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Gryphon is tagged as: progressive rock, folk rock, folk, progressive folk, progressive

Gryphon were progressive rock band from the UK formed in 1973, 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 ...
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Top 10 Gryphon Songs
Kemp's Jig
Pastime With Good Company
Touch And Go
Opening Move
Tea Wrecks
Sir Gavin Grimbold
Estampie
Second Spasm
The Astrologer
Three Jolly Butchers
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Gryphon
Red Queen to Gryphon Three
Midnight Mushrumps
Raindance
Treason
Glastonbury Carol
About As Curious As It Can Be
Red Queen To Gryphon Three/Raindance
Red Queen To Gryphon Three / Raindance
The Collection
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