{"product_id":"848064013297","title":"Fischer, William S. \"Circles\" [Limited \"Black Ice\" Color Vinyl]","description":"\u003cp\u003eLimited black ice colored vinyl LP pressing. For this, it's first-ever \u003cbr\u003e\nvinyl reissue, we've preserved the original 'circle' cut-out stencil \u003cbr\u003e\ncover and added liner notes by Peter Relic that feature quotes from \u003cbr\u003e\nFischer himself. 1970 was a time for heady experimentation in popular \u003cbr\u003e\nmusic, but very few records - and even fewer on major labels - come \u003cbr\u003e\nclose to matching the stylistic ground covered by William S. Fischer's \u003cbr\u003e\nalbum Circles. African-American \u003cbr\u003e\ncomposer\/arranger\/keyboardist\/saxophonist Fischer grew up woodshedding \u003cbr\u003e\nwith the likes of Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Muddy Waters, and Percy \u003cbr\u003e\nMayfield'and then took a sudden left turn by studying electronic music \u003cbr\u003e\nin Vienna during the mid-'60s. There, he met Joe Zawinul, and ended up \u003cbr\u003e\npenning five of the six tunes on Zawinul's groundbreaking 1968 album The\u003cbr\u003e\n Rise and Fall of the Third Stream. Fischer went on to arrange for \u003cbr\u003e\nHerbie Mann, who signed him to his Embryo imprint for Atlantic Records; \u003cbr\u003e\nCircles was Fischer's one and only release for the label. And he didn't \u003cbr\u003e\nwaste the opportunity; an utterly mindblowing mix of Sly Stone funk, \u003cbr\u003e\nheavy Hendrix-y metal, Southern soul, jazz fusion, and Stockhausen-esque\u003cbr\u003e\n explorations on the Moog synthesizer, Circles enlisted the same band \u003cbr\u003e\n(bassist Ron Carter, guitarists Eric Weissberg and Hugh McCracken) that \u003cbr\u003e\nFischer had worked with while acting as Musical Director on Eugene \u003cbr\u003e\nMcDaniels' underground classic Outlaw, complemented by drummer Billy \u003cbr\u003e\nCobham and a five-piece cello section. With a line-up like that, it's \u003cbr\u003e\nlittle wonder that the artistic reach of Circles is breathtaking, but it\u003cbr\u003e\n somehow manages to cohere according to it's own internal, crazy logic; \u003cbr\u003e\nit remains one of the most adventuresome and collectible releases of \u003cbr\u003e\nit's day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"---","offers":[{"title":"VINYL","offer_id":42554438189231,"sku":"848064013297","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0552\/8833\/2463\/products\/4043329-2777295.jpg?v=1684876383","url":"https:\/\/endofanear.sbs\/products\/848064013297","provider":"End Of An Ear","version":"1.0","type":"link"}