{"title":"Circus 2000","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"i-am-the-witch-the-anthology","title":"I Am The Witch  The Anthology","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst-ever complete anthology of hugely collectable early 70s Italian psych\/folk\/prog band. Heavily influenced by early Jefferson Airplane with lead female vocals and English language lyrics. Fronted by \u003cstrong\u003eGrace Slick\u003c\/strong\u003e-influenced singer Silvana Aliotta, \u003cstrong\u003eCircus 2000\u003c\/strong\u003e formed in Turin, north Italy in late 1969 in an attempt to emulate their British and American psychedelic heroes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey made their vinyl debut a year later with a self-titled album featuring such superb, quasi-mystical songs as ‘Magic Bean’, ‘The Lord, He Has No Hands’ and the dramatic ‘I Am The Witch’. But the band struggled to find an audience, their guitar-led, song-based nature and English language vocals leaving them out of step with the complex, keyboard-based Italian progressive scene flourishing all around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter developing a more improvisational, underground-friendly sound on the thriving Italian festival circuit, they returned with a second album, \u003cem\u003eAn Escape From A Box\u003c\/em\u003e. Now regarded by European psychedelic collectors as their masterpiece, this five-track album welded their original Jefferson Airplane leanings with expansive Pink Floyd-esque arrangements that peaked on Side Two with the epic ‘Need’ and the spooked, climactic closer ‘When The Sun Refuses To Shine’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUnable to make a commercial impact, the band broke up shortly afterwards, and it would be a couple of decades before \u003cstrong\u003eCircus 2000\u003c\/strong\u003e’s music began to receive the attention that it deserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe first-ever complete anthology of their career, \u003cem\u003eI Am The Witch\u003c\/em\u003e naturally includes both of their highly sought-after albums as well as stand-alone singles, alternative versions and tracks that were intended for an aborted third album. Housed in a stylish digipak, it includes a new essay on their history, band quotes and some rare photos.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grapefruit","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50490699612491,"sku":"2010359","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Circus-2000-front-cover-jpeg-_22c87875_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727670769"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/circus-2000.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}