Various Artists (Glover, Dio, Coverdale, Hughes, etc): Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast CD Track Listing

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Various Artists (Glover, Dio, Coverdale, Hughes, etc) Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast (1974)
http://home.comcast.net/~hardin/wc.htm\nAs the pressures within Deep Purple began to reach a peak in early 1973, bassist Roger Glover, already suffering physically from the band's heavy touring schedule, decided to leave the band. Vocalist Ian Gillan had handed in his notice some months before and Glover, sensing that there were moves to bring in a new bassist, reasoned it was better for him to go before he was pushed.\n\nIan Gillan went off to try his luck outside the industry but Roger Glover, though tired of the touring, wanted to remain in the music business. He took on the role of A&R man at Purple Records and then decided to go into production full time, building upon experience gained with Deep Purple and the Purple label, for which he had already produced several singles.\n\nHis new career received a judicious start when his production work for Nazareth, a band Glover knew from their days as a Deep Purple support act, began to spawn hit singles. Glover began to find himself in demand, able to pick and choose his clients. He found little time for any recording on his own, though in late 1973 he toyed with the idea of a solo album and even got as far as recording four or five tracks before calling it a day. It took the Butterfly Ball commission to bring the strands of his career producing, writing and recording - together. The project landed at Glover's feet through the British Lion company, who had filmed Deep Purple's historic appearance with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra back in 1969. The Butterfly Ball was originally a children's book in which artist Alan Aldridge (famous for his work in The Beatles' Illustrated Lyrics) had come up with intricate airbrushed illustrations to go with William Plomer's poems. The book sold well and seemed to suggest itself as suitable material for a musical of some sort. British Lion managed to secure the rights and discussed possible choices for a composer with Deep Purple's manager, Tony Edwards. The first suggestion was Jon Lord, who had composed Purple's Concerto For Group & Orchestra as well as being involved in other film soundtrack work. Lord was very busy with Deep Purple in 1974, however, and Roger Glover was approached instead. It was a challenge for Glover, who (apart from an unreleased project called Cher Kazoo, taped with Ian Gillan a few years before) had never done anything like this. John Craig, in charge of the project at British Lion, was keen to bring in new and younger talent to the film music scene though. "I think this is one of the main reasons they're taking a chance on me", Roger explai
This misc cd contains 21 tracks and runs 55min 16sec.
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