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Cleopatra Records celebrates Record Store Day, April 12, with one of the most anticipated releases in Todd Rundgren’s catalog, a 2 LP live album recorded on the maestro’s 2008 Arena tour.

Titled from his most recent studio album, the tour caught Rundgren accompanied by his usual A-list band of musical wizards, and a track listing that swung between a host of favorites from solo albums past.

These include a rare airing for the 1972 single “Couldn’t I Just Tell You,” “Love In Action” (from 1978’s Back To The Bars), “Just One Victory” from the seminal A Wizard, A True Star (1973), the monster hit “I Saw The Light” and more.

Alongside these, the album also includes a mammoth recounting of Arena itself. Eleven of the album’s 13 tracks are included, in a solid swathe that picks up at the end of side one, and lasts deep into side four.

Pressed on black/white split vinyl and packaged with informative liner notes by Rundgren biographer Paul Myers, The Arena Tour Live is limited to just 1,000 copies worldwide.

Track List:
LP1 SIDE A

1. Love In Action
2. Black Maria
3. Open My Eyes
4. I Saw The Light
5. Mad

LP1 SIDE B

1. Afraid
2. Courage
3. Weakness
4. Pissin

LP2 SIDE A

1. Strike
2. Today
3. Bardo
4. Mountaintop

LP2 SIDE B

1. Panic
2. Manup
3. Just One Victory
4. Couldn’t I Just Tell You