Gryphon
Gryphon are a progressive rock band from the UK formed in 1971, notable for their unusual sound and instrumentation. Multi-instrumentalist Richard Harvey and his fellow Royal Academy of Music graduate Brian Gulland, a woodwind player, began the group as an all-acoustic ensemble that mixed traditional English folk music with medieval and Renaissance influences. After their self-titled debut, they expanded their sound to include electric guitars and keyboards as well as wind instruments, such as bassoons and crumhorns, not often found in rock music. Gryphon's music often sounded as much like rural English folk or Renaissance chansons as it did rock, at least on their early recordings. After their third album (Red Queen to Gryphon Three) and the subsequent tour as a supporting act for Yes, their instrumentation became more conventional and the use of non-standard instruments was reduced. Fans and critics generally regard Midnight Mushrumps and the all-instrumental Red Queen to Gryphon Three as their finest albums. In 1974, the group's publicist Martin Lewis arranged for the band to be commissioned to write and record the music for a major stage production of Shakespeare's The Tempest at Britain's National Theatre directed by Sir Peter Hall. It opened at the historic Old Vic theatre in April 1974. The music the band wrote and recorded for the stage production inspired the 21-minute fantasia Midnight Mushrumps (a phrase heard in The Tempest) which became the title track of their...
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Pastime With Good Company
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Kemp's Jig
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Touch And Go
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Sir Gavin Grimbold
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The Astrologer
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Tea Wrecks
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Estampie
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Three Jolly Butchers
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Opening Move
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Juniper Suite
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The Unquiet Grave
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Crossing the Stiles
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Second Spasm
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Ethelion
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Lament
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Checkmate
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The Ploughboy's Dream
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Gulland Rock
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The Devil And The Farmer's Wife
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Dubbel Dutch
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Midnight Mushrumps
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The Last Flash of Gaberdine Tailor
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Fall Of The Leaf
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Spring Song
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Falero Lady
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Major Disaster
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Round & Round
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Flash In The Pantry
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Mother Nature's Son
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Down The Dog
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Snakes And Ladders
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Raindance
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Fontinental Version
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Wallbanger
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Don't Say Go
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Ormolu
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(Ein Klein) Heldenleben
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Le Cambrioleur Est Dans Le Mouchoir
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Crossing the Styles
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The Last Flash Of Gaberdine Taylor
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Renaissance Dance Medley
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Le Cambrioleur Est Dans Le Mouchoir
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The Devil And The Farmer's Wif
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Ein Klein Heldenleben
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Jigs
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Opening Number
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Midnight Mushrumps, 1st Movement
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Midnight Mushrumps, 2nd Movement
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Astrologer
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Midnight Mushrumps, 3rd Movement
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