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Snaz is a double live album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in September 1981. The title is rendered on the album artwork in all-capital letters, and when the gatefold-sleeve is opened, the title appears as "IT'SNAZ", but only SNAZ" is seen on the front cover when closed. AllMusic uses the shorter title without the apostrophe, as "Snaz", while Discogs includes the apostrophe, showing Snaz", and the Official Charts Company identified it as "Nazareth Live". The album was recorded at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada, in May 1981 during the band's 1981 North American tour. The band recorded several of the dates on the tour but felt this one show was fine in its entirety. The album was mixed at The Manor, Oxfordshire. The original LP featured two bonus studio tracks, "Juicy Lucy" and a re-recording of "Morning Dew". Together with "Crazy (A Suitable Case for Treatment)", from the Heavy Metal soundtrack, these were the first studio recordings of the new 6-piece line-up. In Germany, the LP originally came with a free bonus 1-sided 7", a remix of "Morning Dew" with the vocals sung in German, and thus titled "Morgentau". This was never issued separately, although it is sometimes (incorrectly) listed as a promo single.…

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1. release date: 1981 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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