Slapp Happy (album)
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| Slapp Happy | ||
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| Studio album by Slapp Happy | ||
| Released | 1974 | |
| Recorded | The Manor, Oxfordshire, England |
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| Genre | Avant-progressive rock | |
| Length | - | |
| Label | Virgin Records (UK) | |
| Producer(s) | Slapp Happy, Steve Morse | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Slapp Happy chronology | ||
| Sort Of (1972) |
Slapp Happy (1974) |
Desperate Straights (1975) |
Slapp Happy (also known as Casablanca Moon) is an album by German/British avant-garde pop group Slapp Happy, recorded at Virgin Records' Manor studios in 1974.
This album was originally recorded in 1973 in Germany under a working title of Casablanca Moon with Faust as Slapp Happy's backing band, but Polydor Germany rejected it. After moving to London and signing with Virgin Records, Slapp Happy re-recorded it (at Virgin's request) and it was released in 1974 as Slapp Happy. Virgin later re-issued the album as Casablanca Moon.
It was not until 1980 that Recommended Records released the original recording (with Faust) as Acnalbasac Noom (the title Casablanca Moon reversed). For a comparison of Slapp Happy and Acnalbasac Noom, see Acnalbasac Noom.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
Side One
- "Casablanca Moon" (Moore/Blegvad)
- "Me and Parvati" (Moore/Blegvad)
- "Half Way There" (Blegvad)
- "Michelangelo" (Moore/Blegvad)
- "Dawn" (Moore/Blegvad)
- "Mr. Rainbow" (Blegvad)
Side Two
- "The Secret" (Moore/Blegvad)
- "A Little Something" (Blegvad)
- "The Drum" (Moore/Blegvad)
- "Haiku" (Moore/Blegvad)
- "Slow Moon's Rose" (Moore)
[edit] Personnel
- Anthony Moore – Keyboards
- Peter Blegvad – Second vocals
- Dagmar Krause – Lead vocals
[edit] Guests
- Marc Singer – Drums
- Dave Wintour – Bass guitar
- Graham Preskett – Violin, mandolin
- Roger Wootton – Backing vocals
- Eddie Sparrow – Drums, congas, whistles, etc
- Jean Herré Peron – Bass guitar
- Clare Deniz – Cello
- Nick Worters – Double bass
- Jeremy Baines – Sausage bassoon
- Andy Leggett – Jugs
- Clem Cattini – Drums
- Henry Lowther – Trumpet
- Geoff Leigh – Saxophones
- Keshave Sathe – Tablas, tamboura
[edit] Sound and art work
- Slapp Happy – Producers
- Steve Morse – Producer
- Simon Heyworth – Mixer, Engineer
- Steve Taylor – Mixer, Engineer
- David Larcher – Cover photograph
- Carol Aitken – Cover design
[edit] CD reissues
In 1993 Virgin Records reissued Slapp Happy as Casablanca Moon together with Slapp Happy's Desperate Straights on CD.
[edit] External links
| Slapp Happy | |||||
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| Peter Blegvad • Dagmar Krause • Anthony Moore | |||||
| Discography | |||||
| Sort Of (1972) • Slapp Happy (1974) • Acnalbasac Noom (1980) • Ça Va (1998) • Live in Japan (2001) | |||||
| with Henry Cow: Desperate Straights (1975) • In Praise of Learning (1975) | |||||
| Related bands | |||||
| Faust • Henry Cow | |||||
