
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 - Focus 3 - EX - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £10.00, $13.60, €11.20 (New Item) (arrived 31-Mar-2021 11:50)on April 21, 2021 at 3:16 am
FOCUS Focus 3 (1972 UK 10-track double LP, including the hit single Sylvia & House Of The King. The gatefold picture sleeve displays some minor general wear, whilst despite a couple of label annotations and a little cosmetic blemishing due to the poly-lined inner, the vinyl is Excellent with few signs of play. A nice, if not mint, example of this early '70s prog classic!)
- Focus - Live At The Rainbow - US - vinyl LP - £15.00, $20.40, €16.80 (New Item) (arrived 08-Dec-2020 09:28)on April 21, 2021 at 3:16 am
FOCUS Live At The Rainbow (1973 US 7-track vinyl LP recorded live at London's Rainbow Theatre on the 5th May 1973. The silvery card picture sleeve has a deletion notch-cut to one edge and shows just a little light shelfwear while the vinyl remains in barely played condition SAS-7408)
- Focus - Sylvia - Inj - UK - 7" vinyl - £8.00, $10.88, €8.96 (New Item) (arrived 22-Sep-2020 08:02)on April 21, 2021 at 3:16 am
FOCUS Sylvia (1972 UK injection moulded 7" vinyl single, also including House Of The King, Polydor company die-cut paper sleeve)
- Focus - Sylvia - Inj - UK - 7" vinyl - £8.00, $10.88, €8.96 (Back In Stock) (arrived 24-Sep-2020 06:22)on April 21, 2021 at 3:16 am
FOCUS Sylvia (1972 UK injection moulded 7" vinyl single, also including House Of The King, Polydor company die-cut paper sleeve)
- Focus - In And Out Of Focus - Polydor label - US - vinyl LP - £15.00, $20.40, €16.80 (New Item) (arrived 05-Oct-2020 12:25)on April 21, 2021 at 3:16 am
FOCUS In And Out Of Focus (1973 US Polydor label reissue of the 1970 8-track vinyl LP, the debut album [aka Focus Plays Focus] by the Dutch rockers. Issued in the UK printed single-pocket picture sleeve which displays a little shelfwear at theedges, while the vinyl shows only minor evidence of play)
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