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Gil Galad returns with their most ambitious work yet โ€œThe John Walker Imaginarium โ€“ Time Shiftโ€. Nearly 80 minutes of cinematic prog rock inspired by a world of shifting realities.

You can now order the limited edition launch version and secure a truly unique keepsake, CD with a 20-page booklet. CD Price: ยฃ18 plus P&P. The purchase includes a code to download high quality WAV and MP3 versions of the album and its stunning artwork, free of charge when you buy the CD. Unique personal download code will be sent separately by email.

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Gil Galad
1 day ago

๐ŸŒฒ ๐€ ๐–๐€๐‹๐Š ๐ˆ๐ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐Ž๐Ž๐ƒ๐’ ๐ŸŒฒโฃ
Sometimes the journey slows.โฃ
Sometimes the questions become more important than the answers.โฃ
As John Walker pauses to reflect, he wonders whether his guide Victoria Blixen can truly be trusted. Surrounded by whispering woods and growing uncertainty, every decision matters. ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ณ๐ข ๐‡๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซโฃ
๐ŸŽฅ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ: below โฃ
๐ŸŒ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ: ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐.๐ฎ๐ค โฃ
โ–ถ๏ธ ๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐†๐ข๐ฅ ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐จ๐ฌ: www.youtube.com/@GilGalad-p7yโฃ
#GilGalad #awalkinthewoods #progressiverockโฃ
@followers @top fans Gil Galad NevWill Tobes Kev Stevens Linzi Hunter Rick Carr

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Gil Galad
3 days ago

๐ŸŽถโ›ช ๐๐‹๐€๐’๐“ ๐…๐‘๐Ž๐Œ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐€๐’๐“ #๐Ÿ: ๐’๐€๐๐‚๐“๐”๐€๐‘๐˜ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐ˆ๐๐„๐ƒ โ›ช๐ŸŽถโฃ
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After attending The Long Awaited Party, it seems some of our guests wandered off in search of something a little more... spiritual.โฃ
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๐“๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง? - "๐’๐š๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ž๐".โฃ
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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.โฃ
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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.โฃ
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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.โฃ
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๐ŸŽธ ๐•๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จg. ๐ŸŽน ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽs ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐Ÿง™ ๐™๐ž๐ซ๐จ ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž. ๐Ÿ“ผ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐›๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ญ๐š๐ฉ๐ž.โฃ
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So long before streaming, social media, and mobile phones existed, now is your chance to visit the "๐’๐š๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ž๐".โฃ
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๐ŸŽง Stream or download this remastered blast from the past completely free from the Gil Galad website:โฃ
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๐Ÿ‘‰ Visit Gil Galadโฃ
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And remember...โฃ
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"Those who enter the Sanctuary of the Piped may never leave without humming the tune for the rest of the week."โฃ
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#GilGalad #SanctuaryOfThePiped #BlastFromThePast #ProgressiveRock #folkrock #durhammusic #guardianstudios #1980smusic #independentmusic #freemusiclesson #vintageprog

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Gil Galad
4 days ago

๐ŸŽฉโœจ ๐๐‹๐€๐’๐“ ๐…๐‘๐Ž๐Œ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐€๐’๐“! โœจ๐ŸŽฉโฃ
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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!โฃ
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๐–๐ž'๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  "๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐  ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ", our Tolkien-inspired track from Gil Galad's 1980s four-track E.P., recorded at the legendary ๐†๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐š๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ก๐š๐ฆ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. Back then, recording involved actual tape, real knobs, mysterious flashing lights, and occasionally remembering what we'd played on the previous take...โฃ
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๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐€๐ฎ๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ, capturing a younger, thinner, and considerably more hair-covered version of the band. We make no promises regarding fashion decisions made during this period.โฃ
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๐Ÿป 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 "๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐  ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ".โฃ
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๐ŸŽต Better still, this wonderful little slice of Gil Galad history is available to stream or download completely free from our website.โฃ
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๐Ÿ”— ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ: ๐†๐ข๐ฅ ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ ๐–๐ž๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐.๐ฎ๐ค โฃ
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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. ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ž-๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ก... ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ก๐š๐ฆ.โฃ
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#GilGalad #thelongawaitedparty #blastfromthepast #lordoftherings #tolkien #durhammusic #BishopAuckland #guardianstudios #folkrock #independentmusic #vintagemusic #supportoriginalmusicโฃ
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"One does not simply walk into Mordor... but apparently we did walk into Guardian Studios in 1981 and record an E.P." ๐Ÿ˜„๐ŸŽธ๐Ÿบ ...

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