20250211
Jan Akkerman in London Feb 2025
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Jan Akkerman has been dong a brief "My Focus" tour of the UK and I was able to see him last night in Shepherd's Bush last nigh...
20241115
Hamburger Concerto Harmonic Profile (from GetSongKey)
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Focus 3 Harmonic Profile (from GetSongKey)
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20241114
In and Out of Focus Harmonic Profile (from GetSongKey)
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20241018
More on Melanie and Akkerman
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So the album is out and can be heard. (Several tracks are on YouTube). It is a nice album but very much a Melanie album. One can hear little...
20241011
Melanie and Akkerman 1988
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Amazingly, this month (October 18 2024) an unlikely 1988 recording will be published that everyone seems to have forgotten. There must be l...
20240724
Track by track 210 Gaia
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Main Album: Focus 12 Title: Gaia Track number: 10 Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental Studio: Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands Le...
20240720
Track by track 209 Positano
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Main Album: Focus 12 Title: Positano Track number: 9 Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental Studio: Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherland...
20240714
David Bowie
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On March 1, 1972 Focus played alongside David Bowie in Bristol
Track by track 208 Bowie
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Main Album: Focus 12 Title: Bowie Track number: 8 Genre: Piano piece Studio: Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands Length: 3:24 Compose...
20240713
Track by track 207 Nura
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Main Album: Focus 12 Title: Nura Track number: 7 Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental Studio: Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands Len...
20240712
Track by track 206 Born To Be You
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Main Album: Focus 12 Title: Born To Be You Track number: 6 Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental Studio: Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Nethe...
20240711
Track by track 205 All Aboard
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Main Album: Focus 12 Title: All Aboard Track number: 5 Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental Studio: Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherl...
Track by track 204 Meta Indefinita
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Main Album: Focus 12 Title: Meta Indefinita Track number: 4 Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental Studio: Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Neth...
20240709
Track by track 203 Béla
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Main Album: Focus 12 Title: Béla Track number: 3 Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental Studio: Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands Len...
Track by Track 202 Focus 13
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Main Album: Focus 12 Title: Focus 13 Track number: 2 Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental Studio: Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands...
20240708
Track by Track 201 Fjord Focus
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Archive number: 201 Title: Fjord Focus Main Album: Focus 12 Track number: 1 Genre: Progressive Jazz Instrumental Studio: Wisseloord Studios...
20240705
Focus 12
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A new Focus album is officially released today. Like other recent albums, its cover is graced with a pleasing piece of Roger Dean artwork. T...
20240330
Duets
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There are at least four tracks where only two men play 1. Le Clochard where Akkerman plays acoustic guitar and van Leer is on Mellotron. 2. ...
Solo Tracks
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Of the 200 tracks listed on this website so far, some 14 or so are solo efforts. 1. Moving Waves. Thijs van Leer sings and plays piano. 2. B...
Sound effects
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A sound effect (or audio effect) is an artificially created or enhanced sound, or sound process used to emphasise artistic or other content ...
20240314
200 Tracks and rising
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According to our records, Focus have by now released 200 official recordings. That number is slightly misleading in that three tracks have b...
20240229
Track by track 200 Focus 12 (Introspective Duet Between Menno & Me - A Well-Deserved Pause For Pierre & Udo!)
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Archive number: 200 Title: Focus 12 Main Album: Focus 50 Completely Focussed Disc Track number: 12 Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental Stud...
Track by track 199 Focus 11 (Another wordless song)
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Archive number: 186 Title: Focus 11 (Another wordless song) Main Album: Focus 50 Completely Focussed Disc Track number: 11 Genre: Progressiv...
Track by track 198 Focus 10 (Sophisticated)
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Archive number: 185 Title: Focus 10 (Sophisticated) Main Album: Focus 50 Completely Focussed Disc Track number: 10 Genre: Progressive Rock I...
Track by track 197 Focus 9 (Classic Dream)
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Archive number: 184 Title: Focus 9 (Classic Dream) Main Album: Focus 50 Completely Focussed Disc Track number: 9 Genre: Progressive Rock In...
Track by track 196 Focus 8 (Rondo)
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Archive number: 183 Title: Focus 8 (Rondo) Main Album: Focus 50 Completely Focussed Disc Track number: 8 Genre: Progressive Rock Instrument...
Track by track 195 Focus 7 (Inner Joy)
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Archive number: 182 Title: Focus 7 (Inner Joy) Main Album: Focus 50 Completely Focussed Disc Track number: 7 Genre: Progressive Rock Instru...
Track by track 194 Focus 6 (Thinking and Drinking)
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Archive number: 194 Title: Focus 6 (Thinking and Drinking) Main Album: Focus 50 Completely Focussed Disc Track number: 6 Genre: Progressive...
Track by track 193 Focus 5 (Impressionistic ...)
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Archive number: 180 Title: Focus 5 (Impressionistic ...) Main Album: Focus 50 Completely Focussed Disc Track number: 5 Genre: Progressive Ro...
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