Snafu (Snafu album) explained

Snafu
Type:	Album
Artist:	Snafu
Cover:	SNAFU.jpg
Released:	1973
Recorded:	The Manor Studio, Oxfordshire
Length:	36:22
Label:	WWA
Producer:	Vic Smith
Next Title:	Situation Normal
Next Year:	1974

Snafu is the first album by Snafu. The album was issued on the short-lived WWA record label, founded in 1973 by Black Sabbath manager Patrick Meehan and was produced and engineered by Vic Smith.

"Drowning in the Sea of Love" had been released in the United States the previous year as a promo single by Capitol.^{[1] [2]} In 1974 the track "Goodbye USA" was released as a single, b/w "Dixie Queen" (written by Peter Solley), on the Vertigo label in the Netherlands.^{[3] [4]}

Cover art

The cover art, including photography and the entire gate-fold sleeve inner, is by Roger Dean.

Musicians

• Bobby Harrison - lead vocals, percussion
• Micky Moody - guitars, backing vocals, mandolin
• Pete Solley - keyboards, backing vocals
• Colin Gibson - bass
• Terry Popple - drums
• (uncredited - fiddle)
• (uncredited - backing vocals)

Other personnel

• Vic Smith - producer and engineer
• Malcom Koss - co-ordinator
• Roger Dean - photography and cover design

Notes and References

1. Web site: Snafu (6) - Drowning In The Sea Of Love (Vinyl) . Discogs.com . 2016-01-14.
2. Web site: Snafu - Drowning in the Sea of Love [Mono] .
3. Web site: Snafu (6) - Goodbye U.S.A. (Vinyl) . Discogs.com . 2016-01-14.
4. Web site: Snafu - Goodbye U.S.A. .