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Roger Glover - The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast
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1. "Dawn" 1:21
2. "Get Ready" 2:06
3. "Saffron Dormouse and Lizzy Bee" 1:25
4. "Harlequin Hare" (Glover, Dio, Soule) 1:26
5. "Old Blind Mole" 1:11
6. "Magician Moth" 1:33
7. "No Solution" 3:28
8. "Behind the Smile" 1:46
9. "Fly Away" 2:22
10. "Aranea" 1:37
11. "Sitting in a Dream" 3:40
12. "Waiting" 3:11
13. "Sir Maximus Mouse" 2:35
14. "Dreams of Sir Bedivere" 4:09
15. "Together Again" (Glover, Dio, Soule) 2:05
16. "Watch Out for the Bat" 1:41
17. "Little Chalk Blue" (Glover, Hardin; CD Reissue only) 3:44
18. "The Feast" 1:48
19. "Love is All" (Glover, Hardin, Dio) 3:14
20. "Homeward" (Glover, Hardin) 4:12
Roger Glover Band Members / Musicians
Tony Ashton - vocals on track 15
Les Binks - drums
Helen Chappelle - vocals on track 3
David Coverdale - vocals on track 8
Ronnie James Dio - vocals on tracks 11, 19 and 20
Jack Emblow - accordion
Ray Fenwick - guitar
Kay Garner - backing vocals
Michael Giles - drums
Eddie Hardin - vocals on track 13
Roger Glover - synthesiser piano, guitar, bass guitar, percussion, backing vocals
John Goodison - vocals on track 5
John Gustafson - vocals on track 16
Eddie Hardin - keyboards, vocals on track 13 and background vocals
Jimmy Helms - vocals on track 12
Glenn Hughes - vocals on track 2
Eddie Jobson - violin
Chris Karan - tabla
Judi Kuhl - vocals on track 10 and backing vocals
Neil Lancaster - vocals on track 4
John Lawton - vocals on track 17
Jon Lord - piano
Mike Moran - piano
Ann Odell - piano
Micky Lee Soule - vocals on track 7
Barry St. John - vocals on track 3
Liza Strike - vocals on track 9
Robin Thompson - bassoon
Nigel Watson - saw
Joanne Williams - backing vocals
The Mountain Fjord Orchestra led by David Woodcock and conducted by Martin Ford, John Bell and Del Newman
The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast is a concept album and subsequent live rock opera appearing in 1974 and 1975 respectively, based on the children's poem of a similar title. The album cover design is from Alan Aldridge's design for a 1973 book based on the poem.
The album spawned a hit song, "Love Is All," which reached Number 1 in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Roger David Glover (born 30 November 1945) is a British bassist, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the bassist for hard rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow. As a member of Deep Purple, Glover was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2016.
Roger Glover DIscography Full
Let's Go to the Disco/Broken Man (single) (1974, with Ray Fenwick, released under the name Marlon)
The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast (1974)
Strawberry Fields Forever/Isolated Lady (single) (1975, with Eddie Hardin)
Elements (1978)
Mask (1984)
Accidentally on Purpose (1988, with Ian Gillan)
Snapshot (2002)
If Life Was Easy (2011)
