{"id":572445,"date":"2026-04-08T20:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T20:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/572445\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T20:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T20:15:10","slug":"we-gonna-rock-rhino-brings-todd-rundgren-john-prine-rsd-titles-to-cd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/572445\/","title":{"rendered":"We Gonna Rock: Rhino Brings Todd Rundgren, John Prine RSD Titles to CD"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\"Todd<\/a>BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM<\/p>\n

On Saturday, April 18, record buyers everywhere will descend upon independent shops to seek out a variety of limited-edition vinyl LPs on Record Store Day.\u00a0 Happily, Rhino is continuing its recent tradition of releasing a select number of its RSD titles in the CD format, as well.\u00a0 One day earlier, on April 17, the label will release the double-disc expansion of a-ha\u2019s Analogue (read all about it here<\/a>!) as well as Todd Rundgren\u2019s Runt Live: The Necessary Cosmic Frenzy and John Prine\u2019s BBC Sessions on CD.<\/p>\n

Runt Live: The Necessary Cosmic Frenzy collects highlights from Rundgren\u2019s June 30th, 1971 performance at Philadelphia\u2019s famed Sigma Sound Studio, as originally broadcast live over WMMR. (The full version of the concert was issued on CD in 2016 as part of the\u00a0Box o\u2019 Todd<\/a>.)\u00a0 He was supported by future Utopia keyboardist Mark \u201cMoogy\u201d Klingman, bassist Stu Woods, guitarist Tom Cosgrove, and drummer Norman \u201cN.D.\u201d Smart as well as mime-rock troupe The Hello People on a set including such rarities as \u201cI Got My Pipe,\u201d \u201cLady on the Terrace\u201d (in two different mixes), and \u201cTonight I Wanna Love Me a Stranger.\u201d\u00a0 A loose jaunt through The Beatles\u2019 \u201cHold Me Tight\u201d and Smokey Robinson and The Miracles\u2019 \u201cOoh Baby Baby\u201d appear here, as well as \u201cBroke Down and Busted,\u201d the first tune on Side One of Rundgren\u2019s 1970 debut, Runt.\u00a0 (The concert took place not long after the release of the singer-songwriter\u2019s second album, Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren.)\u00a0 More familiar items such as \u201cIt Wouldn\u2019t Have Made Any Difference\u201d (performed months before its appearance on Something\/Anything), \u201cBe Nice to Me,\u201d and \u201cBelieve in Me\u201d haven\u2019t made the cut for this release.\u00a0 The Record Store Day vinyl edition is limited to 3,000 copies and is pressed on transparent light blue vinyl.<\/p>\n

\"John<\/a>BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM<\/p>\n

The late John Prine\u2019s BBC Sessions offers nine tracks from the archives of the British broadcasting titan including a sidelong set from In Concert, the landmark 1970-1976 program bookended with performances by Joni Mitchell and Johnny Mercer.\u00a0 The lion\u2019s share of BBC Sessions reprises songs from Prine\u2019s 1971 self-titled Atlantic Records debut including \u201cIllegal Smile,\u201d \u201cSpanish Pipedream,\u201d \u201cSam Stone,\u201d \u201cPretty Good,\u201d \u201cDonald and Lydia,\u201d \u201cYour Flag Decal Won\u2019t Get You Into Heaven Anymore,\u201d and \u201cHello in There,\u201d which Atlantic labelmate Bette Midler would quickly cover on her own 1972 debut The Divine Miss M.\u00a0 \u201cRocky Mountain Time\u201d and \u201cEverybody\u201d would appear on Prine\u2019s second Atlantic set, Diamonds in the Rough.\u00a0 The Record Store Day vinyl edition is pressed on 140-gram black vinyl and is limited to 7,100 copies.<\/p>\n

The Todd Rundgren and John Prine titles arrive from Rhino on Friday, April 17 on CD.\u00a0 You\u2019ll find track listings and pre-order links below.\u00a0 As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.<\/p>\n

Todd Rundgren, Runt Live: The Necessary Cosmic Frenzy (Bearsville\/Rhino, 2026) (Amazon U.S.<\/a> \/ Amazon U.K.<\/a> \/ Amazon Canada<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Lady On The Terrace
\nI Got My Pipe
\nWe Gonna Rock
\nHold Me Tight (excerpt of Beatles cover)
\nEverybody In The Congregation
\nLady On The Terrace (alternate mix)
\nBroke Down And Busted
\nBefore I Grow Too Old
\nOoh Baby Baby
\nTonight I Want To Love Me A Stranger
\nProvided For<\/p>\n

John Prine, BBC Sessions (Rhino, 2026) (Amazon U.S.<\/a> \/ Amazon U.K.<\/a> \/ Amazon Canada<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Spanish Pipedream
\nIllegal Smile
\nSam Stone
\nRocky Mountain Time<\/p>\n

BBC In Concert \u2013 April 24, 1973<\/p>\n

Everybody
\nYour Flag Decal Won\u2019t Get You Into Heaven Anymore
\nDonald and Lydia
\nPretty Good
\nHello in There<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM On Saturday, April 18, record buyers everywhere will descend upon independent shops to seek…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":["post-572445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}