Slapp Happy - Original 1974 UK Virgin label 11-track LP - Incl. booklet

rare 1974 UK Virgin label 11-track LP - German/British avant-pop groups 2nd album recorded after relocating to London - 'Slapp Happy' is the rerecorded version of the then unisued and rejected 'Casablanca Moon' which was recorded for Polydor during the bands stay in Germany.

Vinyl is manufactured with full colour 'twin virgin' logo labels and comes complete with 4" x 6" 12-page lyric booklet - housed in a matt finish picture cover.

Condition: VG+(+) (Vinyl and Labels)/M- (Booklet)/VG+(+) (Cover):
Vinyl is superemely lustrous and has a couple of superlight marks combined with a little faint sleeve wear. Side 1 label is mint - Side 2 label has a single far from complex and barely noticeable spindletrace - overall graded close to near perfect/excellent.

Booklet is mint and cover has very faint vinyl outline and almost no wear along this and a touch of barely noticeable wrinkling. Cover has nice and intact seams - straight and with only a slight mid-spine pressure point.
Spine has a touch of age discolouration and age spotting transcending just a touch to front and back - easily readable though. Opening edges are perfect and corners are neat with only very marginal denting or rubbing - only upper spine corner has a little more mafest rubbing. All in all a far above awerage cover graded close to near perfect/excellent - a simply very attractive copy.

Tracklisting:

Side 1:
1. Casablanca Moon (Anthony Moore/Peter Blegvad) - 2:45
2. Me and Parvati (Anthony Moore/Peter Blegvad) - 3:22
3. Half Way There (Peter Blegvad) - 3:14
4. Michelangelo (Anthony Moore/Blegvad) - 2:33
5. Dawn (Moore/Peter Blegvad) - 3:17
6. Mr. Rainbow (Peter Blegvad) - 3:49

Side 2:
1. The Secret (Anthony Moore/Peter Blegvad) - 3:28
2. A Little Something (Peter Blegvad) - 4:30
3. The Drum (Anthony Moore/Peter Blegvad) - 3:34
4. Haiku (Anthony Moore/Peter Blegvad) - 3:01
5. Slow Moon's Rose (Anthony Moore) - 2:53

Recorded 1974, at Virgin's Manor Studios, Manor House, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire, England
Recorded at CBS Studios, 31-37 Whitfield Street, London W1P 5RE
Cover printed by Robor Ltd.

Credits:
Anthony Moore - keyboards
Peter Blegvad - second vocals, guitar (uncredited)
Dagmar Krause - lead vocals

Additional Musicians:
Clem Cattini, Marc Singer - drums
Eddie Sparrow - drums, congas, whistles, etc.
Keshave Sathe - tablas, tamboura
Jean Hervé Peron, Dave Wintour - bass guitar
Nick Worters - double bass
Graham Preskett - violin, mandolin
Clare Deniz - cello
Jeremy Baines - sausage bassoon
Andy Leggett - jugs
Henry Lowther - trumpet
Geoff Leigh - saxophones
Roger Wootton - backing vocals

Technical Credits:
Slapp Happy, Steve Morse - production
Simon Heyworth, Steve Taylor - mix, engineer

Artwork:
David Larcher - cover photograph
Carol Aitken - cover design