Ra ~ Utopia

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Ra is the second studio album and third release by Utopia on Bearsville Records, released in 1977. Band leader Todd Rundgren planned on releasing the LP in 1976 on his own label, Ethereal Records, as the new four-piece line up was not signed to Bearsville. Replete with an elaborate $250,000 stage show featuring a 22-foot-tall (6.7 m) pyramid and golden sphinx which took 18 months of prep, Ra was Rundgren's most ambitious live undertaking.

The cornerstone of the album and show is "Singring and the Glass Guitar," which comprises solos by each band member battling the elements: water (drums), wind (bass), fire (keyboards), and earth (guitar).
Tracks
00:00 Communion with the Sun
06:54 Magic Dragon Theatre
10:22 Jealosy
15:05 Eternal Love
19:55 Sunburst Finish
27:24 Hiroshima
34:40 Singring and the Glass Guitar (An Electrified Fairy Tale)

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