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Roger Glover


The Butterfly Ball & The Grasshopper's Feast (1974)

  1. Dawn (Glover) 1.18
  2. Get ready (Glover) 2.07
    With lead vocals by Hughes
  3. Saffron Dormouse & Lizzy Bee (Glover) 1.24
    With lead vocals by Chappelle and St. John
  4. Harlequin Hare (Glover/Dio/Soule) 1.26
    With lead vocals by Lancaster
  5. Old blind Mole (Glover) 1.13
    With lead vocals by Goodison
  6. Magician Moth (Glover) 1.34
  7. No solution (Glover) 3.16
    With lead vocals by Soule
  8. Behind the smile (Glover) 1.59 With lead vocals by Coverdale
  9. Fly away (Glover) 2.22
    With lead vocals by Strike
  10. Aranea (Glover) 1.37
    With lead vocals by Kuhl
  11. Sitting in a dream (Glover) 3.40
    With lead vocals by Dio
  12. Waiting (Glover) 3.06
    With lead vocals by Helms
  13. Sir Maximus Mouse (Glover) 2.40
    With lead vocals by Hardin
  14. Dreams of Sir Bedivere (Glover) 4.41
  15. Together again (Glover/Dio/Soule) 1.36
    With lead vocals by Ashton
  16. Watch out for the bat (Glover) 1.41
    With lead vocals by Gustafson
  17. The feast (Glover) 1.46
  18. Love is all (Glover/Hardin) 3.17
    With lead vocals by Dio
  19. Homeward (Glover/Hardin) 4.17
    With lead vocals by Dio

Recorded at Kingsway Recorders in London during 1974. Engineered by Lou Austin and George Sloan. Produced by Roger Glover.


The Butterfly Ball (Anniversary Release 1999)

  1. Dawn (Glover) 1.18
  2. Get ready (Glover) 2.07
    With lead vocals by Hughes
  3. Saffron Dormouse & Lizzy Bee (Glover) 1.24
    With lead vocals by Chappelle and St. John
  4. Harlequin Hare (Glover/Dio/Soule) 1.26
    With lead vocals by Lancaster
  5. Old blind Mole (Glover) 1.13
    With lead vocals by Goodison
  6. Magician Moth (Glover) 1.34
  7. No solution (Glover) 3.16
    With lead vocals by Soule
  8. Behind the smile (Glover) 1.59 With lead vocals by Coverdale
  9. Fly away (Glover) 2.22
    With lead vocals by Strike
  10. Aranea (Glover) 1.37
    With lead vocals by Kuhl
  11. Sitting in a dream (Glover) 3.40
    With lead vocals by Dio
  12. Waiting (Glover) 3.06
    With lead vocals by Helms
  13. Sir Maximus Mouse (Glover) 2.40
    With lead vocals by Hardin
  14. Dreams of Sir Bedivere (Glover) 4.41
  15. Together again (Glover/Dio/Soule) 1.36
    With lead vocals by Ashton
  16. Watch out for the bat (Glover) 1.41
    With lead vocals by Gustafson
  17. Little chalk blue (Glover/Hardin) 3.45
    With lead vocals by Lawton.
  18. The feast (Glover) 1.46
  19. Love is all (Glover/Hardin) 3.17
    With lead vocals by Dio
  20. Homeward (Glover/Hardin) 4.17
    With lead vocals by Dio

    Bonus Video-Track!

  21. Love is all (Glover/Hardin)
    Enhanced multi-media track.

Anniversary edition remastered in HDCD technology plus a bonus video.


The Butterfly Ball (extended CD reissue 1995)

  1. Dawn (Glover) 1.18
  2. Get ready (Glover) 2.07
    With lead vocals by Hughes
  3. Saffron Dormouse & Lizzy Bee (Glover) 1.24
    With lead vocals by Chappelle and St. John
  4. Harlequin Hare (Glover/Dio/Soule) 1.26
    With lead vocals by Lancaster
  5. Old blind Mole (Glover) 1.13
    With lead vocals by Goodison
  6. Magician Moth (Glover) 1.34
  7. No solution (Glover) 3.16
    With lead vocals by Soule
  8. Behind the smile (Glover) 1.59 With lead vocals by Coverdale
  9. Fly away (Glover) 2.22
    With lead vocals by Strike
  10. Aranea (Glover) 1.37
    With lead vocals by Kuhl
  11. Sitting in a dream (Glover) 3.40
    With lead vocals by Dio
  12. Waiting (Glover) 3.06
    With lead vocals by Helms
  13. Sir Maximus Mouse (Glover) 2.40
    With lead vocals by Hardin
  14. Dreams of Sir Bedivere (Glover) 4.41
  15. Together again (Glover/Dio/Soule) 1.36
    With lead vocals by Ashton
  16. Watch out for the bat (Glover) 1.41
    With lead vocals by Gustafson
  17. Little chalk blue (Glover/Hardin) 3.44
    With lead vocals by Lawton.
  18. The feast (Glover) 1.46
  19. Love is all (Glover/Hardin) 3.17
    With lead vocals by Dio
  20. Homeward (Glover/Hardin) 4.17
    With lead vocals by Dio

    Bonus tracks

  21. Love is all (Glover/Hardin) 3.04
    Demo version.
  22. Dawn (Glover) 1.35
    Different mix from the above.
  23. Magician Moth (Glover) 1.37
    Different mix from the above.
  24. Harlequin Hare (Glover/Hardin) 1.33
    Different mix from the above.
  25. Magician Moth (Glover) 1.34
    Different mix from the above.
  26. No solution (Glover) 3.58
    Different mix from the above.
  27. Waiting (Glover) 3.10
    Different mix from the above.
  28. Fly away (Glover) 2.24
    Different mix from the above.
  29. Aranea (Glover) 1.38
    Different mix from the above.

This CD re-issue contains nine bonus tracks and a booklet with interviews, lyrics and lots of usefull trivia.


The Butterfly Ball (video 198?)

  1. Dawn
  2. Get ready
    Lead vocals by Glenn Hughes.
  3. Saffron Dormouse & Lizzy Bee
  4. Together again
    Lead vocals by Tony Ashton.
  5. Old blind mole
  6. Magician Moth
  7. Watch out for the bat
  8. Aranea
  9. Sir Maximus Mouse
  10. Behind the smile
    Lead vocals by David Coverdale.
  11. ...
  12. Waiting
  13. Sitting in a dream
    Lead vocals by Ian Gillan.
  14. No solution
  15. Love is all
  16. Homeward
  17. Love is all
  18. Homeward

A live video recording from the Royal Albert Hall in London, recorded on 16 October 1975.


Elements (1978)

  1. The first ring made of clay (Glover)
  2. The nest a ring of fire (Glover)
  3. The third ring's watery flow (Glover)
  4. The fourth ring's with the wind (Glover/Birch)
  5. Finale (Glover/Birch)


The mask (1984)

  1. Divided world (Glover) 5.12
  2. Getting stranger (Glover) 4.07
  3. The mask (Glover/Roussel) 7.32
  4. Fake it (Glover) 4.42
    The guitar was laid down in one tak; at leats according to the "bragging" on the sleeve notes.
  5. Dancin' again (Glover/Gellis) 3.30
  6. (You're so) remote (Glover) 4.46
  7. Hip level (Glover/Bürgi/Gellis) 7.19
  8. Don't look down (Glover) 3.41

Recorded at Bear Tracks, Boogie Hotel and Le Studio. Engineered by Nick Blagona assisted by Jeffrey Kawalek & Mike Barry. Mixed by Nick and Roger on the SSL computer and the Sony digital system. Mastered at Sterling Sound by Greg Calbi. Produced by Roger Glover.


Elements & The Mask (combined CD reissue 1993)

  1. The first ring made of clay (Glover)
  2. The nest a ring of fire (Glover)
  3. The third ring's watery flow (Glover)
  4. The fourth ring's with the wind (Glover/Birch)
  5. Finale (Glover/Birch)
  6. Divided world (Glover)
  7. Getting stranger (Glover)
  8. The mask (Glover/Roussel)
  9. Fake it (Glover)
  10. Dancin' again (Glover/Gellis)
  11. You're so remote (Glover)
  12. Hip level (Bürgi/Gellis/Glover)
  13. Don't look down (Glover)

A combined CD reissue of two earlier albums: Elements 1978 [tracks 1 through 5] and Mask 1984 [tracks 6 through 13]. No bonus tracks.