Slapp Happy

...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 ''. The original 1973 recording of ''Casablanca Moon, was released as...

In this article: Acnalbasac Noom, Recommended Records, Faust, Polydor, Virgin Records, Wumme, and Germany

...Records released it as Acnalbasac Noom (Casablanca Moon backwards). Polydor was also not happy with Faust So Far and demanded more commercial music from the band. Unwilling to compromise, Nettelbeck signed Faust with a fledgling record...

In this article: Faust, Uwe Nettelbeck, Polydor, Virgin, Die Zeit, Andreas Baader, Germany, and Recommended Records

In Praise of Learning In Praise of Learning is an album by British avant-rock groups Henry Cow and Slapp Happy, recorded at Virgin Records' Manor studios in February and March 1975. It was the second of two collaborative albums by the two...

In this article: In Praise of Learning, Tim Hodgkinson, Chris Cutler, Henry Cow, Peter Blegvad, Dagmar Krause, Art Bears, Halsteren, and The 40th Anniversary Henry Cow Box Set

As Henry Cow were, at the time, signed to Virgin Records, Leigh took advantage of Virgin's network of artists and performed and recorded with a number of their musicians and groups, including Slapp Happy, and Hatfield and the North. In...

In this article: Geoff Leigh, Henry Cow, Faust, Chris Cutler, Jack Monck, and Rotterdam

...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...

In this article: Virgin Records, Acnalbasac Noom, Virgin, Faust, Recommended Records, Slapp Happy, Desperate Straights, London, and Germany

...happy and refused to release it. Slapp Happy then left Polydor Germany and moved to London where they signed a deal with the then emerging Virgin Records label, which was looking for experimental groups. Faust and Henry Cow had already...

In this article: Dagmar Krause, Henry Cow, Peter Blegvad, Anthony Moore, Faust, Robert Wyatt, In Praise of Learning, London, and Polydor

...the second, Casablanca Moon. This rejection prompted Slapp Happy to relocate to London where they signed up with Virgin Records and re-recorded Casablanca Moon, released in 1974 by Virgin as Slapp Happy ''. (The original ''Casablanca Moon...

In this article: Anthony Moore, Peter Blegvad, Dagmar Krause, Henry Cow, Kevin Ayers, Hamburg, World Service, Academy of Media Arts, and Virgin