Red Queen to Gryphon Three

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.

Red Queen to Gryphon Three
Studio album by
Gryphon
ReleasedDecember 1974
RecordedAugust 1974, Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Oxfordshire, England
GenreProgressive rock, progressive folk, medieval folk rock
Length38:32
LabelTransatlantic (UK)
Bell (US)
Brain (Germany)
ProducerGryphon, Dave Grinsted
Gryphon chronology
Midnight Mushrumps
(1974)		 Red Queen to Gryphon Three
(1974)		 Raindance
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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 Oberlé9:42
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

Production[2]
  • Arranged by Gryphon
  • Produced by Gryphon & Dave Grinsted
  • Recorded & Mixed by Dave Grinsted at Chipping Norton Studios, August 1974
  • All songs published by Heathside Music.
  • Organ manufactured by Ernest Hart
  • Acoustic bass manufactured by Pete Redding

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



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