Focus on Focus: David Bowie

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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David Bowie

On March 1, 1972 Focus played alongside David Bowie in Bristol

Labels: David Bowie, Live

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LINKS

Official Focus Wesite
Jan Akkerman Website
Focus Tribute
The Focus Collection

Four Most Recent Focus Albums

The First 6 Albums

Three More Focus Albums

Other Focus Albums

Jan Akkerman Book

Sound Techniques

A former milking parlour, it closed as a studio 1972

Olympic Studios

Built as a public hall 1906, it became a studio in the sixties and has recently closed down.

Chipping Norton

Grade II listed, the former school was opened as a studio in the market town shown 1972 by Richard and Mike Vernon, closing 1999 and now used as housing

Hilversum

Hilversum, the Netherlands, is home to several studios including the one owned by EMI and Wisseloord Studios above

Fieldwork Studio Schoten

Fieldwork is in Belgium

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Opened in 1979, Studio Spitsbergen is based near Zuidbroek in Northern Holland

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Rainbow Theatre

Once a cinema (1930-71) now a church, it became a major rock venue (1971-82), its auditorium inspired the Focus album cover

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Grade II listed, it's in Wilton Rd, Victoria, London is very large and was a cinema 1930-75, becoming a theatre 1990

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Seating 1,807, the Patriots Theater is near the War Memorial in Trenton, and is part of the State of New Jersey's Capitol complex

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Gary Brady: Welsh pastor [born 59] at Childs Hill Baptist, London [83ff] husband to Eleri [88ff]; father to 5 sons [b 89-01]; 3 (soon 4) daughters-in-law [09ff]; 8 grandchildren [14ff] author: several books, many blogs.

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