“Open My Eyes” / “Hello It’s Me” – Doyle’s Space: Music Hall of Fame – SOS Award

This “Stand Out Single” was from the debut Nazz album.

The Nazz’s “Open My Eyes” / “Hello It’s Me” was the group’s debut single, released in 1968 on SGC Records at the beginning of the band’s brief but influential career. The Nazz were a Philadelphia-area rock group formed around Todd Rundgren, who was already emerging as the band’s principal songwriter, guitarist and studio-minded musical force.

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My Favorite Albums – Nazz – Nazz

You can take what’s mine, you can share my bed, you can go where I go, you can cry when I’m dead

I was blown away the first time I heard “Nazz”. It is a great rockin’ album by the psychedelic rock/pop group Nazz released in 1968. In Philadelphia, the band was founded by guitarist and principal songwriter Todd Rundgren and bassist Carson Van Osten. Their name was derived from the Yardbirds’ song “The Nazz Are Blue” from the 1966 “Roger the Engineer” album.

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