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Crossing the Styles: The Transatlantic Anthology [Extra tracks]

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  • Audio CD (13 Sep 2004)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Extra tracks
  • Label: Castle
  • ASIN: B0002QPSY0
  • Other Editions: Audio CD
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 190,992 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc: 1
1. Sir Gavin Grimbold
2. Pastime With Good Company
3. Unquiet Grave
4. Opening Move
5. Second Spasm
6. Gulland Rock
7. Ethelion
8. Dubbel Dutch
9. Raindance
10. Ein Klein Heldenleben
See all 15 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Midnight Mushrumps
2. Lament
3. Checkmate
4. Fontinental Version
5. Estamplie
6. Juniper Suite
7. Tea Wrecks
8. Last Flash Of Gabberdine Taylor
9. Down The Dog
10. Le Cambrioleur Est Dans Le Mouchier
See all 14 tracks on this disc

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4.0 out of 5 stars Worth a listen, 14 Nov 2006
By A. Miller "allanm" (Cumbria) - See all my reviews
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I'm pretty sure I first espied Gryphon on Jim'll Fix It of all things - God knows why. But I was tempted into giving Midnight Mushrumps a go, and a highly rewarding piece of music it proved to be. If you like Tubular Bells, you should like this, a largely acoustic (+ electric bass) extended piece building from slow beginnings via some lovely themes, nice riffs, multitracked recorder outro. I like it a lot.

But they were a quirky proposition too. Their first album was a hotch-potch of dreadful Pythonesque humour (Three Jolly Butchers) and Early Music outings, leavened by Juniper Suite, a hint of things to come, and the rather lovely Unquiet Grave, sung by drummer David Oberle (also responsible for the sole song on Midnight Mushrumps: the Ploughboy's Lament).

They camped themselves firmly in Progressive Rock territory on Red Queen to Gryphon Three with 4 extended instrumentals, all represented on this collection, adding synthesisers, electric guitars and kit drums to the recorder-bassoon-and-acoustic instrumental lineup. A pretty successful set of tunes.

For fourth album Raindance they went back to a mix of songs (they are pretty dire) and Prog instrumentals. Then came the diabolical Treason, not represented here (may not have been on Transatlantic).

The tracks are presented in no obvious order, which juxtaposition of medieval dance and synth-led prog rock may occasionally jar.

Having said all that, there is much to admire, particularly in their refusal to make any two albums even remotely alike! A very definite career arc, peaking with albums two and three. This collection contains 29 of the 30 tracks on their first 4 albums (omitting, I think, Touch and Go, a rather pleasant acoustic solo if memory serves, and greatly to be preferred to some of the ooh-aar vocal tracks!).
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Out there!, 9 Mar 2007
By Mr. F. L. Dunkin Wedd - See all my reviews
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If you're interested in music that doesn't follow trends, that mingles genres, that sounds like nothing you've heard before, give this a try.

I love it. The four instrumental tracks from Red Queen to Gryphon Three (Opening Move, Second Spasm, Lament and Checkmate) are the standouts for me, but nothing here is dull. Odd, yes; ill-advised, sometimes; but dull? Never!

The main point is that they are superb musicians: Richard Harvey and Brian Gulland are virtuosos and went on to bigger and better things when Gryphon's days were over.

Let's face it: a rock album featuring crumhorn and bassoon should be in your collection!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Delightful Pleasure, 5 Jul 2008
By Rychard Carrington (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Crossing the Styles: The Transatlantic Anthology (Audio CD)
Any band who can write a concept album about a game of chess must have something going for them. And, yes indeed, this charming fusion of early music and progressive rock makes or a very pleasant listen. What wonderfully gentle rock'n'roll: thoroughly good-natured, and full of modest character and unassuming musical intelligence. (Not for brats; free of gross 'attitude'). This is one of my most frequently played albums of recent years.
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