Acnalbasac Noom

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Acnalbasac Noom
Studio album by Slapp Happy
Released	1980
Recorded	Wümme, Germany, 1973
Genre	Avant-progressive rock
Length	-
Label	Recommended Records (UK)
Producer(s)	Uwe Nettelbeck
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Slapp Happy chronology
In Praise of Learning (1975)	Acnalbasac Noom (1980)	Ça Va (1998)

Acnalbasac Noom is an album by German/British avant-garde pop group Slapp Happy, recorded in Wümme, Germany in 1973 with Faust as their backing band. The title is Casablanca Moon reversed.

This album is the original recording Slapp Happy made of Casablanca Moon that was never released at the time because Polydor Germany rejected it and Virgin Records requested that Slapp Happy re-record it (released by Virgin in 1974 as Slapp Happy, later re-issued as Casablanca Moon).

The track titles on Acnalbasac Noom are identical to those on Slapp Happy except for the track sequence and that "Haiku" on Slapp Happy is replaced by "Charlie 'n Charlie" on Acnalbasac Noom. Musically, Acnalbasac Noom is arranged quite differently to Slapp Happy: it has a raw and unsophisticated "rock" feel about it, whereas Slapp Happy tends to be more sentimental and "dreamy" with complex arrangements, including a string orchestra. While the unsophisticated feel of Acnalbasac Noom still appeals to many fans, it was the sentimental sound on Slapp Happy that the band became best known for.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2.1 Guests (Faust) 2.2 Sound and art work 3 CD reissues 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

Side One

1. "Casablanca Moon" (Moore/Blegvad)
2. "Me and Parvati" (Moore/Blegvad)
3. "Mr. Rainbow" (Blegvad)
4. "Michelangelo" (Moore/Blegvad)
5. "The Drum" (Moore/Blegvad)
6. "A Little Something" (Blegvad)

Side Two

1. "The Secret" (Moore/Blegvad)
2. "Dawn" (Moore/Blegvad)
3. "Half-Way There" (Blegvad)
4. "Charlie 'n Charlie" (Moore/Blegvad)
5. "Slow Moon's Rose" (Moore)

[edit] Personnel

• Anthony Moore – Keyboards, guitar
• Peter Blegvad – Guitar, vocals
• Dagmar Krause – Vocals

[edit] Guests (Faust)

• Jean-Hervé Péron – Bass guitar
• Zappi Diermaier – Drums
• Gunter Wüsthoff – Saxophone

[edit] Sound and art work

• Uwe Nettelbeck – Producer
• Kurt Graupner – Engineer
• Peter Blegvad – Cover art work

[edit] CD reissues

In 1990 Recommended Records reissued Acnalbasac Noom on CD with four extra tracks:

• "Everybody's Slimmin'" (Moore/Blegvad) – Slapp Happy's 1982 single
• "Blue Eyed William" (Blegvad)
• "Karen" (Blegvad)
• "Messages" (Krause)

[edit] External links

• Slapp Happy: Acnalbasac Noom

v • d • e Slapp Happy
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