Roger GloverThe Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast
- Release date
- 1999
- Running length
- 21 tracks
- Running time
- 46:52
Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
| 1 |
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Roger Glover - Dawn | 1:20 | 1,271 | ||
| 2 | Roger Glover - Get Ready | 2:07 | 849 | |||
| 3 | Roger Glover - Saffron Dormouse and Lizzy Bee | 1:23 | 772 | |||
| 4 | Roger Glover - Harlequin Hare | 1:27 | 776 | |||
| 5 | Roger Glover - Old Blind Mole | 1:12 | 777 | |||
| 6 |
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Roger Glover - Magician Moth | 1:34 | 1,083 | ||
| 7 | Roger Glover - No Solution | 3:22 | 752 | |||
| 8 | Roger Glover - Behind the Smile | 1:51 | 764 | |||
| 9 | Roger Glover - Fly Away | 2:17 | 733 | |||
| 10 | Roger Glover - Aranea | 1:41 | 731 | |||
| 11 | Roger Glover - Sitting in a Dream | 3:40 | 883 | |||
| 12 | Roger Glover - Waiting | 3:08 | 698 | |||
| 13 | Roger Glover - Sir Maximus Mouse | 2:39 | 701 | |||
| 14 |
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Roger Glover - Dreams of Sir Bedivere | 4:10 | 825 | ||
| 15 | Roger Glover - Together Again | 2:05 | 631 | |||
| 16 | Roger Glover - Watch Out for the Bat | 1:41 | 660 | |||
| 17 | Roger Glover - Little Chalk Blue | 3:45 | 586 | |||
| 18 | Roger Glover - Feast | 0:00 | 30 | |||
| 19 | 030 ROGER GLOVER - LOVE IS ALL | 3:13 | 268 | |||
| 20 | Roger Glover - Homeward | 4:17 | 714 | |||
| 21 | Roger Glover - Love Is All [Video] | 0:00 | 0 |
About this album
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 book of the same title (The album cover design is from Alan Aldridge’s design for the book).
The work was originally conceived as a solo vehicle for Jon Lord to be produced by Roger Glover who had recently left Deep Purple.
However, Lord proved too busy with Deep Purple and Glover took up the reins on his own. Using his connections, Glover recruited a large cast of noted rock musicians to perform on it, with a different vocalist for each track including David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes. The single “Love Is All”, with vocals from Ronnie James Dio, made a minor impression in the UK but reached number one in The Netherlands. Its accompanying animated short movie also gained unexpected success in France, where the newly launched second TV channel Antenne 2 used it as a fill-in every time it experienced “technical difficulties”.
These random airings, together with the psychedelic tone of the clip and the lack of subtitles, made it very popular amongst young viewers. In 2006 the song was used by the Dutch political party CDA in its election advertisements for the 2006 Dutch General Election. Many Americans in the late 70’s, 80’s and 90’s recall seeing the animated song clip “Love Is All” being regularly played in children’s TV programs like the The Electric Company and Nickelodeon morning shows.
The work was originally conceived as a solo vehicle for Jon Lord to be produced by Roger Glover who had recently left Deep Purple.
However, Lord proved too busy with Deep Purple and Glover took up the reins on his own. Using his connections, Glover recruited a large cast of noted rock musicians to perform on it, with a different vocalist for each track including David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes. The single “Love Is All”, with vocals from Ronnie James Dio, made a minor impression in the UK but reached number one in The Netherlands. Its accompanying animated short movie also gained unexpected success in France, where the newly launched second TV channel Antenne 2 used it as a fill-in every time it experienced “technical difficulties”.
These random airings, together with the psychedelic tone of the clip and the lack of subtitles, made it very popular amongst young viewers. In 2006 the song was used by the Dutch political party CDA in its election advertisements for the 2006 Dutch General Election. Many Americans in the late 70’s, 80’s and 90’s recall seeing the animated song clip “Love Is All” being regularly played in children’s TV programs like the The Electric Company and Nickelodeon morning shows.
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