1972)" as a bonus track.

Personnel

(taken from the standard release LP jacket)

Charts

Album

Singles