Slapp Happy 'Slapp Happy' Virgin V 2014 A2/B3 UK 1st 1974
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Slapp Happy 'Slapp Happy' Virgin V 2014 UK 1st press Vinyl, LP, released in 1974.
The vinyl appears to have been lightly played and is in great shape. It played through beautifully on my stereo -no skip or stick. The sleeve has some light ring-wear but is, otherwise, in good condition - no rips or writing. The spine is intact and legible. Matrix / Runout Side One : V 2014 A - 2U Matrix / Runout Side Two : V 2014 B - 3U
'Slapp Happy' (also known as Casablanca Moon) is a studio album by German/British avant-pop group Slapp Happy, recorded at Virgin Records' Manor Studio 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 Records in Germany rejected it. After moving to London and signing with Virgin Records, Slapp Happy re-recorded the album (at Virgin's request) with session musicians under the direction of violinist Graham Preskett, and with new arrangements of the songs by Roger Wootton of Comus. Virgin released the album in 1974 as 'Slapp Happy'. A second UK pressing of the album used the title 'Casablanca Moon' on the label (though not on the cover).
Reviewing the album at AllMusic, Richie Unterberger wrote that Slapp Happy's songwriting here is better than on their first album, 'Sort Of'. It has "witty and oddball" lyrics that are not "pretentious", and are showcased by Dagmar Krause's German-inflected singing. Unterberger compared some of the tracks on the album to Yoko Ono's 1970s songs, but felt that "Krause's vocals are much better than Ono's, while just as distinctive." Writing in The Rough Guide to Rock, Mark Ellingham noted: "Slapp Happy found themselves at Virgin's Manor studios, recording the album with a virtual chamber orchestra of musicians."
In a 1974 review in Audio, Carl Anthony said 'Slapp Happy' has "[s]ome of the most extraordinary lyrics I've heard in a long time", and when they are sung by Krause in her "[h]aunting" voice, the deceptively "normal" music is transformed into "something surreal and distant", "alien but strangely inviting". He described the recording of the album as "clean and open" with "clear and well projected" vocals. Anthony added that Slapp Happy "is no ordinary group" and opined that they are "going to be big – no question of it".
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