Circles - Limited Black Ice vinyl
A mindblowing mix of funk, heavy Hendrix metal, Southern soul, jazz fusion & explorations on moog...

Circles - Limited Black Ice vinyl

William S. Fischer

€ 39,95
  • LP
Label
Real Gone Music
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Description

Very few records—and even fewer on major labels—come close to matching the stylistic ground covered by William S. Fischer’s 1970 album Circles

African-American composer/arranger/keyboardist/saxophonist Fischer grew up woodshedding with the likes of Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Muddy Waters, and Percy Mayfield…and then took a sudden left turn by studying electronic music in Vienna during the mid-‘60s. There, he met Joe Zawinul, and ended up penning five of the six tunes on Zawinul’s groundbreaking 1968 album The Rise and Fall of the Third Stream

Fischer went on to arrange for Herbie Mann, who signed him to his Embryo imprint for Atlantic Records; Circles was Fischer’s one and only release for the label. And he didn’t waste the opportunity; an utterly mindblowing mix of Sly Stone funk, heavy Hendrix-y metal, Southern soul, jazz fusion, and Stockhausen-esque explorations on the Moog synthesizer, Circles enlisted the same band (bassist Ron Carter, guitarists Eric Weissberg and Hugh McCracken) that Fischer had assembled while acting as Musical Director on Eugene McDaniels’ underground classic Outlaw, complemented by drummer Billy Cobham and a five-piece cello section. 

With a line-up like that, it’s little wonder that the artistic reach of Circles is breathtaking; it remains one of the most adventuresome and collectible releases of its day. For this, its first-ever vinyl reissue, we’ve pressed 2000 copies in “black ice” vinyl, preserved the original “circle” cut-out stencil cover, and added liner notes by Peter Relic that feature quotes from Fischer himself. For the intrepid listener!

Tracklist

A

  • 1.Patience Is Virtue04:45
  • 2.Saigon04:06
  • 3.Electrix05:00
  • 4.Chains04:30

B

  • 1.There's A Light That Shines03:31
  • 2.Circle03:03
  • 3.Green Forever04:35
  • 4.Capsule07:00

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