The late, great Allison Steele - The NightBird of WNEW-FM in NYC - played this often. I called her and we spoke about the song. She was a pioneer of progressive rock and is greatly missed by those of us who were so well kept by her company over the airwaves 50 years ago. How has the time gone....Bob Bruno and Jerry Jeff Walker - Circus Maximus in 1967....
I remember Allison Steele the Nightbird. She had that beautiful, sultry voice and I will always associate that song with her. Yes, I can't believe how long ago it was.
Several months ago I heard this on Sirius and knew in my bones that I heard and loved it before. of course , it must have been Allison Steele, the Nightbird , who I'm sure first played it for me. Listened to her sultry voice , lying in bed , listening to my stereo as a teen in the early 1970s. Thanks for posting .
I can listen to this song from now until my last day on Earth. I always loved this song. So unique. So beautiful. It's like breathing. I'm glad I'm 70 years old. That means I was young when being young was truly a gift. So many of you missed the best time to be alive EVER. So sad for you... Paul Bradford
Sadly, youth is wasted on the young, as someone once said. The irony of our lives: When we're young, we want to be an adult. When we finally get there, we want to be young. Sigh.....
First heard this in 1967 on WBCN in Boston and bought the album next day. Might be my all time fav recording. Ethereal-engaging- thoughtful...I’m 70 and it still gives me the feels.
First heard it on one of the early FM rock stations (who also played jazz, such as Mark Murphy, and this tune is very jazzy actually), KSJO of San Jose, California. KSAN was doing the same up in Berkeley/San Francisco.
I remember listening to Alison Steele late at night FM radio ear plug. She played this often. I loved Alison Steele! Then again what 14 to 16 year old boy didn't! That Voice!
I'm a GIRL (woman, actually - OLD woman, in someone's terms) - but I loved her too, and I am not and never have been gay. She played great songs, she was smart, she had a LOVELY made-for-radio voice, and she was coooool.
And no one listening to "classic rock" formatted stations is ever going to hear it. Ever. Nor will they have the slightest inkling of what "progressive" meant in terms of rock radio. I worked briefly with Alison and Scott (and Dave Herman, too, but not at WNEW-FM for any of them. All in syndication) in my first career, in FM. A long, long time ago . . .
Mary, you are so right....I was lucky enough to hang in Greenwich village and see circus maximus perform live.. as well as other great bands.. the band I was with performed at the bitter end. .. .but just listening to radio stations then we were exposed to the most creative and original music ever
@@chuckschwartz1661 Ah, but thanks to Deep Tracks on Sirius-XM, it still pops up -- Earl Bailey (old NEW-FM newsman and jock) played it recently on his show.
@@silvertube52 I agree with your aspect of what folks treasure from what they have been exposed to...But in that respect no other generation as were those in the 1960s exposed to as much creativity, imagination, originality, and diversity....in nyc we even had an AM station WINS 1010 PRIOR TO 1968 that would play olatunji African music or Rick Nelson and Wayne Newton, or the 4 tops and Beatles, Connie Francis, frank sinatra,. Or James brown and Otis redding and Jefferson airplane, and Johnny cash
I was in prison(drugs) & WBCN radio in Boston played soft soothing & very "hip" music at night. this song helped me get to sleep & relaxed my mind thank you Circus Maximus.
'BCN, "The Station of The American Revolution" in 1968. Then the revolution started getting violent when the Weathermen started blowing stuff up, so the station dropped it. But well into the seventies, WBCN Boston WAS FM rock 'n' Roll. There was a rumor that there was a station in Cali that was almost as good, but Bostonians didn't GAF. We had the best, and we knew it.
Dick Summer on WBZ in Boston played the hell out of this. He had a proto-underground show in 67 when this was released. I was in middle school, and fell asleep with the transistor under my pillow to songs like this.
I always associate this song with WNEW-FM. What a fabulous song. And what fabulous deejays on WNEW-FM back in the day. Pete, Allison, Jonathan, Scott, Jim… good times.
It was a great station but sometime- I think round 1980- the powers that be instituted a playlist and ruined the station. Some late night jocks had more freedom but the station was very bland and predictable as opposed to its late 60s and 70s heyday.
Thank God for those DJ's back then on WNEW FM in NYC... I remember the nights I fell asleep to this song..The memories linger sweetly in my mind and we lived so much differently than the younger generation of today.. We were lucky to have experienced such a magical time in music history
A uniquely beautiful song that was "adopted" by Boston's music-underground youth of the 1960's. We heard it played so often on both WBZ-AM (Dick Summer) and WBCN-FM. "Wind"s" musicial composition and lyrics are as emotive and engaging now as then. Thanks for creating one of life's little treasures, Bob Bruno!
I also first heard this Song in 1967 - it was about 3 AM when One of Our Local Stations Near Detroit played Jazz & Unique Music Like This - I’m still digging This in 2024 - I’m also 70…
A magical era indeed...with Alison Steele and especially Jonathon Schwartz like a second set of parents illuminating our minds in music and lyric,nurturing us on a daily basis from the Wind to Send in the Clowns...so glad to be a part of it all.
Agreed. It was, for me, a magical and marvelous time. The 60’s, so full of promise - and a pulling away from the constraints of established conventions.How ambitious we were! Let’s resurrect that vibe kids... it’s never too late
holy cow! i thought your comment was mine from a long time ago. i was thinking, yeah, that's something i would say but not as eloquent...then i put my glasses...yeah, man, you nailed it...102.7...
Puh-leeze. Those two were as boring as the previously great Scott Muni was smotheringly pompous-many of us were young and just didn't know better! The second string NEW-FM crowd (e.g. Dennis Elsas) were even worse. Better to rhapsodize about Harry Harrison , Dandy Dan ,Dan Ingram, Jack Spector and Ron Lundy any day!!
@@chrisshenzo2594 Ouch...well such a shame you were too young to appreciate the whole vibe. Seminal moment in FM radio, never to be duplicated. Where have you gone, John ("Zacherley") Zacherle?
Pete Formatale of WNEW-FM turned me onto this. I worked for them and helped arrange their first Annual Christmas Concert @ Philharmonic Hall. Alison Scott Muni, introduced Genesis. Opening was Sandy Denny. Sadly they're all gone now, but the great musical legacy lives on for generations.
+Boogieman , your comment brought back many fond memories. I will now have to pull up my old tapes of many hours of WNEW. I even have Zak's announcing Jim Morrison's death the night before it was officially announced. Zak went into a beautiful story about when he first met Jim on some TV show in NJ. Roscoe (sp?) was the one who turned me onto FM. I even bought a receiver that did not have AM. Alison would play the full versions of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida and Light My Fire
+Boogieman Grew - I up in northern NJ and listened to WNEW from 1970 on....so many good music memories. Scott, Pete, Jonathan, Allison, Roscoe, Vin, Dave....learned so much from their music choices.
I haven't heard this song since 1967 & can't believe I still can sing along with it. Me & my kid brother, now a well-renowned & well-respected recording bassist, just loved this song. Thanks for bringing back such a pleasant memory! Much obliged to you & youtube for sharing it with us. Signed - The Hermit formerly from Charm City
Circus Maximus, Blues Magoos, Colosseum, all jazz oriented. Way ahead of their time. I listened to this on WMMR 93.3 Phila Pa in high school. 1969. Above average then & now!
For some reason this song popped up in my head and I had to listen to it. I also first heard this on WBCN in Boston in 1967. I echo Rich (below) in that I'm very thankful to have lived in that era.
Agreed. All cited were WNEW essentials. Remember "Gilbert Street" (Sweet Thursday), "Future Games" (Fleetwood Mac), "Benedictus" (Strawbs), and Long John Baldry "contravening a breach of the peace" down on Wardour Street? Then there were the classic 'signoff' instrumentals, "Embryonic Journey" (Airplane), "Bouree" (Tull), and "Singalong Junk" (McCartney).
OK... I am a 50 something music fiend, especially jazz influenced rock.... and just NOW discovered this song. How is that possible!? LOVE IT! Nice Jazz vibe.
I'm blessed to have played this so many years ago on WXRT in Chicago. As a 25 year-old with his first hometown radio gig, doing the weekend all-night show, I'd throw this on around 4am and the phones would invariably light up. Still sounds beautiful.
I cant believe this song is 47 years old. I was recently listening to WBAI and discovered this song due to the morning drive. I was born in the wrong time after the 60's where FM was coming to the spotlight. Now it is Sirius XM to listen to good music. This is food for the soul. Wish Circus Maximus had an opportunity to further explore rock and jazz fusion. This song represents a What IF a Masterpiece had come to Fruition.
Robert Little Face it. Every time has it's own flavor. The '60's/'70's were bittersweet. The music was 'our' music. I'm guessing you're in you mid/late '60's like me. Yeah - we really had a great time, didn't we! Rock concerts. Man, they just don't do stuff like that anymore.
dfromg Your point may be valid. But I was born in the 70's and my first musical experience was with 80's music. But this song remains timeless. Too bad the other songs fail in comparison to Wind
You have me beat. I was born in the middle 1960's and my musical tastes are 5-10 years older than my classmates. You nailed it on comparing others to this song. I got to experience the last vapors of a truly golden era in America when we still had freedom and great music.
I could have written the same comment. never forgot circus maximus and that song. only I heard it on Brown college radio in Providence and it didn't take me 50 years. Finally tracked it down about 10 years ago. A true classic.
Yeah, Allison Steele would play this and Roscoe would come on air with "TheTimeHasComeToday" by the Chambers Brothers... Those were joyful inspirational days in NYC I REMEMBER IT WELL!I would call the station occasionally and request "Mona" by QuicksilverMessengerService or "TheDevilCameFrom Kansas" by Procoll Harum. I spent many fine hours at the Fillmore East. We were SOOOOOOO LUCKY!
One of my favorite songs of all time. Captain Ken & Clark would play it on WBZ in Boston in the early 70's, and I'd sit in my room, mesmerized. Now, more than 50 years later, I'm playing it on MY radio show. :)
Only great cut on the album. 40 years ago I called Dave Herman after he played it. He gave me the album info. I ordered it through Sam Goody's. Remember that company?
Yes, I remember Alison Steele and Jonathan Schwartz played this too, on both WOR and later, WNEW. My lifeline in my high school years and when I came home from college.
For some mysterious reason, this song got a lot of airplay in KSAN-FM in SF in the late 60s/early 70s, sandwiched between all the mega-hits of the time. It's a haunting delight to hear it again. Thanks to whomever posted this.
In the mid 80s to early 90s a rock station in Connecticut would play jazz every Sunday morning. While the members of my church would listen to Christian and gospel music during their drive to church, I'd have to listen to jazz. One Sunday the DJ played this song. It was my first time hearing "Wind". It took me on a journey to another place spiritually and mentally. Today it still has the same effect on me.
In 1996, all of Spirit's albums were reissued on CD, and I bought them because I thought they recorded this song! Much to my dismay, I discovered that wasn't the case! Several weeks later, I heard it on WPKN in Connecticut. I immediately called them up, acquired the necessary information, and wound up purchasing the album on eBay! Great song, mission accomplished!
I first heard this song back in the late 60s on Dick Summer’s program on WBZ radio out of Boston. I’m 70 now and still love it. Took me years to find a copy of the album again but perseverance ultimately paid off.
I first heard this song on WNEW- FM in New York City on the Allison Steele show. She was known as the Night Bird and I heard so much unfamiliar music on her show. I was only 11 or 12 . I went out and bought this album the next day. One of my friends borrowed it and I never received it back. Thank you for putting this up on You Tube.
You guys were the beginning of Jazz Rock long before Steely Dan. Back in December of 1967 my band (Dreamland Choo Choo) had the privilege of opening up for you (and The Hello People) at The Cafe Wha? in NYC's Greenwich Village. I am surprised that Jerry Jeff Walker was even in your band, Bob. His roots ran contrary to your basic sound. But this song is still a strong tune.
How interesting,Songmaker, of Dreamland Choo Choo.I recall the Hello People,Fruit of the Loom which became Marvin's Circus, the Novae Police,and of course the Flaying Machine. Most of the time I left the place between sets . I didn't live far away , on Sullivan Street. I met Jerry and Pete in Austin 1965 when I was auditioning for a gig in a bar. They were playing pool in the back and when my bit was over they came up and introduced themselves. We hit it off and started singing right away for a few years.Thinking about Jerry , RIP, I wandered in to read some comments and feel better. Yes , we were strange bedfellows but there was a lot of fun in there. We have kept in touch over the years . Not long ago we laughed together when I told him,"Jer , I was miserable even before I met you." haha . We'll all miss him.
Thanks for posting. This popped into my head today five minutes after seeing some seagulls turning lazy curliques on updrafts in a late-afternoon late-November sky. Haven't heard it in many years, but my mind did me a favor and reminded me of it, and it stuck around with me all day through work. Nice to be able to hear it again complete in the late night. ~~"thanksgiving"~~
Watching and listening to circus maximus at the night owl in Greenwich village at least twice a month was a joy not only for me but any date I had for the nite as well.. good times and good music at the night owl were always a definite find....and nore than 53 years later anyone I presently introduce to the wind.. well, hell yeah. They fall in love with one of the best songs of the 1960's . Evan(last of the beat generation)
I just heard a song on my radio as I was waking up and thought. ....wow, can tell it's the sixties era yet .....what was the group? Looked it up ... Classic, great , great composing! A time capsule from that inimitable (unfortunately ) era
A real gem, truly a fm underground hit when it was released ,the whole album is really good, its a shame that is never played on the radio, all the radio plays is the same old stuff,
In the '60sI used to listen to my little radio and would go to sleep once I heard two songs in a row that I didn't like. Sure took a long time some nights, especially if they decided to play a whole album side. KSJO and KOME were practically glued to my dial.
I can't believe that after 45 years (and not actually knowing the song's title or the artists) I have finally found this song!! I heard it a few times on an underground radio station in 1970 or '71 and have never heard it or found it since. Thanks so much for posting this!!!
Fantastic song. I remember Scott Muni 1967. I played his club The Rolling Stone Discotheque with Leslie West Vagrants. Thanks Bob Cianci Vernon Fm home for playing this monday night July 1,2024 Evangelist Roger Mansour former Leslie West Vagrants Drummer and missionary to HAITI.
What a pretty song. Today's music just can't stack up against the stuff I grew up with in the '60's and early '70's. And FM radio was the real deal not today's calculated corporate bs. Kids today just don't know what they missed. This song came out in '69 I believe. And it still sounds fresh today. I'd be amazed if anyone would ever want to listen to a 2015 song in 2059.
YES. To everything you said. Esp re FM radio. Oh my gaaaaa, the things we heard. And yes, this still sounds as fresh today as it did then. DJs who knew their stuff and just played whatever they thought was coooooool, and they were SO right. I remember KSAN in SF, and earlier than that, KMPX in Berkeley playing Lou Reed/Velvet Underground .... So right re 2059 - they'll be going, oh, what we missed.
radio was briefly great there for a while but there is still great music being created today...check out Rhiley Walker, Steve Gunn, Cass McCombs among many others
50 years old this song is and still timeless. No matter if its rock, jazz or fusion. Music created at this time does not even compare to the 60's and the renaissance of creative forces joining and pushing each other to creative limits.
I was in 9th grade and living in the Detroit area when I first heard this song on WABX. And, pardon the pun, it literally blew me away. So glad to hear it again!
This may be the prototypical '60s FM progressive rock radio track; certainly on the short list for all of us who listened to WNEW-FM, WBCN, KSAN back in the day.
@pasta fy who asked if this is Jerry Jeff Walker on lead vocal. No, this is Bob Bruno signing lead (the center guy in the picture). The album is about 50/50 between songs of Bob's and songs of Jerry's...or maybe Bob has a slight majority.
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The late, great Allison Steele - The NightBird of WNEW-FM in NYC - played this often. I called her and we spoke about the song. She was a pioneer of progressive rock and is greatly missed by those of us who were so well kept by her company over the airwaves 50 years ago. How has the time gone....Bob Bruno and Jerry Jeff Walker - Circus Maximus in 1967....
I taught her daughter to water ski in my summer camp. Allison and her husband came up for visitor's day. Beautiful days.Fly on Nightbird.
Wow!😊
I remember Allison Steele the Nightbird. She had that beautiful, sultry voice and I will always associate that song with her. Yes, I can't believe how long ago it was.
I’m pretty sure I first heard this too on Allison’s show.
She really had a feel for the mood of late night and this song evoked perfectly.
Several months ago I heard this on Sirius and knew in my bones that I heard and loved it before. of course , it must have been Allison Steele, the Nightbird , who I'm sure first played it for me. Listened to her sultry voice , lying in bed , listening to my stereo as a teen in the early 1970s. Thanks for posting .
I can listen to this song from now until my last day on Earth. I always loved this song. So unique. So beautiful. It's like breathing. I'm glad I'm 70 years old. That means I was young when being young was truly a gift. So many of you missed the best time to be alive EVER. So sad for you... Paul Bradford
Agreed
Oh, don’t rub it in. I feel sorry for the young-uns.
@@meteor901 Haha! That's life, right amigo?
Sadly, youth is wasted on the young, as someone once said. The irony of our lives: When we're young, we want to be an adult. When we finally get there, we want to be young. Sigh.....
@@franksanfilippo5148 so true Frank... thanks for the reply... Paul
Pete Fornatale WNEW FM nyc. Thank you for playing this 50 years ago...You left too soon
Alison Steele often played this at night.
@@wacco54 this song literally change me forever
WNEW FM 102.7 was the BEST.
Wow that brings me back
My friend had Pete Fornatale as a teacher at Maria Regina High School in the early 70's. Pete was great!!
First heard this in 1967 on WBCN in Boston and bought the album next day. Might be my all time fav recording. Ethereal-engaging- thoughtful...I’m 70 and it still gives me the feels.
WBCN ❤
I heard it around then on WABX in Detroit.
Look at the guy in the lower left corner. It is Jerry Jeff.
First heard it on one of the early FM rock stations (who also played jazz, such as Mark Murphy, and this tune is very jazzy actually), KSJO of San Jose, California. KSAN was doing the same up in Berkeley/San Francisco.
@@stephennunn6045Pretty sure it's Jerry Jeff in the upper right-hand corner'
Did we all have transistor radios in our pillows? And isn't this song timeless and dynamic and gorgeous.....
Music from a time and place none of us will ever experience again. Thankful I was able to experience it.
I remember listening to Alison Steele late at night FM radio ear plug. She played this often. I loved Alison Steele! Then again what 14 to 16 year old boy didn't! That Voice!
Yes, she did have a beautiful sultry voice.
Ah, the "Nite Bird" on WNEW-FM. "Come fly with me." She did play this many nights. Still miss her voice & her attitude. And her poetry.
She was absolutely one of the best, if not "the best" DJ in NYC!!
I'm a GIRL (woman, actually - OLD woman, in someone's terms) - but I loved her too, and I am not and never have been gay. She played great songs, she was smart, she had a LOVELY made-for-radio voice, and she was coooool.
@@carolynsouthard1574 You sound like someone I would like to meet for dinner and a drink!!
The people today can never imagine what they missed in the 60s. The style, music, films, passion can never compare.
And no one listening to "classic rock" formatted stations is ever going to hear it. Ever. Nor will they have the slightest inkling of what "progressive" meant in terms of rock radio. I worked briefly with Alison and Scott (and Dave Herman, too, but not at WNEW-FM for any of them. All in syndication) in my first career, in FM. A long, long time ago . . .
Mary, you are so right....I was lucky enough to hang in Greenwich village and see circus maximus perform live.. as well as other great bands.. the band I was with performed at the bitter end. .. .but just listening to radio stations then we were exposed to the most creative and original music ever
True, but it is also true that in 50 years people will say the same of the 2020's.
@@chuckschwartz1661 Ah, but thanks to Deep Tracks on Sirius-XM, it still pops up -- Earl Bailey (old NEW-FM newsman and jock) played it recently on his show.
@@silvertube52 I agree with your aspect of what folks treasure from what they have been exposed to...But in that respect no other generation as were those in the 1960s exposed to as much creativity, imagination, originality, and diversity....in nyc we even had an AM station WINS 1010 PRIOR TO 1968 that would play olatunji African music or Rick Nelson and Wayne Newton, or the 4 tops and Beatles, Connie Francis, frank sinatra,. Or James brown and Otis redding and Jefferson airplane, and Johnny cash
Allison Steele, who knows the wind, thank you for introducing me to enlightening experiences like this..,Rest in Peace...
"The Night Bird" was a class act !
@@wacco54 Yes she was.
@@MsAppassionata How fortunate we were to have her. How many lives did she touch?
@@MsAppassionata Be welll!
I was in prison(drugs) & WBCN radio in Boston played soft soothing & very "hip" music at night. this song helped me get to sleep & relaxed my mind thank you Circus Maximus.
More likely you heard it on Dick Summer's show on WBZ, like I did. WBCN wasn't on the air when this was released, and they played more straight rock.
I heard it on wbcn too. Bcn came on the air March 1968, not that long after the record was released
WHCN in Hartford had a show called Prisoners Request. I'm sure that;s the first time I heard this. 1975ish
'BCN, "The Station of The American Revolution" in 1968. Then the revolution started getting violent when the Weathermen started blowing stuff up, so the station dropped it. But well into the seventies, WBCN Boston WAS FM rock 'n' Roll. There was a rumor that there was a station in Cali that was almost as good, but Bostonians didn't GAF. We had the best, and we knew it.
And sporting a young songwriter named Jerry Jeff Walker
That song really captures the spirit of the times.
Always loved this song. Very few people know about this truly great song. A classic.
One of the best songs I ever heard... still plays in my head over half a century later. So grateful to whoever posted this.
Dick Summer on WBZ in Boston played the hell out of this. He had a proto-underground show in 67 when this was released. I was in middle school, and fell asleep with the transistor under my pillow to songs like this.
Me too, 8th grade- My transistor was on the slat of the bunk bed above me
JonFrumTheFirst:
Was that WBZ show on the AM band? Thank you!😸🎶
Me too. Late at night, way over here in Hamilton, Ontario, I could pick up WBZ on my Hitachi.
@@brianchristmas1516 Me, too, in Ithaca NY in high school. Listened to Summer's show all night.
Same here, Summer is where I first heard Hendrix also.
I always associate this song with WNEW-FM. What a fabulous song. And what fabulous deejays on WNEW-FM back in the day. Pete, Allison, Jonathan, Scott, Jim… good times.
Wonderful song hard to believe it was written over 50 years ago
one of the best songs to have come out of the late 1960's.
An obscure but beautiful song. Maybe in two hundred years it will be discovered. again
WNEW still lives in our hearts! My fav DJ was Pete Fornatel! And of course Scott Muni! Who can forget when 10 pm: Toto we're not in Kansas anymore!
WNEW-FM in its heyday was the best!! Great music, great on air personalities. And let’s not forget Allison Steele, the Night Bird
It was a great station but sometime- I think round 1980- the powers that be instituted a playlist and ruined the station.
Some late night jocks had more freedom but the station was very bland and predictable as opposed to its late 60s and 70s heyday.
Thank God for those DJ's back then on WNEW FM in NYC... I remember the nights I fell asleep to this song..The memories linger sweetly in my mind and we lived so much differently than the younger generation of today.. We were lucky to have experienced such a magical time in music history
Another unforgettable 1967 memory...
A uniquely beautiful song that was "adopted" by Boston's music-underground youth of the 1960's. We heard it played so often on both WBZ-AM (Dick Summer) and WBCN-FM. "Wind"s" musicial composition and lyrics are as emotive and engaging now as then. Thanks for creating one of life's little treasures, Bob Bruno!
dick summer? was this before he came to wnbc66 new york with his "lovin' touch" stuff? he was on at midnight on wnbc...
@@paladin520 Dick Summer was on late-night radio in the Boston market during the mid- to late 1960's. I'm not sure when he was on in NYC.
I played with Bob Bruno at The Electric Circus. Amen
big in NYC too .
I also first heard this Song in 1967 - it was about 3 AM when One of Our Local Stations Near Detroit played Jazz & Unique Music Like This - I’m still digging This in 2024 - I’m also 70…
A magical era indeed...with Alison Steele and especially Jonathon Schwartz like a second set of parents illuminating our minds in music and lyric,nurturing us on a daily basis from the Wind to Send in the Clowns...so glad to be a part of it all.
Agreed. It was, for me, a magical and marvelous time. The 60’s, so full of promise - and a pulling away from the constraints of established conventions.How ambitious we were! Let’s resurrect that vibe kids... it’s never too late
@@cherylfayder6340 And Roscoe
holy cow! i thought your comment was mine from a long time ago. i was thinking, yeah, that's something i would say but not as eloquent...then i put my glasses...yeah, man, you nailed it...102.7...
Puh-leeze. Those two were as boring as the previously great Scott Muni was smotheringly pompous-many of us were young and just didn't know better! The second string NEW-FM crowd (e.g. Dennis Elsas) were even worse. Better to rhapsodize about Harry Harrison , Dandy Dan ,Dan Ingram, Jack Spector and Ron Lundy any day!!
@@chrisshenzo2594 Ouch...well such a shame you were too young to appreciate the whole vibe. Seminal moment in FM radio, never to be duplicated. Where have you gone, John ("Zacherley") Zacherle?
Pete Formatale of WNEW-FM turned me onto this. I worked for them and helped arrange their first Annual Christmas Concert @ Philharmonic Hall. Alison Scott Muni, introduced Genesis. Opening was Sandy Denny. Sadly they're all gone now, but the great musical legacy lives on for generations.
+Boogieman , your comment brought back many fond memories. I will now have to pull up my old tapes of many hours of WNEW. I even have Zak's announcing Jim Morrison's death the night before it was officially announced. Zak went into a beautiful story about when he first met Jim on some TV show in NJ. Roscoe (sp?) was the one who turned me onto FM. I even bought a receiver that did not have AM. Alison would play the full versions of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida and Light My Fire
+Boogieman Grew - I up in northern NJ and listened to WNEW from 1970 on....so many good music memories. Scott, Pete, Jonathan, Allison, Roscoe, Vin, Dave....learned so much from their music choices.
I interviewed Fornatale for the St. John's University newspaper, The Torch. He was a very warm human being and a great DJ.
@@sealisa1398 me too but central NJ (tranlation : Mon county) btw this song is soo good i could loop it and listen for an hour at work
@@ptjameson around 2008 or so i had emailed him about a song he had played and he returned my email...nice guy
Driving in downtown Vancouver this afternoon with Sirius XM and this came on. Never heard it before. What a great piece of music.
Deep Tracks Earl Bailey brought me Here. First heard this song on WMMR Philadelphia
@@leonardbonitt3586 I used to love 'MMR in Princeton, NJ.
I love, love, love this song. It never, ever, ever grows old.
Loved this song since I was about 13..I am now 67! They played it at 12 noon everyday on an alternative radio station in the Hartford, CT area
I haven't heard this song since 1967 & can't believe I still can sing along with it. Me & my kid brother, now a well-renowned & well-respected recording bassist, just loved this song. Thanks for bringing back such a pleasant memory! Much obliged to you & youtube for sharing it with us. Signed - The Hermit formerly from Charm City
Circus Maximus, Blues Magoos, Colosseum, all jazz oriented. Way ahead of their time. I listened to this on WMMR 93.3 Phila Pa in high school. 1969. Above average then & now!
I was listening then too. And WDAS before they pulled their license.
Back when MMR was great!
@@brianew yeah, depending where i was traveling by car, reception would dictate whether it was MMR or NEW
How about WIBG? ; I Actually touched a tower once there. My finger was burnt by RF radiation.
@@nationofgandhis Wibbage, Radio 99! Hy Lit, Jerry Stevens, Joe Niagara, etc. Great days for radio.
For some reason this song popped up in my head and I had to listen to it. I also first heard this on WBCN in Boston in 1967. I echo Rich (below) in that I'm very thankful to have lived in that era.
One of my all time favorites. Up there with White Bird by "It's a Beautiful Day"
Along with Fleetwood Mac's Hypnotized.
Richard Mott:
You are reading my mind...😼💖🎶
@@JustChiminin We are on the same wave length. Love that kind of music.
Agreed. All cited were WNEW essentials. Remember "Gilbert Street" (Sweet Thursday), "Future Games" (Fleetwood Mac), "Benedictus" (Strawbs), and Long John Baldry "contravening a breach of the peace" down on Wardour Street? Then there were the classic 'signoff' instrumentals, "Embryonic Journey" (Airplane), "Bouree" (Tull), and "Singalong Junk" (McCartney).
@@nancystevesalerno8612 "Wind" into "White Bird" into "Kites Are Fun" by The Free Design. Priceless.
We do not hear music like this anymore!!!
They just dont have music like this anymore..Its sad;;long live classic prog rock 60's and 70's
Love the atmosphere this track creates … timeless
OK... I am a 50 something music fiend, especially jazz influenced rock.... and just NOW discovered this song. How is that possible!? LOVE IT! Nice Jazz vibe.
Also one of my favs along with White Bird...the hip, laid back 60's psychedelic sound. I go there when I need a healing vibe
YES! It's A Beautiful Day's "White Bird" is a classic from that era!
I'm blessed to have played this so many years ago on WXRT in Chicago. As a 25 year-old with his first hometown radio gig, doing the weekend all-night show, I'd throw this on around 4am and the phones would invariably light up. Still sounds beautiful.
WABX Detroit here.
great hearing this again. WNEW-FM Always. 102.7
Yes, it was a staple on WNEW.
Allison Steele the night bird and this song are mentioned in the novel, The Moon Will Not Rise, which takes place in the summer of 1972.
One of the best songs about alienation and loneliness ever written,couched in a jazz waltz.
I cant believe this song is 47 years old. I was recently listening to WBAI and discovered this song due to the morning drive. I was born in the wrong time after the 60's where FM was coming to the spotlight. Now it is Sirius XM to listen to good music. This is food for the soul. Wish Circus Maximus had an opportunity to further explore rock and jazz fusion. This song represents a What IF a Masterpiece had come to Fruition.
You had to be there Bob. The inception of the greatest music written...and passed on!
true indeed Mr Ippolito
Robert Little Face it. Every time has it's own flavor. The '60's/'70's were bittersweet. The music was 'our' music. I'm guessing you're in you mid/late '60's like me. Yeah - we really had a great time, didn't we! Rock concerts. Man, they just don't do stuff like that anymore.
dfromg Your point may be valid. But I was born in the 70's and my first musical experience was with 80's music. But this song remains timeless. Too bad the other songs fail in comparison to Wind
You have me beat. I was born in the middle 1960's and my musical tastes are 5-10 years older than my classmates. You nailed it on comparing others to this song. I got to experience the last vapors of a truly golden era in America when we still had freedom and great music.
Gorgeous piece of music, both lyrically and vocally.
This song, Albatross by Fleetwood Mac, Gilbert Street by Sweet Thursday... Another time fondly remembered.
Had to share this. What genius was 60's music. And the radio stations that had the wherewithal to play it.
marty ippolito WABX in Detroit
marty ippolito WNEW-FM, WOR-FM new york -- see my additional info below
marty ippolito
KSAN in San Francisco and KOME in San Jose
KOZT in Mendecino plays it!
I still play it on WWUH 91.3 FM wwuh.org
My favorite song of all time. It takes you "through the veil."
Could not put it better.
Absolutely
Grew up in Boston in '60s, and have never forgotten this song. Been a long time since I've heard it - maybe 50 years, but feels like yesterday
agreed me too 67 summer of love going into my jr yr.
I could have written the same comment. never forgot circus maximus and that song. only I heard it on Brown college radio in Providence and it didn't take me 50 years. Finally tracked it down about 10 years ago. A true classic.
Actually, I'm Facebook friends with Bob Bruno, the vocalist and piano player on this track. He also plays the guitar solo. Look him up.
Yeah, Allison Steele would play this and Roscoe would come on air with "TheTimeHasComeToday" by the Chambers Brothers... Those were joyful inspirational days in NYC I REMEMBER IT WELL!I would call the station occasionally and request "Mona" by QuicksilverMessengerService or "TheDevilCameFrom Kansas" by Procoll Harum. I spent many fine hours at the Fillmore East. We were SOOOOOOO LUCKY!
still lovin this is 2020!
Jeezum, this has got to be one of the most emotive songs of the era!
One of my favorite songs of all time. Captain Ken & Clark would play it on WBZ in Boston in the early 70's, and I'd sit in my room, mesmerized. Now, more than 50 years later, I'm playing it on MY radio show. :)
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Only great cut on the album. 40 years ago I called Dave Herman after he played it. He gave me the album info. I ordered it through Sam Goody's. Remember that company?
Yeah...Goody Got It
Yep, I remember Herman too.
I can't remember where I finally found it - certainly no internet back then but I do remember I had to work my ass off to get it.
Bought a lot of LPs there. Was in a band and had to buy LPs to learn 1 song. Have about 300 LPs now.
Yeah, I bought the album at Sam Goodys too. Still have it. "Wind" is the only good song on it.
I used to listen to this AMAZING song in the '60's. I just found it again!!! I LOVE THIS!!!
Jonathan Schwartz played this lots on 102.7 WNEW long long time ago
And Roskoe
yes! NYC, the 70's
Think the "Night Bird" Allison Steele ended her shows with it
Allison Steele ended her show with "Flying" by The Beatles :)
Yes and she used to play Nights In White Satin after opening with one of her long cosmic intros to her program.
What a great 60's feel this song has. A time when the world and popular music were changing at a rapid pace.
I searched a prog rock band called Circus maximus, but I find this wonderful beautiful song... Brilliant, remember me the best 70,s.
Yes, I remember Alison Steele and Jonathan Schwartz played
this too, on both WOR and later, WNEW. My lifeline in my high school years and when I came home from college.
I remember hearing Scott Muni play this during one of his "attitude blocks" on either WORFM or WNEWFM...
They don't make music like this anymore, "just saying"....
ikr.... best music.....
I like your comment but want to give it a thumbs down because it's sad that they don't
There is no music anymore. Listen to 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s
@@sohooded totally untrue...there are many contemporary artists making great music -- you just need a good guru...
There is good jazz. You just have to seek & ye shall find..
Finally this randomly showed up
So sad and so beautiful. Bob Bruno's magical song and playing.
Wow - Heard this on SiriusXM Deep Tracks yesterday - and had to hear it again - been a lot of years - still fantastic
For some mysterious reason, this song got a lot of airplay in KSAN-FM in SF in the late 60s/early 70s, sandwiched between all the mega-hits of the time. It's a haunting delight to hear it again. Thanks to whomever posted this.
In the mid 80s to early 90s a rock station in Connecticut would play jazz every Sunday morning. While the members of my church would listen to Christian and gospel music during their drive to church, I'd have to listen to jazz. One Sunday the DJ played this song. It was my first time hearing "Wind". It took me on a journey to another place spiritually and mentally. Today it still has the same effect on me.
Very cool song. Haven't heard it in years.
Thanks for posting!
In 1996, all of Spirit's albums were reissued on CD, and I bought them because I thought they recorded this song! Much to my dismay, I discovered that wasn't the case! Several weeks later, I heard it on WPKN in Connecticut. I immediately called them up, acquired the necessary information, and wound up purchasing the album on eBay! Great song, mission accomplished!
I first heard this song back in the late 60s on Dick Summer’s program on WBZ radio out of Boston. I’m 70 now and still love it. Took me years to find a copy of the album again but perseverance ultimately paid off.
thanks, this bring back good memories...especially on a windy day...like today
I first heard this song on WNEW- FM in New York City on the Allison Steele show. She was known as the Night Bird and I heard so much unfamiliar music on her show. I was only 11 or 12 . I went out and bought this album the next day. One of my friends borrowed it and I never received it back. Thank you for putting this up on You Tube.
My parents had this album when I was a kid. Discovered it as a teen in my psychedelic phase. Fantastic tune, thanks for posting.
cool too the extreme..has a great feel...not many of my era even know it..my sophomore girlfriend took my vynal copy @hc...oh well
You guys were the beginning of Jazz Rock long before Steely Dan. Back in December of 1967 my band (Dreamland Choo Choo) had the privilege of opening up for you (and The Hello People) at The Cafe Wha? in NYC's Greenwich Village. I am surprised that Jerry Jeff Walker was even in your band, Bob. His roots ran contrary to your basic sound. But this song is still a strong tune.
How interesting,Songmaker, of Dreamland Choo Choo.I recall the Hello People,Fruit of the Loom which became Marvin's Circus, the Novae Police,and of course the Flaying Machine. Most of the time I left the place between sets . I didn't live far away , on Sullivan Street. I met Jerry and Pete in Austin 1965 when I was auditioning for a gig in a bar. They were playing pool in the back and when my bit was over they came up and introduced themselves. We hit it off and started singing right away for a few years.Thinking about Jerry , RIP, I wandered in to read some comments and feel better. Yes , we were strange bedfellows but there was a lot of fun in there. We have kept in touch over the years . Not long ago we laughed together when I told him,"Jer , I was miserable even before I met you." haha . We'll all miss him.
Thanks for posting. This popped into my head today five minutes after seeing some seagulls turning lazy curliques on updrafts in a late-afternoon late-November sky. Haven't heard it in many years, but my mind did me a favor and reminded me of it, and it stuck around with me all day through work. Nice to be able to hear it again complete in the late night. ~~"thanksgiving"~~
Watching and listening to circus maximus at the night owl in Greenwich village at least twice a month was a joy not only for me but any date I had for the nite as well.. good times and good music at the night owl were always a definite find....and nore than 53 years later anyone I presently introduce to the wind.. well, hell yeah. They fall in love with one of the best songs of the 1960's . Evan(last of the beat generation)
Back at the Nite Owl , the "Circus" were called "The Lost Sea Dreamers".
I just heard a song on my radio as I was waking up and thought. ....wow, can tell it's the sixties era yet .....what was the group? Looked it up ... Classic, great , great composing! A time capsule from that inimitable (unfortunately ) era
This brings up so,so many memories. NYC in mid-late 60’s. And WNEW, the night bird Allison Stelle, Johnathon Schwartz
, et al
A real gem, truly a fm underground hit when it was released ,the whole album is really good, its a shame that is never played on the radio, all the radio plays is the same old stuff,
In the '60sI used to listen to my little radio and would go to sleep once I heard two songs in a row that I didn't like. Sure took a long time some nights, especially if they decided to play a whole album side. KSJO and KOME were practically glued to my dial.
Why this song is not regarded as a classic completely baffles me...
It is by us
I can't believe that after 45 years (and not actually knowing the song's title or the artists) I have finally found this song!! I heard it a few times on an underground radio station in 1970 or '71 and have never heard it or found it since. Thanks so much for posting this!!!
+Layla Sims - I'm following your footsteps Layla! Found it after all these years. Remember this from 1970, KSJO in San Jose.
Thanks for opsting! One of my favorites fro back in the day.
Love this song -- a neglected classic
Man I looked for this tune everywhere!....WNEW staple in the 60's and 70's....where's Alison Steele??
She passed away long ago. Pity. Alison was more than just a Night Bird. She was the heart and Soul of the NY music scene. I miss her forever.
Fantastic song. I remember Scott Muni 1967. I played his club The Rolling Stone Discotheque with Leslie West Vagrants. Thanks Bob Cianci Vernon Fm home for playing this monday night July 1,2024
Evangelist Roger Mansour former Leslie West Vagrants Drummer and missionary to HAITI.
Magical beautiful song. Brings back beautiful memories forever.🎉
Bruno thank you for this timeless master piece...sixties éra time...whatever you call it. The collective had a pláče in pop. Who knows the wind...
I always loved the mood of this song
What a pretty song. Today's music just can't stack up against the stuff I grew up with in the '60's and early '70's. And FM radio was the real deal not today's calculated corporate bs. Kids today just don't know what they missed. This song came out in '69 I believe. And it still sounds fresh today. I'd be amazed if anyone would ever want to listen to a 2015 song in 2059.
you got that right. it was actually released in 67. You're right. this song sounds ahead of its time.
Ha, I'm 17, there are some of us out there.
I found you last sentence particularly interesting.
YES. To everything you said. Esp re FM radio. Oh my gaaaaa, the things we heard. And yes, this still sounds as fresh today as it did then. DJs who knew their stuff and just played whatever they thought was coooooool, and they were SO right. I remember KSAN in SF, and earlier than that, KMPX in Berkeley playing Lou Reed/Velvet Underground .... So right re 2059 - they'll be going, oh, what we missed.
radio was briefly great there for a while but there is still great music being created today...check out Rhiley Walker, Steve Gunn, Cass McCombs among many others
Definitely one of the best from that period. Awesome!
We were blessed.
50 years old this song is and still timeless. No matter if its rock, jazz or fusion. Music created at this time does not even compare to the 60's and the renaissance of creative forces joining and pushing each other to creative limits.
What a beautiful piece of music
i was 12 when i first heard this song.....changed my musical direction forever
I was in 9th grade and living in the Detroit area when I first heard this song on WABX. And, pardon the pun, it literally blew me away. So glad to hear it again!
Spotify please add Wind by Circus Maximus to your inventory. It's one of my favorite, favorite songs.
I still listen to this track at least once a week
I raised my son on this music genre, now he is out there @ #MykeSoul making his own beautiful music
What a Beautiful song, I remember it from the 60"s
This may be the prototypical '60s FM progressive rock radio track; certainly on the short list for all of us who listened to WNEW-FM, WBCN, KSAN back in the day.
BIG WNEW FM fan here!! Another band they played was LOVE from California. No one else was playing them.
@pasta fy who asked if this is Jerry Jeff Walker on lead vocal.
No, this is Bob Bruno signing lead (the center guy in the picture). The album is about 50/50 between songs of Bob's and songs of Jerry's...or maybe Bob has a slight majority.
coolest song ever.....
Thanks so much for this post! This is so obscure and still so haunting...