NAZZ (TODD RUNDGREN) "NAZZ" 1968 1st PRESS. GATEFOLD NM-/EX- OOP RARE PSYCHE LP

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THE PHOTO'S MAY BE A LITTLE BLURRY, HAVE A LITTLE GLARE, SOME REFLECTIONS OR IN SOME CASES YOU MAY SEE SPECKS OF DUST. BUT THE PHOTO'S ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM YOU ARE BIDDING ON. I DO COMBINE SHIPPING.

THESE ARE VISUALLY & PLAY GRADED.

ARTISTS: NAZZ

TITLE: “NAZZ”

TRACK LISTING: SEE BELOW

Companies, etc.

• Mastered At – Atlantic Studios
• Mastered At – Longwear Plating
• Distributed By – ATCO Records
• Published By – Screen Gems-Columbia
• Record Company – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Copyright (c) – Atlantic Recording Corporation

Credits

• Bass Guitar – Carson Van Osten
• Design [Album] – Graffiteria*
• Drums – Thom Mooney
• Lead Guitar – Todd Rundgren
• Liner Notes – Jon Landau
• Photography By [All Other] – Joel Brodsky
• Photography By [Page Three] – Michael Friedman
• Producer – Bill Traut (tracks: A2, A3, A5 to B5), Michael Friedman (tracks: A1, A4), Nazz (tracks: A1, A4)
• Vocals, Piano, Organ – Stewkey*

Notes

LABEL: SGC RECORDS (DIST. BY ATLANTIC RECORDS)

CAT.#: SD 5001

YEAR: 1968

RECORD CONDITION: THE RECORD (VISUALLY & PLAY GRADED). IS IN EX/NM- CONDITION (UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED). NO LINES, SCRATCHES, SMEARS, SMUDGES ETC. THE VINYL HAS A NICE SHINEY BLACK LUSTER. BOTH LABELS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THERE'S ONE OR TWO SMALL "CLICKS/POPS" ON THE LEAD IN GROOVES, MAINLY ON THE "B" SIDE, BUT THE SONGS PLAY SUPER CLEAN.

SLEEVE CONDITION: IS IN EX CONDITION. NICE CLEAN STRAIGHT EDGES. NO RIPS, TEARS, WRITING, SEAM SPLITS ETC. THE GATEFOLD JACKET IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, THERE'S VERY VERY LIGHT EDGE WEAR ON THE RIGHT BACK PANEL. SMALL UPPER LEFT CORNER "DING" SEE PHOTO)

OTHER INFO: THIS RECORD IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT. ORIGINAL 1st PRESSING.

ARTIST INFO:

Nazz (also known as the Nazz) was an American rock band formed in Philadelphia in 1967 by guitarist Todd Rundgren and bassist Carson Van Osten. Rundgren wrote virtually all of the group's original material. Drummer Thom Mooney and vocalist/keyboardist Robert "Stewkey" Antoni joined before their first concert, opening for the Doors in 1967.

The band released three albums (Nazz, Nazz Nazz, and Nazz III) and are best known for their 1968 debut single "Open My Eyes" backed with "Hello It's Me". Following the group's disbandment in 1969, Rundgren pursued a solo career, and in 1972, recorded a new version of "Hello It's Me" that reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Nazz and "Open My Eyes"[edit]

Nazz was marketed by their original manager, Michael Friedman, as a teenybopper band along the lines of the Monkees. The group signed with SGC Records, releasing Nazz in October 1968. The album was not commercially successful and neither was the first single, "Open My Eyes" of which the flip side was "Hello It's Me" (#41 Canada). "Open My Eyes" was the side SGC Records was promoting, but in Boston WMEX Music Director and DJ Ron Robin accidentally played the flip side. He was impressed and added it to the station's playlist. Reaction was strong and "Hello It's Me" became a number one hit at WMEX in 1968. Several weeks later it was on the playlist of Boston's other Top 40 radio station WRKO and eventually at other stations across the country. SGC Records presented Ron Robin with a Silver Record which reads "WMEX, Where it All Began. Thanks!". The song "If That's the Way You Feel" features a string section in the middle of the song where the lead singer Stewkey sings an entire octave range.

Nazz gained exposure in Philadelphia in the summer of 1969 and into the fall of 1969 thru the winter of 1970 when "Hello It's Me" then "Open My Eyes" became frequently played on WMMR 93.3 in Philadelphia driven by DJ Michael Tearson. The group gained wider recognition thanks to the inclusion of "Open My Eyes" on Nuggets (1972), an anthology of American 1960s garage punk and psychedelia compiled by musician Lenny Kaye.

The music video is directed by horror and thriller movie director Ray Dennis Steckler and released in 1968.

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.

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