The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast

The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast

1974 · 4 min · ★ 3.0 · Animation, Music, Fantasy

A project assembled to musically support William Plomer's (1903-73) book of poems called 'The Butterfly Ball and Grasshoppers Feast'; in which Alan Aldridge 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. (Discogs) This is the music video for the song Love Is All, performed by Ronnie James Dio.

Directed by Lee Mishkin · Written by Alan Aldridge

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