'Snaz

IT'SNAZ
IT'SNAZ
Live album by Nazareth
Released	September 1981
Recorded	23 May 1981
Genre	Hard rock
Length	95:15 (original vinyl release and 2001 CD edition)
Label	A&M
Producer	John Punter
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Last updated February 11, 2024

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IT'SNAZ is a double live album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in September 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.

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.

The original LP featured two bonus studio tracks, "Juicy Lucy" and a re-recording of "Morning Dew". Together with "Crazy (A Suitable Case for Treatment)", from the Heavy Metal soundtrack, these were the first studio recordings of the new 6-piece line-up. In Germany, the LP originally came with a free bonus 1-sided 7", a remix of "Morning Dew" with the vocals sung in German, and thus titled "Morgentau". This was never issued separately, although it is sometimes (incorrectly) listed as a promo single.

Due to time-constraints, the original 1987 single-CD release dropped five tracks from the original vinyl ("Every Young Man's Dream", "Big Boy", "Let Me Be Your Leader" and the two studio cuts). The 1997 remaster by Rob Corich, on the Castle Communications / Essential label, again did not include all tracks, as the label did not consider a 2-CD set to be financially viable. However, it did restore "Let Me Be Your Leader", whilst the remaining four absent tracks were included on the 1998 reissue of The Fool Circle .

Eagle Records acquired the Nazareth back catalogue at the turn of the century, and set about reissues. In 2001 Snaz was finally transferred to CD in its entirety, being a "30th Anniversary Edition" 2CD release, including all live tracks in the correct running-order, plus the two studio tracks that finish side D of the original vinyl. A sticker on the front drew attention to the fact, reading "Original complete double album available for the first time on CD. Digitally remastered."

In 2011 Salvo Records re-released the album with additional material from a Seattle concert together with "Crazy (A Suitable Case for Treatment)" and the German version of "Morning Dew" (titled Morgentau).^[3] Salvo's CD 1 comprises sides 1-3 of the original vinyl (tracks 1-15), while CD 2 consists of side 4 of the original vinyl, expanded with bonus tracks.

Reception

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

Track listing

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	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	Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll (1976)	6:33
2.	"Razamanaz"	Manny Charlton, Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Darrell Sweet	Razamanaz (1973)	4:23
3.	"I Want To (Do Everything for You)" (Joe Tex cover)	Joe Tex	Play 'n' the Game (1976)	5:16
4.	"This Flight Tonight" (Joni Mitchell cover)	Joni Mitchell	Loud 'N' Proud (1973)	3:46
5.	"Beggars Day" (Grin cover)	Nils Lofgren	Hair of the Dog (1975)	3:37

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Every Young Man's Dream"	Sweet	The Fool Circle (1981)	3:54
2.	"Heart's Grown Cold"	Zal Cleminson	Malice in Wonderland (1980)	5:51
3.	"Java Blues" (Rick Danko cover)	Emmett Grogan, Rick Danko		5:06
4.	"Cocaine" (J.J. Cale cover)	J.J. Cale	The Fool Circle (1981)	5:04
5.	"Big Boy"	Cleminson	Malice in Wonderland (1980)	5:19

Side 3

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Holiday"	Manny Charlton, Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Darrell Sweet	Malice in Wonderland (1980)	3:40
2.	"Dressed to Kill"	Manny Charlton, Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Darrell Sweet	The Fool Circle (1981)	3:55
3.	"Hair of the Dog"	Manny Charlton, Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Darrell Sweet	Hair of the Dog (1975)	6:07
4.	"Expect No Mercy"	Manny Charlton, Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Darrell Sweet	Expect No Mercy (1977)	4:37
5.	"Shapes of Things" (The Yardbirds cover)	Jim McCarty, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith	Rampant (1974)	6:22

Side 4

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Let Me Be Your Leader"	Charlton	The Fool Circle (1981)	4:44
2.	"Love Hurts" (The Everly Brothers cover)	Boudleaux Bryant	Hair of the Dog (1975)	3:59
3.	"Tush" (ZZ Top cover)	Frank Beard, Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill		4:55
4.	"Juicy Lucy (Studio Track)"	Manny Charlton, Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Darrell Sweet	studio	4:17
5.	"Morning Dew (1981 Studio Version)" (Bonnie Dobson cover)	Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose	studio	3:55

2011 Salvo Disc 2 bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Java Blues" (live in Seattle)	Emmett Grogan, Rick Danko	4:13
7.	"Cocaine" (live in Seattle)	J.J. Cale	5:09
8.	"Big Boy" (live in Seattle)	Zal Cleminson	5:04
9.	"Holiday" (live in Seattle)	Manny Charlton, Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Darrell Sweet	3:34
10.	"Let Me Be Your Leader" (live in Seattle)	Manny Charlton	4:34
11.	"Dressed to Kill" (live in Seattle)	Manny Charlton, Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Darrell Sweet	3:47
12.	"Hair of the Dog" (live in Seattle)	Manny Charlton, Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Darrell Sweet	5:48
13.	"Morgentau" (German version of Morning Dew)	Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose	4:01
14.	"Crazy (A Suitable Case for Treatment)" (from Heavy Metal soundtrack)	Manny Charlton, Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Darrell Sweet	3:26

Disc 1 of the 2011 Salvo Remaster includes Sides 1-3 of the original vinyl release. Disc 2 includes Side 4 plus the 9 bonus tracks listed above.
Morgentau and Crazy (A Suitable Case for Treatment) are also available on Salvo reissue of The Fool Circle album; Morgentau is also available on the 30th anniversary edition of The Fool Circle album.

Personnel

Nazareth

Dan McCafferty - vocals
Manny Charlton - guitar
Billy Rankin - guitar, backing vocals
John Locke - keyboards
Pete Agnew - bass guitar, backing vocals
Darrell Sweet - drums, backing vocals

Charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)^[5]	78
US Billboard 200 ^[6]	83

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References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 577. ISBN 9780862415419.
↑ Listing for the remastered version of the It's Naz album on Discogs.com, (accessed 15 March 2015).
↑ Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 37. ISBN 3-89880-517-4. OCLC 62273803.
↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
↑ "Nazareth Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 6, 2024.

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[1] Allmusic review

[2] Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 577. ISBN 9780862415419.

[3] Listing for the remastered version of the It's Naz album on Discogs.com, (accessed 15 March 2015).

[4] Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 37. ISBN 3-89880-517-4. OCLC 62273803.

[ac_UK2_-5] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 6, 2024.

[ac_Billboard200_Nazareth-6] "Nazareth Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 6, 2024.

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v t e Nazareth
Pete Agnew Jimmy Murrison Lee Agnew Carl Sentance Dan McCafferty Manny Charlton Darrell Sweet Zal Cleminson Billy Rankin John Locke Ronnie Leahy Linton Osborne
Studio albums	Nazareth Exercises Razamanaz Loud 'n' Proud Rampant Hair of the Dog Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll Play 'n' the Game Expect No Mercy No Mean City Malice in Wonderland The Fool Circle 2XS Sound Elixir The Catch Cinema Snakes 'n' Ladders No Jive Move Me Boogaloo The Newz Big Dogz Rock 'n' Roll Telephone Tattooed on My Brain Surviving the Law
Live albums	BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert 'Snaz Live at the Beeb Homecoming Back to the Trenches Alive & Kicking
Compilations	Greatest Hits Hot Tracks From the Vaults Greatest Hits Volume II Maximum XS
Songs	"Broken Down Angel" "Bad Bad Boy" "My White Bicycle" "Morning Dew" The Ballad of Hollis Brown" "Hair of the Dog" "Love Hurts" "This Flight Tonight" "Holiday" "Dream On" "Shanghai'd in Shanghai"
Other	Discography