Back to the Trenches explained

Back to the Trenches is a double live album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in 2001. A collection of thirty-one live tracks taken from the soundboards of six concerts, on both sides of the Atlantic, between 1972 and 1984, only nine of these tunes are featured on the band's acclaimed 1981 double live album 'Snaz. A line on the CD sleeve says, "This brings you Nazareth in their element - up there doing it".

The CD comes with a 52-page booklet containing old photos and interviews with Pete Agnew and Dan McCafferty. It also was issued on vinyl.

Pete Frame of Rock Family Trees fame was commissioned to draw up a Nazareth family tree based on info taken from an interview.

Disc one

• Tracks 1–10 Paris Theatre, London 1972 (same tracks as on BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert album
• Tracks 11–14 Hammersmith Odeon 1980

Disc two

• Tracks 1–4 Glasgow Apollo 1981
• Tracks 5–11 Fort Pierce 1982
• Tracks 12–14 Vancouver 1983
• Tracks 15–17 Slough 1984

Personnel

• Dan McCafferty - lead vocals (all tracks), bagpipes in "Hair of the Dog"
• Manny Charlton – guitars (all tracks)
• Billy Rankin – guitars (1981–1983 dates)
• Zal Cleminson - guitars (1980 dates)
• Pete Agnew - bass guitar, backing vocals (all tracks)
• John Locke - keyboards (1981–1982 dates)
• Darrell Sweet – drums (all tracks)