Focus: 50 Years - Anthology 1970-1976 [9CD, 2DVD Video]

Psychodelia / Experimental Rock
premiera polska: 2020-11-13
kontynent: Europa
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Editor's info:
Limited nine CD + two DVD (PAL) box set. Please note: the DVDs in this set are PAL format, and will not play on most North American DVD players. Dutch prog rock band Focus has been a household name worldwide for 50 years with hits such as "Hocus Pocus", "House Of The King", "Sylvia", "Tommy" and many others. In honor of this monumental band, Red Bullet Productions presents the boxset: Focus - 50 Years: Anthology 1970-1976, consisting of 9 CDs and 2 DVDs with remasters and never before released material, such as the 'Focus At The Rainbow' concert film from 1973! This box set contains the complete work of Focus as released between 1970 and 1976, the years in which the band featured four of the most talented musicians originating from the Netherlands during the 70s: guitarist Jan Akkerman, keyboard player Thijs van Leer, bass player Bert Ruiter and drummer Pierre van der Linden. In the period 1970-1976, Focus was the first continental European rock group to reach a worldwide audience meanwhile touring extensively in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and Japan. The band scored two worldwide hit singles, sold several million albums and was the first Dutch rock group claiming Melody Maker's Brightest Hope award for 1972. One year later, Focus hit the US Billboard charts with two singles and two albums simultaneously. 50 Years: Anthology 1970-1976 is curated by Focus/Jan Akkerman archivist Wouter Bessels and includes long anticipated new remasters of their first seven albums, plus single tracks, alternate mixes, demos, raw studio mixes and previously unreleased live recordings. In addition, two PAL format DVDs contain 4+ hours of audiovisual material from the archives of worldwide TV broadcasting companies, plus the first official and long anticipated release of the 1973 'Focus At The Rainbow' concert movie, carefully remastered from the original 16 mm film.

utwory:
CD1. Focus Plays Focus / In And Out Of Focus
1. Focus (Instrumental) 9:46
2. Why Dream 3:56
3. Happy Nightmare (Mescaline) 3:56
4. Anonymus 7:01
5. Black Beauty 3:05
6. Sugar Island 3:02
7. Focus (Vocal) 2:43
8. House Of The King (Bonus Tracks) 2:23
9. Eruption (Live Lanx 1970) (Bonus Tracks) 37:31

CD2. Focus II / Moving Waves
1. Hocus Pocus 6:41
2. Le Clochard 1:59
3. Janis 3:06
4. Moving Waves 2:41
5. Focus II 4:03
6. Eruption (Orfeus – Answer – Orfeus – Answer – Pupilla – Tommy – Pupilla – Answer – The Bridge – Euridice – Dayglow – Endless Road – Answer – Orfeus – Euridice) 23:07
7. Hocus Pocus (Single Version) (Bonus Tracks) 3:27
8. Tommy (Single Version) (Bonus Tracks) 3:25
9. Focus I (Live Texel 1971) (Bonus Tracks) 14:11

CD3. Focus 3
1. Round Goes The Gossip... 5:16
2. Love Remembered 2:48
3. Sylvia 3:32
4. Carnival Fugue 6:07
5. Focus III 6:05
6. Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers! 14:03
7. Anonymus II (Part 1) 19:33
8. Anonymus II (Conclusion) 7:34
9. Elspeth Of Nottingham 3:13
10. Sylvia (Single Version) - Bonus Tracks 3:32
11. Love Remembered (Single Version) - Bonus Tracks 2:49
12. Hocus Pocus (US Single Version) - Bonus Tracks 3:25

CD4. At The Rainbow
1. Focus III 3:52
2. Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers! 11:26
3. Focus II 4:24
4. Eruption (Orfeus – Answer – Orfeus – Answer – Pupilla – Tommy – Pupilla) 8:40
5. Hocus Pocus 8:27
6. Sylvia 2:47
7. Hocus Pocus – Reprise 2:48
8. P’s March (Original Mix – Single Version) - Bonus Tracks 3:27
9. Ship Of Memories (Original Mix) - Bonus Tracks 4:40
10. P’s March (Original Mix – Full Version) - Bonus Tracks 4:03

CD5. Hamburger Concerto
1. Delitae Musicae 1:13
2. Harem Scarem 5:50
3. La Cathédrale De Strasbourg 4:57
4. Birth 7:45
5. Hamburger Concerto (Starter – Rare – Medium I – Medium II – Well Done – One For The Road) 20:23
6. Early Birth - Bonus Tracks 2:56
7. Harem Scarem (Single Version) - Bonus Tracks 3:08
8. Birth (Alternate Mix) - Bonus Tracks 7:43
9. Harem Scarem (Alternate Mix) - Bonus Tracks 5:51

CD6. Mother Focus
1. Mother Focus 3:05
2. I Need A Bathroom 3:04
3. Bennie Helder 3:33
4. Soft Vanilla 3:04
5. Hard Vanilla 2:35
6. Tropic Bird 2:45
7. Focus IV 3:57
8. Someone’s Crying... What! 3:19
9. All Together... Oh That! 3:41
10. No Hang Ups 2:56
11. My Sweetheart 3:38
12. Father Bach 1:33
13. Focus IV (Rough Mix) - Bonus Tracks 4:02
14. Bennie Helder (Rough Mix) - Bonus Tracks 3:45
15. Vanilla (Rough Mix) - Bonus Tracks 5:42
16. Mother Focus (Rough Mix) - Bonus Tracks 3:02
17. All Together… Oh That! (Rough Mix) - Bonus Tracks 3:42
18. My Sweetheart (Rough Mix) - Bonus Tracks 3:46
19. Someone’s Crying… What! (Rough Mix) - Bonus Tracks 3:18
20. Studio 55 Jam - Bonus Tracks 6:56

CD7. Ship Of Memories
7-1. P’s March 4:48
7-2. Can’t Believe My Eyes 5:22
7-3. Focus V 3:02
7-4. Out Of Vesuvius 5:51
7-5. Glider 4:40
7-6. Red Sky At Night 5:52
7-7. Spoke The Lord Creator 2:33
7-8. Crackers 2:42
7-9. Ship Of Memories 1:47
7-10 –Neerlands Hoop In Bange Dagen Elektrisch Levenslicht - Bonus Tracks 3:09
7-11 –Ramses Shaffy With Group Focus* The Shrine Of God - Bonus Tracks 3:39
7-12 –Ramses Shaffy With Group Focus* Watch The Ugly People - Bonus Tracks 2:19
7-13. House Of The King (Rough Mix Version 1) - Bonus Tracks 2:27
7-14. House Of The King (Rough Mix Version 2) - Bonus Tracks 2:26
7-15. Focus III (Unreleased Single Version) - Bonus Tracks 4:37
7-16. Hocus Pocus (US Single Version – Takes 117) - Bonus Tracks 7:12
7-17. Glider (Single Version) - Bonus Tracks 3:28
7-18. P’s March (Single Version) - Bonus Tracks 4:07
7-19. O Avondrood - Bonus Tracks 5:10
7-20. Crackers (Vocal Version) - Bonus Tracks 2:31

CD8. Focus BBC 1973
8-1. Focus III 3:54
8-2. Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers! 12:09
8-3. Focus II 5:06
8-4. Anonymus II 23:30
8-5. Focus I 4:27
8-6. Hocus Pocus 7:38
8-7. Sylvia – Hocus Pocus (Reprise) 5:52

CD9. Live 1971 - 1975
9-1. Eruption (Live Rotterdam 1971) 46:37
9-2. Birth 11:38
9-3. Improvisation #1 8:35
9-4. House Of The King 3:02
9-5. Improvisation #2 6:23
9-6. Hocus Pocus 3:20

DVD1: Focus Sight & Sound Vol.1
BBC The Old Grey Whistle Test (May 1972) (24:26)
1. Eruption / Hocus Pocus (Take 1)
2. Eruption / Hocus Pocus (Take 2)
BBC The Old Grey Whistle Test (December 1972) (16:01)
3. Anonymous II (Take 2)
4. Sylvia / Hocus Pocus (Take 1)
Focus At The Rainbow (May 1973) (47:28)
5. Focus III
6. Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!
7. Focus II
8. Eruption
9. Hocus Pocus
10. House Of The King
11. Britannia (Jan Akkerman Lute Solo)
12. Sylvia / Hocus Pocus (Reprise)
BBC In Concert (April 1974) (36:18)
13. Hamburger Concerto
14. La Cathédrale De Strasbourg
15. Harem Scarem
16. Sylvia / Hocus Pocus (Reprise)

DVD2: Focus Sight & Sound Vol.2
1. NOS Van Gewest Tot Gewest (July 1970) 1:54
2. NOS Uit De Kunst (June 1972) 3:51
RTE The Music Makers: Focus At The Stadium (November 1973) (48:00)
3. Anonymous II
4. Eruption
5. Hocus Pocus
6. Sylvia / Hocus Pocus (Reprise)
VARA Nederpopzien (December 1973) (34:22)
7. House Of The King
8. Hocus Pocus
9. Britannia (Jan Akkerman Lute Solo)
10. Hamburger Concerto
11. Sylvia / Hocus Pocus (Reprise)
12. AVRO Toppop: Harem Scarem (May 1974) 3:01
13. AVRO Toppop: O Avondrood (June 1976) 4:51
Veronica Goud van Oud (April 1990) (16:44)
14. Focus III
15. Focus II
16. House Of The King
17. Tommy
18. Sylvia
19. NCRV Classic Albums: Moving Waves (June 1997) 50:02

wydano: 2020-11-13