Focus – 50 Years: Anthology 1970-1976, consisting of 9 CDs and 2DVDs with remasters and never before released material, such as the ‘Focus At TheRainbow’ concert film from 1973!

This box set contains the complete workof Focus as released between 1970 and1976, the years in which the band featured4 of the most talented musicians originatingfrom the Netherlands during the 70s:guitarist Jan Akkerman, keyboard playerThijs van Leer, bass player Bert Ruiter anddrummer Pierre van der Linden.

‘50 Years: Anthology 1970-1976’ is curated by Focus/Jan Akkerman archivist Wouter Bessels andincludes 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 DVDs contain 4+ hours audiovisual material from the archives of worldwidetv broadcasting companies, plus the first official and long anticipated release of the 1973 ‘FocusAt The Rainbow’ concert movie, carefully remastered from the original 16 mm film.

Content:

First seven albums (released between 1970 and 1976) 24-bit remastered from the originaltapesB-sides, single mixes and previously unreleased bonus tracksCD featuring the first official release of BBC In Concert 1973; in stereo from the BBC archivetapesCD featuring 80 minutes of previously unreleased Focus concert recordings from 1971-19752 DVDs featuring the complete Focus At the Rainbow concert film from 1973 restored andremastered from the original 16 mm film, two BBC ‘Old Grey Whistle Test’ broadcasts from1972 and BBC In Concert from 1974, plus rare footage from Focus live in Dublin 1973, variousclips, the ‘Goud van Oud’ reunion from 1990 and the ‘Focus 2 Classic Albums’ documentaryfrom 199780-page booklet with band history, liner notes and various memorabilia

• - 1 -

  • 1. Focus ... (Instrumental)
  • 2. Why Dream
  • 3. Happy Nightmare (Mescaline)
  • 4. Anonymus
  • 5. Black Beauty
  • 6. Sugar Island
  • 7. Focus ... (Vocal)
  • 8. Bonus: House of the King
  • 9. Bonus: Eruption (Live Lanx 1970)

• - 2 -

  • 1. Hocus Pocus
  • 2. Le Clochard (Bread)
  • 3. Janis
  • 4. Moving Waves
  • 5. Focus Ii
  • 6. Eruption
  • 7. Bonus: Hocus Pocus (Single Version)
  • 8. Bonus: Tommy (Single Version)
  • 9. Bonus: Focus I (Live Texel 1971)

• - 3 -

  • 1. Round Goes the Gossip
  • 2. Love Remembered
  • 3. Sylvia
  • 4. Carnival Fugue
  • 5. Focus Iii
  • 6. Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!
  • 7. Anonymus Ii (Part 1)
  • 8. Anonymus Ii (Conclusion)
  • 9. Elspeth of Nottingham
  • 10. Bonus: Sylvia (Single Version)
  • 11. Bonus: Love Remembered (Single Version)
  • 12. Bonus: Hocus Pocus (Us Single Version)

• - 4 -

  • 1. Focus Iii
  • 2. Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!
  • 3. Focus Ii
  • 4. Eruption
  • 5. Hocus Pocus
  • 6. Sylvia
  • 7. Hocus Pocus - Reprise
  • 8. Bonus: P's March (Original Mix - Single Version)
  • 9. Bonus: Ship of Memories (Original Mix)
  • 10. Bonus: Ship of Memories (Original Mix - Full Version)

• - 5 -

  • 1. Delitae Musicae
  • 2. Harem Scarem
  • 3. La Cathedrale De Strasbourg
  • 4. Birth
  • 5. Hamburger Concerto
  • 6. Bonus: Early Birth
  • 7. Bonus: Harem Scarem (Single Version)
  • 8. Bonus: Birth (Alternate Mix)
  • 9. Bonus: Harem Scarem (Alternate Mix)

• - 6 -

  • 1. Mother Focus
  • 2. I Need a Bathroom
  • 3. Bennie Helder
  • 4. Soft Vanilla
  • 5. Hard Vanilla
  • 6. Tropic Bird
  • 7. Focus Iv
  • 8. Someone's Crying ... What!
  • 9. All Together ... Oh That!
  • 10. No Hang Ups
  • 11. My Sweetheart
  • 12. Father Bach
  • 13. Bonus: Focus Iv (Rough Mix)
  • 14. Bonus: Bennie Helder (Rough Mix)
  • 15. Bonus: Vanilla (Rough Mix)
  • 16. Bonus: Mother Focus (Rough Mix)
  • 17. Bonus: All Together ... Oh That! (Rough Mix)
  • 18. Bonus: My Sweetheart (Rough Mix)
  • 19. Bonus: Someone's Crying ... What! (Rough Mix)
  • 20. Bonus: Studio 55 Jam

• - 7 -

  • 1. P's March
  • 2. Can't Believe My Eyes
  • 3. Focus V
  • 4. Out of Vesuvius
  • 5. Glider
  • 6. Red Sky At Night
  • 7. Spoke the Lord Creator
  • 8. Crackers
  • 9. Ship of Memories
  • 10. Bonus: Elektrisch Levenslicht (Neerlands Hoop In Bange Dagen
  • 11. Bonus: the Shrine of God (Ramses Shaffy W/ Focus)
  • 12. Bonus: Watch the Ugly People (Ramses Shaffy W/Focus)
  • 13. Bonus: House of the King (Rough Mix Version 1)
  • 14. Bonus: House of the King (Rough Mix Version 2)
  • 15. Bonus: Focus 3 (Unreleased Single Version)
  • 16. Bonus: Hocus Pocus (Us Single Version - Takes 14-17)
  • 17. Bonus: Glider (Single Version)
  • 18. Bonus: P's March (Single Version)
  • 19. Bonus: O Avondrood
  • 20. Bonus: Crackers (Vocal Version)

• - 8 -

  • 1. Focus Iii
  • 2. Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!
  • 3. Focus Ii
  • 4. Anonymus Ii
  • 5. Focus I
  • 6. Hocus Pocus
  • 7. Sylvia - Hocus Pocus (Reprise)

• - 9 -

  • 1. Eruption (Live Rotterdam 1971)
  • 2. Birth
  • 3. Improvisation #1
  • 4. House of the King
  • 5. Improvisation #2
  • 6. Hocus Pocus

• - 10 -

  • 1. Bbc the Old Grey Whistle Test (May 1972)
  • 2. Bbc the Old Grey Whistle Test (December 1972)
  • 3. Focus At the Rainbow (May 1973)
  • 4. Bbc In Concert (April 1974)

• - 11 -

  • 1. Nos Van Gewest Tot Gewest (July 1970)
  • 2. Nos Uit De Kunst (June 1972)
  • 3. Rte the Music Makers: Focus At the Stadium (November 1973)
  • 4. Vara Nederpopzien (December 1973)
  • 5. Avro Toppop: Harem Scarem (May 1974)
  • 6. Avro Toppop: O Avondrood (June 1976)
  • 7. Veronica Goud Van Oud (April 1990)
  • 8. Ncrv Classic Albums: Moving Waves (June 1997)