Slapp Happy (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Slapp Happy
Type = studio
Artist = Slapp Happy


Released = 1974
Recorded = The Manor, Oxfordshire,
England
Genre = Avant-progressive rock
Length = -
Label = Virgin (UK)
Producer = Slapp Happy, Steve Morse
Reviews =
*"Allmusic" Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:uya9keft0q7n link] | Last album = "Sort Of"
(1972)
This album = "Slapp Happy"
(1974)
Next album = "Desperate Straights"
(1975)
Misc = Singles
Name =Slapp Happy
Type =studio
Single 1 =Casablanca Moon" b/w "Slow Moon's Rose
Single 1 date =1974, Virgin Records
Single 2 =
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"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".

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)

Personnel

*Anthony Moore – Keyboards
*Peter Blegvad – Second vocals
*Dagmar Krause (credited as "Dagmar") – Lead vocals

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

ound 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.

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/dagmarpage/cmds.html Slapp Happy: Casablanca Moon/Desperate Straights]