- Artist: Gryphon
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- Release Date: October 11, 2004
- Genre: Rock
Review
With the exception of two songs, this two-CD compilation includes everything from Gryphon's first four albums (1972's Gryphon, 1974's Midnight Mushrumps, 1974's Red Queen to Gryphon Three, and 1975's Raindance). The missing songs are "Touch and Go," from Gryphon, and "Wallbanger," from Raindance; otherwise, everything's present and accounted for. As the first part of Gryphon's career was their best, this is the best compilation of their work, marred only by a couple of small annoyances. First, although each disc is nearly full to capacity with 75-plus-minutes on each CD, actually those other two songs could have been squeezed into the running order. Second, rather than opting for a chronological sequencing, the tracks are ordered so they jump back and forth between the different albums -- and, thus, jump back and forth between the near-Renaissance music of their earliest recordings to the fusions of early music with more art rock-oriented sounds that characterized their mid-'70s work. It's a satisfying document on the whole, though, with two-and-a-half hours of one of the more obscure and more unusual bands on the fringes of the '70s British progressive rock and folk-rock scenes. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Sir Gavin Grimbold | Gryphon | (2:47) | |
| Pastime with Good Company | Gryphon | (1:32) | |
| The Unquiet Grave | Traditional | Gryphon | (5:42) |
| Opening Move | Gryphon | (9:44) | |
| Second Spasm | Gryphon | (8:17) | |
| Gulland Rock | Gryphon | (3:58) | |
| Ethelion | Gryphon | (5:37) | |
| Dubbel Dutch | Gryphon | (5:21) | |
| Raindance | Gryphon | (5:30) | |
| (Ein Klein) Heldenleben | Gryphon | (16:00) | |
| Mother Nature's Son | John Lennon | Gryphon | (3:12) |
| The Devil and the Farmers Wife | Traditional | Gryphon | (1:56) |
| The Ploughboy's Dream | Traditional | Gryphon | (3:03) |
| Don't Say Go | Gryphon | (1:49) | |
| Crossing the Styles | Gryphon | (2:23) |
CD 2
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Midnight Mushrumps | Gryphon | (18:59) | |
| Lament | Gryphon | (10:46) | |
| Checkmate | Gryphon | (9:45) | |
| Fontinental Version | Gryphon | (5:35) | |
| Estampie | Gryphon | (4:52) | |
| Juniper Suite | Gryphon | (4:47) | |
| Tea Wrecks | Gryphon | (1:07) | |
| The Last Flash of Gaberdine Tailor | Gryphon | (3:57) | |
| Down the Dog | Gryphon | (2:45) | |
| Le Bambrioleu Est dans le Mouchoir | Gryphon | (2:13) | |
| The Astrologer | Traditional | Gryphon | (3:13) |
| Ormolu | Gryphon | (1:03) | |
| Three Jolly Butchers | Gryphon | (3:55) | |
| Kemp's Jig | Traditional | Gryphon | (3:07) |
