Focus

Focus - In And Out Of Focus (1970)



EAC-WV/CUE/LOG | covers | 251 MB


1. Focus [Vocal Version]
2. Black Beauty
3. Sugar Island
4. Anonymous
5. House of the King
6. Happy Nightmare (Mescaline)
7. Why Dream
8. Focus [Instrumental]


Jan Akkerman - guitar
Thijs van Leer - keyboards, flute, vocals, Hammond organ
Martin Dresden - bass
Hans Eric Cleuver - drums

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Focus - Moving Waves (1971)



EAC-APE/CUE/LOG | covers | 261 MB


1. Hocus Pocus (6:42)
2. Le Clochard (2:01)
3. Janis (3:08)
4. Moving Waves (2:42)
5. Focus II (4:04)
6. Eruption (23:02)
a) orfeus, answer, Orfeus
b) answer, Pupilla, Tommy, Pupilla
c) Answer, The bridge
d) Euridice, Dayglow, Endless road
e) Answer, Orfeus, Euridice

Jan Akkerman - solo & acoustic guitars, bass
Cyril Havermanns - bass, voices
Pierre van der Linden - drums
Thijs van Leer - organ, Harmonium, Mellotron, Soprano and Alto flute, piano, voices

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FOCUS - hocus pocus (the best of) [1994]



1. FOCUS - hocus pocus (6:42)
2. FOCUS - anonymus (6:36)
3. FOCUS - house of the king (2:52)
4. FOCUS - focus (instrumental) (9:49)
5. FOCUS - janis (3:10)
6. FOCUS - focus ii (4:05)
7. FOCUS - tommy (3:27)
8. FOCUS - sylvia (3:33)
9. FOCUS - focus iii (6:08)
10. FOCUS - harem scarem (5:53)
11. FOCUS - mother focus (3:07)
12. FOCUS - focus iv (4:01)
13. FOCUS - bennie helder (3:33)
14. FOCUS - glider (4:40)
15. FOCUS - red sky at night (5:49)
16. FOCUS - hocus pocus (us single version (3:26)

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Focus is a Dutch rock band. It was founded by classically trained organist/flautist Thijs van Leer in 1969, and is most famous for the instrumental pieces "Hocus Pocus" and "Sylvia". The band have found renewed fame due to the use of "Hocus Pocus" by guitarist Gary Hoey on his 1993 album Animal Instinct, and as the theme for the Nike 2010 World Cup commercial, Write The Future, directed by the Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Inárritu.





1969 Brainbox[(pre Focus)



MP3 • 320 kbps • 126.48 MB • 54:13


01. Dark Rose - 5:18
02. Reason To Believe - 2:21
03. Baby, What You Want Me To Do - 2:35
04. Scarborough Fair - 6:24
05. Summertime (from "Porgy and Bess") - 4:21
06. Sinner's Prayer - 2:30
07. Sea Of Delight - 16:59
Bonuses:
08. Down Man - 2:36
09. Woman's Gone - 4:12
10. Sea Of Delight (Try Out) - 1:04
11. Sea Of Delight (Take 1) - 2:50
12. Amsterdam, The First Days - 3:08

Line-up / Musicians
- Kaz Lux - vocals, percussion
- Jan Akkerman - guitars, organ, vibes, bass [9]
- Andre Reynen - bass
- Pierre van der Linden - drums
- Tom Barlage - flute [1,4]
- Rob Hoeke - piano [9]

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1970 Focus Plays Focus (aka In And Out Of Focus)



MP3 • 320 kbps • 110.2 MB


01. Focus (vocal) (2:44)
02. Black beauty (3:05)
03. Sugar island (3:03)
04. Anonymous (7:00)
05. House of the king (2:20)
06. Happy nightmare (mescaline) (3:56)
07. Why dream (3:57)
08. Focus (instrumental) (9:45)

Line-up / Musicians
- Jan Akkerman / guitars
- Hans Cleuver / drums
- Martijn Dresden / bass
- Thijs van Leer / vocals, keyboards, flute

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1971 Focus II (aka Moving Waves)



MP3 • 320 kbps • 121.17 MB • 41:41


01. Hocus Pocus (6:42)
02. Le clochard (2:01)
03. Janis (3:09)
04. Moving waves (2:42)
05. Focus II (4:03)
06. Eruption (23:04)
a) orfeus, answer, Orfeus
b) answer, Pupilla, Tommy, Pupilla
c) Answer, The bridge
d) Euridice, Dayglow, Endless road
e) Answer, Orfeus, Euridice

Line-up / Musicians
- Jan Akkerman / solo & acoustic guitars, bass
- Cyril Havermanns / bass, voices
- Pierre van der Linden / drums
- Thijs van Leer / organ, Harmonium, Mellotron, Soprano and Alto flute, piano, voices

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1972 The Sky Will Fall Over London



MP3 • 320 kbps • 128.85 MB



01 Bob Harris Introduction
02 Anonymus Two
03 Band Introductions
04 Focus I
05 Focus III
06 Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!
07 Focus II
08 Bob Harris Once More
09 Hocus Pocus

Line-up / Musicians
- Jan Akkerman / guitars
- Hans Cleuver / drums
- Martijn Dresden / bass
- Thijs van Leer / vocals, keyboards, flute

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1973 BBC In Concert



MP3 • 320 kbps • 127.52 MB


01. Program intro by Bob Harris
02. Anonymous II
03. Bob introduces the band
04. Focus I
05. Focus III
06. Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!
07. Focus II
08. Bob speaks again
09. Hocus Pocus

Line-up / Musicians
- Jan Akkerman / guitars
- Hans Cleuver / drums
- Martijn Dresden / bass
- Thijs van Leer / vocals, keyboards, flute

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1973 Focus 3



MP3 • 320 kbps • 179.01 MB


01. Round Goes To gossip (5:12)
02. Love Remembered (2:50)
03. Sylvia (3:31)
04. Carnival Fugue (6:09)
05. Focus III (6:05)
06. Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers! (13:48)
07. Elspeth Of Nottingam (3:10)
08. Anonymous Two (26:24)

Line-up / Musicians
- Jan Akkerman / solo & acoustic guitars
- Bert Ruiter / bass
- Pierre van der Linden / drums
- Thijs van Leer / vocal, organ, piano, Alto, flute piccolo, Harpsichord

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1973 Live At the Rainbow



MP3 • 320 kbps • 125.72 MB • 42:32


01. Focus III (3:54)
02. Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers! (11:38)
03. Focus II (4:27)
04. Eruption: (8:29)
a) Orfeus
b) Answer
c) Orfeus
d) Answer
e) Pupilla
f) Tommy
g) Pupilla
05. Hocus Pocus (8:29)
06. Sylvia (2:48)
07. Hocus Pocus (reprise) (2:47)

Line-up / Musicians
- Jan Akkerman / guitars
- Bert Ruiter / bass, backing vocals
- Pierre van der Linden / drums
- Thijs van Leer / keyboards, flute, vocals

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1973 Philharmonic Hall, New York



MP3 • 320 kbps • 169.99 MB


01. Focus III
02. Answers Ouestions! Questions Answers!
03. Focus II
04. Sylvia
05. Hokus Pokus
06. Anonymous II
07. Eruption
08. Hokus Pokus (Reprise)

Live at Philharmonic Hall, New York, USA - March 23, 1973

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1974 Hamburger Concerto



MP3 • 320 kbps • 115.17 MB • 43:03



01. Delitae Musicae (1:13)
02. Harem Scarem (5:52)
03. La Cathédral De Strasbourg (4:59)
04. Birth (7:46)
05. Hamburger Concerto (20:19)
i) Starter
ii) Rare
iii) Medium I
iv) Medium II
v) Well Done
vi) One For The Road
06. Early Birth (2:54)

Line-up / Musicians
- Thijs van Leer / organ, piano, harpsichord, electric piano, flute, alto-flute, arp synthesiser, recorder mellotron, vibes, accordion, the organ of St. Mary the Virgin - Barnes, handclaps, all voices, whistling
- Bert Ruiter / bass guitar, auto harp, triangles, chinese finger cymbals, handclaps, swiss bells
- Colin Allen / drums, conga drum, tambourine, castanets, cabasa, woodblock, chinese gong, timpani, handclaps, flexatone, cuica
- Jan Akkerman / flute, timpani, handclaps, all guitars

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1975 Sylvia (Live In Japan)



MP3 • 320 kbps • 176.02 MB


01. Focus II
02. Sylvia
03. Harem Scarem
04. Untitled
05. Tommy
06. Birth
07. Hamburger Concerto
08. Hocus Pocus

Line-up / Musicians
- Jan Akkerman / guitars
- Colin Allen / drums (2)
- David Kemper / drums
- Bert Ruiter / basses, vocals (2)
- Thijs van Leer / keyboards, flutes, vocals (1)

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1975 Mother Focus



MP3 • 320 kbps • 110.91 MB • 37:13


01. Mother Focus (3:04)
02. I Need a Bathroom (3:05)
03. Bennie Helder (3:32)
04. Soft Vanilla (3:03)
05. Hard Vanilla (2:35)
06. Tropic Bird (2:43)
07. Focus IV (3:58)
08. Someone's Crying... What! (3:19)
09. All Together... Oh That! (3:42)
10. No Hang Ups (2:56)
11. My Sweetheart (3:36)
12. Father Bach (1:33)

Line-up / Musicians
- Jan Akkerman / guitars
- Colin Allen / drums (2)
- David Kemper / drums
- Bert Ruiter / basses, vocals (2)
- Thijs van Leer / keyboards, flutes, vocals (1)

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1976 Ship of Memories



MP3 • 320 kbps • 99.01 MB • 40:03


01. P's march
02. Can't believe my eyes
03. Focus V
04. Out of Vesuvius
05. Glider
06. Red sky at night
07. Spoke the Lord Creator
08. Crackers
09. Ship of memories
10. Hocus Pocus

Line-up / Musicians
- Bert Ruiter / bass
- David Kemper / drums
- Hans Cleuver / drums
- Jan Akkerman / guitar
- Martin Dresden / bass
- Pierre van der Linden / drums
- Thijs Van Leer / keyboards, flute, vocals

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1978 Focus Con Proby



MP3 • 320 kbps • 113.6 MB • 48:07


01. Wingless (5:35)
02. Orion (4:08)
03. Night Flight (3:40)
04. Eddy (5:54)
05. Sneezing Bull (4:27)
06. Brother (5:19)
07. Tokyo Rose (5:08)
08. Maximum (8:40)
09. How Long (5:16)

Line-up / Musicians
- Eef Albers / electric & rhythm guitars
- Philip Catherine / electric & rhythm guitars
- P.J. Proby / lead vocals
- Bert Ruiter / bass
- Steve Smith / drums
- Thijs van Leer / keyboards, flute

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1985 Focus: Jan Akkerman and Thijs Van Leer



MP3 • 320 kbps • 136.12 MB • 59:21


01. Russian roulette (5:54)
02. King Kong (3:55)
03. Le tango (4:55)
04. Indian Summer (5:50)
05. Beethoven's revenge (18:53)
06. Olé Judy (3:52)
07. Who's calling? (16:14)

Line-up / Musicians
- Jan Akkerman / guitars, guitar synthesizer, drum program
- Thijs van Leer / keyboards, flutes vocals
+ Sergio Castillo / drumfills (3)
- Tato Gomez / bass (1-4)
- Ruud Jacobs / big bass (5)
- Ustad Zamir Ahmad Khan / tabla (4)
- Ed Starink / Fairlight synthesizer programming

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1994 The Best of Focus: Hocus Pocus



MP3 • 320 kbps • 185.85 MB • 76:50


01. Hocus Pocus (6:42)
02. Anonymus (6:36)
03. House of the King (2:52)
04. Focus [instrumental] (9:49)
05. Janis (3:10)
06. Focus II (4:05)
07. Tommy (Eruption) (3:27)
08. Sylvia (3:33)
09. Focus III (6:09)
10. Harem Scarem (5:53)
11. Mother Focus (3:07)
12. Focus IV (4:01)
13. Bennie Helder (3:33)
14. Glider (4:40)
15. Red Sky at Night (5:49)
16. Hocus Pocus [US Single Version] (3:24)

Line-up / Musicians
- Jan Akkerman / guitar
- Thijs Van Leer / keyboard, flute, vocals
- Colin Allen / drums
- Hans Eric Cleuver / drums
- Martin Dresden / bass
- Cyril Havermanns / bass
- David Kemper / bass
- Bert Ruiter / bass
- Pierre VanDer Linden / drums

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1996 Live At The BBC



MP3 • 320 kbps • 134.03 MB • 62:20


01. Virtuous Woman (10:58)
02. Blues in D (3:46)
03. Maximum (14:01)
04. Sneezing Bull (7:46)
05. Sonata for Flute (2:48)
06. House of the King (3:15)
07. Angel Wings (5:39)
08. Little Sister/What You See (8:18)
09. Hocus Pocus (5:49)

Line-up / Musicians
- Thijs Van Leer / vocals, organ & flute
- Bert Ruiter / bass, vocals
- Philip Catherine / guitar
- David Kemper / drums

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2002 Focus 8



MP3 • 320 kbps • 146.05 MB • 59:07


01. Rock & Rio (3:27)
02. Tamara's move (5:17)
03. Fretless love (6:08)
04. Hurkey Turkey (4:15)
05. De ti o de mi (6:30)
06. Focus 8 (6:19)
07. Sto ce raditi zwota (5:26)
08. Neurotika (3:47)
09. Brother (5:39)
10. Blizu tebe (6:38)
11. Flower shines (5:41)

Line-up / Musicians
- Jan Dumée / guitars, vocals
- Bobby Jacobs / bass
- Thijs van Leer / Hammond organ, flute, vocals
- Bert Smaak / drums

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2003 Live in America



MP3 • 320 kbps • 115.32 MB


01. Focus I
02. House of the King
03. Focus II
04. Eruption
05. Sylvia
06. Focus V
07. Cathedral de Strasbourg
08. Focus VII
09. Hocus Pocus
10 Focus III

Line-up / Musicians
- Thijs van Leer / vocals, flute & Hammond
- Bert Smaak /drums
- Bobby Jacobs /bass
- Jan Dumee /guitar & vocals

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2006 Focus 9 New Skin



MP3 • 320 kbps • 168.79 MB • 68:16


01. Black Beauty (4:13)
02. Focus 7 (5:22)
03. Hurkey Turky 2 (4:03)
04. Sylvia's Stepson - Ubutuba (4:48)
05. Niels' Skin (6:03)
06. Just Like Eddy (5:08)
07. Aya-Yuppie-Hippie-Yee (5:20)
08. Focus 9 (7:57)
09. Curtain Call (4:32)
10. Ode To Venus (4:26)
11. European Rap [sody] (10:22)
12. Pim (3:00)
13. It Takes 2 2 Tango (8:01)

Line-up / Musicians
- Thijs van Leer / Hammond, keyboards, flute, vocals
- Pierre van Der Linden / drums
- Bobby Jacobs / bass
- Niels van der Steenhoven / guitars

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Brainbox - The Singles 1969-1971



MP3 • 320 kbps • 91.06 MB


01. Amsterdam, The First Days (1969)
02. Doomsday Train (1970 - A-side)
03. Good Morning Day (1970 - B-side)
04. Cruel Train (1970)
05. To You (1970)
06. Between Alpha & Omega (1970 - A-side)
07. The Flight (1970, B-side)
08. So Helpless (1970 - B-side)
09. The Smile (Old Friends Have The Right To) (A-side)
10. Sea Of Delight (1969 - Single Version)
11. Mobilae (1970)
12. Virgin (1971)

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