Below, is the feedback that the author of the Gryphon Home Page received from visitors to the site, between April and November 1997.
        To add your comments, please go to the Guestbook Form.

  Sally Bosman, Reigate, Surrey, England.

Having spent the past 15 years getting to know, not only the Gryphon Music, but also the Gryphonians themselves ...(unfortunately not Mr. Harvey) ... I had no idea just how many people out there still appreciate and remember such a stunningly good group of muso's - I just wish I could pursuade them all to go out and do it again ... watch this space!!!

November 13, 1997

  Dave Oberle's Kids!, Reigate, Surrey, England.

Hi Everyone, were Dave Oberle's kids we'd like to thank everyone for making our dad feel special again, if you look inside the cover of collection 2 you'll see our names!!!
Once again thanks for all your messages!
Joleigh, Peirette, Arry-an, Hayley, Mark and Claire

November 13, 1997

  Gideon Hubbert, Nazareth I'llit, Israel.

It is great to finally find a site dedicated to this fine and, at least these days, unknown band. Probably one of the youngsers commenting here(i'm..err..23) it is important for me to make it be known that even younger generations are still interested in quality music and am happy to say that quite a number of my music loving friends enjoyed the Gryphon/Midnight Mushrumps CD as much as I did after I discovered it in a record shop in London.
As for this wonderful site, I can only suggest that you make it more easily accessible, as I came across it only by chance using Alta Vista's Simple Query.
Being a classical guitar player I am also interested in getting my hands on some of the songs' notes so I would appreciate it very much if you could assist me with this by sending me one of the band member's email address or any other helpful imformation.
That's it then, keep up the good work!!!

November 11, 1997

  Jeff Thorne, Highland Village, Texas, USA.

Nice to see other persons interested in quality music. Where could I purchase Gryphon music on Cd. Thank you

October 25, 1997>

  Chis B., Stockport, England.

Nice site!

October 18, 1997

  Steve Litin, Evanston IL, USA.

I 1st heard gryphon in 1974, my older brother was playing the 1st lp & i was compleatly taken by the whole sound ( i was already into gentle giant , yes & frank Zappa ) gryphon made me explore old englesh folk & classical & to my amazement there was a big world of good music out there. I still listin gryphon all the time. now that i am a dad i have played them to my 4 year old & she is liking them too. the history lives on....

October 11, 1997

  David Schrimpf, Jacksonville, FL, USA.

Really like the site. Want some info about ordering CD's.

October 6, 1997

  Shacar Hershkovitz, Roslyn Heights, NY, USA.

In the world of progressive rock, Gryphon is one of the most rewarding. They had an uncanny talent for catching the midieval mood and letting the imagination wonder. Unfortunately, I am only sixteen and missed their era, but thanks to pages llike this, I have gotten to know them and thier albums.

October 5th 1997

  John Pelan,???.

Takes me back to days of listening to Gryphon, Caravan, Camel, Steve Hackett and wanting to be a Hippy from Herne Bay - and that was in the 80's!

October 5th 1997

  Bob Lozano, St. Louis, Missouri (USA).

I was fortunate enough to see Gryphon with Yes about 2 or 3 thousand years ago- but I can hear the music as if it was yesterday! Any idea where I can obtain Red Queen... on CD?

October 3rd 1997

  Jem Jedrzejewski, West Yorkshire (ex-Stratford-upon-Avon), England.

Memories flood back of the one and only time I was fortunate enough to experience Gryphon live in concert way back in 1977/78 at Solihull Civic Hall, where a chance meeting with the band's road manager (whose name escapes me!) ensured that a piece from Midnight Mushrumps was performed. What a shame that the record company at the time was so fickle. A reunion gig or two would be a delight..... Amazing Blondel have done it - what about Gryphon??

September 27th 1997

  Eric "Alucard" Shaw, Ste-Adele, Canada.

I like everything about Gryphon. That's all!! I would like to talk to a band member by E-mail...

September 22nd 1997

  Lindsay Guyn, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

I haven't listened to a Gryphon record for about 15 years - I just found your home page while browsing a band database. Thanks for reminding me of how good Gryphon was - I'm going straight home, dusting off the turntable, and putting on 'Red Queen'.

September 19th 1997

  Kirsi Maria Kangas, Lappajärvi, Finland.

I got to know your music during my studies. I love your stuff!
My all time favourites -only heard two records- are "Unquiet grave" and "Astrologer". The melody of the "Unquiet grave" is found also in finnish hymnal-book in church!

September 10th 1997

  Steven Defoe, Collinsville, CT, USA.

Gryphon! The Gryphon disks (especially Mushrumps and Red Queen) stand as high water marks of the "prog era", that brief time in the history of popular music when musical skill and invention mattered. I'll never forget the night they played the New Haven Coliseum on Yes' Relayer tour. Fantastic! It's nice to see other people remember them fondly as well, thanks for the web page.

September 9th 1997

  Theron Kousek, St. Louis, MO, USA.

I'd like to see fans reviews of Gryphon's albums on your web-page as well... Right now, I only have "Red Queen to Gryphon Three" and "Raindance"... However, it would be fun to see reviews of all of their albums by other fans...
Great Job on the page!!!!

September 5th 1997

  Jim Brown, Brighton, Michigan, USA.

Just found "The Collection" album on sale at a local record store. Having never heard Gryphon previously, I was floored at the talent and inventiveness of this group. I've liked Early Music for as long as I can remember, but have found only a few other contemporary artists - John Renbourn, Jethro Tull, Boiled in Lead, Dead Can Dance - willing to experiment with music from that era and develop new music in the same spirit. You can be sure I'll be looking for other Gryphon recordings wherever I can find them.

August 31th 1997

  Carlos A Vitagliano, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.

Great group, great page.
Like brazilian people say: "porreta", vocês fizeram um trabalho excelente (you did an excelent work).

August 28th 1997

  Phil Kemp, South Croydon, Surrey, UK.

Thanks for inviting me to fill in the "form bellow" (is this another obscure mediaeval instrument?). Anyway, I didn't realize there were so many admirers of Gryphon out in the wide world. I first got into Gryphon in the early 80's, when I was at Edinburgh University. I had been a prog-rock fan, and folk music fan, when a friend gave me some Gryphon to listen to. I was highly impressed, and over the next few years purchased all Gryphon's LP's. They still stand up well today.
Incidentally, is there any unreleased material that might be released in future?.
All the very best with the site.

August 26th 1997

  Russell Harris, Weimar, Germany.

I am so happy that I've discovered this site. I studied at the Royal College of Music with both Richard Harvey & Brian Gulland and have many fond memories of our times together. Gryphon was, in it's own small way, a stepping stone between baroque (medi-evil, "ba-") & and popular ("-roque") music.
I would really like to know who started this page, and how I can get in touch with the other members.

August 24th 1997

  Tim McDonough, Buffalo, N.Y., USA.

'My first experience with this phenominal group was live! Opening for Yes the Relayer tour. To be honest I wanted to go home after hearing Gryphon because I didn't think that Yes would be able to better what I had heard already. I immediately procured Red Queen to Gryphon 3 and that solidified my love for the music

August 17th 1997

  Svatopluk Schwarzer, Karvina 8, Czech Republic.

Hi Gryphon, Hi Communique Records -we are still interested in this excellent group.

August 8th 1997

  Mitsukane Fukuzawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-00, Japan.

I can not thank you much enough for this site. I have been loving their music since RQTGT of 1974. I agree with Mr. Dan Tyson of Pittsburgh, USA (July 16th 1997). Again, "Come on, get back together!!! along with Gentle Giant and go on tour together!!! Everybody say it at once Gryphon Reunion!!!!"
The following is what I have found recently and may be able to contribute something to discography of Gryphon:
1) Brass at la Sauve-Majeure CD (ASV, CD ALH 926, 1983) is now available with exactly the same contents as Fanfare for the Common Man CD (ASV, CD DCA 870, 1983). 2) 16th Century Italian & French Dance Music (CD - Boston Skyline BSD 123) Please be surprised, everybody!!! The second half of this CD includes the July 1971 performance of Richard Harvey & Brian Gulland with Musica Reservata!!!!

August 6th 1997

  Gerry Johnson, Rainow, Cheshire, UK.

I stumbled on this website by accident but it was a nice surprise. How good to know this underrated group is still remembered. I expecially liked the first album and Raindance. Used to drink with Brian Gulland and others in Guildford.

August 6th 1997

  Jonathan Bar Yehuda, Zoran, Israel.

I own several records of Gryphon. One of the best groups. "Rain Song" is wonderful.

August 4th 1997

  Gary DiGiuseppe, Ft Dodge, IA, USA.

Thanks for the memories. My only acquaintance with Gryphon was the two albums I bought - RQTGT and Treason. I was working for the University of Michigan's student station, WCBN-FM, in the late Seventies, and starved for anything I could get that didn't fit the pop rock mold. An incredibly tight and intricate sound that all fit irresistably together.

August 3rd 1997

  Gregory Durnovo, Moscow, Russia.

Very happy to visit such a lovely web site. I have found here a lot of information I needed.
My favourite albums are Raindance and Treason and favourite songs are Fontinental Version (I think, it's the anthem of the progressive-ironic-postmodern rock music) and Flash in the Pantry.
Thank you so much!!!

July 17th 1997

  Dan Tyson, Pittsburgh, Pa., USA.

One of the all-time great bands!! I have everthing that they have ever put out and I really would love more!! Come on, get back together!!! along with Gentle Giant and go on tour together!!!
Everybody say it at once Gryphon Reunion!!!!

July 16th 1997

  Chris O'Connell, Orange County, CA, USA.

Much thanks to you for this labor of love which I stumbled upon much to my delight. Gryphon holds a very special place in my progressive rock heart and its so encouraging to read some of the comments by young whippersnappers who (thanks to media such as yours) have found out about bands like this. They were master musicians taking medieval music into the 1970's with class and taste and not a shread of cliche. Where are they when we need them most and what would they come up with for the 1990's? Regretfully, we'll likely never know.

July 4th 1997

  John Rodd, London (also Bristol ...), England.

With earlier guest Ian Culpin (four-peice fingers in ears folkies) I have fond memories of irresponsible days in Surbiton (never again call its citizens dull, my dears); precocious talents and nice natures; inspiration and awe; later I played with ex-Gryphonite Grahame Taylor in the Albion Dance Band; news of gigs in London area or Bristol, though we understand that as John Cleese is to I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again, so is Richard Harvey to Gryphon, that is, super-famous and filthy rich, so, Rikkie (I may call you Rikkie?) will ye' coom doon t'earth and gig again with the hoi polloi? I can guarantee at least one ticket sale.

June 30th 1997

  Mike Grefski, Mc Afee, NJ, USA.

I was awed by Gryphon's first eponymous album, which I was lucky enough to hear recently. Since then a friend has turned me on to their discography, most notably "Red Queen To Gryphon Three." They've since gone on to become one of my favorite bands of their era, outpacing such other folk oriented acts such as Amazing Blondel and Trees...I long for some sort of Gryphon reuinon...they certainly had something special.

June 20th 1997

  Chris Lyon, London, Newe Englande.

Touch and Go, Lament and Spring Song this music is beyond words..

June 11th 1997

  Greg Predmore, St. Bowling Green, OH, USA.

BGSU has a wonderful music library. When I was a student in the late '70s, I was looking up Genesis and Renaissance articles in the imported Melody Maker magazines. There was a short bit on Gryphon, complete with a photograph showing a guy with a bass guitar, someone with a recorder, and this crazed looking guy with a bassoon. I HAD to find out what kind of music this band made!!! By some miracle, one store in Toledo, Ohio just happened to have a copy of Red Queen to Gryphon Three. I never looked back, an bit by bit ordered the rest of their albums - imported.
Thank you, for a great site! All this time I thought I was the only one who'd ever heard of them. With the new King Biscuit CD lable (I've purchaced the Rick Wakeman and Renaissance CDs), maybe we'll be able to buy the long lost live music yet!

June 11th 1997

  Jim Sutton, UK.

How nice to turn something up on Gryphon after all this time. I still love "Mother Nature's Son" from "Raindance" and "Spring Song" from "Treason" more than almost anything else from that time. I also seem to recall seeing Graeme Taylor playing in Bill Caddick's band upstairs at the Clarendon in Wolverhampton sometime in the early Eighties.

June 9th 1997

  Magnus Lundin, Aprilgatan, Sweden

Wow!! A Gryphon home page! Cool!!

May 31th 1997

  Pete Dodd, Indiana, USA.

When is Gryphon ever going to get back together and give us die hard fan what we really want? It is so hard these days to find a band like Gryphon. They were so talented. Complete genius.

May 8th 1997

  Henrik Johansson, ?.

Great site! They alongside with Gentle Giant has introduced me to a world of music that an old 80's-metal fan didn't know existed.
Thanx for the good work on the site, lads.

May 4th 1997

  Chris Bishop, Heatherside, Camberley, Surrey, UK.

Rediscovered Gryphon after catching the Gryphon/Midnight Mushrumps re-issue on CD (great value for money!). Ploughboy's Dream was as good as I remembered, but I had forgotten what a blast Gaberdine Tailor was. I had always heard that the later albums weren't so hot, but after reading the comments in your guestbook I am definately going to check out Red Queen.

April 28th 1997

  Hugh Petfield, London N1, England.

Visited page while seeking information about the C-FIVE label, as I am looking for supplies of another of their releases. Would appreciate knowing if the Gryphon's C-5 CD is actually still available. The music business is a bit volatile, and so labels can spring up very quickly but fold equally rapidly. Nice graphic, by the way.

April 27th 1997

  Shahar Hershkovitz, Roslyn Heights, NY 11577, USA.

Good job on the page.
I have only the first album, Gryphon, and it has some really great parts to it. The kind if thing that makes you imagine you are in an an ale house in midievel England. Me being 15, I havent heard the other stuff, but am anxiously in search. Great thing that this page was on the web, or else I would have been without Gryphon for my lifetime.

April 25th 1997

  Tim Smith, Cheshunt, Herts, England.

Rediscovered Gryphon after catching the Gryphon/Midnight Mushrumps re-issue on CD (great value for money!). Ploughboy's Dream was as good as I remembered, but I had forgotten what a blast Gaberdine Tailor was. I had always heard that the later albums weren't so hot, but after reading the comments in your guestbook I am definately going to check out Red Queen.

April 24th 1997

  Marcio Nigro Rodrigues, S. Paulo, S. Paulo, Brazil.

I was looking for a site dedicated to Gryphon for a long time. What a big SURPRISE!!! I found not just a Gryphon homepage but I found the lyrics from Treason on it, too! The guy who made this is a blessed one! Thank you! (And R. Harvey: if you're read this, we all are waiting for the Gryphon's return.)

April 24th 1997

  Bob Kamm, Merritt Island, Florida, USA.

What a surprise to find your site! And what a surprise to find there are others who know and appreciate Gryphon (and intelligent music in general). Undoubtedly like most of you, I thought I was the only one who knew of the group. I was also pleased to find their music has been reissued, so its off to the store I go...
Keep up the good work.

April 19th 1997

  Ian Culpin (Dunedain), Rixensart, Belgium.

Great to see memories of Gryphon still surviving. Richard and Brian were regularly found at our club, the Upstairs Coalhole in Wimbledon.
I even remember brain fogging sessions looking for the name.
Even Dunedain reformed for a brief session earlier this year, maybe Gryphon will do the same.
Cheers
Ian (and the others, John, Mike, and Tony)

April 19th 1997

  Alan Neidorf, New York, NY 1017, USA.

Love the music. Saw Gryphon open for Yes at Madison Square Garden sometime in the '70s.

April 14th 1997

  Edo Spanninga, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands

I was very pleased to see that there is a Gryphon-page. Keep up the good work, I will visit it every hour!

April 14th 1997

  David Makepeace, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

I went to university listening to your earlier records. Your recordings have been difficult to find in Canada but definitely worth the effort. I will try to collect all the recordings now that I have your information. Thanks so much. You've made my day.

April 13th 1997

  Beth Brotherton, Dripping Springs, TX, USA.

I, like several others here, saw Gryphon for the first time when they opened for Yes on the Relayer tour (1973? 74?), and was completely blown away. I had sneaked a low-end cassette recorder into the show, and ended up recording two great performances. The bad news? I lost the tape. A show from this same tour was later broadcast on the King Biscuit Flour Hour. Anyone know if this was ever distributed commercially, or if a for-trade copy might exist? Great site!

April 1st 1997