01	Casablanca Moon						03:02
	02	Me and Paravati						03:31
	03	Mr. Rainbow						03:50
	04	Michelangelo						02:40
	05	The Drum						03:51
	06	A Little Something						03:21
	07	The Secret						03:25
	08	Dawn						03:35
	09	Half-way There						03:08
	10	Charlie 'n Charlie						02:24
	11	Slow Moon's Rose						03:10
	12	Everybody's Slimmin'						04:10
	13	Blue Eyed William						03:35
	14	Karen						03:19
	15	Messages						02:08

Dagmar Krause - Piano, Vocals
Peter Blegvad - Clarinet, Guitar, Vocals, Artwork
Anthony Moore - Keyboards, Vocals

Chris Cutler - Booklet, Inlay Design, Label Design

AMG EXPERT REVIEW: The history of this album is a bit complicated. Originally titled Casablanca Moon, it was recorded for Polydor in 1973, but scrapped when the group signed with Virgin; their first Virgin release was an entirely re-recorded version of the same material, although it was entitled Slapp Happy when released. To compound the confusion, the Virgin version was retitled Casablanca Moon when it was reissued on CD in 1993 (on a single-disc release that also included their 1974 Virgin album Desperate Straights). Acnalbasac Noom is the original, 1973 recording of the Casablanca Moon material, and not a mere archival curiosity; it's quite worthy on its own merits. The group's songwriting had improved since their debut, and Krause's German chanteuse-influenced vocals found catchier, more rock-oriented settings. The lyrics are witty and oddball without being pretentious. Tracks like "Mr. Rainbow" recall Yoko Ono's early-'70s song-oriented material, with an important difference: Krause's vocals are much better than Ono's, while just as distinctive. "The Secret," with its almost girl-group-worthy catchiness, and "Charlie 'n Charlie," with its nifty surfish guitar riff, even sound like potential commercial singles. The four bonus tracks include the delightful 1982 single "Everybody's Slimmin'," with its immortal opening line, "Listen my children and you will hear/You can shed weight and still drink beer." - Richie Unterberger

1. Casablanca Moon (Blegvad/Moore) - 3:02
2. Me and Paravati (Blegvad/Moore) - 3:31
3. Mr. Rainbow (Blegvad) - 3:50
4. Michaelangelo (Blegvad/Moore) - 2:40
5. The Drum (Blegvad/Moore) - 3:51
6. A Little Something (Blegvad) - 3:21
7. The Secret (Blegvad/Moore) - 3:25
8. Dawn (Blegvad/Moore) - 3:35
9. Half-Way There (Blegvad) - 3:08
10. Charlie 'N Charlie (Blegvad/Moore) - 2:24
11. Slow Moon's Rose (Moore) - 3:10
12. Everybody's Slimmin'* [*] (Blegvad/Moore) - 4:10
13. Blue Eyed William* [*] (Blegvad) - 3:35
14. Karen* [*] (Blegvad) - 3:19
15. Messages* [*] (Krause) - 2:08

1973 CD Cuneiform RER-SHCD
1980 LP Recommended RR
1998 CD Recommended SH1




1972 Sort of...Slapp Happy Polydor
1973 Acnalbasac Noom - Casablanca Moon Cuneiform
1974 Slapp Happy Virgin
1975 Desperate Straights Virgin
1993 Casablanca Alex
1998 Ca Va V2.
2000 Camera Blueprint

1999 Casablanca Moon/Desperate Straights EMI




Slapp Happy - Slapphappy with Faust 1973


Casablanca Moon
Me & Parvati
Mr. Rainbow
Michelangelo
The Drum
A Little Something
The Secret
Dawn
Half-Way There
Charlie'n Charlie
Slow Moons Rose

Line Up
Dagmar Krause (vocal)
Anthony Moore (keyboards, guitar)
Peter Blegvad (guitar, vocal)
Members of Faust:
Jean-Herve Peron (bass)
Zappa Diermaier (drum)
Gunther Wusthoff (saxophone)
(Kurt Graupner engineered)

Recorded at Wumme, West Germany, 1973.
Produced by Uwe Nettelbeck.
Cover by Peter Blegvad.

1973 Virgin Records

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remade by ReR Megacorp: Vinyl in 1982 and CD in 1990, both as "Acnalbasac Noom".
revised version was released by Virgin Records: CD, in which the above titles of different arrangement are included.
Faust relased the same titles of different takes as "Slapphappy or Slapphappy".
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