New Album – available now.
Gil Galad returns with their most ambitious work yet “The John Walker Imaginarium – Time Shift”. Nearly 80 minutes of cinematic prog rock inspired by a world of shifting realities.
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🎶⛪ 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐓 #𝟐: 𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐈𝐏𝐄𝐃 ⛪🎶
After attending The Long Awaited Party, it seems some of our guests wandered off in search of something a little more... spiritual.
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? - "𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐝".
Recorded back in 1980s at Durham's legendary Guardian Studios, this mysterious slice of vintage Gil Galad has now emerged from the mists of time, carefully released for your listening pleasure.
Now, we're not entirely sure whether "the piped" refers to tobacco, record organs, secret musicians, wandering minstrels, or a particularly enthusiastic plumber. The mystery remains unsolved over forty years later.
What we do know is that this track has travelled all the way from the days of 2 inch 24 multi tracks to reel-to-reel tape, questionable hairstyles remain, and photocopied gig posters to find its way onto the internet.
🎸 𝐕𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨g. 🎹 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟎s 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠. 🧙 𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 📼 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐞.
So long before streaming, social media, and mobile phones existed, now is your chance to visit the "𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐝".
🎧 Stream or download this remastered blast from the past completely free from the Gil Galad website:
👉 Visit Gil Galad
And remember...
"Those who enter the Sanctuary of the Piped may never leave without humming the tune for the rest of the week."
#GilGalad #SanctuaryOfThePiped #BlastFromThePast #ProgressiveRock #folkrock #durhammusic #guardianstudios #1980smusic #independentmusic #freemusiclesson #vintageprog
@followers @top fans Kev Stevens NevWill Tobes Rick Carr Kevin Cain Mike Oliver
🎩✨ 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐓! ✨🎩
Dust off your flares, untangle your cassette tapes, and prepare to step back into a time when mobile phones were science fiction and hair had ambitions of its own!
𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲", our Tolkien-inspired track from Gil Galad's 1980s four-track E.P., recorded at the legendary 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲. Back then, recording involved actual tape, real knobs, mysterious flashing lights, and occasionally remembering what we'd played on the previous take...
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐀𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟏, capturing a younger, thinner, and considerably more hair-covered version of the band. We make no promises regarding fashion decisions made during this period.
🍻 Whether you're a lifelong Tolkien fan, a lover of vintage prog-rock, or simply curious to see what Durham musicians were getting up to over forty years ago, come and join us for "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲".
🎵 Better still, this wonderful little slice of Gil Galad history is available to stream or download completely free from our website.
🔗 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭: 𝐆𝐢𝐥 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐰𝐰.𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐝.𝐮𝐤
If you enjoy the trip down memory lane, please give the video a watch, share it with fellow music lovers, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐬 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞-𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡... 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐦.
#GilGalad #thelongawaitedparty #blastfromthepast #lordoftherings #tolkien #durhammusic #BishopAuckland #guardianstudios #folkrock #independentmusic #vintagemusic #supportoriginalmusic
@followers @top fans NevWill Tobes Kev Stevens Rick Carr
"One does not simply walk into Mordor... but apparently we did walk into Guardian Studios in 1981 and record an E.P." 😄🎸🍺