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Showing posts with label Le Clochard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Le Clochard. Show all posts
20091125
20081203
Shortest Focus Tracks
Though famed for their many longer tracks, Focus have plenty of shorter ones, many under 3 minutes. These are the top 10 stand alone tracks:
1 Delitae Musicae (1:12)
2 Father Bach (1:30)
3 Ship Of Memories (1:48)
4 Le Clochard ("Bread") (1:55)
5 House of the King (2:20)
6 Spoke The Lord Creator (2:28)
7 Moving Waves (2:30)
8 Hard Vanilla (2:36)
9 Tropic Bird/Crackers (both 2:38)
Also note: Focus vocal (2.43) Love Remembered (2:45) Sylvia Live (2:47) No Hang Ups, Early Birth (both 2:54) Janis, Soft Vanilla (both 3:00).
20081202
Non-English Titles
Focus song titles are usually in English. These are the exceptions:
French
La Cathedrale de Strasburg (Strasbourg Cathedral)
Le Clochard (The Tramp)
Spanish
De Ti O De Mi (From you or from me)
Croatian
Sto Ces Raditi Ostatac Zivota (Do everything to survive in life)
Blizu Tebe (Close to you)
Dutch
Avondrood (Red evening)
French
La Cathedrale de Strasburg (Strasbourg Cathedral)
Le Clochard (The Tramp)
Spanish
De Ti O De Mi (From you or from me)
Croatian
Sto Ces Raditi Ostatac Zivota (Do everything to survive in life)
Blizu Tebe (Close to you)
Dutch
Avondrood (Red evening)
Latin
Delitae Musicae (Delightful music)
We could add too - Anonymus (Anonymous)
20071130
Track by track 11 Le Clochard
Archive number: 11
Title: Le Clochard (Bread)
Main Album: Moving Waves (Focus 2 in Holland)
Track number: 2
Genre: Classical Instrumental (Guitar)
Studio: Sound Techniques Studio, 46a Old Church Street, Chelsea, London SW3
Length: 1' 56”
Composer: Jan Akkerman
Musicians: Jan Akkerman – Classical guitar (Vicente Tatay Tomas); Thijs van Leer – Mellotron (Orchestra strings)
Producer: Mike Vernon
Engineer: Jerry Boys
Label: LP - Imperial, Blue Horizon CD – EMI Bovema, IRS, Red Bullet
Date of recording/release: April 13 - May 14 1971/October 1971. CD - 1988, 1993, 2001
Notes: At the time Rodrigo's Concerto de Aranjuez was popular and Focus would play a 15 minute live version. (Akkerman later recorded part of it on Gibson Les Paul). This much shorter track is in similar style, featuring only Akkerman's guitar and orchestral strings provided by van Leer's keyboard. The mellotron is there throughout except for one short section where only the guitar is heard (01:33-01:41). Le Clochard means hobo or tramp and bread can refer to food or money. The piece conjures up a romanticised Parisienne tramp quite well. Its juxtaposition with the previous Hocus Pocus is striking and is meant to be. Akkerman still sometimes plays the piece today.
Title: Le Clochard (Bread)
Main Album: Moving Waves (Focus 2 in Holland)
Track number: 2
Genre: Classical Instrumental (Guitar)
Studio: Sound Techniques Studio, 46a Old Church Street, Chelsea, London SW3
Length: 1' 56”
Composer: Jan Akkerman
Musicians: Jan Akkerman – Classical guitar (Vicente Tatay Tomas); Thijs van Leer – Mellotron (Orchestra strings)
Producer: Mike Vernon
Engineer: Jerry Boys
Label: LP - Imperial, Blue Horizon CD – EMI Bovema, IRS, Red Bullet
Date of recording/release: April 13 - May 14 1971/October 1971. CD - 1988, 1993, 2001
Notes: At the time Rodrigo's Concerto de Aranjuez was popular and Focus would play a 15 minute live version. (Akkerman later recorded part of it on Gibson Les Paul). This much shorter track is in similar style, featuring only Akkerman's guitar and orchestral strings provided by van Leer's keyboard. The mellotron is there throughout except for one short section where only the guitar is heard (01:33-01:41). Le Clochard means hobo or tramp and bread can refer to food or money. The piece conjures up a romanticised Parisienne tramp quite well. Its juxtaposition with the previous Hocus Pocus is striking and is meant to be. Akkerman still sometimes plays the piece today.
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