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A Wizard, a True Star is a progressive rock recording by Todd Rundgren, released in 1973. The album, and especially the first side of the vinyl recording, is an extended after the fashion of the Beatles’ late recordings; brief songs segue into one another, and the lyrics are frequently humorous or hallucinatory. The first side features a cover version of “Never Never Land” from the Broadway version of Peter Pan; the second side features a medley of covers of R&B hits. The album’s length (55:56) pushed the limits of how much music could fit on a long-playing record; as a result, the sound quality is a little lower in comparison. Acknowledging that on the album’s inner sleeve, which was packed with his handwritten notes, Rundgren advised listeners to turn up the volume on their... Read on...