Todd Rundgren
February 22, 1990
Newport Music Hall
Columbus, OH

Todd Rundgren-vocals, guitars
Byron Alred-keys
Lyle Workman-guitar
Larry Tagg-bass
Mike Urbano-drums
Vince Welnick-keys
Scott Mathews-percussion
Max Haskett-trumpet
Bobby Strickland-saxophones
Michele Gray (Rundgren)-backing vox
Jenni Muldaur-backing vox
Shandi Sinnamon-backing vox

source/lineage-digital folder swap from burnboy of FM broadcast with lineage pasted in below new text> Audacity> TLH> TTD

1 Intro
2 Real Man
3 Unloved Children
4 Parallel Lines
5 Can't Stop Running
6 Compassion
7 Secret Society
8 Something To Fall Back On
9 (Love Of The Common Man Intro)
10 Love Of The Common Man
11 (Tiny Demons Intro and tape flip)
12 Tiny Demons
13 (Cliche Intro)
14 Cliche
15 Can We Still Be Friends
16 Mated
17 (The Waiting Game Intro)
18 The Waiting Game
19 (Love in Action Intro)
20 Love in Action
21 Lost Horizon Medley (Lost Horizon/What's Going On/Mercy Mercy Me/I Want You(?)/Lost Horizon)
22 Feel It
23 Rock Love
24 Hawking
25 The Want of a Nail
26 Hello, It's Me
27 Band Intros
28 I Love My Life

Todd released the excellent Nearly Human album in 1989 and was still touring that here in early 1990, shortly before doing the live recording of the 2nd Wind album. From the Spring of 89 through the 2nd Wind shows that went through the summer of 1991, Todd's shows featured these very large groups that sort of resembled a soul revue, or even Vegas lounge act. The music was tightly and well played, and much of it did include the very large group and singers, but there were more intimate solo or duo songs and a nod towards the more overtly rocking Todd material via Love in Action. Nearly Human shows began almost a year before this particular share, and I saw the show in NYC in 1989 at the Ritz that summer (I think that may still be running here via a King Biscuit LP rip). The show was really great to experience live. This Ohio show came pretty close to the end of the Nearly Human shows, and, according to a stage comment before The Waiting Game, it apparently came right after a pretty well known Late Night with David Letterman appearance.
This was generously sent over to me by TTD's own burnboy a few months ago with a bunch of other Todd things and the mission statement to share any I thought were worthy. He also liked some of the work I'd done to upgrade the SQ on some Todd stuff prior to sending these over, and he gave his blessings to apply those types of potential fixes to any of these shows that might benefit from a dust off or fresh coat of paint. I've now done that with several Todd or Utopia shows shared at that point, and now, here's this Nearly Human show's turn.
As you'll read below these new notes, this had originated in a cassette recording of an FM broadcast (Todd did lots of those back in the day). It appears to have come from someone named Keith Hanlon, who'd seemingly provided the detail and done the work prior to my getting a hold of the show. Big thanks to Keith Hanlon too for his part in prepping and sharing this show. FWIW, Warren's list of Todd boots that's part of the TR Connection page only included a copy Warren had made himself of this show via an Atlanta station that picked up the feed. That copy didn't include the entire concert, as this seemingly does, so thanks once again to those who'd managed to grab and share the entire performance.
I did do some work for this new 2025 run in Audacity. First of all, it's tracked a bit more cleanly relative to where songs might actually begin, and I've also edited out about 3-4 minutes of applause around the encores which contained nothing beyond an audience clamoring for MORE!!! Sonically, EQ and Mastering tools were applied to enhance the clarity and depth of the performances. Samples below will include a comparison of how it had sounded in the copy I got from burnboy, and how it will now sound. Todd was sometimes a pretty chatty guy at his shows, and this one does include a few tracks of dedicated Todd chats and comments that were lengthy enough to stand apart from songs. The show wasn tracked that way as I received it, and nothing was done to change that. This should be a nice addition to anyone's Todd collection, and particularly those who'd had an affinity for Nearly Human. Big thanks again to those who've passed it on over the years.

Information and comments from burnboy's copy appears below:

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Source: FM Broadcast > Denon HD8 High Bias Cassette
A/D Transfer: Technics RS-TR355 cassette deck > Turtle Beach Santa Cruz soundcard > Sound Forge 7.0 > Vegas 6.0 (editing and crossfades) > 24bit/44.1kHz > Highpass Triangular Dither > 16bit/44.1kHz > Tracks splits with CD Wave 1.94.5

FLAC Transfer: Flac Frontend 1.71

Transfer by Keith Hanlon
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Recording Details:

Live broadcast on WLVQ, 96.3 FM in Columbus (a.k.a. QFM96)

Edited out DJ and station IDs: Before Secret Society (d1t07), Love of the Common Man Intro (d1t09) and Cliche Intro (d1t13). Note: One station ID remains at the beginning of "Rock Love" since the DJ spoke over the intro of the song.

Edited to fit on two CDs before Love in Action Intro (d203) and Encore Break (d2t10).

Edits due to tape flips: before Tiny Demons (d1t12), during Lost Horizon Medley (d2t03) at 1:31) and before "Hello, It's Me." These are the most obvious edits, and I'm sorry they couldn't sound better.

The show was recorded onto Denon HD8 high bias tapes, unfortunately using Dolby C. They sounded horrendous with Dolby on, so I made the transfer without it. There's probably a little more high end because of it, but you'll also hear slight FM hiss/static and tape hiss during quieter sections. The broadcast signal was heavily compressed, so you'll probably not notice it 90% of the time. While I was tempted to remove hiss, I didn't want noise reduction to remove any additional information like cymbals, reverb trails, etc. Nor did I attempt to adjust EQ on my modest home studio speakers. I'll leave that to the pros, and keep this show as close to my source as possible.

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Show Details:

This was probably my favorite Todd tour. Touring behind his 1989 Warner Brothers release, Nearly Human, Todd assembled his biggest band ever and hit the road for much of 1989/90. He had everything... a great drummer, a percussionist, horn section, and backup singers. The band featured the amazing Lyle Workman on guitar, The Tubes' Vince Welnick on keyboards, and Bourgouis Tagg's Larry Tagg on bass.

In 1989, Todd made his first of two stops at the Newport Music Hall. He's always had a great following in Columbus, and there were even rumors that his mother lived there. That's probably why he played there so much. I attended that first Nearly Human show, and was blown away by the big band, the song selection and the variety of styles. It helped that I got to meet Todd before the show, had him sign my CD and even coaxed somebody into taking a Polaroid of Todd and I. He played plenty of songs from his latest album, old favorites like "Real Man" and "Can We Still Be Friends," a solo set that included the classic "Tiny Demons," a Utopia song here and there, a Marvin Gaye medley, "Feel It" (co-written with the Tubes for their Love Bomb album) and plenty of humorous onstage banter. This is the same band that can be seen on the excellent "Live in Japan" DVD.

The second time he came to Columbus, I stayed at home to record the show. I was seeing him in Cincinati the next night, so I took the opportunity to record the radio broadcast on QFM96. It soon became apparent that Todd's voice was toast. In fact, the following night he even warned everybody that he wasn't sure what was going to come out of his mouth when he started "Hawking." Perhaps it was the abuse of a long tour in smoke-filled venues, or maybe he just had a cold. Regardless, he went through the whole show without holding back.

Of note is Todd's numerous pop culture references that immediately date this show: Milli Vinilli, the "Reagan era," and Axl Rose saying "fuck" at the American Music Awards.

I searched Google for references to this show, and I only saw it listed on some old trade lists. There may be a better copy out there, but I figured I'd fill the Todd void and get my copy to the people that want to hear it.