Todd Rundgren & Utopia
King Biscuit Flower Hour Show #KB-363
Royal Oak Music Theater, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA April 3, 1981
For Broadcast April 19, 1981
Pre-FM Recording
Vinyl Rip
Flac Level 8 24bit/48khz
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Cue Sheet & Label Scans Included
From The Collection Of Sam Elliot's Mustache
Brought To You By The Collective Of Live Music
Digitized From An Original 3 Sided 2 Record Radio Broadcast Set.
Lineage: Pre-FM 2x Vinyl LP Set > 280gram Record Weight > Sony PS-LX300H Belt Driven Turntable @ 33+1/3 RPM/60Hrz (Turntable & Tone Arm Balanced: Needle Tracking & Azimuth Set: Tone Arm Pressure Digitally Dialed In at .84: Anti-Skid set 1.0) > Sony TA-AV561 AV Control Integrated Amplifier (bass/treble +/- zero) > Line In (4ft cables w/gold plated tips) > HP Envy 700 Series > BEATS Audio Realtek High Definition Audio Soundcard (Stereo Field Maximized) > Goldwave v6.83 (recording, editing) > Wave 24bit/96khz > Goldwave v6.83 (LAME) (encoding, tagging) > Flac Level 8 24bit/96khz
Hosted By Bill Minkin
01 King Biscuit Flower Hour KB-363 Intro & Break - Bill Minkin
02 Commercial - Honda Motorcycles
03 Commercial - Nestle's $100,000 Candy Bar
04 King Biscuit Flower Hour KB-363 Intro - Bill Minkin
05 Todd Rundgren & Utopia - One World
06 Todd Rundgren & Utopia - On The Road To Utopia
07 Todd Rundgren & Utopia - Back On The Street
08 Todd Rundgren & Utopia - Caravan
09 King Biscuit Flower Hour KB-363 Break - Bill Minkin
10 Commercial - Pioneer Hi Fidelity Systems
11 King Biscuit Flower Hour KB-363 Intro - Bill Minkin
12 Todd Rundgren & Utopia - Time Heals
13 Todd Rundgren & Utopia - The Wheel
14 Todd Rundgren & Utopia - The Very Last Time
15 King Biscuit Flower Hour KB-363 Break - Bill Minkin
16 Commercial - Honda Motorcycles
17 King Biscuit Flower Hour KB-363 Intro - Bill Minkin
18 Todd Rundgren & Utopia - Lysistrada
19 Todd Rundgren & Utopia - Compassion
20 Todd Rundgren & Utopia - Last Of The New Wave Riders
21 Todd Rundgren & Utopia - Love Is The Answer
22 King Biscuit Flower Hour KB-363 Break - Bill Minkin
23 Commercial - Miller Beer - Dave Mason
24 Commercial - Pioneer Hi Fidelity Systems
25 King Biscuit Flower Hour KB-363 Wrap Up - Bill Minkin
26 King Biscuit Flower Hour KB-363 Promo Bed w/Voiceover - Bill Minkin/Utopia
27 King Biscuit Flower Hour KB-363 Promo Bed Music Only - Utopia
Total Playing Time: 1hr 1mn 20sc
Todd Rundgren vocals, guitar
Kasim Sulton bass, vocals
Willie Wilcox drums
Roger Powell vocals, keyboards
Runout Grooves:
Side A: KB-363-A MCR JOE
Side B: KB-363-B MCR JOE
Side C: KB-363-C MCR JOE
Side D: Blank
JustDave's Notes:
- A huge Thank You to Sam Elliot's Mustache for sharing his ever growing Pre-FM collection with The Collective Of Live Music for encoding!!
Recording Notes:
- There is a locked groove "Ovu" Test Tone at the beginning of Side A for DJs to set levels before airing the program. It has been encoded and place in it's own folder so as not to be played accidently.
- There are 2 locked groove music promo beds at the end of Side B, one with a Bill Minkin voiceover one without. They have been encoded and moved to the end of the program.
- This show comes from recordings made at The Royal Oak Music Theater during during both the early and late show.
- This recording was also commercially released as the VHS/DVD Live At The Royal Oak.
Editing Notes:
- A Zerostat Positive Ion gun was used on LPs prior to playback.
- A carbon fiber record brush, then a microfiber disc cleaner was used on the records prior to playback.
- Records hand cleaned with Record Research Lab Super Record Wash before playback.
- LP cleaned with the HumminGuru Ultrasonic Vinyl Record Cleaning System using distilled water prior to playback.
- Raw transfer: EQ off, treble and bass levels set at +/- zero for most accurate sound of LP.
- Turntable & tone arm balanced: Needle Tracking & Azimuth set: Needle Pressure & Antiskid digitaly set:
- Computer Soundcard stereo field maximized.
- Goldwave set to record while filtering any DC Offset.
- Recording and all editing done in 24bit/96khz.
- Preservation being key the show is encoded complete with commercials and voiceovers.
- Declicked manually and some noise reduction used depending on what best served the situation.
- Raised the volume of the commercials to match that of the music and voice overs.
- A rumble filter with an initial cut off of 50khz and a static steepness of 2 was used to lessen the needle noise on the commercials due to having to raise the volume to match that of the music and voice overs.
Other Notes:
- Todd Rundgren & Utopia actually played 2 shows at The Royal Oak Music Theater on April 3, 1981. An Early Show at 7:30 PM and a Late Show at 10:30 PM. Info from https://www.trconnection.com/todd/arcd-r/year=1981 I do not know if this recording comes from the early set, the late set, or a combination using the best sources from each, which is what you do for a live album.
Digitized By JustDave For Sam Elliot's Mustache And The Collective Of Live Music
Project Started: August 29, 2026 Project Finished: September 5, 2026
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