The Butterfly Ball (Sdtk)

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:55:27
Personnel includes: Roger Glover (guitar, piano, synthesizers, bass, background vocals); Eddie Hardon (vocals, piano, organ, synthesizers); Glenn Hughes, David Coverdale, Ronnie James Dio, Helen Chappelle, Mickey Lee Soule, Liza Strike, Judi Kuhl, Jimmy Helms, Tony Ashton, John Gustafson, John Lawton (vocals); Ray Fenwick (guitar); Mike Morgan (piano); Mo Foster (bass, double bass); Les Binks (drums); Kay Garner, Joanne Williams (background vocals). Recorded at Kingsway Recorders, London, England 1974. Includes liner notes by Michael Heatley. Personnel: Roger Glover (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, percussion, background vocals); Eddie Hardin (vocals, piano, organ, keyboards, synthesizer, background vocals); Micky Lee Soule (vocals, keyboards); Joanne Williams, Helen Chappelle, Liza Strike, Barry St. John, Kay Garner (vocals, background vocals); David Coverdale, Brighton Children, Neil Lancaster, Glenn Hughes , Judy Kuhl, John Goodison, Jimmy Helms, John Gustafson, John Lawton , Ronnie James Dio , Tony Ashton (vocals); Ray Fenwick (guitar); Eddie Jobson (violin); Jack Emblow (accordion); Robin Thompson (bassoon); Nigel Watson (saxophone, musical saw); Mike Moran (piano, keyboards); Ann Odell (piano); Mo Foster (double bass); Mike Giles , Les Binks, Michael Giles (drums); Chris Karan (tabla). Recording information: Kingsway Recorders, London, England (1974). Photographer: Simon Robinson. Unknown Contributor Roles: Robbin Thompson; Roger Glover. Arrangers: John Bell ; Martin Ford; Mike Moran ; Del Newman. 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. Although Glover, as the album's premier composer, takes the bulk of the credit for this success, his co-conspirators, too, merit praise. Convening what resembles one of the greatest all-star lineups in heavy metal history -- and then banning them from even glancing toward their usual territory -- Glover is joined by Purple stalwarts David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes, future Rainbow frontman Ronnie James Dio, session stars Eddie Hardin and Tony Ashton, soul singer Jimmy Helms, Roxy Music's Eddie Jobson and John Gustafson, and three quarters of funk-rock aspirants Fancy. Each was given his own role to play and the resultant album is a tremendous mishmash of musical styles, from folky balladeering to psychedelic whimsy, but leaning most heavily toward an early-'70s pop/rock vibe -- for some reason, one could imagine the early Queen spending an awful lot of time listening to The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast. Given the heavily narrative nature of the project, it is best listened to in one session -- a handful of tracks certainly exist more to carry the tale than make a musical impact. Highlights, however, leap out from across the platter, with the macabre "Old Blind Mole" and the positively buoyant "Love Is All" the twin extremes around which the action revolves. Gustafson's hard rock "Watch out for the Bat," meanwhile, must surely have induced nightmares within the album's younger fans, while Dio's closing "Homeward" all but predicts the course of arena rock during the '80s. [The original vinyl packs 19 tracks; the 25th-Anniversary CD ad
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)