{"product_id":"since-there-were-circles","title":"Since There Were Circles","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally released in 1971 on Capitol Records.Recorded at the Record Plant with Doug Dillard, Gene Clark, Bernie Leadon and Carol Kaye. Recommended for fans of Gene Clark's \u003ci\u003eNo Other\u003c\/i\u003e, Bobby Charles' self-titled album and Lee Hazlewood's \u003ci\u003eCowboy in Sweden.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSinger-songwriter Bob Lind will forever be immortalized by his 1965 hit, \"Elusive Butterfly,\" but his career is so much more interesting than the fading wonder of that one hit. Once a hard-partying buddy of Charles Bukowski, Lind was the inspiration for the character \"Dinky Summers,\" a down-on-his-luck folk singer in Bukowski's 1978 novel Women. Lind also doubled as a writer, penning a number of novels and plays as well as serving as a long-time staff writer at the lowbrow tabloid Weekly World News.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf that wasn't enough, Lind is also responsible for one of the greatest major-label \"loner\" albums of all time, 1971's \u003ci\u003eSince There Were Circles\u003c\/i\u003e. After several years languishing without a second hit for the World Pacific label, Lind signed to Capitol and went into the studio with some of the biggest names in the LA country-rock scene including Doug Dillard, Gene Clark, Bernie Leadon and legendary session bassist Carol Kaye. While the record was well-received critically, it sold poorly and marked Lind's bitter departure from the music business for several decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe intervening half-century has been incredibly kind to \u003ci\u003eSince There Were Circles\u003c\/i\u003e, and it is now regarded as a cult masterpiece that pairs perfectly with Gene Clark's \u003ci\u003eNo Other\u003c\/i\u003e, Bobby Charles' self-titled Bearsville album and Lee Hazlewood's \u003ci\u003eCowboy in Sweden\u003c\/i\u003e. Lind's songwriting here is vastly darker and more self-reflective than anything from his folk-pop period, and the production is simultaneously loose and rootsy, yet lushly orchestrated and occasionally bombastic. Lind somehow manages to bring it all together with wry delivery and literate detail.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antarctica Starts Here","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50453480538443,"sku":"1156499","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/79425870-c69d-413e-8e49-cfe4cefbbcca_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727172628","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/since-there-were-circles","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}