Gryphon (album)
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| Studio album by Gryphon | ||||
| Released | June 1973 | |||
| Recorded | March - April 1973 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock, folk rock | |||
| Length | 37:41 | |||
| Label | Transatlantic | |||
| Producer | Lawrence Aston, Adam Skeaping | |||
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Gryphon is the debut album by the progressive rock band Gryphon. It was originally released in 1973 by Transatlantic Records.
The album was produced by Lawrence Aston and Adam Skeaping, and engineered by Skeaping and Nick Glennie-Smith. It was recorded at Riverside Recordings and Livingston Studios. The gryphon cover illustration was done by Dan Pearce.
Writing retrospectively for AllMusic, critic Bruce Eder said: "The material is essentially progressive folk-rock, elements of jazz and swing...juxtaposed with traditional folk songs, works attributed to Henry VIII, and folk-style originals. Brian Gulland's and Richard Harvey's bassoon, krumhorns, and recorders are the dominant instruments".
The central section of "Kemp's Jig" is an anonymous Galician musical piece from the Renaissance era called "Pase el Agoa, ma Julieta".
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