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Track by track 166 Heaven

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Archive number: 166 Title: Heaven Main Album: Focus 11 Track number: 2 Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental Studio: WedgeView Studios, Nethe...

Track by track 165 Who's calling?

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Archive number: 165 Title: Who's calling? Main Album: The Focus Family Album Track number: 1 Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental Studio...
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Focus - Hamburger Concerto Period

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Liner notes 8 German In and Out

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These liner notes are from the 1970 German pressing of the Focus debut album We are now living in the progressive rock era of music. Every w...

Liner notes 7 Bojoura

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These liner notes by Thijs van Leer originally appeared on the 1970 album The Beauty of Bojoura and the 1972 album Jesus Christ Superstar - ...

Liner notes 6 Nice to have met you

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These liner notes appear on the van Leer solo album Nive to have met you from 1978 Tys van Leer is a household word throughout his native Ho...

Liner notes 5 Cyril

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These liner notes appear on the 1973 album Cyril by Cyriel Havermans In the beginning five musicians* gathered in Holland and formed a new g...

Liner Notes 4 Brainbox

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These liner notes appear on the self-titled Brainbox album, issued in 1969 Without any exaggeration Brainbox may be called the sensation of ...
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Liner Notes 3 Ship of Memories

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These appeared on the reverse of Ship of Memories when it came out in 1976 The key to success for any rock or music band lies not only in th...

Liner Notes 2 Introspection

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These liner notes were penned by the Dutch TV presenter Willem Duys for the van Leer solo album Introspection, which came out in 1972 It see...

Liner Notes 1 In and Out

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Seymour Stein These liner notes appeared on a release of the first Focus album that came out in 1973. They are written by Seymour Stein, CEO...
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Focus in Cardiff August 2022

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Photo Credits Barry Morris Slipped down to Cardiff last Thursday to see Focus play. The venue was The Earl Hague Club, Whitchurch. A typical...
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Songs named for women

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Janis (Joplin) Eurydice (Auloniad wife of Orfeus) Sylvia (Alberts) Elspeth of Nottingham Tokyo Rose (name for all female Japanese propagandi...
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Death of Bert Ruiter

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We were sorry to hear of the death of former Focus bassist Bert Ruiter on March 24 in Blaricum, Holland. Bert was bassist in the heydays of ...

Focus at Powerhaus March 2022

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Got to see Focus last week at the Powerhaus in Camden Town last Thursday. Our tickets had the wrong date and the wrong venue but the right b...
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Jan Akkerman at Trading Boundaries

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It was my joy to be down in Sussex last Friday at Trading Boundaries to catch the first of three concerts by Jan Akkerman and his band - the...
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Top 10 Focus Tracks According to Amazon UK 2021

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Sylvia Hocus Pocus House of the King Focus 3 Tommy from Eruption Anonymus Focus 2 Focus Instrumental Harem Scarem Avondrood
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Latest Focus Tour abandoned

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Focus have announced they have been forced to cancel their remaining UK and European tour dates on their Focus 50 tour after Thijs van Leer ...
20210930

New Solo Album from Thijs van Leer

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I thought it unlikely that Thijs van Leer would have been doing nothing during the pandemic. His new album is now out. All in French, Parce ...
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Track by track 164 Winnie

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Archive number: 164 Title: Winnie Main Album: The Focus Family Album Track number: 20 Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental Studio: Mosh Stud...

Track by track 163 Anaya

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Archive number: 163 Title: Anaya Main Album: The Focus Family Album Track number: 19 Genre: Bass solo Studio: Unknown Length: 1:53 Composer:...

Track by track 162 Five fourth

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Archive number: 162 Title: Five fourth Main Album: The Focus Family Album Track number: 18 Genre: ***** Studio: Unknown Length: 7:05 Compose...

Track by track 161 Raga Reverence 5

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Archive number: 161 Title: Raga Reverence 5 Main Album: The Focus Family Album (also on Swung Vol 2) Track number: 17 Genre: Jam Studio: Unk...

Track by track 160 Fine without you

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Archive number: 160 Title: Fine without you Main Album: The Focus Family Album Track number: 16 Genre: Vocal Studio: Unknown Length: 7:01 Co...

Track by track 159 Hazel

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Archive number: 159 Title: Hazel Main Album: The Focus Family Album Track number:15 Genre: Acoustic guitar Studio: Unknown Length: 1:56 Comp...

Track by track 158 Santa Teresa

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Archive number: 158 Title: Santa Teresa Main Album: The Focus Family Album Track number: 14 Genre: Sung Ballad Studio: Wedgeview Studios(Wo...

Track by track 157 Spiritual Swung

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Archive number: 157 Title: Spiritual Swung Main Album: The Focus Family Album Track number: 13 Genre: Drums Studio: Unknown Length: 3:02 Com...

Track by track 156 Birds come fly over

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Archive number: 147 Title: Birds Come Fly Over Main Album: The Focus Family Album Track number: 11 Genre: Sung Ballad Studio: Unknown Length...

Track by track 155 Let us wander

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Archive number: 155 Title:  Let us wander Main Album: The Focus Family Album  Track number: 11 Genre: Solo instrumental (Flute) Studio: Unkn...

Track by track 154 Clair-Obscur

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Archive number: 154 Title: Clair-Obscur Main Album: The Focus Family Album Track number: 10 Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental Studio: Unk...