John G. Perry

The sole album of this great, but underrated British progressive band was released in 1971 by MCA Records. Decorated with colourful art deco-style cover, this beautiful but largely unknown LP was inspired mostly by early Yes, Rare Bird and Caravan albums, although the band had much more to offer. The quartet presented a cleverly arranged, progressive songs (usually lasted 5-6 minutes), sometimes even touching on pop music… The sound of Gringo was very melodic and enjoyable combinadon of classical music-influenced electric piano & Hammond organ passages, sharp, electric guitar leads, powerful rhythm section and very fine female (and sometimes male) harmony vocals. After a break up the bass player John G. Perry became the member of Spreadeagle and Caravan.

Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of a newly remastered and expanded edition of the classic album "Perilous Journey” by Gordon Giltrap. For over forty years Gordon has enjoyed the well-deserved reputation as one of Britain’s greatest guitar players. He made his first recordings in the 1960s as folk artist, but by 1976 he had crossed into the Progressive Rock genre and signed to the newly formed Electric Records imprint.
His second album for Electric was arguably his most famous. Released in 1977, "Perilous Journey” was the second part of the trilogy of releases that began with the “Visionary” album in 1976. The album charted and was included in The Sunday Times 20 Best Albums of 1977…

Part of a trilogy of mid-'70s releases that presents a much different side of the folk-based guitarist Gordon Giltrap, 1977's Perilous Journey is a strictly instrumental album recorded with an enormous cadre of friends and studio musicians. The sound of this record will be instantly familiar to anyone who watched an industrial training film, classy porn flick, or documentary TV series in the 1980s…

Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of a newly remastered and expanded edition of the classic album "Fear Of The Dark” by Gordon Giltrap. For over forty years Gordon has enjoyed the well-deserved reputation as one of Britain’s greatest guitar players. He made his first recordings in the 1960s as folk artist, but by 1976 he had crossed into the Progressive Rock genre and signed to the newly formed Electric Records imprint. His third album for Electric was released in 1978. "Fear Of The Dark” saw Gordon backed by a band of outstanding musicians such as John G. Perry (Bass), Rod Edwards (keyboards) and Simon Phillips (drums) and featured many outstanding tracks. This Esoteric Recordings edition is newly remastered from the original tapes and includes eight bonus tracks drawn from a series of singles released between 1978 and 1980…