small circle

I needed enough blood to fill a small circle outlined on a piece of paper.

Instead, my small circle of blood had 39—39!—pieces of plastic in it.

Nichols, a Montana native, released his first solo LP, “Roger Nichols & the Small Circle of Friends,” on A&M Records in 1968.

Raji’s, legendary within a small circle, was a dive club in a building long since gone on Hollywood Boulevard east of Vine Street; it wasn’t the Roxy, say, or other celebrity-friendly spots around town — or for that matter, anything like “Cheers,” except in that it served as a clubhouse for the regulars.

The album was acclaimed in the era’s small circle of tastemakers — they were beloved at the Mercer Arts Center, a downtown club frequented by Andy Warhol.