''Sort Of'' is the debut studio

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by the avant-rock band

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 ...

. It was recorded in Wümme,

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, Germany in May and June 1972 with Faust as their backing band, and released on LP by

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in 1972. In 1980 Recommended Records released a limited edition of ''Sort Of'' on LP, and the album was reissued on CD by

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in 1999 with one bonus track.

Track listing

All titles written by Peter Blegvad and Anthony Moore.

Personnel

* Peter Blegvad – guitar, saxophone, vocals * Dagmar Krause (credited as "Daggi") – vocals, tambourine, piano, woodblock * Anthony Moore – guitar, keyboards, vocals *Gunther Wüsthoff – saxophone on "Paradise Express" and "I'm All Alone" *

Werner "Zappi" Diermaier Werner Diermaier (also known as Werner "Zappi" Diermaier) (born 1949) is a German drummer, best known as one of the founding members of the German krautrock band, Faust. Diermaier has remained with Faust for its entire lifespan and appears on all ...

– drums *

Jean-Hervé Péron Faust (English: "fist") are a German rock band from Hamburg. Formed in 1971 by producer and former music journalist Uwe Nettelbeck, the group was originally composed of Werner "Zappi" Diermaier (b.1949), Hans Joachim Irmler (b.1950), Arnulf M ...

– bass guitar *Gunther, Zappi, and Jean recorded through courtesy of Faust *Engineered by Kurt Graupner *Album design and cover by David Larcher

CD releases

''Sort Of'' was released on CD by

in 1999 with an extra track (from the B-side of their single "Just a Conversation"): *"Jumpin' Jonah'" (

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/ Blegvad) – the CD was mastered from a vinyl copy as the master tapes had been lost The same master was also issued in Japan with an additional 3" CD single: *"Alcohol" ( Blegvad)

References

External links

Peter Blegvad Discography
''The Faust Pages'' {{Authority control 1972 debut albums Slapp Happy albums Polydor Records albums Recommended Records albums Albums produced by Uwe Nettelbeck