Gryphon - live 1974

[@curiouserandcuriouser1874]

Hi Colin - this is Graeme Taylor, guitarist then and now, and a founder member of Gryphon. This is sensational - I can't quite believe it. We had no idea that it existed, and it's such good quality in every way (perhaps a slight pity it's B&W, but hey!). I'm just really intrigued as to how you came to find it and where it's been all these years...?? Well done , and molto thanks again!

[@colinharper8791]

Lurking in my loft on a DVD-R for about 20 years. I've given the full info to Dave O... To be fair, RTE have had a clip on their (fun) archive website for a while: www.rte.ie/archives/2019/0123/1025020-gryphon-medieval-music-makers/

[@curiouserandcuriouser1874]

@@colinharper8791 Did you work on it Colin? What was your involvement, was it just as a fan? In which case, thank you so much. I've seen the Gavin sequence but to see the entirety was a joy.

[@colinharper8791]

@@curiouserandcuriouser1874 Message me (I'm easy to find online) - I'm not wild about public conversations :-)

[@robst247]

Hi Graeme - I saw Gryphon supporting Yes at the De Montfort Hall, Leicester on 25th April 1975. It was an extraordinary and unforgettable performance. The sight and sound of the crumhorn was especially enchanting. Seeing this video transports me back to those more innocent and magical days of yore. I now live in the Netherlands, speak Dutch fluently and know that crum (Dutch: krom) means BENT. :-)

[@claudioflautista]

This is such a wonderful lost gem of unique musical artistry. I'm delighted to see at least a video performance of Gryphon in my life. Cheers from a Brazilian fan living in Australia.

[@francoismalchelosse983]

Wowww vraiment très bon j,adorais gryphon il y a 30 ans ! merci

[@madpeddler8263]

This makes KZbin worthwhile

[@menswear2112]

In my 40 years of rock knowledge, these guys are the skillest musicians with Gentle Giant. Nothing else above them.

[@colinharper8791]

You might try the Mahavishnu Orchestra!

[@geoffgape3884]

or perhaps third Ear Band ?@@colinharper8791

[@uselessaccount9929]

For anyone interested: 0:07 - Kemp's Jig 3:11 - Sir Gavin Grimbold 5:49 - The Astrologer 9:00 - Pastime With Good Company 10:36 - Mother Nature's Son 13:27 - The Ploughboy's Dream 16:06 - Tea Wrecks 17:24 - Estampie Credit and thanks to opulent7.

[@horst29]

Thank you sir :-)

[@opulent7]

0:07 - Kemp's Jig 3:11 - Sir Gavin Grimbold 5:49 - The Astrologer 9:00 - Pastime With Good Company 10:36 - Mother Nature's Son 13:27 - The Ploughboy's Dream 16:06 - Tea Wrecks 17:24 - Estampie

[@uselessaccount9929]

@@opulent7 Right, i'll just edit my original comment. Hope you don't get mad or anything.

[@KennieBlais-ud2wn]

Thanks

[@deanrowan2457]

I made the monumental mistake of not changing my travel plans in London in 1977 to hear them at The Marquee. But I have heard a recital by Richard Harvey at Wigmore Hall.

[@colinharper8791]

1,000+ views in a couple of days. Who would have thought it?

[@chayimgi]

only anyone who most fortunately happened to come across Gryphon at some point through his life :) thank you very much for uploading!

[@claudioflautista]

I discovered this video 2 weeks ago, I guess. Since then I can guarantee I watched it more than 10 times haha. Thanks for that

[@bustedfender]

Who’s ready for a remixed Midnight Mushrumps then?

[@brianpage1666]

I was on the road crew about this time, the sound guy was Willie Williams, he was also there manager, Willie went on to be tour director for U2.

[@VanirTraditionalist]

This is fantastic start to finish.

[@artobindo]

thanks, gryphon featuring world favourite bassoonist and cromornist sir brian gulland

[@JonasClark]

Gryphon, Gentle Giant & Mannheim Steamroller. Such wonderful, magical music!

[@brendanwalsh4040]

I saw them at the Marquee in 1973 supporting a band called Capability Brown. They supported Steelye Span at the Albert Hall the following year. I bought all the albums. I was 12 in 1973. I saw those gigs. This is brilliant. Thank you so much.

[@SimonFrench-hb9wc]

What a clued up little guy you were. How fantastic it was for you to see these guys back in the day. Very envious. young Brendan I am!

[@MisterWondrous]

To this day, I whistle "Second Spasm" to impress the birds. I bought "Red Queen" when new, and it has remained a favorite of all albums.

[@bobbyggare8364]

I love the description. medieval slade!

[@alnitak208]

Absolutely lovely. Thank you Gryphon for existing.

[@waldorftrekkie]

I was fourteen and managed to scape from mum and sister to the Crystal Palace Garden Party, London ‘74. Wakeman, Leo Sayer, Procol Harum… I got to the place when Gryphon (who??) was to star the show. Man, I still remember the last chord (Estampie) resounding through the whole ground and heavens around. GRYPHON were the best in the show and still they are: so many musicianship in any short or long theme, so inspiring atmospheres with just those acoustic instruments and ironic, unworried singing manners!! Look for their contributions in some solo Yes-men albums in those years. A touch you can touch. Every song, every musician and those voices!!! Wonderful video, thanks a lot!!!

[@fueledbylove]

Over the Rainbow 19:39 Bridge on the River Kwai 19:57 - Timing on video aligns the Years of Both Films release, how cool is that?

[@matthewhon2419]

fan hailed from Hong Kong Gryphon has all the attributes to nail down a place in the shrine of progressive/art rock of the 20th century western music..

[@dannyblake7929]

I can't remember when I was last this happy! What a talented bunch. I saw them November 1974 with yes. Searched out everything I could find. This may be the Holy Grail of Gryphon performance. Not sure thanks is enough. Wow!!!

[@pygarthehun9413]

None finer on the planet! Thank you for posting. 🛸

[@PaisleyPatchouli]

It was bands like this - Gryphon, Gentle Giant, and Amazing Blondel, out of Britain (along with David Munrow and his Grammy winning Early Music Consort of London, and Musica Reservata) in the 70s that informed my life as a pro musician. By the mid 70s I was studying at the Conservatory, owned a set of Krummhorns and numerous other early woodwinds made by Moeck in Germany, also several sets of recorders from bass to "Garklein flotlein" in renaissance and baroque styles, not to mention a nice little harpsichord by Wittmayer, a set of Gaita gallega bagpipes from Spain, a couple of renaissance lutes and an oud, tons of percussion, and of course my old Ramirez classical guitar and a '63 Fender P Bass. I was still in my teens, poor as a church-mouse, but every dime I made went into my instrument stable, and it was largely thanks to these phenomenal 'prog-fusion' bands of the mid 70s! If you didn't have access to the instruments you couldn't play the music! Fast forward to the 2020s, (and decades of making my living primarily as a musician) I'm still listening to all that amazing old music, plus a lot of equally fine newer stuff like The Allah Lahs, Men I Trust, Jordi Savall and Hesperion XX, and so much more.. My collection of fine old woodwinds are long gone, as are the harpsichord, lutes, etc. But I still have a stash of guitars, basses and percussion/drums that keep me busy and creative. Thanks for posting this priceless slice of musical history and bygone days!

[@AndriyValdensius-wi8gw]

There was a hard-core clique of guys at my school into folk rock ( Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention, Gryphon), one of whom studied early music instrument making, and became a well known lute maker and early music instrumentalist. The rest did other things. I was very much a David Munrow and Early Music Consort fan. I have Midnight Mushrumps by Gryphon, which I loved. I didn't know they backed Yes. Frankly, I found Yes boring, tbh. A school friend once lent me Tales of Topographic Oceans. I listened to it once. It was enough. 🙂😛

[@racookster]

I just discovered this. It's wonderful! 😃

[@Nachtuil36]

Incredible: I know every piece by heart. Played some myself. Those are my heroes !

[@altercharmeur2554]

Gryphon is one of the many faces of Progressive and Art Rock. A very rare and special footage. Many thanks for sharing this.✌️😃👍

[@MrSabbyB]

Thanks so much for putting this up, not enough crumhorns in the charts these days!

[@yenbbc8840]

more crumhorn!

[@massimomarchesin8708]

I Gryphon hanno unito il mondo musicale antico medievale rinascimentale con quello moderno del rock !!!!!!! Gruppo fantastico !!!!!! Tutti i loro albums sono Splendidi !!!! A chi non li ha mai ascoltati , consiglio vivamente l'ascolto !!!!!!

[@artyemanator1]

Some force of nature just prompted me to search ‘Gryphon Live’ and here is this fresh jewel from the time machine. Wow! Thanks for posting. Harvey’s virtuosity (well all of them) - 21:15 where he plays four-note chords (super fast arpeggios) on a single voice instrument. Heard this first in 1974 when I was 12. Captivated then and now. Amazing also to find they’re out of retirement and playing my local venue (Union Chapel Islington). There is a God! Such joy in these dark times.

[@andrewplant1247]

Saw them in Oundle around this time, 'Midnight Mushrumps' and all. Unforgettable, Richard's virtuosity especially. Thank you for some great memories.

[@emanuelmayer]

Midnight Mushrumps live, man, would have let my heart explode

[@BassistPaul]

Brilliant. Particularly the very gifted and witty Richard Harvey - with whom I was fortunate enough to record a few (mainstream) albums in the late 70's / early eighties.

[@musicalSFCat]

Hi Paul, What specific LPs did you record with Richard Harvey in the late '70s? Thanks.

[@BassistPaul]

@@musicalSFCat Hi Daniel, "Guitar Trek" with Paul Brett, and also a "Romantic Guitar" album for K Tel. And a few other various sessions for whatever (I can't recall).

[@dsbgrace]

Marvellous!

[@ruthadrian777]

My 17 year old and asks why such great music is not played these days! Thanks, Ben (17) and Adrian (live in Brighton 1974)

[@noelwalterso2]

Thisvis just brilliant and totally charming. I remember seeing them at the Nottingham Boat Club in nineteen seventy something or other. The publicity for their album said "imagine Henry VIII in a rock and roll band." Not sure that really does them justice though.

[@elchatismiquin6445]

The first theme, Kemp's Jig, includes "Pase el agoa", an anonymous tune included in the "Cancionero de Palacio", a recolection of pieces of different composers in the time of the Cayholic Kings Isabel and Fernando, in the America's discovering time.

[@iansmith5030]

Great stuff brings back memories of me sitting with the band at Chipping Norton listening to the then newly recorded Midnight Mushrumps, my friend was the sound engineer.

[@fabrikk60]

Any memories of Nektar recording there?

[@spriggan3935]

Dave on woodwinds is something that I'll always missed!

[@M.Robespierre3691]

first time i heard gryphon was in 1998 and have been looking for any early live footage of them since then. i gave up already. so what an amazing and pleasant surprise to see this clip and my favorite musician,.richard harvey, in action. thanks very much for this!

[@thomasmead4642]

Glad to see this put on YT! I am a "renaissance/baroque" lute player myself. I love early music and have everything by this band.

[@anotherdamn6c]

Their records appear frequently in EM circles' collections. Usually bought new, lol. I have a few and so do my friends. A good judge of character and often musicianship!

[@nightheme365]

Thanks for posting this amazing music!

[@veriteri32]

What a treasure! Thoroughly enjoying this performance of talented and handsome men!

[@markmichalko3913]

Got to see Gryphon live on 11/20/74 @ MSG, NYC opening for YES during there RELAYER tour. I have Zero memory of the band from that GREAT YES show which 2nd YES concert in '74. I also witnessed YES during the TALES / CTTE Concert on 2/16/74 where no opening band played. Listening now to this band, I still have no memory of them. And I have a GREAT memory esp. when it came to my concerts in the '70's!!

[@antoniocarraro709]

Fenomenali. Ho le lacrime!!! Come down to Italy after the pandemic, thank you

[@thewordofgord]

Colin, for years I have been wondering: where are all the Gryphon appearances? Everyone else was on tv, why not them? Thanks so much for this one!

[@FrothNinja]

Pure unalloyed joy, thank you

[@markranfone6393]

this is GOLD

[@globalhealth1679]

I was hearing Gentle Giant and reading the posts... somebody said: and now Gryphon. I jumped right in! Brilliant!!! I was 10 years old in 74'. Cheers my fellow humans!

[@oortcloud5108]

The crumhorn playing in this is about the best I have ever heard.

[@fcamiola]

This is incredible!

[@moontan91]

just bloody awesome !

[@esvneto1]

Fantastic! in my opinion the best progressive rock band of all time. I never imagined that I heard a video record, in one of the best phases of the band. For years I have been looking for old songs from the band. The only one I got was the live recording in Boston 1974, by king biscuit, at the opening of the Yes show. I never found any other record of bootelegs. Is there any other? Congratulations and thank you very much for making this super rarity available. Are there any other old Gryphon videos?

[@dextervortexsungte5348]

it's neither progressive nor rock, it's folk/renaissance

[@JoostvanDongen]

Wonderful!

[@kacyross8714]

What a fantastic find. Love this!

[@joeltome5519]

Gryphon uma banda sensacional.

[@claudioso66]

so amazing

[@gonzalobogdanovich6338]

Que reliquia, es el primer vivo que veo de "aquella época" ! Gracias

[@TexOz999]

so happy to find a live performance of this fantastic band! thank you!

[@englishminor]

Get off your prog frog and get a life, good sir.

[@mariobianchi5685]

Fantastic footage! This is from the days of their first eponymous album I think, but they played their cover version of Mother Nature Son, who will find its place three albums later on Raindance.

[@quentinsmirhes2977]

Splendid!

[@MrHistorian123]

This is fantastic. I saw Gryphon live on the Treason tour, but that was the expanded line up (who were also excellent). I was going to see them supporting Yes, but I couldn't make it due to university commitments, though a friend who did go said that they blew Yes off the stage. I'm so pleased to see the original line up at last.

[@adap2it]

This is pure magic, even with the counter, I saw them a year later in 75 in London.

[@tubaterror]

Bravo - magnificent!

[@christophertull7787]

this is fantastic,been a fan for 30 years love it!!!

[@dsbgrace]

Incredible recording! Quite marvellous!

[@arno-luyendijk4798]

My eyes went wide open when they announced their Mother nature's son cover. I had Gryphon already in high regards, but now, they blow my mind even more. So glad I discovered this tv recording.

[@kernunos2]

Wow, wonderfull! Thank you very much for this treasure.

[@bogaiason613]

Do you have the King Biscuit Flour Hour recording from the year they toured with, and completely upstaged, Yes? I believe they played Midnight Mushrumps and closed with an outrageous Sailor's Hornpipe.

[@clintspoon3765]

Amazing! My fave lineup of the band.... these guys could really stretch out a medieval groove! Thanks for posting.

[@pjc1954]

Wonderful - so sorry never to have seen them live.

[@OficinaFantasma]

My heroes! Masterpiece!

[@trevorowen6564]

Utterly brilliant a priceless artefact from the mists of time! Thanks for sharing.

[@BrainiacFingers]

Holy crumhorns, Batman! There really is some footage of Gryphon out there. I had given up hope of seeing any 70s footage of this band. I am overjoyed!

[@NimrodelMirage]

Their version of Mother Nature's Son is brilliant

[@michaelpdawson]

Marvelous! I never dreamed that I would have a chance to see these guys work their magic.

[@omeryan42]

So much gratitude for being able to consume this amazing content in a click of a button. Graeme Taylor's guitar accompaniments and arrangements are seriously on a league of their own, this is crazy... it's like conceiving the acoustic guitar as if it was an harpsichord.

[@deborahhenderson149]

Quite unique! First time hearing this band. Came upon them whilst discovering who wrote the music for a movie called The Little Prince and it said Richard Harvey.

[@buska100]

Stunningly Sublime Gryphon, Thanks for uploading this Gem. Now to grab My well worn Gryphon LPs and travel back in time

[@troubadour723]

OK, this is freaky. I was just listening to Red Queen to Gryphon Three this evening, and got curious to see if there was any live material out there on KZbin, and this video was uploaded barely 48 hours ago. I was thinking I would maybe find some crappy audience recording for one of the shows they did with Yes, and here's a complete video performance from the same period (well, slightly earlier). Thanks for posting!

[@colinharper8791]

It's karma... :-)

[@irenalandowska9217]

Gulland et Harvey 👍deus superbe musiciens

[@KenWard2015]

So pleased to find this online. I had the pleasure of selling the first album into the shops of the North of England while working for Transatlantic Records.

[@Chuckles..]

I saw them live when I was 15 and just now remembered, lol. They were the opening act in a sports arena so it was hard to pay attention as the audience were shuffling in and they weren't turned up very loud. Obviously a great band. Thanks for putting this up!.

[@stephenspark776]

This is wonderful - I could never have dreamt that a stunning, high-quality video like this existed. Being B&W is a bonus for me, as back in the day Gryphon was my mental soundtrack while I was wandering round Oxfordshire shooting off lots of Ilford FP4 and HP5. Still have the albums but no record player for them. Only disappointment is that the video doesn't include The Unquiet Grave - my all-time favourite, so beautiful and haunting. But this version of Estampie is amazing!

[@thursfield3107]

beautiful, soothing

[@eranbenaharon1241]

Pure magic

[@JLS-vl8te]

Thanks a lot, Colin, for uploading this! It's really fine material I didn't know existed. Gryphon is a tremendous band! Best regards! Juan.

[@jacobienT]

Superb !!! Thanks a million Colin Harper to upload this video ! One of the greatest bands, wonderful musicians; albums Gryphon, Midnight Mushrooms, Red Queen, Raindance .. still stand strong.

[@geoffgape3884]

Mushrumps

[@liveexperiment7662]

Love it! Thanks

[@鏡博幸]

初めて生の演奏を聴きました。素晴らしいです。

[@guyharrison4644]

thankyou so much. What a fantastic concert.

[@LeeLucas]

What an absolute Golden Nugget and that was a well-pleasing surprise to get to see this and thanks very much for putting it up here.

[@mehcol]

so beautiful. Thanks Colin harper.

[@unknownbone174]

Thanks for the upload! What a treat.

[@iancharlespain1590]

Brilliant!

[@nevmanning4263]

Thanks for uploading, been looking for live footage of the band for ages

[@brunovallesmunoz4757]

I just came from Song from the wood by Jethro tull and looking for some Gryphon....What a surprise this clip!!!!

[@michaelatkins8003]

Thanks, Dave! First time I've heard the formidable Gryphon harmonisation on Pastime and Good Company. Excellent!

[@pponi]

is that the full show? its AMAZING! thank you so much for uploading this

[@emanuelmayer]

this is so amazing, thank you so much, so much!!

[@brianpeters5555]

This stuff is so beautifully different

[@sljhww]

It's great!!! thanks for update

[@hyperboreal]

This is GOLD. Black & white gold but gold nevertheless :D