The UK A's and B's 1972-80

NAZARETH / / 2CD (import for Japanese distribution, with obi) / Solid / BGO

The UK A's and B's 1972-80 gathers the A- and B-sides of the singles NAZARETH, the Scottish hard rock band, released in Britain between 1972 and 1980: forty-three tracks on two CDs, issued by BGO Records in the UK on 16 October 2026 (BGOCD1582), digitally remastered, in a slipcase and with newly written liner notes.

NAZARETH - The UK A's and B's 1972-80 album cover

CD Details

ArtistNAZARETH
TitleThe UK A's and B's 1972-80
Release date
EditionImport for Japanese distribution, with obi (early November 2026); the BGO Records import (BGOCD1582) came out on 16 October 2026
LabelSolid / BGO
Catalog No.CDSOL-72944
JAN4526180776406
PriceJPY 4,510 incl. tax
Format2CD / 43 tracks
BonusThe BGO Records import (BGOCD1582) with a Japanese obi, two discs and 43 tracks; the BGO set is digitally remastered, comes in a slipcase and has newly written liner notes.
Tracks43

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Track List

  1. [Disc 1] Dear John
  2. [Disc 1] Friends
  3. [Disc 1] Morning Dew
  4. [Disc 1] If You See My Baby
  5. [Disc 1] Hard Living
  6. [Disc 1] Broken Down Angel
  7. [Disc 1] Witchdoctor Woman
  8. [Disc 1] Bad Bad Boy
  9. [Disc 1] Hard Living
  10. [Disc 1] Spinning Top
  11. [Disc 1] This Flight Tonight
  12. [Disc 1] Called Her Name
  13. [Disc 1] Shanghai'd In Shanghai
  14. [Disc 1] Love, Now You're Gone
  15. [Disc 1] Love Hurts
  16. [Disc 1] Down
  17. [Disc 1] Hair Of The Dog
  18. [Disc 1] Too Bad, Too Sad
  19. [Disc 1] My White Bicycle
  20. [Disc 1] Miss Misery
  21. [Disc 2] Holy Roller
  22. [Disc 2] Railroad Boy
  23. [Disc 2] Carry Out Feelings
  24. [Disc 2] Lift The Lid
  25. [Disc 2] You're The Violin
  26. [Disc 2] Loretta
  27. [Disc 2] I Don't Want To Go On Without You
  28. [Disc 2] Good Love
  29. [Disc 2] Somebody To Roll
  30. [Disc 2] Vancouver Shakedown
  31. [Disc 2] Gone Dead Train
  32. [Disc 2] Greens
  33. [Disc 2] Desolation Road
  34. [Disc 2] Place In Your Heart
  35. [Disc 2] Kentucky Fried Blues
  36. [Disc 2] May The Sunshine
  37. [Disc 2] Expect No Mercy
  38. [Disc 2] Whatever You Want Babe
  39. [Disc 2] Telegram
  40. [Disc 2] Star
  41. [Disc 2] Born To Love
  42. [Disc 2] Holiday
  43. [Disc 2] Ship Of Dreams
LINER NOTES
The UK A's and B's 1972-80 gathers the A- and B-sides of the singles NAZARETH, the Scottish hard rock band, released in Britain between 1972 and 1980: forty-three tracks on two CDs, issued by BGO Records in the UK on 16 October 2026 (BGOCD1582), digitally remastered, in a slipcase and with newly written liner notes. The sleeve shows the labels of the singles on Pegasus, Mooncrest and Mountain. Disc one runs from "Dear John" to "Miss Misery" and disc two from "Holy Roller" to "Ship Of Dreams". On the UK singles chart "Broken Down Angel" (number nine) and "Bad Bad Boy" (number ten) made the top ten in 1973, and with "This Flight Tonight" (number eleven, also 1973) and "My White Bicycle" (number fourteen, 1975) four of them reached the top twenty; "This Flight Tonight" went to number one in Germany. "Love Hurts", "Hair Of The Dog", "Place In Your Heart" and "Star" are here too. The Japanese-distribution issue from Solid / BGO, with an obi (CDSOL-72944), is dated early November 2026.