Loud & proud! : anthology

"... here we have the complete works, the dog's bollocks. And what a wonderful package it is. Nazareth were formed in the late 60s, from the ballroom cover band The Shaddettes, and the original line-up of vocalist Dan McCafferty, guitarist Manny Charlton, bassist Pete Agnew and drummer Darrell Sweet turned professional at the turn of the 70s, with their eponymous debut following shortly after. The Nazareth sound was a hard bluesy rock with Dan's whisky-soaked gravelly vocals. Their breakthrough, following a tour with Deep Purple, was the Roger Glover produced Razamanaz that spawned the hit singles Bad Bad Boy and Broken Down Angel. Later covers of Love Hurts and This Flight Tonight would also be era defining ... Any quibbles I have are minor. Very minor. This is a fantastic box and a wonderful presentation; a labour of love by the label ... the band, and all those involved, including Dave Ling. The complete works doesn't even begin to describe this set - the packaging is just superb, and like the Nazareth catalogue, it rocks".

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