Slapp Happy (album)

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Slapp Happy
Slapp Happy cover
Studio album by Slapp Happy
Released 1974
Recorded The Manor, Oxfordshire,
England
Genre Avant-progressive rock
Length -
Label Virgin (UK)
Producer Slapp Happy, Steve Morse
Professional reviews
Slapp Happy chronology
Sort Of
(1972)
Slapp Happy
(1974)
Desperate Straights
(1975)
Singles from Slapp Happy
  1. "Casablanca Moon" b/w "Slow Moon's Rose"
    Released: 1974, Virgin Records

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
  1. "Casablanca Moon" (Moore/Blegvad)
  2. "Me and Parvati" (Moore/Blegvad)
  3. "Half Way There" (Blegvad)
  4. "Michelangelo" (Moore/Blegvad)
  5. "Dawn" (Moore/Blegvad)
  6. "Mr. Rainbow" (Blegvad)
Side Two
  1. "The Secret" (Moore/Blegvad)
  2. "A Little Something" (Blegvad)
  3. "The Drum" (Moore/Blegvad)
  4. "Haiku" (Moore/Blegvad)
  5. "Slow Moon's Rose" (Moore)

[edit] Personnel

[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