'Snaz

IT'SNAZ
Live album by Nazareth
Released 1981
Recorded May 23, 1981
Genre Hard Rock
Label A&M
Producer John Punter
Nazareth chronology

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Allmusic [1]

IT'SNAZ is a double live album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in late 1981.[2]

The full album title is It's Naz but the artwork spread the title, in block-capitals, fully over the outside of the gatefold-sleeve: when not opened only 'S NAZ is visible on the front. The back of the original album cover includes the letters "I" and "T" causing many to misinterpret the title of the album as "'Snaz" which is incorrect. That no space was left between the 'S' and 'NAZ' seems deliberate, as contemporary adverts for the album in the music press write it as IT'SNAZ. The band's official website gives the title as It's Naz.[2]

The album was recorded at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada, in May 1981 during the band's 1981 North American tour. The band recorded several of the dates on the tour but felt this one show was fine in its entirety. The album was mixed at The Manor, Oxfordshire. [2]

The original, single CD release dropped five tracks from the original vinyl, due to time-constraints. The original remaster, on the Essential label, did not improve on this as the label did not consider a 2-CD set to be financially viable. However, when Eagle reissued the Nazareth back catalogue Snaz was finally transferred in its entirety, including the two studio tracks that finished side D of the original vinyl. In 2011 Salvo Records re-released the album with additional material from a Seattle concert together with "Crazy (A Suitable Case For Treatment)" and a German version of "Morning Dew" (previously released as a promo single).[3]

Reception

In 2005, IT'SNAZ was ranked number 430 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[4]

Track listing

Disc one

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Telegram: On Your Way/So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star/Sound Check"  Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn/Agnew, Charlton, McCafferty, Sweet 6:33
2. "Razamanaz"  Manny Charlton, Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Darrell Sweet 4:23
3. "I Want to (Do Everything for You)"  Joe Tex 5:16
4. "This Flight Tonight"  Joni Mitchell 3:46
5. "Beggars Day"  Nils Lofgren 3:37
6. "Every Young Man's Dream"  Sweet 3:54
7. "Heart's Grown Cold"  Zal Cleminson 5:51
8. "Java Blues"  Emmett Grogan, Rick Danko 5:06
9. "Cocaine"  J.J. Cale 5:04
10. "Big Boy"  Cleminson 5:19

Disc two

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Holiday"  Manny Charlton, Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Darrell Sweet 3:40
2. "Dressed to Kill"  Manny Charlton, Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Darrell Sweet 3:55
3. "Hair Of The Dog"  Manny Charlton, Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Darrell Sweet 6:07
4. "Expect No Mercy"  Manny Charlton, Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Darrell Sweet 4:37
5. "Shapes of Things"  Jim McCarty, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith 6:22
6. "Let Me Be Your Leader"  Charlton 4:44
7. "Love Hurts"  Boudleaux Bryant 3:59
8. "Tush"  Frank Beard, Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill 4:55
9. "Juicy Lucy (Studio Track)"  Manny Charlton, Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Darrell Sweet 4:17
10. "Morning Dew (1981 Studio Version)"  Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose 3:55

Personnel

Chart (1981) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[5] 83

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Listing for the original It's Snaz live album on Discogs.com, (accessed 15 Mach 2015).
  3. ↑ Listing for the remastered version of the It's Naz album on Discogs.com, (accessed 15 March 2015).
  4. ↑ [...], Rock Hard (Hrsg.). [Red.: Michael Rensen. Mitarb.: Götz Kühnemund] (2005). Best of Rock & Metal die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Königswinter: Heel. p. 37. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
  5. ↑ Nazareth - 'Snaz. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 17, 2013.