Track by track 165 Who's calling?

Archive number: 165

Title: Who's calling?
Main Album: The Focus Family Album
Track number: 1
Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental
Studio: WedgeView Studios, Netherlands
Length: 5:28
Composer: Thijs van Leer

Key: C
Musicians: Thijs van Leer – Hammond organ; Menno Gootjes – Guitars; Udo Panekeet – Bass; Pierre van der Linden – Drums

Producer: Geert Scheigrond
Engineer: Geert Scheigrond
Label: In and Out of Focus Recordings
Date of recording/release: November 2018

Alternative recording: Focus by Thijs van Leer and Jan Akkerman

Notes: This reworking of the flute led 1985 track begins and ends with distorted staccato solo electric guitar and provides the sort of loud and brash opener that often opens a Focus album. The electric guitar is joined by drums around 00:04 and then the full band. Over the furious paced rhythm an organ backed guitar comes in around 00:22 with a yearning melody that reaches something of a climax around 01:45. The original riff comes in again at 01:50. This riff over the organ continues until 2:22 when the guitar lead comes in again and the previous figure is more or less repeated, coming to a similar climax around 03:45. At 3:50 a more violined theme comes in and the guitar increasingly breaks down as Menno works up and down the fretboard at increasing speed until a fade begins, only cut off by the repeated riff from the beginninng.