FOCUS

Albums recorded by Focus, with release dates and UK CD availability.

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No	TITLE	RELEASED	BUY
1a	Focus Plays Focus	--/70
1b	In And Out Of Focus	--/70	New or Used
2	Focus II [aka Moving Waves]	--/70	New
3	Focus III	--/72	New
4	Focus At The Rainbow [live]	--/73	New or Used
5	Hamburger Concerto	--/74	New
6	Mother Focus	10/75	New
7	Ship Of Memories	--/76	New
8	Focus Con Proby	--/77
9	Focus	--/85
10	Focus 8	--/02	New or Used
11	Live In America	--/03
12	Live At The BBC	04/04	New
13	Live Legends	08/04	New or Used
14	Focus 9 / New Skin	10/06	New

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1a) FOCUS PLAYS FOCUS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.	Focus [instrumental version] Why Dream? Happy Nightmare (Mescaline) Anonymus Black Beauty Sugar Island Focus [vocal version] The album was rereleased later in 1970 after Focus became successful but without track 7 and with a different title.		Jan Akkerman Hans Eric Cleuver Martin Dresden Thijs van Leer Producer:	Guitar Drums Bass Organ, Flute, Vocals Hubert Tereggen

1b) IN AND OUT OF FOCUS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.	Focus [instrumental version] Why Dream? Happy Nightmare (Mescaline) Anonymus Black Beauty Sugar Island House Of The King The rereleased first album.		Jan Akkerman Hans Eric Cleuver Martin Dresden Thijs van Leer Producer:	Guitar Drums Bass Organ, Flute, Vocals Hubert Tereggen

2) FOCUS II (aka MOVING WAVES)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.	Hocus Pocus Le Clochard ("Bread") Janis Moving Waves Focus II Eruption: a) Orfeus-Answer-Orfeus b) Answer-Pupilla-Tommy c) Answer-The Bridge d) Euridice-Dayglow-Endless Road e) Answer-Orfeus-Euridice The original Dutch issue was called Focus II but the album was known as Moving Waves elsewhere.	Focus II Moving Waves	Jan Akkerman Cyril Havermanns Pierre van der Linden Thijs van Leer Producer:	Guitar, Bass Bass, Vocals Drums Organ, Harmonium, Mellotron, Piano, Soprano & Alto Flute, Vocals Mike Vernon

3) FOCUS III
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. 2. 3. 4.	LP One Round Goes The Gossip Love Remembered Sylvia Carnival Fugue Focus 3 Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers! LP Two Anonymus Two - Part 1 Anonymus Two - Part 2 Elspeth Of Nottingham House Of The King	European Issue US Issue	Jan Akkerman Bert Ruiter Pierre van der Linden Thijs van Leer Producer:	Guitar Bass Drums Organ, Piano, Harpsichord, Vocals, Alto Flute, Piccolo Mike Vernon

4) FOCUS AT THE RAINBOW
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.	Focus 3 Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers! Focus 2 Eruption (excerpts): a) Orfeus b) Answer c) Orfeus d) Answer e) Pupilla f) Tommy g) Pupilla Hocus Pocus Sylvia Hocus Pocus (reprise) Recorded live at The Rainbow Theatre, London, England on 5 May 1973	LP Issue European CD US Issue	Jan Akkerman Bert Ruiter Pierre van der Linden Thijs van Leer Producer:	Guitar Vocals, Bass Drums Vocals, Organ, Flute Mike Vernon

5) HAMBURGER CONCERTO
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.	Delitiæ Musicæ Harem Scarem La Cathedrale De Strasbourg Birth Hamburger Concerto: a) Starter b) Rare c) Medium 1 d) Medium 2 e) Well Done f) One For The Road Part studio recordings, part recorded on the organ of St Mary The Virgin, Barnes, Surrey, England		Jan Akkerman Colin Allen Bert Ruiter Thijs van Leer Producer:	Guitar, Lute, Percussion Drums, Percussion Bass, Autoharp, Percussion Organ, Piano, Harpsichord, Synthesiser, Mellotron, Vibes, Accordion, Flute, Alto Flute, Recorder, Percussion, Vocals Mike Vernon

6) MOTHER FOCUS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.	Mother Focus I Need A Bathroom Bennie Helder Soft Vanilla Hard Vanilla Tropic Bird Focus 4 Someone�s Crying...What! All Together!...Oh That! No Hang Ups My Sweetheart Father Bach		Jan Akkerman Colin Allen David Kemper Bert Ruiter Thijs van Leer Producer:	Guitar Drums (Track 2) Drums Bass, Vocals (Track 2) Keyboards, Flute, Vocals (Track 1) Focus

7) SHIP OF MEMORIES
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.	P�s March Can�t Believe My Eyes Focus 5 Out Of Vesuvius Glider Red Sky At Night Spoke The Lord Creator Crackers Ship Of Memories A compilation of previously unreleased tracks		Jan Akkerman Colin Allen David Kemper Bert Ruiter Pierre van der Linden Thijs van Leer Producer:	Guitar Drums, Percussion Drums Bass, Percussion Drums Keyboards, Synthesiser, Flute, Vocals Focus, Hubert Tereggen, Mike Vernon

8) FOCUS CON PROBY
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.	Wingless Orion Night Flight Eddy Sneezing Bull Brother Tokyo Rose Maximum How Long		Eef Albers Philip Catherine PJ Proby Bert Ruiter Pierre van der Linden Thijs van Leer Producer:	Guitar Guitar Vocals Bass Drums Keyboards, Synthesiser, Flute Yde De Jong

9) FOCUS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.	Russian Roulette King Kong Le Tango Indian Summer Beethoven's Revenge Olé Judy Who's Calling?		Jan Akkerman Sergio Castillo Tato Gomez Ruud Jacobs Ustad Zamir Ahmad Khan Ed Starring Thijs van Leer Producer:	Guitar, Synthesiser Drumfills (Track 3) Bass (Tracks 1,4) Bass (Track 5) Tabla (Track 4) Fairlight Programming Keyboards, Flute, Vocals Ruud Jacobs

10) FOCUS 8
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.	Rock & Rio Tamara's Move (Allegro-Adagio-Allegro) Fretless Love Hurkey Turkey De Ti O De Mi Focus 8 Sto Ces Raditi Ostatac Zivota? Neurotika Brother Blizu Tébe Flower Shower		Jan Dumée Bobby Jacobs Geert Scheijgrond Bert Smaak Thijs van Leer Ruben van Roon Producer:	Guitar Bass Guitar (Track 4) Drums Organ, Flute, Vocals Drums (Track 8) Focus, Geert Scheijgrond

11) LIVE IN AMERICA
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.	Focus I House Of The King Focus II Eruption Sylvia Focus V La Cathedral de Strasbourg Focus VII Hocus Pocus Focus III Recorded live at The Classic Rock Festival at The Patriots Theater At The War Memorial, Trenton, New Jersey, USA on 6 October 2002		Jan Dumée Bobby Jacobs Bert Smaak Thijs van Leer Producer:	Guitar, Vocals Bass Drums Organ, Flute, Vocals

12) LIVE AT THE BBC
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.	Virtuous Woman Blues In D Maximum Sneezing Bull Sonata For Flute House Of The King Angel Wings Little Sister/What You See Hocus Pocus Recorded live by the BBC for In Concert at The Paris Theatre, London, England on 21 March 1976		Philip Catherine Bert Ruiter David Kemper Thijs van Leer Producer:	Guitar Bass, Vocals Drums Flute, Keyboards, Vocals

13) LIVE LEGENDS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.	CD 1 Hocus Pocus Hamburger Concerto Anonymous II Focus Medley Sneezing Bull Angels Wings CD 2 Focus I House Of The King Focus II Eruption Sylvia Focus V Focus VII Hocus Pocus Focus III		CD 1: live in the studio recordings for the BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test in May 1972 and 9 March 1976 CD 2: is of the 6 October 2002 show (see album 11, Live In America)

14) FOCUS 9 / NEW SKIN
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.	Black Beauty Focus 7 Hurkey Turkey 2 Sylvia's Stepson Niels' Skin Just Like Eddy Aya-Yuppie-Hippie-Yee Focus 9 Curtain Call Ode To Venus European Rap(sody) Pim It Takes 2 2 Tango		Jo de Roeck Bobby Jacobs Pierre van der Linden Niels van der Steenhoven Thijs van Leer Producer:	Vocals (Track 6) Bass Drums Guitar Organ, Flute, Vocals Bobby Jacobs, Thijs van Leer

FOCUS

1a) FOCUS PLAYS FOCUS

1b) IN AND OUT OF FOCUS

2) FOCUS II (aka MOVING WAVES)

3) FOCUS III

4) FOCUS AT THE RAINBOW

5) HAMBURGER CONCERTO

6) MOTHER FOCUS

7) SHIP OF MEMORIES

8) FOCUS CON PROBY

9) FOCUS

10) FOCUS 8

11) LIVE IN AMERICA

12) LIVE AT THE BBC

13) LIVE LEGENDS

14) FOCUS 9 / NEW SKIN