{"product_id":"circus-2000-i-am-the-witch-the-anthology_aec-grpf2919272-2","title":"Circus 2000 - I Am The Witch: The Anthology","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo CDs. First-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 Grace Slick-influenced singer Silvana Aliotta, Circus 2000 formed in Turin, north Italy in late 1969 in an attempt to emulate their British and American psychedelic heroes. They 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. After developing a more improvisational, underground-friendly sound on the thriving Italian festival circuit, they returned with a second album, 'An Escape From A Box'. 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'. Unable to make a commercial impact, the band broke up shortly afterwards, and it would be a couple of decades before Circus 2000's music began to receive the attention that it deserved. The first-ever complete anthology of their career, 'I Am The Witch' 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grapefruit","offers":[{"title":"New \/ CD \/ I Am The Witch: The Anthology Grapefruit","offer_id":47387122925876,"sku":"GRPF2919272.2","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0790\/7436\/1652\/files\/4184914-2948230.jpg?v=1780762190","url":"https:\/\/www.fye.com\/products\/circus-2000-i-am-the-witch-the-anthology_aec-grpf2919272-2","provider":"FYE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}