NARARETH - RAZAMANAZ LP 1978 OBI INSERT JAPAN VERTIGO NEAR MINT
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Description
NAZARETH
'Razamanaz'
(BT 5158) Vertigo Records
Originally released in 1973
This reissue released 1978
Includes Insert
Includes Obi strip
Japan pressing
Razamanaz
Alcatraz
Vigilante Man
Woke Up This Morning
Night Woman
Bad, Bad Boy
Sold My Soul
Too Bad, Too Sad
Broken Down Angel
After pursuing a Rolling Stones-styled blend of rock and country elements on their first two albums, Nazareth segued into a harder rocking style with 1973's Razamanaz. The resulting album has a lot of energy and drive and much of this can be credited to Roger Glover's production, which tempers the group's tendency to experiment with different musical styles by imposing an overall sound that play's up the group's hard rock edge. The end result is an album that rocks consistently throughout but works in intriguing musical elements to keep things interesting. For instance, "Alcatraz" and "Night Woman" work a glam-styled tribal drum rhythm into the group's sound, and "Vigilante Man" starts out as a straight blues tune but soon mutates into a stomping slice of heavy metal. The most successful experiments come when the group works a country element into their rock attack: "Broken Down Angel" sounds like an early 1970s Rolling Stones track with heavier guitars, and "Bad Bad Boy" sounds like an old rockabilly tune as played by a 1970s hard rock band. Both tunes cleverly mix some effective pop hooks into their stew of hard rock and country elements and became hit singles in England as a result. Other Razamanaz highlights include the title track, a furious rocker that became a permanent part of the band's live set list, and "Woke Up This Morning," a heavy blues tune with darkly comic lyrics about a man with terminally bad luck. To sum up, Razamanaz is one of the finest albums in the Nazareth catalog and a gem of 1970s hard rock in general.
The record looks barely played and grades NM.
The insert has hardly any wear and grades NM.
The sleeve (with obi strip) has some light edge/corner wear with slight more corner wear on the bottom left corner. Some light ring wear/rubbing marks. There is a tiny surface tear on the front to the right of the word 'Nazareth'. Some very light small creasing/foxing on the Obi strip. The sleeve grades VG + to EX.
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