TODD RUNDGREN BLACK MARIA BOTTOM LINE 5-14-78

BLACK MARIA FROM THE BOTTOM LINE IN NYC ON MAY 14, 1978. THE PERFORMERS ARE THE HELLO PEOPLE(GREGG GEDDES, BOBBY SEDITA, NORMAN D SMART II AND LARRY TASSE) JOHN SIEGLER, MOOGY KLINGMAN, AND WILLIE WILCOX.

THIS IS FROM A VERY RARE HOME VIDEO RELEASE ENTITLED "LIVE SPECIAL" TODD RECORDED 4 1/2 HOURS OF THE PERFORMANCE THAT NIGHT, MIXED THE AUDIO DOWN AND GAVE IT TO VISIONDISC VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT, THEY HIRED A PRODUCER AND VIDEO ARTIST TO COMPLETE THE VIDEO FOR ONE HOUR RELEASE, I'M ASSUMING WITHOUT TODD'S INPUT, THEY CUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF SONGS, AND I MEAN CUT, REALLY BAD EDITS, THERE ARE SO MANY BAD EDITS THEY WERE ABLE TO FIT 15 SONGS INTO AN HOUR IF THAT TELLS YOU ANYTHING! ANYWAY, RUMOR HAS IT TODD SAW THE FINISHED PRODUCT AND DEMANDED THE VIDEO BE PULLED FROM THE SHELVES. I WAS VERY LUCKY ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO TO FIND A SEALED COPY OF THIS VIDEO ON EBAY SO YOU ARE GETTING THE VIDEO STRAIGHT FROM THE HOME VIDEO. ENJOY, I HAVE A FEW MORE COMPLETE SONGS FROM THIS VIDEO I'LL BE PUTTING UP SOON.

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[mojorisen74]

From what I've heard they got tired of touring. John Siegler got married so he wanted to settle down, Kevin Ellman the same thing, plus he went into the resteraunt biz, Moogy got tired of touring and wanted to become a producer.

[g3diego]

Incredible! Todd is just too good!

[MaryJoMuser]

does  not get any better than this

[lovintonal]

great song always loved it.

[LastTree]

Seems just like yesterday I was there. thanks for the incredible post!

[vangelisideras]

extraordinario material verdaderamente; pienso que Tood junto a Francesco Zappa son los músicos más vanguardista del rock americano; gracias por el post!

[makissoflife]

Whoah. . .Yeah!!! Metal Todd at it's best!!

Thanks for posting!! Excellent!!

[imharpo]

Excellent!!! Hell Yeah!

[aydnway]

Mojo,

Maybe you would know, What happened to John Siegler, Moogy and Ellman. Why did they leave Utopia? Or did they get fired? Though I thought the Kas,Rog and Willie line-up was awesome. I'm going out on a limb here; I would say the Seig, Moog and Ellman would have been a better future line-up of Utopia. Heck if someone else knows the story behind this, comment me.