Gryphon

Gryphon | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 25, 1996)
• Label: Communique
• ASIN: B000000845
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,719,549 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Kemp's Jig

2. Sir Gavin Grimbold

3. Touch and Go

4. Three Jolly Butchers

5. Pastime with Good Company

6. The Unquiet Grave

7. Estampie

8. Crossing the Stiles

9. The Astrologer

10. Tea Wrecks

11. Juniper Suite

12. The Devil and the Farmer's Wife

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Early music and folk blend by a band that got better later, October 8, 2002

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woburnmusicfan (Woburn, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gryphon (Audio CD)

Gryphon was a '70s band that combined early music with rock to form an unusual but catchy prog-rock blend. The band centered around bassoon/krumhorn player Brian Gulland and keyboard/recorder/krumhorn player Richard Harvey, with guitarist Graeme Taylor and David Oberle on drums/vocals both capable players.

This is their first album, and the sound was not developed yet. "Gryphon" is soundtrack music for a Renaissance fair, more folk-based than their later music, and comes off as a junior varsity version of Fairport Convention or Steeleye Span. There are solemn ("The Unquiet Grave") and humorous ("Three Jolly Butchers") takes on traditional pieces. On the second half of the album, the band starts stretching the formula, especially on "Estampie", where Oberle gets to cut loose on drums and Gulland, in the course of a one-minute bassoon solo, throws in quotes from "Eine Kleine Nacht Musik", "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", and "Chattanooga Choo-Choo".

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5.0 out of 5 stars Medeival meets rock - I want it back, December 4, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Gryphon (Audio CD)

Gryphon mixes medeival instruments and rock music, and then stirs in a bit of humor. I can't wait for this to be re-released.