Utopia

Vinyl Records and Rare LPs:

	Adventures In Utopia Used - LP - BRK 6991 Beautiful 1981 Heavy Gatefold Original. more
	Adventures In Utopia Used - LP - BRK 6991 1979 Test Pressing. more
	Adventures In Utopia Used Import - RNLP 70872 1980 US reissue from Rhino Records, housed in a non-gatefold jacket. DMM mastering. more
	Deface The Music New - LP - BRK 3487 Sealed 1980 Original. “Having Just Scored Their First Big Hits With Adventures In Utopia, Utopia Inexplicably Took A Step Into Arcana With Its Follow-Up, Deface The Music. Foregoing The Radio-Ready Style Of Adventures, Utopia Delves Deeply Into Beatlemania, Creating A Swift, Brutally Funny And Insanely Catchy Send-Up Of The Fab Four's Entire Career. Clearly, The High (Nearly Arty) Concept Makes Deface The Music The First Utopia Album Since Another Live To Sound Like It Is Solely The Work Of Todd Rundgren. The Music Is So Savvy, It's Clear That These Songs Are Primarily The Work Of Todd, Even If They're Credited To Utopia. Rundgren Is Able To Write Songs That Evoke Specific Eras Of The Beatles' Career And Have Them Be Funny Without Being A Slave To Parody. Like The Rutles, This Music Works Well On Its Own Merits And, Unlike The Rutles, Rundgren Is As Credible With "Penny Lane" Psychedelia ("Hoi Poloi") Or "Eleanor Rigby" Chamber-Pop ("Life Goes On") As He Is With Merseybeat ("I Just Want To Touch You," "Crystal Ball"). Unlike The Rutles, It Sounds Like It Was Recorded In 1980, Not The '60s, Which Intensifies The Feeling That Deface The Music Is Merely A Curiosity Or An Exercise For Rundgren, But Since The Entire Thing Is Finished In Just Over A Half Hour, It Feels More Like A Burst Of Cynical Joy That Is Damn Near Impossible To Resist.” Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AMG. more
	Deface The Music New - LP - BRK 3487 Sealed 1980 Original. Small Cut Out Hole. “Having Just Scored Their First Big Hits With Adventures In Utopia, Utopia Inexplicably Took A Step Into Arcana With Its Follow-Up, Deface The Music. Foregoing The Radio-Ready Style Of Adventures, Utopia Delves Deeply Into Beatlemania, Creating A Swift, Brutally Funny And Insanely Catchy Send-Up Of The Fab Four's Entire Career. Clearly, The High (Nearly Arty) Concept Makes Deface The Music The First Utopia Album Since Another Live To Sound Like It Is Solely The Work Of Todd Rundgren. The Music Is So Savvy, It's Clear That These Songs Are Primarily The Work Of Todd, Even If They're Credited To Utopia. Rundgren Is Able To Write Songs That Evoke Specific Eras Of The Beatles' Career And Have Them Be Funny Without Being A Slave To Parody. Like The Rutles, This Music Works Well On Its Own Merits And, Unlike The Rutles, Rundgren Is As Credible With "Penny Lane" Psychedelia ("Hoi Poloi") Or "Eleanor Rigby" Chamber-Pop ("Life Goes On") As He Is With Merseybeat ("I Just Want To Touch You," "Crystal Ball"). Unlike The Rutles, It Sounds Like It Was Recorded In 1980, Not The '60s, Which Intensifies The Feeling That Deface The Music Is Merely A Curiosity Or An Exercise For Rundgren, But Since The Entire Thing Is Finished In Just Over A Half Hour, It Feels More Like A Burst Of Cynical Joy That Is Damn Near Impossible To Resist.” All Music Guide – Stephen Thomas Erlewine more
	Deface The Music New - LP - BRK 3487 Sealed 1980 Original. Saw Cut. “Having Just Scored Their First Big Hits With Adventures In Utopia, Utopia Inexplicably Took A Step Into Arcana With Its Follow-Up, Deface The Music. Foregoing The Radio-Ready Style Of Adventures, Utopia Delves Deeply Into Beatlemania, Creating A Swift, Brutally Funny And Insanely Catchy Send-Up Of The Fab Four's Entire Career. Clearly, The High (Nearly Arty) Concept Makes Deface The Music The First Utopia Album Since Another Live To Sound Like It Is Solely The Work Of Todd Rundgren. The Music Is So Savvy, It's Clear That These Songs Are Primarily The Work Of Todd, Even If They're Credited To Utopia. Rundgren Is Able To Write Songs That Evoke Specific Eras Of The Beatles' Career And Have Them Be Funny Without Being A Slave To Parody. Like The Rutles, This Music Works Well On Its Own Merits And, Unlike The Rutles, Rundgren Is As Credible With "Penny Lane" Psychedelia ("Hoi Poloi") Or "Eleanor Rigby" Chamber-Pop ("Life Goes On") As He Is With Merseybeat ("I Just Want To Touch You," "Crystal Ball"). Unlike The Rutles, It Sounds Like It Was Recorded In 1980, Not The '60s, Which Intensifies The Feeling That Deface The Music Is Merely A Curiosity Or An Exercise For Rundgren, But Since The Entire Thing Is Finished In Just Over A Half Hour, It Feels More Like A Burst Of Cynical Joy That Is Damn Near Impossible To Resist.” All Music Guide – Stephen Thomas Erlewine more
	Oblivion New - LP - PB 6029 Sealed 1983 Embossed Cover (Front And Back) Original. Crishp Jacket, Saw Cut. Regarded By Many As One Of The Best Power Pop Albums Of The 80s. more
	Oblivion Used - LP - PB 6029 1983 US Original, In Embossed Jacket. Corner Cut With Gentle Wear Mark At Top Of Opening & Top Seam Split. Promo Copy With Custom Band Hype Sticker, Custom Yellow Image Records Promo Hype Sticker Affixed To Front & Gold Stamp On Rear. more
	Oblivion Used - 12 - 4004 DJ 1983 3 Track Promo Only 12". more
	Oops Wrong Planet New - CD - UDCD 637 24kt Gold more
	Oops! Wrong Planet New - LP - RNLP 70870 Sealed 2nd Issue Pressed On Pure Virgin Vinyl. Tiny Saw-Cut. more
	RA New - LP - RNLP 70869 Sealed Rhino 2nd Issue Of This 1977 Recording. Pressed On Quiex Virgin Vinyl. Small Saw Cut. Includes The 18-Minute Epic "Singring And The Glass Guitar," Plus "Electrical Fairy Tale." more
	Ra Used Import - P 10251W 1977 Japanese Original. Corner Ding. "Ra Found Utopia Moving Away From The Long, Experimental Instrumental Jams That Distinguished Their First Two Albums, But What's Surprising About It Is How The Group Changed. Sure, The Lineup Was Different But Their Approach Changed On Ra, As They Moved Away From Prog Rock And Toward Hard Rock. In That Regard, It Makes Sense That Rundgren's Possessive Has Been Stripped From Utopia's Name, Since The Band No Longer Sounds Like An Indulgent Spin-off Of His Own Albums. Ra Has Little To Do With Either Rundgren Album That Preceded Or Succeeded It. In Fact, It's An Anomaly In Both The Utopia And Rundgren Catalogs. Never Before Had Rundgren Attempted What Appears To Be A Full-fledged Concept Album, And Never Again Did Utopia Trade In Pomp Rock And All The Grand, "Important" Themes That Go With The Territory. Ra May Not Have A Genuine Narrative Through Line -- With The Exception, That Is, Of The Closing 18-minute Epic "Singring And The Glass Guitar," An "Electrical Fairy Tale" Rundgren Narrates In The Voice Of A Mischievous Elf -- But All Seven Songs Feel Connected, Largely Because They're Driven Home With Pure Prog Bombast." AMG, Stephen Thomas Erlewine more
	Swing To The Right Used - LP - BRK 3666 1981 Original. Gold Promo Stamp On Cover. Appears Unplayed. more
	Swing To The Right New - LP - BRK 3666 Sealed 1982 Original. Saw Cut. more
	Swing To The Right Used - LP - BRK 3666 1981 Original. Gold Promo Stamp On Cover. Contains "Swing To The Right", "Lysistrata" & "Only Human". Utopia was more of a fusion vehicle for Todd but this album bears a lighter rock edge which brings it closer to a Todd album. They even go back to his Philly roots with an amazing version of the O' Jays - "For The Love Of Money". Swing to the Right moves into hard-edged commentary on corporate raiders, warmongers, political villains, and despicable music industry moguls. The cover is a slice of Beatle history. more
	Todd Rundgren's Utopia Used - LP - BR 6954 1974 original. VG++ vinyl. "For much of the double-album Todd, Todd Rundgren was exploring weird instrumental avenues, creating a warped, synth-fueled variation of prog rock. This wasn't the culmination of the weirdness A Wizard, A True Star initiated -- it was merely the beginning. Not long after completing Todd, Rundgren assembled Utopia, a prog rock group with no less than three synth players, plus guitar, bass and drums. Ostensibly, the band was a collective effort, with Rundgren contributing no more than the remaining quintet, but the possessive nature of the title of their debut, Todd Rundgren's Utopia, illustrates who the driving force of the group was. And it is true that TR's Utopia picks up where Todd left off, expanding the already lengthy experimental instrumentals by adding layers of synthesizers that stretch on forever -- which is no exaggeration, since only one track ("Freedom Fighters") is single-length, with the remaining three cuts clocking in between ten and thirty minutes. For anyone who isn't a dedicated fan, slogging through these seemingly endless prog excursions is a little tedious, and even the devoted may find that these roads, while occasionally interesting, don't necessarily lead anywhere." All Music Guide – Stephen Thomas Erlewine more
	Trivia Used - LP - PB 6053 Hard To Find Mint 1986 Original. Includes Special Offer Insert. CC. more
	Utopia Used - LP - 60183 1982 2LP Original. Small Saw Cut. more
	Utopia New - LP - 60183 Sealed 1982 2LP Original With Limited Edition 5 Track Bonus LP. Small Cut Out Hole. more