Rundgren, Todd | Initiation | 1LP

Todd Rundgren is an American musician, singer-songwriter and record producer who plays vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, saxophone and theremin. Born on June 22, 1948 in Upper Darby, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he began his career in the blues band Woody's Truck Stop before forming Nazz in 1967. He left Nazz in 1969 to pursue a solo career and released the double LP Something/Anything? in 1972, on which he wrote, performed and produced three of the four sides.

Initiation is a two-LP album by Todd Rundgren, issued by Rhino Records in 2025 for Record Store Day. The album was first released in 1975 and is in the art rock and progressive rock styles. It had been out of print on vinyl since 1987, and this set adds new liner notes by Paul Myers and marks the 50th anniversary of the album.