Few record producers possess the musical facility to back up such a bold promise, but in over 40 years behind the glass, Todd Rundgren has willed himself into becoming a not only a rock guitar virtuoso, an accomplished lead vocalist, and a serviceable drummer, vocal arranger and keyboard player, but also a master of perhaps his greatest instrument of all, the recording studio.
Throughout his career, Rundgren has ping-ponged between the worlds of producer and recording artist with varying degrees of critical and commercial success. After learning his craft as a songwriter and arranger, with Nazz, Rundgren gained attention by engineering recordings by The Band. His reputation was cemented by a string of noteworthy productions beginning in 1971 with Sparks, and continuing with classic albums for Grand Funk, The New York Dolls, Badfinger, Hall & Oates, Meat Loaf, Patti Smith Group, Psychedelic Furs and XTC. All of this alongside his own solo albums – including
Something/Anything;
A Wizard, A True Star; and
Hermit of Mink Hollow – on which he played and sang virtually everything, and a series of albums by his band, Utopia.
Researched and written with the cooperation of Rundgren himself,
A Wizard, A True Star is a fascinating, authoritative account of four decades of making magic in the recording studio.
| Artist |
Todd Rundgren |
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| Publisher |
Jawbone Press |
| Series |
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| Pages |
320(07) |
| Language |
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| Category |
Reference |
| SubCategory1 |
Biographies |
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| Medium |
Softcover |
| ISBN13 |
9781906002336 |
| ISBN13 |
1906002339 |
| Dimensions |
215x152 |
