Gryphon
Red Queen to Gryphon Three
FormatCDLabelBelle AntiqueGenrePsychedelia & Kraut
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Red Queen To Gryphon Three was recorded by Gryphon at Chipping Norton Recording Studio in Oxfordshire in August 1974 and released that December, the first of their albums to be issued in the United States. The band then spent the following months opening for Yes in America, Canada and Britain.
The record is entirely instrumental and divided into four movements, Opening Move, Second Spasm, Lament and Checkmate, each close to ten minutes, the titles following a game of chess. Richard Harvey plays keyboards, recorders and crumhorn, Brian Gulland bassoon and crumhorn, Graeme Taylor guitar, Dave Oberlé drums and percussion, with Philip Nestor on bass guitar and Pete Redding on acoustic bass. The early music timbres are still there, but used less than before, inside composed structures with shifting meters and themes passed between woodwind, guitar and keyboards.
Japanese CD reissue by Belle Antique, SHM-CD with 2025 remastering, in a mini LP replica with obi and Japanese insert.
Release notes
Featues 2025 remastering. Comes in a CD sized mini LP replica with obi and insert of notes mostly in Japanese. Recorded at the Chipping Norton Recording Studio, Oxfordshire, August 1974. Hooray for Brian Goodman. Special Thanks to – Dave, Tina, Nat, Brian, Martin.
| 1 | Opening Move | 8:15 | |
| 2 | Second Spasm | 9:42 | |
| 3 | Lament | 10:45 | |
| 4 | Checkmate | 9:50 |
- Pete Redding
- Acoustic Bass
- Gryphon
- Arranged By, Producer
- Ann Sullivan
- Art Direction
- Vanessa East
- Art Direction
- Philip Nestor
- Bass Guitar
- Brian Gulland
- Bassoon, Crumhorn, Written-By
- Dave Grinsted
- Co-producer, Engineer
- Dan Pearce
- Design [Cover Design], Illustration
- Dave Oberlé
- Drums, Percussion, Timbales [Tymps]
- Graeme Taylor
- Guitar, Written-By
- Richard Harvey
- Keyboards, Recorder, Crumhorn
- Ernest Hart
- Organ
- Robert Ellis
- Photography By
- Roger Perry
- Photography By
- Kazuo Ogino
- Remastered By
