| 'Snaz | ||||
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| 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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| AllMusic |   [1] |
'Snaz is a double live album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in September 1981.[2]
The title is rendered on the album artwork in all-capital letters, and when the gatefold-sleeve is opened, the title appears as "IT'SNAZ", but only "'SNAZ" is seen on the front cover when closed. AllMusic uses the shorter title without the apostrophe, as "Snaz",[1] while Discogs includes the apostrophe, showing "'Snaz", and the Official Charts Company identified it as "Nazareth Live".[3]
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).[4] 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.
- ^ a b AllMusic review
- ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 577. ISBN 9780862415419.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 4 October 1981. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ Listing for the remastered version of the album on Discogs.com, (accessed 15 March 2015).