Somewhere, Anywhere: The Unreleased Tracks (1998)

About this title: In the 90s, numerous record companies issued either tribute albums or rarities collections of their veteran artists, and Todd Rundgren was the subject of the latter format with the 1998 Japanese import Somewhere/Anywhere: The Unreleased Tracks. At 23 tracks in length, it compiles unheard vintage live material (from the '70s), a demo or two, plus several humorous promo ads that he recorded for his landmark 1972 Something/Anything release. It explains in the liner notes that most of these selections were discovered from the vaults at Bearsville Recording Studios in '98 while Rundgren was ... read more

Tracks:

1. Be Nice to Me [Rundgren]
2. Open My Eyes/Utopia [Rundgren]
3. Broke Down and Busted [Rundgren]
4. Believe in Me [Rundgren]
5. Ooo Baby Baby [Robinson/Benson/Cle]
6. It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference [Rundgren]
7. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere [Daltrey/Townshend]
8. Something/Anything? [Promo, No. 1]
9. Something/Anything? [Promo #2]
10. Hold Me Tight [Lennon/McCartney]
11. Tears/Utopia [Martinez]
12. A Dream Goes on Forever [Rundgren]
13. Just One Victory/Utopia [Rundgren]
14. Something/Anything? [Promo, No. 3]
15. Something/Anything? [Promo, No. 4]
16. Do Ya/Utopia [Alternate Take] [Lynne]
17. Where Does the Time Go? [Rundgren]
18. Something/Anything? [Promo, No. 5]
19. Something/Anything? [Promo, No. 6]
20. Sequence [Rundgren]
21. Sequence, No. 2 [Rundgren]
22. Sequence, No. 3 [Rundgren]
23. Sequence, No. 4 [Rundgren]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.