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Nazz (album)

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Released
  
October 1968

Recorded
  
April 1968

Genre
  
Psychedelic rock garage rock

Length
  
38:13 (Original LP) 77:19 (Sanctuary reissue)

Label
  
SGC Records SD 5001 Rhino Records

Producer
  
Bill Traut Michael Friedman Nazz

Nazz is the self-titled debut album by psychedelic rock group Nazz. It was released in 1968.

Contents

The track "Open My Eyes" was accompanied by a promo video, directed by Ray Dennis Steckler. The album also featured the original version of what would become guitarist Todd Rundgren's signature song, "Hello It's Me", when Rundgren re-recorded it several years later as a solo single for his double album Something/Anything?. Nazz peaked at number 118 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart, while the single "Hello It's Me" peaked at number 66 on the Pop Singles chart.

The album was remastered and rereleased in 2006 with bonus tracks by Sanctuary Records Group.

Track listing

All songs written by Todd Rundgren, except where noted.

Side one

  1. "Open My Eyes" – 2:48
  2. "Back of Your Mind" – 3:48
  3. "See What You Can Be" – 3:00
  4. "Hello It's Me" – 3:57
  5. "Wildwood Blues" (Rundgren, Thom Mooney, Robert "Stewkey" Antoni, Carson Van Osten) – 4:39

Side two

  1. "If That's the Way You Feel" – 4:49
  2. "When I Get My Plane" – 3:08
  3. "Lemming Song" – 4:26
  4. "Crowded" (Mooney, Stewkey) – 2:20
  5. "She's Goin' Down" – 4:58

2006 Reissue CD Bonus Track (Sanctuary Records)

  1. "Nazz Radio Commercials" - 3:02
  2. "Train Kept A-Rollin'" (album outtake) (Tiny Bradshaw, Howard Kay, Lois Mann) - 3:22
  3. "Magic Me" (pre-LP audition tape) - 2:47
  4. "See What You Can Be" (pre-LP audition tape) - 2:52
  5. "Hello It's Me" (demo) - 3:51
  6. "Crowded" (demo) - 2:48
  7. "Open My Eyes" (non-phased demo) - 2:40
  8. "Lemming Song" (demo) - 4:04
  9. "The Nazz Are Blue" (live) (Jeff Beck, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith, Chris Dreja, Jim McCarty) - 3:47
  10. "Why Is It Me?" (early version of "Lemming Song" by Woody's Truck Stop) - 3:09
  11. "Hello It's Me" (mono single mix) - 4:06
  12. "Open My Eyes" (mono single mix) - 2:05

Nazz

  • Robert "Stewkey" Antoni - keyboards, vocals
  • Thom Mooney - drums
  • Todd Rundgren - guitar, vocals, string arrangements, mixing
  • Carson Van Osten - bass, vocals

    • Production

  • Joel Brodsky - photography
  • Michael Friedman - production, photography
  • Chris Huston - associate producer
  • Bill Inglot - remastering, digital remastering
  • Jon Landau - liner notes
  • Ken Perry - remastering, digital remastering
  • Bill Traut - producer

    • Charts

    Album

    Single

    References

    Nazz (album) Wikipedia
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