
One might think that a 19th century
poem by a British historian and abolitionist (and a 1973 best-selling children's
book) would be strange source material for a progish concept
album by then recently-departed from Deep Purple's Roger Glover.

Even stranger would be the decision to film a one-off live performance (with Glover, Vincent Price, Twiggy, Ian Gillan, et al.) with in some live action filmed bits with actors in poorly-made animal costumes and animation thrown in.


The 1976 film was directed, produced and co-written by Tony Klinger (producer of
The Kids Are Alright and director of
Deep Purple Rises Over Japan).
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