The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast

The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper 's Feast is a concept album based on the children's book of the same title.

It was originally intended as a solo project for Jon Lord, Roger Glover produced by, but Lord was too busy with Deep Purple. Therefore, produced Glover The Butterfly Ball 1974/75 as own project. He used the contacts he had in the rock business and recruited many well-known artists. Each song was sung by someone else. The single from the album Love is All, sung by Ronnie James Dio, was number one in the Netherlands.

Track list

  • Tony Ashton ( vcl );
  • Les Binks ( drm );
  • Helen Chappelle (VCL );
  • David Coverdale ( vcl );
  • Ronnie James Dio ( vcl );
  • Jack Emblow (acc );
  • Ray Fenwick ( gtr );
  • Mo Foster ( bss );
  • Kay Garner ( bvc );
  • Michael Giles ( drm );
  • Roger Glover ( msc );
  • John Goodison ( vcl );
  • John Gustafson (VCL );
  • Eddie Hardin ( kbr / bvc );
  • Jimmy Helms ( vcl );
  • Glenn Hughes ( VCL);
  • Eddie Jobson ( vln );
  • Chris Karan ( tbl );
  • Neil Lancaster ( vcl );
  • John Lawton (VCL );
  • Mike Moran ( pno );
  • Ann Odell ( pno );
  • Mickey Lee Soule ( vcl );
  • Barry St. John ( vcl );
  • Liza Strike ( vcl );
  • Robin Thompson ( bsn );
  • Nigel Watson (saw ​​);
  • Joanne Williams ( bvc );
  • The Mountain Fjord Orchestra
  • Alan Aldridge: The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper Festival, Insel Verlag, ISBN 978-3-458-05749-9
John Lawton (musician) Mike Moran (music producer)
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