Glover, Roger - Butterfly Ball

RARE/2HAND VINYL LP ON PURPLE RECORDS 1975

Purple TPSA 7514 made in UK in gatefold cover.

Vinyl NM. Cover VG+.

Of all the multitudinous highways and byways down which the enterprising Deep Purple collector can travel, none, perhaps, is so surprising as The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast, Purple bassist Roger Glover's first "solo" album, and -- almost incidentally -- one of the most delightful children's records ever made. Yes, a children's record. In 1973, Glover was approached about creating a musical adaptation of artist Alan Aldridge and poet William Plomer's book of the same name -- a commission that surprised him, but which he nevertheless accepted. The book itself is delightful and, while Glover's work is unquestionably more heavily flavored by the near-psychedelia of the illustrations, the spirit of the text is retained as well, to create an album that stands among the few truly successful musical adaptations of an existing story yet committed to vinyl.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Glover

Tracklist

1. Dawn
2. Get Ready
3. Saffron Dormouse & Lizzy Bee
4. Harlequin Hare
5. Old Blind Mole
6. Magician Moth
7. No Solution
8. Behind The Smile
9. Fly Away
10. Aranea
11. Sitting In A Dream
12. Waiting
13. Sir Maximus Mouse
14. Dreams Of Sir Bedivere
15. Together Again
16. Watch Out For The Bat
17. The Feast
18. Love Is All
19. Homeward