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The Butterfly Ball And The Grasshopper's Feast - Roger Glover and Guests

The Butterfly Ball And The Grasshopper's Feast

Roger Glover and Guests  

Format: 2 Vinyl

Genre: rock, Pop Rock

Barcode: 5013929861619

. and the grasshopper's feast / rsd 2019 release
 

 

Description

. and the grasshopper's feast / rsd 2019 release

Artist

A project assembled to musically support William Plomer's (1903-73) book of poems called 'The Butterfly Ball and Grasshoppers Feast'; in which Alan Aldridge had provided the illustrations. British Lion had secured the rights, and commissioned Glover, through Tony Edwards (the Deep Purple manager), to add the musical dimension that it required if it were to be made into a 26-part animated cartoon series, suitable for TV.

After over-coming his initial doubts, Glover set about assembling the personnel he felt he needed in order to bring such a commission to fruition. He began recording in the summer of 1974, and by the time it was completed he had involved over 30 individual musicians, and an orchestra. Glover decided to assign a musical identity to each of Aldridge's illustrated characters, and to this end he wrote motifs for all of them. To further enhance this identity he assigned each lead vocalist to a specific role.

It was released in December 1974, to a lukewarm reception in the UK, though the single 'Love Is All', and accompanying animation, was well-received in continental Europe. Unfortunately, they failed to find any financial backing for the animated series, or film, and the project was, metaphorically, put on the back-burner. Glover resolved to produce it as a stage musical, and on 16th October 1975, it was performed at the Royal Albert Hall. British Lion took the opportunity to film the concert, and released it in March of the following year.

Tracks

A1  Dawn 

A2  Get Ready 

A3  Saffron Dormouse And Lizzy Bee 

A4  Harlequin Hare 

A5  Old Blind Mole 

A6  Magician Moth 

A7  No Solution 

A8  Behind The Smile 

A9  Fly Away 

A10  Aranea 

A11  Sitting In A Dream 

B1  Waiting 

B2  Sir Maximus Mouse 

B3  Dreams Of Sir Bedivere 

B4  Together Again 

B5  Watch Out For The Bat 

B6  The Feast 

B7  Love Is All 

B8  Homeward 

C1  Love Is All (demo Version) 

C2  Dawn (Alternative Mix) 

C3  Harlequin Hare (Alternative Mix) 

C4  Magician Moth (Alternative Mix) 

C5  No Solution (Alternative Mix) 

C6  Waiting (Alternative Mix) 

C7  Fly Away (Alternative Mix) 

C8  Aranea (Alternative Mix) 

C9  Little Chalk Blue (7" Single, 1975) 

D1  Excerpts From The Roger Glover Butterfly Ball Special 1974 

Releases

Formats

Vinyl, Cassette, 8-Track Cartridge, VHS, CD, CDr

Labels

EMI, Victor, Festival Records, Repertoire Records, Purple Records, Oldis, Line Records, Spitfire Records, Belle Antique, Interfusion, Purple Records , Connoisseur Collection, UK Records, Nitty Gritty Records , Phonogram, Inc., VCL Communications, Tigers Archive Records, Disques Carrere, Safari Records, Pomme Music, Polydor KK Studio, Charles Talar Records, Connoisseur Collection , Not On Label (Roger Glover And Guests)

Countries

Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Europe

years

1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2018, 2019, 2021

Members

Roger Glover,Jimmy Helms,Liza Strike,Mike Moran,Michael Giles,Eddie Jobson,Mo Foster,Jack Emblow,Mickey Lee Soule,Ronald Padavona,Chris Karan,Barry St. John,John Gustafson,Joanne Williams,John Lawton,David Coverdale,Ann Odell,Helen Chappelle,Tony Ashton,John Goodison,Eddie Hardin,Les Binks,Neil Lancaster,Judi Kuhl,Robin Thompson (2),Ray Fenwick,Mike Smith (16)

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