
From Loudersound.
Dutch prog rock legends Focus will celebrate their 50th anniversary with the release of Focus 50, a 3CD/Blu-Ray package to be released on April 30 through In Focus Records distributed by Cherry Red Records.
The Coronavirus pandemic forced Focus to postpone their anniversary celebrations from 2020 and Focus 50 will herald a year of celebration which will culminate in the release of a brand new studio album in early 2022.
At the heart of the Focus 50 package are 2CDs and Blu-Ray of Focus Live In Rio, a concert recorded in Nitteroi, Rio de Janeiro, in 2017. The concert features music from across the history of the band from Focus 1 and House Of The King, on their very first album, through the classics Hocus Pocus, Sylvia and Focus III to Song For Eva which was first released in 2017.
Focus 50 also includes a bonus CD Completely Focused with the classic Focus tracks numbered 1 through 12 re-recorded by the current Focus line-up of Thijs van Leer (keyboard, flute and vocals), Pierre van der Linden (drums), Menno Gootjes (guitar) and Udo Pannekeet (bass). These were recorded during the lockdown period and mixed by Pannekeet.
The discs are accompanied by a booklet with notes by the band, their long serving engineer Geert Scheijgrond and South American tour promoter Marcel Castro with whom Focus have had a long relationship and who brought together the recording of the show in Rio. The booklet also features photos from the Rio concert showing life on the road with Focus together with personal photos from touring and in the studio.
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- Focus - Moving Waves - 1st Stereo - UK - vinyl LP - £40.00, $50.40, €48.40 (New Item) (arrived 18-Feb-2025 17:00)on February 22, 2025 at 8:52 am
FOCUS Moving Waves (1971 UK first issue 6-track LP, the second studio album from the Dutch rock band including the full 6:35 version of Hocus Pocus & the side long Eruption, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal shelfwear and the vinyl onlyshows some light spindle wear to inidicate play, remaining Excellent condition)
- Focus - Focus On Focus - Dutch - vinyl LP - £20.00, $25.20, €24.20 (Back In Stock) (arrived 23-Dec-2024 18:00)on February 22, 2025 at 8:52 am
FOCUS Focus On Focus (1979 Dutch 14-track vinyl LP compilation, featuring the hitsSylvia and Hocus Pocus, picture sleeve. The sleeve has a small area of image loss to one corner and is otherwise Excellent, while the vinyl looks barely played)
- Focus - Focus III - Japanese - SHM CD - £40.00, $50.40, €48.40 (New Item) (arrived 09-Oct-2024 17:00)on February 22, 2025 at 8:52 am
FOCUS Focus III (2009 Japanese exclusive limited edition 9-track Super High Material SHM-CD, the third album from the legendary Dutch jazz-progsters, originally released in 1972, housed in a mini LP-style internal pasted card wallet picture sleeve, with a replica inner, fold-out insert, and the all-important exclusive metallic obi-strip VICP-70051)
- Focus - Moving Waves - 3rd - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.90, €18.15 (New Item) (arrived 28-Nov-2024 15:55)on February 22, 2025 at 8:52 am
FOCUS Moving Waves (1973 UK issue of the 1971 6-track vinyl LP on the red Polydor label, including the full version of 'Hocus Pocus', pressed in the US for the UK market, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows light ringwear, as well as some shelfwear, the vinyl has a couple of light scuffs, still an Excellent copy )
- Focus - Moving Waves - 3rd - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.90, €18.15 (New Item) (arrived 28-Nov-2024 18:00)on February 22, 2025 at 8:52 am
FOCUS Moving Waves (1973 UK issue of the 1971 6-track vinyl LP on the red Polydor label, including the full version of 'Hocus Pocus', pressed in the US for the UK market, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows light ringwear, as well as some shelfwear, the vinyl has a couple of light scuffs, still an Excellent copy )
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