Red Queen to Gryphon Three

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Red Queen to Gryphon Three
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Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 1974
RecordedAugust 1974
Studio Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Oxfordshire, England
Genre Progressive rock, progressive folk, medieval folk rock
Length38:32
Label Transatlantic (UK)
Bell (US)
Brain (Germany)
Producer Gryphon, Dave Grinsted
Gryphon chronology
Midnight Mushrumps
(1974)
Red Queen to Gryphon Three
(1974)
Raindance
(1975)
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Red Queen to Gryphon Three is the third studio album made by the progressive rock band Gryphon. The album was released on Transatlantic Records in the UK with a blue cover, while Bell Records released the album in Canada with the cover border in black.

Contents

Red Queen to Gryphon Three is a concept album based loosely on a game of chess. The music, which frequently evokes a medieval mood, blends and alternates Baroque, Renaissance, English folk and progressive rock music styles. Themes are presented, developed and recapitulated in the fashion of classical music.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Opening Move" Richard Harvey, Graeme Taylor, Brian Gulland, David Oberlé 9:42
2."Second Spasm"Taylor, Gulland8:15
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
3."Lament"Taylor, Gulland, Philip Nestor10:45
4."Checkmate"Harvey, Taylor, Gulland, Oberlé9:50
Total length:38:32

Personnel

Gryphon

Production [2]

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References

  1. DeGagne, Mike. Red Queen to Gryphon Three at AllMusic. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  2. Recording information at discogs