Italy [RiFi - RFL ST 14049]
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Review by Erik
— A very, very nice little overlooked gem from Italy. CIRCUS 2000 is not exactly progrock in my ears but short psychy songs around three minutes with excellent and special female vocals, however bad english pronounciation, and a rough gharage-edge to it. The best song here is the first one ( My cd-version has it as a bonus track, then sung in italian which sounds a lot better), but all the songs are equally good, with a lot of emotion. A short album, but it gives you consistent songwriting and that seventies feeling we all love. This album reminds me a great deal of EARTH AND FIRE, and if you like them you'll love this one! PS: remastered edition! It is NOT recorded in year 2000, but 1973, i think.
Review by oms.salvador
5 stars This one of little masterpiece I have. I consider this band one of plus convincings in Italy and Europe for this kind of music. The voces part of this album is terribly very hots but all members of this band (of course...) are xtremely hot. I suggestion buy this records for this reasons.
Review by AndreaSalvador
5 stars Circus 2000 are considered still today an of the better band that the Italia Prog and seventies bore! Listening to this LP is not alone the voice to hit me, but all the band that shows of not to have rival. I do not believe that to cite a song instead of another one give back justice to an immense band! A disc for those that love the seventies... But not only!
Review by MANDRAKEROOT (Andrea Salvador)
5 stars Certainly the Circus 2000 are one of the better band of the Italian Prog. Today certainly forgotten. Nevertheless very present.
I wanted to intend here to review to signature Cesare Parmiggiani in the number of March 1971 of the monthly "La Cucina italiana" (that it is not taken care of music), just to understand how was treated to the period this band. "How many times we recorded in this page happened of groups foreigners in our country. Now,it looksat the case, we are in a position to signal a disc of four local young men that put on firm the social reason CIRCUS 2000, and that are doing noise and cash on the foreign market.In Holland are already in exclusive with a big publisher, wich has taken also for it happen the right. Then in Belgium and in France and also in America are courted with more than series intention. In Italy, how they have done acquiantance? Across the television, naturally. Are itself in: "Chissà Chi Lo Sa", "Tanto Per Cambiare" and "Gli Amici Del Bar" (an Italian television shows [Mandrakeroot addition]). They they have shown to Milan and Rome with intelligent programs in the big locals. The CIRCUS 2000 is a group for the new generation. So it say itself in turn. And, in effects, the definition can be accepted. The long-play can confirm it. Its sound is not more aligned with the rules of the old connect English, become now examples of custom, more or except for to condemn, but that some years does knew to say some thing of unpublished and revolutionary, but has a more reflective mailing. With everything this is adapted to a typically Anglo-Saxon atmosphere. In conclusion, are Italian that go to do a little of school in England. We propose the engraving to the young that love to renew itself also in the musical interest and to severe devotes of sets to light music"
That other to add? ...Soon agile too much.
For always yours, Mandrakeroot.
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Freak Emporium
Fantastic early '70s Italian band who sound like a more psych version of Jefferson Airplane. Fabulous eastern guitar work on tracks such as "Magic Bean" that ripples like oil blobs in a lava lamp. English lyrics.
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