Track by track 143 Neurotika GO

Archive number: 143
Title: Neurotika GO
Main Album: Golden Oldies
Track number: 8
Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental
Studio: WedgeView Studios, Verlaat, The Netherlands
Length: 3:40
Composer: Thijs van Leer
Musicians: Thijs van Leer - Hammond organ, vocals, Menno Gootjes - Guitars, Bobby Jacobs - Bass, Pierre van der Linden - Drums
Producer: Bobby Jacobs
Engineer: Budy Mokoginta and Bram Boll
Label: Focus Music Ltd
Date of recording/release: 2014 CD also produced in vinyl format
Notes: Straightforward re-recording

Track 142 Aya-yuppie-hippie-yee GO

Archive number: 142

Title: Aya-yuppie-hippie-yee GO
Main Album: Golden Oldies
Track number: 7
Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental
Studio: WedgeView Studios, Verlaat, The Netherlands
Length: 5:30
Composer: Thijs van Leer
Musicians: Thijs van Leer - Piano, Hammond organ, Flute, vocals, Menno Gootjes - Guitars, Bobby Jacobs - Bass, Pierre van der Linden - Drums
Producer: Bobby Jacobs
Engineer: Budy Mokoginta and Bram Boll
Label: Focus Music Ltd
Date of recording/release: 2014 CD also produced in vinyl format
Notes: Straightforward re-recording bt with some nice new bass, scat and flute parts

Track 141 Focus 3 and 2 GO

Archive number: 141
Title: Focus 3 and 2 GO
Main Album: Golden Oldies
Track number: 6
Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental
Studio: WedgeView Studios, Verlaat, The Netherlands
Length: 7:35
Composer: Thijs van Leer
Musicians: Thijs van Leer - Piano, Hammond organ, Menno Gootjes - Guitars, Bobby Jacobs - Bass, Pierre van der Linden - Drums
Producer: Bobby Jacobs
Engineer: Budy Mokoginta and Bram Boll
Label: Focus Music Ltd
Date of recording/release: 2014 CD also produced in vinyl format
Notes: An unusual combination of two Focus tracks

Track by track 140 Sylvia GO

Archive number: 140

Title: Sylvia GO
Main Album: Golden Oldies
Track number: 5
Genre: Progressive rock Instrumental
Studio: WedgeView Studios, Verlaat, The Netherlands
Length: 5:29
Composer: Thijs van Leer
Musicians: Thijs van Leer - Piano, Hammond organ, Menno Gootjes - Guitars, Bobby Jacobs - Bass, Pierre van der Linden - Drums
Producer: Bobby Jacobs
Engineer: Budy Mokoginta and Bram Boll
Label: Focus Music Ltd
Date of recording/release: 2014 CD also produced in vinyl format
Notes: Includes the reggae style introduction that has developed in live versions over more recent years

Track by Track 139 Focus 1 GO

Archive number: 138

Title: Focus 1 GO

Main Album: Golden Oldies

Track number: 4

Genre: Progressive rock Instrumental

Studio: WedgeView Studios, Verlaat, The Netherlands

Length: 6:58

Composer: Thijs van Leer

Musicians: Thijs van Leer - Hammond organ, Menno Gootjes - Guitars, Bobby Jacobs - Bass, Pierre van der Linden - Drums

Producer: Bobby Jacobs

Engineer: Budy Mokoginta and Bram Boll

Label: Focus Music Ltd

Date of recording/release: 2014 CD also produced in vinyl format

Notes: A basic instrumental version of the oldest song still regularly in the repertoire. A vocal from van Leer at 2:55-3:20. It also has some Anonymus at the end.

Track by track 138 House of the King GO

Archive number: 138

Title: House of the King GO

Main Album: Golden Oldies

Track number: 3

Genre: Progressive rock Instrumental

Studio: WedgeView Studios, Verlaat, The NetherlandsLength: 6:51

Composer: Jan Akkerman

Musicians: Thijs van Leer - Hammond organ, Menno Gootjes - Guitars, Bobby Jacobs - Bass, Pierre van der Linden - Drums

Producer: Bobby Jacobs

Engineer: Budy Mokoginta and Bram Boll

Label: Focus Music Ltd

Date of recording/release: 2014 CD also produced in vinyl format

Notes: This is a great version of this staple track

Track by track 137 Tommy GO

Archive number: 137

Title: Tommy GO
Main Album: Golden Oldies
Track number: 2
Genre: Progressive rock Instrumental
Studio: WedgeView Studios, Verlaat, The NetherlandsLength: 6:51
Composer: Tom Barlage
Musicians: Thijs van Leer - Hammond organ, Menno Gootjes - Guitars, Bobby Jacobs - Bass, Pierre van der Linden - Drums
Producer: Bobby Jacobs
Engineer: Budy Mokoginta and Bram Boll
Label: Focus Music Ltd
Date of recording/release: 2014 CD also produced in vinyl format
Notes: This is a fine version of the track originally embedded in the track Eruption on the second album

Track by track 136 Hocus Pocus GO

Archive number: 136
Title: Hocus Pocus
Main Album: Golden Oldies
Track number: 1
Genre: Progressive rock Instrumental

Studio: WedgeView Studios, Verlaat, The Netherlands

Length: 6:51
Composer: Thijs van Leer Jan Akkerman
Musicians: Thijs van Leer - Hammond organ, Vocals, Flute, Jan Dume - Vocals. Menno Gootjes - Guitars, Bobby Jacobs - Bass, Pierre van der Linden - Drums
Producer: Bobby Jacobs
Engineer:  Budy Mokoginta and Bram Boll
Label: Focus Music Ltd
Date of recording/release: 2014 CD also produced in vinyl format
Notes: This is a good but slightly inferior version of the famous hit

Track by track 135 Crossroads

Archive number: 135
Title: Crossroads

Main Album: Focus X 

Track number: 10

Genre: Jazz Rock with vocal 

Studio: Fieldwork Studios, Schoten, Belgium 

Length: 5:38

Composer: van Leer, Peters

Musicians: Thijs van Leer – Piano, organ, flute, vocal; Menno Gootjes – Guitars; Bobby Jacobs – Bass; Pierre van der Linden – Drums; Berenice van Leer - vocal 

Producer: Bobby Jacobs 

Label: Eastworld Recordings

Date of recording/release: November, 2012

Alternative version: This is a version of Brazil Love

The track begins with rhythmic drums. After five seconds the bass and jazz piano come in then electric guitar. A piano trill at 34 seconds announces a rising choral and guitar part. Then at 1:05 a new driving guitar theme begins and is joined by the flute from 1:44 to 2:13. We then revert to the choral and guitar theme - the guitar perhaps a little wilder. At 2:28 the flute is back, though further back in the mix. At 2:40 to 3:44 van Leer comes in with a spoken style vocal (see below). The vocal continues until the flute and other instruments come back to the fore, the guitar leading latterly. At 4:17 the guitar announces the final part, a brief drum break until 4:43 when the bass adds its own contribution, which goes on until the fade. Apparently there was more but it had to be cut.

Lyrics

I don't want to know just how I feel

Cannot bear to know just how I feel - crossroads ahead

I don't want to think in terms of tears

There's no time to lose you're here

At the crossroads we part.

Love is far ahead and far behind. - the crossroads are here.

How can we still look back at the past, it doesn't last

We cannot change the good and bad times we remember

Here we meet and here we part my friend

And I will love you 'til the end ...

Just like the tide that keep on rolling.