Slapp Happy (album)
| Slapp Happy | ||||
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| Studio album by Slapp Happy | ||||
| Released | May 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1974, Oxfordshire, England | |||
| Genre | Experimental rock, experimental pop | |||
| Length | 36:26 | |||
| Label | Virgin (UK) | |||
| Producer | Slapp Happy, Steve Morse | |||
| Slapp Happy chronology | ||||
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Slapp Happy (also known as Casablanca Moon) is an album by German/British avant-pop group Slapp Happy, recorded at Virgin Records' Manor Studio 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.
Writing in The Rough Guide to Rock, Mark Ellingham noted: "Slapp Happy found themselves at Virgin's Manor studios, recording the album with a virtual chamber orchestra of musicians." [2]
Contents
Track listing
All music composed by Anthony Moore and Peter Blegvad, except where noted.
| Side one | |||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Casablanca Moon" | 2:45 | |
| 2. | "Me and Parvati" | 3:22 | |
| 3. | "Half Way There" | Blegvad | 3:14 |
| 4. | "Michelangelo" | 2:33 | |
| 5. | "Dawn" | 3:17 | |
| 6. | "Mr. Rainbow" | Blegvad | 3:49 |
| Side two | |||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 7. | "The Secret" | 3:28 | |
| 8. | "A Little Something" | Blegvad | 4:30 |
| 9. | "The Drum" | 3:34 | |
| 10. | "Haiku" | 3:01 | |
| 11. | "Slow Moon's Rose" | Moore | 2:53 |
Personnel
Sources: Peter Blegvad,[3] Discogs[4]
- Dagmar Krause (credited as "Dagmar") – lead vocals
- Peter Blegvad – second vocals, guitar (uncredited)
- Anthony Moore – keyboards
Guests
- Marc Singer – drums
- Dave Wintour – bass guitar
- Graham Preskett – violin, mandolin
- Roger Wootton – backing vocals
- Eddie Sparrow – drums, congas, whistles, etc.
- Jean Hervé 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
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
CD reissues
In 1993 Virgin Records reissued Slapp Happy as Casablanca Moon together with Slapp Happy's Desperate Straights on CD.
References
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