Todd Rundgren – Something / Anything?

Todd Rundgren is an intensely gifted and prolific artist with a vast and interesting array of albums under his belt including this beguiling, unusual and amazing double album from 1972.
You can definitely hear Todd’s influences, ranging from The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Motown and Philly soul, to 60’s garage rock, all mashed together with incredible hooks, great musicianship and sumptuous close harmonies to create a swag of superb pop songs; mostly recorded and overdubbed with Todd singing all the vocals and playing all the instruments.

The gorgeous, 60’s power-pop styled hit ‘I Saw The Light’ sets the tone with ‘Black Maria’, the shredtasic ‘Little Red Lights’ and the crashing, tumbling ‘Couldn’t I Just Tell You’ showcasing Todd’s more rocky tendencies.
I also love the eminently hummable ballad ‘It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference’, the poppy drift of ‘Hello It’s Me’ and the pulsing proto-80’s synthfest ‘Breathless’. crazy, drummin’ drive of “I’m in the Clique”.

I found this specific album in a dumpster outside of Mill City Sound. it was marked as 99 cents, just thought I'd share

Same lacquer and plating as USA pressing from 1972: same runout code, Sterling stamp and Lee Hulko etchings on all 4 sides.

Great sounding pressing! I never heard this album sound so clear! Also love the whole package: the box, the coloured vinyl etc. Everything is beautiful.

Actually, the original pressing of Something/Anything is surprisingly bass heavy for a record from 1972. I just did an A/B comparison with my first press Bearsville/WB copy and both are equally bass heavy at flat EQ levels. If anything, this Rhino press is a little clearer at the higher frequencies, most noticible on Todd's vocals. I will keep both.but this version is a solid press and finding it in good condition may be easier than the OG. Todd is God!

Looking for just the inserts - send me a message if you got em for sale:-)

Fantastic sounding pressing! Usually stay away from colored vinyl, but this is quiet and airy, fabulous space.

another wonderful pressing from MFSL ,Why people continue to seek out these poor sounding records still amazes me to this day, I guess all you have to do is cut down the treble, suck out the midrange and pump up the bass , and audiophiles will lose their GD Minds, That sound is not for me, but alot of my friends swear by it, This MFSL of Rundgrens S/A is a hard

Side D different Runout:

Side A Runout: 2BX 2066 31360-1A STERLING 2 LH 2
Side B Runout: 2BX 2066 31361-H STERLING
Side C Runout: 2BX 2066 31362-H STERLING
<Side D different Runout> 2BX 2066-D 31363-1E STERLING 2 LH

Yeha, I did turn down the bass a touch on my receiver as soon as I started the record hahaha. But wow...really rich, punchy, just sounds so so good. Great pressing for a legendary album.