We Gonna Rock: Rhino Brings Todd Rundgren, John Prine RSD Titles to CD

April 8, 2026 By Joe Marchese — No Comments

Todd Rundgren and Runt Cosmic Frenzy — BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM

On Saturday, April 18, record buyers everywhere will descend upon independent shops to seek out a variety of limited-edition vinyl LPs on Record Store Day. Happily, Rhino is continuing its recent tradition of releasing a select number of its RSD titles in the CD format, as well. One day earlier, on April 17, the label will release the double-disc expansion of a-ha’s Analogue (read all about it here!) as well as Todd Rundgren’s Runt Live: The Necessary Cosmic Frenzy and John Prine’s BBC Sessions on CD.

Runt Live: The Necessary Cosmic Frenzy collects highlights from Rundgren’s June 30th, 1971 performance at Philadelphia’s famed Sigma Sound Studio, as originally broadcast live over WMMR. (The full version of the concert was issued on CD in 2016 as part of the Box o’ Todd.) He was supported by future Utopia keyboardist Mark “Moogy” Klingman, bassist Stu Woods, guitarist Tom Cosgrove, and drummer Norman “N.D.” Smart as well as mime-rock troupe The Hello People on a set including such rarities as “I Got My Pipe,” “Lady on the Terrace” (in two different mixes), and “Tonight I Wanna Love Me a Stranger.” A loose jaunt through The Beatles’ “Hold Me Tight” and Smokey Robinson and The Miracles’ “Ooh Baby Baby” appear here, as well as “Broke Down and Busted,” the first tune on Side One of Rundgren’s 1970 debut, Runt. (The concert took place not long after the release of the singer-songwriter’s second album, Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren.) More familiar items such as “It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference” (performed months before its appearance on Something/Anything), “Be Nice to Me,” and “Believe in Me” haven’t made the cut for this release. The Record Store Day vinyl edition is limited to 3,000 copies and is pressed on transparent light blue vinyl.

John Prine BBC Sessions — BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM

The late John Prine’s BBC Sessions offers nine tracks from the archives of the British broadcasting titan including a sidelong set from In Concert, the landmark 1970-1976 program bookended with performances by Joni Mitchell and Johnny Mercer. The lion’s share of BBC Sessions reprises songs from Prine’s 1971 self-titled Atlantic Records debut including “Illegal Smile,” “Spanish Pipedream,” “Sam Stone,” “Pretty Good,” “Donald and Lydia,” “Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore,” and “Hello in There,” which Atlantic labelmate Bette Midler would quickly cover on her own 1972 debut The Divine Miss M. “Rocky Mountain Time” and “Everybody” would appear on Prine’s second Atlantic set, Diamonds in the Rough. The Record Store Day vinyl edition is pressed on 140-gram black vinyl and is limited to 7,100 copies.

The Todd Rundgren and John Prine titles arrive from Rhino on Friday, April 17 on CD. You’ll find track listings and pre-order links below. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

Todd Rundgren, Runt Live: The Necessary Cosmic Frenzy (Bearsville/Rhino, 2026) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Lady On The Terrace
I Got My Pipe
We Gonna Rock
Hold Me Tight (excerpt of Beatles cover)
Everybody In The Congregation
Lady On The Terrace (alternate mix)
Broke Down And Busted
Before I Grow Too Old
Ooh Baby Baby
Tonight I Want To Love Me A Stranger
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John Prine, BBC Sessions (Rhino, 2026) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Spanish Pipedream
Illegal Smile
Sam Stone
Rocky Mountain Time

BBC In Concert – April 24, 1973

Everybody
Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore
Donald and Lydia
Pretty Good
Hello in There

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Joe Marchese

JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song and beyond, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with labels including Real Gone Music and Cherry Red Records, has released newly-curated collections produced and annotated by Joe from iconic artists such as Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, The Spinners, Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Meat Loaf, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Liza Minnelli, Darlene Love, Al Stewart, Michael Nesmith, and many others.

Joe has written liner notes, produced, or contributed to over 200 reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them America, JD Souther, Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, BJ Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, Petula Clark, Robert Goulet, and Andy Williams.

Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray.

Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.