''Flying Doesn't Help'' is a solo

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Anthony Moore Anthony Moore (also known as Anthony More) (born 13 August 1948) is a British experimental music composer, performer and producer. He was a founding member of the band Slapp Happy, worked with Henry Cow and has made a number of solo albums, incl ...

(credited on the album sleeve as 'A. More'), released by

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in 1979. The album was remastered and re-released on CD by the Voiceprint label in 1994. The Moore/ Blegvad song, "

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" was originally recorded in 1974 by

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and

Slapp Happy Slapp Happy was a German/English avant-garde pop, avant-pop group, formed in Germany in 1972. Their lineup consisted of Anthony Moore (keyboards), Peter Blegvad (guitar) and Dagmar Krause (vocals). The band members moved to England in 1974 wh ...

, and released on their 1975 album, ''

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''.

Track listing

Personnel

*Anthony Moore - vocals, guitars, keyboards, electronics, backing vocals *Bob Shilling,

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, Robert Vogel, Charles Hayward - drums *Festus, Sam Harley,

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- bass *Bernie Clark - keyboards *

Laurie Latham Laurie Latham (born 1955) is a British rock producer who worked with Glenn Tilbrook, Paul Young and others. He has produced albums by Ian Dury & the Blockheads, Echo & the Bunnymen, Squeeze, The Stranglers, The Christians and Slapp Happy. Ca ...

- saxophone, mouth harp, backing vocals *Edwin Cross - backing vocals Produced by Anthony Moore and Laurie Latham
Engineered by Laurie Latham and Edwin Cross
Remastered for CD by Tony Arnold

Reviews

"Building dense sonic forests filled with jagged splinters and dry, incongruously delicate vocals, the results fall somewhere between

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and

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. An extraordinary record that reveals itself a little further each time it's played." – Trouser Press "While much of Moore's earlier work is pleasant, yet dispensable, Flying Doesn't Help falls into a different class altogether. Elaborate yet accessible, the effects of More's (now minus one "o") masterwork can be felt on a number of levels." – All Music

Variations

The album was released with at least three different colored covers—Red (as shown above), Purple and Yellow.

References

{{Authority control 1979 albums Anthony Moore albums Albums produced by Laurie Latham