Todd Rundgren – Initiation
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Bearsville – BR 6957 |
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US |
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Rock |
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Art Rock |
Tracklist
| A1 | Real Man | 4:25 | |
| A2 | Born To Synthesize | 3:40 | |
| A3 | The Death Of Rock And Roll | 3:48 | |
| A4 | Eastern Intrigue | 5:06 | |
| A5 | Initiation | 7:05 | |
| A6 | Fair Warning | 8:07 | |
| A Treatise On Cosmic Fire | (36:00) | ||
| B.1 | Intro - Prana | 4:27 | |
| B.2 | II. The Fire Of Mind - Or Solar Fire | 3:43 | |
| B.3 | III. The Fire Of Spirit - Or Electric Fire | 7:34 | |
| B.4 | I. The Internal Fire - Or Fire By Friction | 20:16 | |
| B.4a | Muladhara - The Dance Of Kundalini | ||
| B.4b | Svadhishthana - Bam, Bham, Mam, Yam, Ram, Lam, Thank You, Mahm | ||
| B.4c | Manipura - Seat Of Fire | ||
| B.4d | Anahata - The Halls Of Air | ||
| B.4e | Vishudda - Sounds Beyond Ears | ||
| B.4f | Ajna - Sights Beyond Eyes | ||
| B.4g | Brahmarandhra - Nirvana Shakti | ||
| B.5 | Outro - Prana |
Companies, etc.
- Distributed By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
- Record Company – Warner Communications
- Record Company – Warner Bros. Inc.
- Manufactured By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
- Copyright © – Bearsville Records
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
- Published By – Earmark Music Inc.
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
- Recorded At – Secret Sound
- Recorded At – Bearsville Studios
- Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Credits
- Instruments [All] – Todd Rundgren (tracks: B1 to B4)
- Producer, Cover [Art], Arranged By, Mixed By, Written-By – Todd Rundgren
- Typography [Lettering] – Hal Fiedler
Notes
Came with printed inner sleeve. First issue with no "R" on label (in a circle close to Bearsville logo).
Label border text starts with "Distributed By..."
[Spine:]
Printed in U.S.A.
[Rear cover:] [Label:]
Made in U.S.A.
Label border text starts with "Distributed By..."
[Spine:]
Printed in U.S.A.
[Rear cover:] [Label:]
Made in U.S.A.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: BMI
- Price Code (On spine): 0698
- Matrix / Runout (A-Side Label): 31,780
- Matrix / Runout (B-Side Label): 31,781
- Matrix / Runout (A-Side Runout Etching (Variant 1)): BR 6957 31870-1G
- Matrix / Runout (B-Side Runout Etching (Variant 1)): BR 6957 31871-1F
- Matrix / Runout (A-Side Runout Etching (Variant 2)): BR 6957 31870-1C
- Matrix / Runout (B-Side Runout Etching (Variant 2)): BR 6957 31871-1B
- Matrix / Runout (A-B Side Runouts Stamped (Variant 2)): STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (A-Side Runout Etching (Variant 3)): p BR 6957 31870-1G STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (B-Side Runout Etching (Variant 3)): BR 6957 31871-1G STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (A-Side Runout Etching (Variant 4)): BR 6957 31870-1F STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (B-Side Runout Etching (Variant 4)): BR 6957 31871-1G STERLING
Other Versions (5 of 51)
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Initiation (LP, Album) | Bearsville | 200.759 | Netherlands | 1975 | ||
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Initiation (LP, Album) | Bearsville | K 55504 | UK | 1975 | ||
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Initiation (LP, Album, Stereo) | Bearsville | BEA 55504 | Netherlands | 1975 | ||
| Initiation (LP, Album) | Bearsville | W 55504, BR 6957 | Italy | 1975 | |||
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Initiation (LP, Album) | Bearsville | BR 6957 | Canada | 1975 |
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Reviews
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For all of us hoping this album would be reissued on 2 LP's, it looks like we get our wish on RSD 2025. Unsure yet if it will be speed corrected.
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Edited 2 years agoFor ages, I had the first 30 seconds or so of 'Real Man' on a tape that I recorded off of late-night NYC radio in the early 90s (WNEW or K-Rock). It gets to the middle of the first verse before it abruptly cuts off - too pretentious and wimpy for my teenage ears. Little did I know.
Initiation is a weird album among weird albums made by a strange man who bucked all convention. This is the height of Todd's synth era. There's nothing that sounds like it until much later in the 70's and 80's. It prefigures Synth-pop down to the gated-reverb sounding snare drum and overall production. There's prog moves galore, as evidenced by Side 2, which is a 36 minute long suite.
The sound is very strange and thin, which is due to over an hour of info being crammed onto one LP. 'Treatise' was actually sped up so that it would fit on one side, giving it an 'Uncle Meat'-era Mothers and video game music, cartoonish feel. You gotta love the note on the back of the record that tells buyers to "record it to tape" for better sound. We couldn't get it to sound right, may be you can!!
Hopefully we'll get a double LP reissue for the 50th that includes a pitch/speed corrected version of 'Treatise'
Did Todd get into Scientology? It sounds like it here.
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