Looking at the music of Dutch rock band Focus, started in the late sixties by Thijs van Leer (b /31/03/48) with Jan Akkerman (b 24/12/46). Van Leer still performs and records under the name today (official site here). Akkerman's site here.

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20151221

Golden Years of Dutch Pop Music

This 2 CD compilation album issued in October contains
 
CD 1
1: The shrine of god
2: Watch the ugly people
3: Why dream
4: Happy nightmare (mescaline)
5: House of the king
6: Focus
7: Hocus pocus
8: Janis
9: Sylvia
10: Love remembered
11: Tommy
12: Focus ii
13: Harem scarem
14: Early birth
15: P's march
16: Focus v
17: Eddy
18: Sneezing bull
19: Anonymous
20: Black beauty
21: Le clochard
CD 2
1: Eruption
2: Focus iii
3: Answers? questions! questions? answers!
4: Hamburger concerto
5: Focus iv
6: Mother focus
7: Glider
8: Crackers
9: Hocus pocus

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Miming to House of the King 1971


O Avondrood Video

Just now and again you come across something you've never seen on YouTube. This is a video with the Focus track Avondrood (Red evening). I'm not sure what the live at Top of the Pops tag means. I don't think this was ever on any British top of the pops.