Vinyl records

Roger Glover and Guests vinyl records

2 albums with 66 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

A project assembled to musically support 's (1903-73) book of poems called 'The Butterfly Ball and Grasshoppers Feast'; in which had provided the illustrations. British Lion had secured the rights, and commissioned Glover, through Tony Edwards (the Deep Purple manager), to add the musical dimension that it required if it were to be made into a 26-part animated cartoon series, suitable for TV. After over-coming his initial doubts, Glover set about assembling the personnel he felt he needed in order to bring such a commission to fruition. He began recording in the summer of 1974, and by the time it was completed he had involved over 30 individual musicians, and an orchestra.