Razamanaz

Razamanaz
Studio album by Nazareth
Released	May 1973
Recorded	at The Ganghut, Jamestown, Scotland with Pye Mobile Unit and mixed at AIR Studios, London England December 1972-March 1973
Genre	Hard rock, rock and roll[1]
Length	34:24 (Original LP Version) 43:19 (with bonus tracks)
Label	Mooncrest (UK) A&M (US)
Producer	Roger Glover
Nazareth chronology
Exercises (1972) Razamanaz (1973) BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (1973)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Galeria Musical	[3]

Razamanaz is the third studio album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in 1973. It was the band's first LP record to break the charts and was produced by Deep Purple's Roger Glover who the band was on tour with at the time. Woke Up This Morning was re-recorded for this album.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Pete Agnew, Manny Charlton, Dan McCafferty, Darrell Sweet unless otherwise noted. 

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Razamanaz"		3:52
2.	"Alcatraz"	Leon Russell	4:23
3.	"Vigilante Man"	Woody Guthrie	5:21
4.	"Woke Up This Morning"		3:53
5.	"Night Woman"		3:29
6.	"Bad, Bad Boy"		3:55
7.	"Sold My Soul"		4:49
8.	"Too Bad, Too Sad"		2:55
9.	"Broken Down Angel"		3:45

1996 Castle Communications Bonus Tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"Hard Living" (B-side to Bad Bad Boy single in the UK)		3:03
11.	"Spinning Top" (B-side to Bad Bad Boy single in the UK)		3:06
12.	"Woke Up This Morning" (original version from Exercises album)		3:13
13.	"Witchdoctor Woman" (B-side to Broken Down Angel single, originally released on Nazareth album)	Charlton, McCafferty	4:07

2001 30th Anniversary Bonus Track

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Razamanaz" (alternate edit)	3:26

• This remastered CD added three bonus tracks and extensive liner-notes:
• The master tapes for tracks 10 and 11 could not be located and here were 'cleaned up' from vinyl.

2010 Salvo Records Remaster Bonus Tracks

BBS sessions:

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Razamanaz"		4:15
13.	"Night Woman"		3:25
14.	"Broken Down Angel"		4:02
15.	"Vigilante Man"	Woody Guthrie	5:04

• BBS sessions were recorded at Maida Vale Studios for the Bob Harris Show on BBC Radio 1. Producer: Pete Rizkema. Engineer: Bill Aitken. First transmission date: 26 March 1973.

Covers

• Razamanaz was covered by Danish technical thrash metal band Artillery on their 1990 album By Inheritance.
• Razamanaz was also recorded by Quiet Riot vocalist Kevin DuBrow, it appears on In for the Kill, a 2004 covers album.
• Razamanaz was also recorded by the Supersuckers. It appears on the 1992 compilation album The Songs All Sound the Same, listed as 'Razzmanazz'.

Razamanaz was covered by Norway Band Artch on their 1991 album For the Sake of Mankind.

Personnel

Band members

• Dan McCafferty - lead vocals
• Darrell Sweet - drums, percussion, backing vocals, liner notes
• Pete Agnew - bass guitar, backing vocals
• Manny Charlton - electric and acoustic guitars, slide guitar, banjo, backing vocals

Other credits

• Roger Glover - producer, bass guitar, percussion
• Alan Perkins - recording engineer (Pye Mobile Recording Unit)
• Patrick Watters, Fin Costello - photography
• Mike Brown - remastering
• Robert M. Corich - remastering, liner notes
• Dave Field - design

References

1. Top 10 Nazareth Songs
2. Allmusic review
3. Galeria Musical review

External links

• Lyrics to songs from Razamanaz