Massive 41 disc (vinyl and CD plus memorabilia) set from the Scottish rock legends. Includes 180gm vinyl edition of Rampant (1974), picture disc of Expect No Mercy (1977), vinyl LP pressing of BBC Rock Hour - Live At Hammersmith Odeon 1980, and double vinyl LP pressing of Turn On Your Receiver - The BBC Bob Harris Sessions 1972-74. Also includes CD pressings of 23 original studio albums and two original live albums…
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. Loud 'n' Proud is the fourth studio album by Nazareth, and their second to be released in 1973.
Massive 41 disc (vinyl and CD plus memorabilia) set from the Scottish rock legends. Includes 180gm vinyl edition of Rampant (1974), picture disc of Expect No Mercy (1977), vinyl LP pressing of BBC Rock Hour - Live At Hammersmith Odeon 1980, and double vinyl LP pressing of Turn On Your Receiver - The BBC Bob Harris Sessions 1972-74. Also includes CD pressings of 23 original studio albums and two original live albums…
After putting themselves on the hard rock map with Razamanaz, Nazareth took their new, forceful style even further the next year on Loud & Proud. With Roger Glover once again at the controls, the group added even higher levels of distortion and energy to create one of the hardest rocking items in their catalog: "Go Down Fighting" starts the album with a sonic boom thanks to its blend of furious riffing with a breathless tempo, and the group's cover of "Teenage Nervous Breakdown" transforms this Little Feat into a runaway locomotive of hard rock riffing…
After putting themselves on the hard rock map with Razamanaz, Nazareth took their new, forceful style even further the next year on Loud & Proud. With Roger Glover once again at the controls, the group added even higher levels of distortion and energy to create one of the hardest rocking items in their catalog: "Go Down Fighting" starts the album with a sonic boom thanks to its blend of furious riffing with a breathless tempo, and the group's cover of "Teenage Nervous Breakdown" transforms this Little Feat into a runaway locomotive of hard rock riffing. However, the album's definitive moment of heaviness is their extended reworking of Bob Dylan's "The Ballad of Hollis Brown," which drenches the tune in ungodly levels of feedback to create an ominous, horror movie-style feel.
After putting themselves on the hard rock map with Razamanaz, Nazareth took their new, forceful style even further the next year on Loud & Proud. With Roger Glover once again at the controls, the group added even higher levels of distortion and energy to create one of the hardest rocking items in their catalog: "Go Down Fighting" starts the album with a sonic boom thanks to its blend of furious riffing with a breathless tempo, and the group's cover of "Teenage Nervous Breakdown" transforms this Little Feat into a runaway locomotive of hard rock riffing. However, the album's definitive moment of heaviness is their extended reworking of Bob Dylan's "The Ballad of Hollis Brown," which drenches the tune in ungodly levels of feedback to create an ominous, horror movie-style feel.