Nazz (album)

Nazz
Studio album by Nazz
Released	October 1968
Recorded	April 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and at Starfish Sound in Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Studio	The Nazz's Recording Studio in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and at Starfish Sound in Hazleton, Pennsylvania
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 chronology
Nazz (1968) Nazz Nazz (1969)
Singles from Nazz
"Open My Eyes" / "Hello It's Me" Released: July 1968

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

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)

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

Personnel

Nazz

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

Technical

• Bill Traut – producer (tracks 2-3, 5-10)
• Michael Friedman – producer, (tracks 1, 4) photography
• Chris Huston – associate producer
• Bill Inglot – remastering, digital remastering
• Ken Perry – remastering, digital remastering
• Joel Brodsky – photography
• Jon Landau – liner notes

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1968	US Billboard Pop Albums	118

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1968	"Open My Eyes"	Billboard Pop Singles	112
1969	"Hello It's Me"	Canada RPM Singles Chart	39
1969	"Hello It's Me"	Billboard Pop Singles	66