''Razamanaz'' is the third studio album by the Scottish

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, released in May 1973. It was the band's first LP record to break the charts and was produced by

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, who the band was on tour with at the time. "Woke Up This Morning" was re-recorded for this album.

Track listing

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Bonus Tracks

2001 30th Anniversary Bonus Track

* 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

*BBC sessions were recorded at

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for the Bob Harris Show on

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. Producer: Pete Rizkema. Engineer: Bill Aitken. First transmission date: 26 March 1973.

Covers

* "Razamanaz" was covered by US punk band The Meatmen on their 1985 album ''War of the Superbikes''. * "Razamanaz" was covered by Danish technical

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on their 1990 album ''

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''. * "Razamanaz" was also recorded by

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vocalist

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, 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 Norwegian metal band Artch on their 1991 album '' For the Sake of Mankind''. * "Razamanaz" was covered by Swedish heavy metal band Morgana Lefay on their 1993 album '' Knowing Just as I''. * "Razamanaz" was covered by English heavy metal band

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on their 2023 album '' More Inspirations''.

Personnel

;Nazareth * 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 ;Technical *

– producer, percussions on some tracks *Alan Perkins – recording engineer (Pye Mobile Recording Unit) * Geoffrey Emerick – sound engineer (AIR) *Patrick Watters, Fin Costello – photography *Mike Brown – remastering *Robert M. Corich – remastering, liner notes, recovery of bonus tracks *Dave Field – design

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

Lyrics to songs from Razamanaz
{{Authority control Nazareth (band) albums 1973 albums Albums produced by Roger Glover A&M Records albums