Gryphon [Import]

Gryphon [Import]

Track Listings

1. Kemps 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 Farmers Wife

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Japanese remastered reissue of the British progressive rock act's 1973 debut album features 12 tracks packaged in a miniature LP gatefold sleeve. Arcangelo. 2003.

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2007 reissue of this classic 1974 album from the British new-Folk/Psychedelic band. Six tracks including 'Ploughboys Dream', 'Guilland Rock' and the title track. Talking Elephant.

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Reissue of this Classic Album by the Medievel Folk-rock Band.

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Red Queen to Gryphon Three
Gryphon
Manufacturer: Talking Elephant
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Release Date: 2007-06-04

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Reissue of this Classic Album by the Seventies Medievel Folk-rock Band.

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Hatzis: Constantinople [Canada]
Hatzis , O'Callaghan , and Tollar Gryphon Trio
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Release Date: 2007-04-05

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Welcome to the Griffon
Ivano Bellini delivers the best track selection in a year with his 'Gryphon Session' CD...
The sound of Miami

Gryphon Session: Mixed by Ivano Bellini
Various Artists
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The Resident DJ at Miami's Space Club and Sfp Records Owner Ivano Bellini was Recorded Live at the Hard Rock Cafe's Gryphon Club. The 14 Electro-tech House Tracks Represent the Club's Peak Hour Set. Featuring Producers and Remixers Like Satoshi Tomiie, Funky Junction, Paul Harris (Dirty Vegas) to the New School of Martin H, Mark Knight and Ian Carey. The Gryphon Session Captures the Essential Spirit of the 2006 Miami House Sound.

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Welcome to the Griffon.......2007-05-06

This is the second Ivano Bellini mix that I have picked up. I really enjoyed Trance Addiction so felt the need to explore a little further. The Griffon Session is a full on club mix with a thick Miami flavor. The first track got me hooked in. I would have loved being in the club while this house beat was cracking. The momentum continues into "Insatiable" and "Club Game", which are just two high energy club sounds. "Lonely Child" is a Satoshi Tomiie remix and is pure rave, man. Track 5, "Breathe you in" slows the bpm down a pinch and then the next eight tracks or so is a straight up dance/club/vocal mix. I'm huge on trance and progressive so I would only rate these tracks with 1 star. That's until the last track, "You're a Star" which is a five in my book. I heard Airwave do a mix of this track before and this one knocks it down.

So in conclusion, the start and finish of The Griffon Session is we'll worth the purchase, however, unless late 90's club/vocal tracks get you lifted, the body of this CD gets skipped in my player. If I was in the club at this mix, it'd be a great time to hit the bar or trip on some skeezers! ;)

Ivano Bellini delivers the best track selection in a year with his 'Gryphon Session' CD..........2006-06-14

Miami's house music legend, dj/producer IVANO BELLINI, has really topped himself this time. By gathering the most interesting, alluring, catchy electro-house tunes I've heard in a year, his 'Gryphon Sessions' CD (SFP Records) is as much an ode to his skills as a DJ as it is a lovesong to the venue of the same name. Bellini currently holds a Friday night residency at the high-end club/lounge, Gryphon, in the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, FL, and also continues his long-running "afterhours" residency on the outdoor terrace at club Space in downtown Miami. Gryphon has drawn such high-profile celebrities as Jessica Simpson, Alicia Keyes, Steven Tyler and his band Aerosmith, Matt Dillon and Kid Rock, to name-drop a few. Subsequently, Ivano Bellini's parties have created such a strong following that the parking lot at the casino has had to be expanded.

From the shrieking diva-vocals of Ian Carey's "Say What You Want" to the haunting melody of Slok's "Lonely Child," and from the trance-y synthesizers of Guy Gerber's "Stoppage Time" to the quirky familiarity of the dancefloor anthem, Asquini Trax's "City Lights," Bellini sculpts an evening so magical that guests want it never to end.

Born in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1966, Bellini has been a professional DJ for over 21 years. Outside of Miami, Bellini DJs in New York (Crobar, Spirit, Plumm), Las Vegas (Tabu, Voodoo Lounge, The Hard Rock Hotel) and Los Angeles (H2O, Voodoo). Internationally, Bellini plays in Ibiza (Pacha), Bogota (Gotica), Montreal (Stereo), Sao Paolo (Unique) and Tunisia (Calypso).

IVANO BELLINI, GRYPHON SESSION -- TRACKLISTING:

1. Funky Junction, "Welcome To The Gryphon"
2. Mark Knight feat. Katherine Ellis, "Insatiable"
3. Martin H., "Club Game" (Peter Bailey Remix)
4. Slok, "Lonely Child" (Vocal Mix)
5. Paul Harris, "Breathe You In" (Vocal Mix)
6. Outwork, "Electro" (Cube Guys Remix)
7. Tapedrive, "Shining Star" (Tapedrive Remix)
8. Guy Gerber, "Stoppage Time"
9. Ian Carey, "Say What You Want"
10. Arpiction, "Don't Walk Away" (Matthew DeKay Remix)
11. RR Workshop, "Electrolux"
12. Cirez D., "Teaser"
13. Asquini Trax, "City Lights"
14. D-Nox & Beckers, "You're A Star"

The sound of Miami.......2006-05-26

This CD is like a postcard from Miami... It reminds me the morning at the Space patio.
I went to Gryphon only once since it is around 25 miles away from Miami. Their sound system is one of the best and I can hear Ivano playing all these tracks until 7 or 8 in the morning!

Beethoven: Piano Trios, Op. 1, Nos. 1 and 3

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Glastonbury Mott
FIND what was lost!
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Glastonbury Carol

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ASIN: B00009XG42
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BBC Radio 1 Session 18.07.1972:
Kemp's Jig giSir Gavin Grimbold giTouch & Go giAstrologer giEstampie

BBC Radio 1 Session 10.07.1974:
Opening Number giMidnight Mushrumps, 1st Movement giMidnight Mushrumps, 2nd Movement giMidnight Mushrumps, 3rd Movement
1973:
Glastonbury Carol (The "lost" single, recorded 1973)

Format: Vinyl

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Glastonbury Mott.......2006-02-17

Gryphon is one of the bands that epitomised the early seventies; the life of a Gryphon was not long, five years to be exact. But as the Gryphon grew up it changed like a chameleon, integrating into its scenery whilst becoming a powerful and influential beast.
Gryphon was always a band impossible to categorize, they were sort of labelled progressive rock, but if anything they could have been called retro rock. (Albeit with a progressive slant!) No instrument was too obscure to be used by one of the Gryphons, although a fancy for crumhorns must be acknowledged.
I personally cannot resist just running a thumb over what instruments were used in the studio and the live stage. Beside various crumhorns (apparently they come in a wide range from high to low and resemble something like an early wooden six iron, can be spelt with a C or a K, and make a very jolly if rather rude noise. Rude as in school playground humour). Other instruments that were turned over in the Gryphon hands that were perhaps not considered run of the mill to your average rock band in the early seventies were recorders, bassoons, glockenspiels and yamaharmoniums, along with ordinary items such as pianos, organs, drums, guitars, and bass guitars.
Whatever the band used in the studio was also taken along for live concerts, often creating great hilarity, as musicians desperately stumbled around looking for the next instrument they were supposed to play, usually finding it just in the nick of time.
Over the course of the Gryphon's life, they started out as a sort of trio, Richard Harvey, Brian Gulland and David Obersle, developed into a bit of a four piece with the addition of a lead guitarist in the shape of Graeme Taylor, and then blossomed into the more traditional five piece rock band with the addition of Philip Nester on bass. This gave them a proper rock trio, whilst the other two could rush around at the front of the stage (Gryphons did not exactly rush, but a bit of mottistic license here). They of course went backwards becoming a four piece then a trio before disbanding in the wash of Punk rock in 1977.
Four albums were cut for the progressive record label Transatlantic, and everyone a little gem, too. Firstly, the self titled `Gryphon' (1973) - now how many rock albums can claim to have a track written by the English King Henry VIII? Well Gryphon can. Then there was `Midnight Mushrumps', with its twenty-two minute instrumental title track, inspired from when Gryphon were asked to play along to a production of William Shakespeare's `The Tempest' at the National Theatre.
Quickly on the heels of Mushrumps came `Red Queen to Gryphon Three' - a concept album based on a game of chess, I kid you not. This was an all instrumental album featuring some of the fastest recorder and crumhorn or even krumhorn playing you are ever likely to hear, perhaps paving the way for thrash metal, but perhaps not.
The following year was the turn of `Raindance' (1975) which was Gryphon's attempt at more contemporary rock, which really kind of ruined the original effect. After this Transatlantic rather gave up on Gryphon and to be fair I think Gryphon was a bit on the tired side too, certainly its feathers had been ruffled when sent out on the road with big name progressive rock band Yes all across America, leaving the American audience very bemused by what they saw as a bunch of medieval wandering minstrels setting up on stage. One more album was released, `Treason' (1977) and to be quite frank the title is pretty apt.
But in their day Gryphon was a joy to behold, always giving off a great vibe of fun, whilst showing off their musical skills. Transatlantic have now put together a double CD `Crossing The Styles' which collects together nearly everything that was released by Gryphon, and at over two and a half hours of wonderfully cheerful music is an absolute joy to listen to. Out of all the bands that came and went during the early and mid seventies `Gryphon' stands out as one of the most unique.
In 2003 Hux records put out one more CD, a collection of two B.B.C. In Concert sets, one from 1972 recorded before anything from Gryphon had actually been released officially, giving us a very interesting insiders listen to the original concept of the band. This first session has five songs on it, four of which are traditional laments rearranged by the band, and one original, not that you notice much listening to the five of them in order. But it is crumhorns both high and low to the fore and a merry jig do they make; it is almost impossible not to tap your foot along to the rhythms, especially when the crumhorns break into snippets from `It's a long way to Tipperary' and `Somewhere over the Rainbow'.
The second set recorded two years later shows the fully developed beast in all its five piece glory. Starting off with a bit of a jam between all the band members they then break into all three movements of `Midnight Mushrumps' written solely by Richard Harvey. There is still the unmistakable sound of the Gryphon there, but certainly a few tricks have been taken on board from other progressive rock bands of the time. At times they could almost be mistaken for early Genesis, not that this is a bad thing, everything has to progress, and when the recorders break back in again it is all refreshingly Gryphon again. `Midnight Mushrumps' must be considered Gryphon's finest piece a quite magical twenty minutes journey.
When I say that Transatlantic collected up nearly everything that was recorded for their label by this wonderfully unique band, there was one track missing - a single called `Glastonbury Carol', a song commissioned by the people who made the Glastonbury film, but as the film was never released the song was obviously not used on the soundtrack and only released as a single. The single received no promotional push from Transatlantic, not really seeing Gryphon as `Top Of The Pop's' material. To make matters worse the little hole that you had to have in the middle of vinyl records, LP's as well as singles, was slightly off centre, so by the time the song came towards the end, it made an awful seasick inducing pitching and tossing, not conducive to massive sales. Fortunately the original tapes were found and the single has been tacked onto the end of these sessions as well as lending its name to the album. A great bonus as it remains one of Gryphon's most atmospheric tunes.
Alas all good things must come to an end and by 1977 Gryphon was no more, but they leave behind a fine legacy of music, all available from the wonderful www.amazon.com
After Gryphon came to its natural conclusion, all the members of the band went onto further success in their own fields: Graeme Taylor, Malcolm Bennett (who replaced Philip Nestor on bass guitar towards the end), and Philip Nestor became successful session musicians. After a varied career David Oberie now owns his own record label, Communique. Whilst both Richard Harvey and Brian Gullard work in the film and television soundtrack industry, with Richard Harvey at present in Hollywood putting the final touches to the soundtrack to this year's blockbuster starring Tom Hanks `The Davinci Code'.
If anyone has any idea what a Gryphon or a Mushrump is please write to Mott at the address listed at the end of this review.
Mott the Dog.

FIND what was lost!.......2005-04-24

I'll be brief. See Brian Greuling's review as I concur with that commentary. To my ecstatic shock and amazement this recent Gryphon release shot straight to #3 on my Gryphon-favorite list. If you ever enjoyed this band's quircky fusion of futuristic electro-world music and Renaissance style rock'n'roll, THIS RECORD IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL to at least the 10th power! In addition to the fact that "Opening Number" & "Glastonbury Carol" are unavailable elsewhere, if you have surround-sound audio, cue up this version of "Midnight Mushrumps", click on Dolby Pro-logic II and make sure you have no recent incisions near your spine or you're gonna lose part of it! Wildly recommended disc!

Great Live Album.......2004-09-21

If you're a fan of the first two Gryphon releases, Gryphon and Midnight Mushrumps, this is a great addition to your music collection. The sound quality is excellent, much better than I was expecting. The first five tracks, recorded in 1972,appear on their first album. The version of Estampie in this collection has an extended bassoon solo. The next track, recorded in 1974, does not appear on any of their studio releases, but sounds like it should have been included on their debut album. The next three tracks comprise their magnum opus Midnight Mushrumps. The last track, Glastonbury Carol, subtitled "the 'lost' single" is superb. Not recorded live, this track was recently recovered from their recording engineer. For me, it's the highlight of this collection. It mixes haunting vocals with classic with an upbeat middle section. Overall, I highly recommend this to any Gryphon fan.

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Mozart's Complete Piano Trios Done Beautifully

Mozart: Complete Piano Trios

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Release Date: 2007-04-05

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Mozart's Complete Piano Trios Done Beautifully.......2006-02-21

Mozart wrote six piano trios -- there is seventh that is somewhat spurious, K. 442, made up of unassociated harpsichord/violin/piano movements that Constanze Mozart had Maxilmilian Stadler finish and publish as a three movement piano trio after Mozart's death; it is not included here -- and all but the first are mature works. The first, K. 254 (from 1776, mistakenly attributed to 1782 in this issue's booklet), is based on the old Haydn model that is really more of a piano sonata with violin and cello obbligato. But the latter five are full-fledged piano trios with the strings having a more important participation than had been the case with earlier piano trios. For reasons that are not clear to me, these works rarely appear on concerts, or certainly not as often as Mozart's quartets, quintets, piano quartets or the masterful string trio (Divertimento, K. 563). And yet these last five piano trios are latish works and show lapidary craftsmanship and inspired melodism.

The Gryphon Trio, a group from Toronto that has been together since the early 1990s, is a sterling group. They are up against pretty stiff competition -- all the trios were recorded by the Beaux Arts Trio and the Borodin Trio in the 1990s and those sets are still available -- and they meet the competition with stylish playing, clean execution, subtle musicianship all captured in life-like sound. They are definitely competitive with their senior colleagues. The trio is made up of violinist Annalee Patipatanakoon, cellist Roman Borys, and pianist Jamie Parker. (Strangely, Patipatanakoon's name appears nowhere in the CD's booklet; I had to get it from the Gryphon's website.)

My only minor quibble -- and it really IS minor -- with this recording is that the cello's sound is very slightly recessed. This makes little difference in the earliest trio but is a bit disappointing in the later ones. If one compares this with either of the other trio sets one hears the difference. It is true that the cello strand is the least important voice in the trios as it is so often in unison with the piano bass line, but it does seem a bit of a shame that Borys's voice should be so reticent. I do think it is the engineering and not the playing that is at fault. Where this set overtakes the earlier sets is the clarity of the recorded sound. Very lifelike sonics.

Scott Morrison

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The CD I want to lend to everyone . . .

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The CD I want to lend to everyone . . ........2004-04-27

. . . except that it's the CD I don't want to lend to anyone. As masterful and elegant as anything you'll ever hear, but also highly accessible (in fact I caught my 18-year-old definitely-not-a-baroque-fan brother whistling the first Zelenka aria -- rather spiritedly, too -- after just one incidental hearing). Tafelmusik's playing is a pleasure throughout, for its trademark freshness and immediacy -- I especially enjoy Vivaldi's "String Concerto in C Major" on this disk -- and the arias practically seem to be made for Matthew White. From the lively brilliance of Zelenka, to the gentle "Noli o cara te adorantis" from Vivaldi's "Juditha triumphans" (the words are actually kind of sinister, but could you really cut off the head of anyone who sang to you like this?), to the whole varied set from A. Scarlatti's "Cain" (for pure beauty, just listen to "Miei genitori, addio"), you can only increasingly admire White's unerring musical sense and command -- and of course that stunning, lovely voice.

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An enchanting trio

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Release Date: 2007-04-06

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An enchanting trio.......2001-12-08

The Gryphon Trio plays with a liveliness and grace that is palpable even on CD. This is one of the most enchanting chamber groups performing today.

Each member of the group brings a unique and refined sensibility to the music - and their voices are woven together in a musically unified and satisfying interpretation.