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Acnalbasac Noom (also known as Slapp Happy or Slapp Happy) is an album by German/British avant-garde pop group Slapp Happy, recorded in Wümme, Germany in 1973 with Faust as their backing band. It was originally entitled Casablanca Moon but was never released at the time because it had been rejected by their record label, Polydor. Slapp Happy later re-recorded the album in 1974 for Virgin Records, who released it in 1974 as Slapp Happy. Acnalbasac Noom, the original 1973 recording of Casablanca Moon, was released by Recommended Records in 1980. The title Acnalbasac Noom is "Casablanca Moon" written backwards.
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.
[edit] Track listing
- Side One
- "Casablanca Moon" (Moore/Blegvad)
- "Me and Parvati" (Moore/Blegvad)
- "Mr. Rainbow" (Blegvad)
- "Michelangelo" (Moore/Blegvad)
- "The Drum" (Moore/Blegvad)
- "A Little Something" (Blegvad)
- Side Two
- "The Secret" (Moore/Blegvad)
- "Dawn" (Moore/Blegvad)
- "Half-Way There" (Blegvad)
- "Charlie 'n Charlie" (Moore/Blegvad)
- "Slow Moon's Rose" (Moore)
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Guests (Faust)
[edit] Sound and art work
[edit] CD reissues
In 1990 Recommended Records reissued Acnalbasac Noom on CD with four extra tracks:
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