Acnalbasac Noom

Infobox Album | Name = Acnalbasac Noom
Type = Studio album
Artist = Slapp Happy


Released = 1980
Recorded = Wümme, Germany, 1973
Genre = Avant-progressive rock
Length = -
Label = Recommended (UK)
Producer = Uwe Nettelbeck
Reviews =
*"Allmusic" Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dykqikk6bbo9 link]
*Piero Scaruffi (6.5/10) [http://www.scaruffi.com/vol3/blegvad.html link] | Last album = "In Praise of Learning"
(1975)
This album = "Acnalbasac Noom"
(1980)
Next album = "Ça Va"
(1998)

"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.

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)

Personnel

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

Guests (Faust)

*Jean-Hervé Péron – Bass guitar
*Werner "Zappi" Diermaier – Drums
*Gunter Wüsthoff – Saxophone

ound and art work

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

CD reissues

In 1990 Recommended Records reissued "Acnalbasac Noom" on CD with four extra tracks:
*"Everybody's Slimmin' (Even Men and Women)" (Moore/Blegvad)
*"Blue Eyed William" (Blegvad)
*"Karen" (Blegvad)
*"Messages" (Krause)

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/dagmarpage/noom.html Slapp Happy: Acnalbasac Noom]