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Focus (1969 - )

Group - Netherlands Dutch progressive rock group

Releases (36)

Official

Album

  1. In And Out Of Focus 1970
  2. Focus II Oct 1971 aka Moving Waves
  3. Focus 3 Nov 1972
  4. Hamburger Concerto May 1974
  5. Mother Focus Oct 1975
  6. Ship of Memories 1976
  7. Focus 8 Jan 2002
  8. Focus 9 / New Skin 01 Sep 2006
  9. Focus X 02 Nov 2012
  10. Golden Oldies 13 Apr 2014
  11. Focus 11 25 Jan 2019

Album - Live

  1. Live at the Rainbow Oct 1973
  2. Live in America 2003
  3. Live at the BBC 2004
  4. Live in England 2016
  5. Focus 50: Live in Rio – Completely Focussed 25 Jun 2021

Album - Compilation

  1. Focus 1973 Masters of Rock
  2. The Story of Focus 1974
  3. House of the King 1976
  4. Focus on Focus 1979
  5. Grandes éxitos 1983
  6. Best Of 1983
  7. Focus Aug 1985
  8. The Best of Focus: Hocus Pocus 1993
  9. Best Of, Vol. 2 26 Aug 2011
  10. The Golden Years of Dutch Pop Music (A&B Sides and More) 2015
  11. Hocus Pocus Box Jul 2017
  12. The Focus Family Album Sep 2017
  13. 50 Years: Anthology 1970–1976 13 Nov 2020

Single

  1. Hocus Pocus / Janis Jul 1971
  2. Tommy / Focus II 1972

Bootleg

Album - Live

  1. 1973‐03‐23: Philharmonic Hall, New York, NY, USA
  2. 1972-07-20: Paris Theatre, London, UK
  3. 1972‐12‐12: The Sky Will Fall Over London Tonight: BBC Studios, London, UK

Album - Compilation

  1. Rare Broadcasts 01 Jan 2010

Relationships (20)

Members

  1. Martin Dresden (1969 - 1970) original, background vocals, bass
  2. Hans Cleuver (1969 - 1998) original, lead vocals, percussion, drums (drum set)
  3. Thijs van Leer (1969) original, lead vocals, flute, keyboard, synthesizer, piano
  4. Jan Akkerman (1969 - 1990) original, lute, percussion, bass, guitar
  5. Cyril Havermans (1970 - 1971) background vocals, bass
  6. Pierre van der Linden (1970) percussion, drums (drum set)
  7. Bert Ruiter (1971 - 1998) background vocals, bass
  8. Colin Allen (1973 - 1974) percussion, drums (drum set)
  9. David Kemper (1975 - 1977) drums (drum set)
  10. Philip Catherine (1976 - 1978) guitar
  11. Steve Smith (1977) drums (drum set)
  12. P.J. Proby (1977) lead vocals
  13. Eef Albers (1977 - 1978) guitar
  14. Menno Gootjes (1997) guitar
  15. Jan Dumée (2001 - 2006) background vocals, guitar
  16. Bert Smaak (2002 - 2003) drums (drum set)
  17. Bobby Jacobs (2002 - Dec 2016) background vocals, bass
  18. Niels van der Steenhoven (2006 - 2010) guitar
  19. Udo Pannekeet (2016) bass
  20. Jo De Roeck

Recordings by (219)

  1. Focus (vocal) 2:44 (1970)
  2. Black Beauty 3:05 (1970)
  3. Sugar Island 3:05 (1970)
  4. Happy Nightmare (Mescaline) 3:58 (1970)
  5. Why Dream 3:57 (1970)
  6. Focus (instrumental) 9:45 (1970)
  7. House of the King 2:20 (1970) without flute intro
  8. Anonymous 7:00 (1970)
  9. Anonymus 7:00 (1970)
  10. Janis 3:08 (Jul 1971)
  11. Hocus Pocus 3:24 (Jul 1971) U.S. single version
  12. Le Clochard 2:01 (Oct 1971)
  13. Focus II 4:03 (Oct 1971)
  14. Moving Waves 2:42 (Oct 1971)
  15. Eruption 23:01 (Oct 1971)
  16. Round Goes the Gossip… 5:12 (Nov 1972)
  17. Love Remembered 2:49 (Nov 1972)
  18. Sylvia 3:30 (Nov 1972)
  19. Carnival Fugue 6:08 (Nov 1972)
  20. Focus III 6:07 (Nov 1972)
  21. Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers! 13:55 (Nov 1972)
  22. Elspeth of Nottingham 3:06 (Nov 1972)
  23. Anonymus II (Part 1) 19:28 (Nov 1972)
  24. Anonymus II (Conclusion) 7:30 (Nov 1972)
  25. Eruption: a. Orfeus, Answer, Orfeus / b. Answer, Pupilla, Tommy, Pupilla / c. Answer, The Bridge / d. Euridice, Dayglow, Endless Road / e. Answer, Orfeus, Euridice 22:35 (1972)
  26. Tommy 3:25 (1972)
  27. Hocus Pocus (reprise) 2:46 (Oct 1973) live, 1973-05-05: The Rainbow Theatre, London, UK
  28. Round Goes the Gossip 5:10 (1973)
  29. Eruption: Orfeus 1:20 (1973)
  30. Eruption: Answer 1:34 (1973)
  31. Eruption: Tommy 1:45 (1973)
  32. Eruption: Pupilla 0:34 (1973)
  33. Eruption: The Bridge 5:18 (1973)
  34. Eruption: Break 0:24 (1973)
  35. Eruption: Euridice 1:40 (1973)
  36. Eruption: Dayglow 2:07 (1973)
  37. Eruption: Endless Road 1:36 (1973)
  38. Delitæ Musicæ 1:13 (May 1974)
  39. Harem Scarem 5:52 (May 1974)
  40. La Cathédrale de Strasbourg 4:59 (May 1974)
  41. Birth 7:45 (May 1974)
  42. Hamburger Concerto 20:19 (May 1974)
  43. Early Birth 2:55 (May 1974)
  44. Le Clochard (“Bread”) 1:55 (1974)
  45. Mother Focus 3:07 (Oct 1975)
  46. Bennie Helder 3:33 (Oct 1975)
  47. I Need a Bathroom 3:05 (Oct 1975)
  48. Soft Vanilla 3:03 (Oct 1975)
  49. Hard Vanilla 2:35 (Oct 1975)
  50. Tropic Bird 2:43 (Oct 1975)
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On Recordings (9)

Performer

  1. Janis 3:08 Focus (Jul 1971)
  2. Eruption 23:01 Focus (Oct 1971)
  3. Moving Waves 2:42 Focus (Oct 1971)
  4. Le Clochard 2:01 Focus (Oct 1971)
  5. Focus II 4:03 Focus (Oct 1971)

Produced

  1. Glider 4:40 Focus (1976)
  2. Crackers 2:43 Focus (1976)
  3. Red Sky at Night 5:49 Focus (1976)
  4. Avondrood ?:?? Focus (1976)

Credited as (9)

  1. Focus
  2. Focus Con Proby
  3. Ramses Shaffy & Focus
  4. Focus Con Proby
  5. Focus featuring Marvio Ciribelli
  6. Ramses Shaffy & Group Focus
  7. Focus / Love and Tears / West, Bruce & Laing / Kin Ping Meh / Rare Bird
  8. Ramses Shaffy With Group Focus
  9. Focus con Proby

Events (3)

Main Performer At

  1. The Great Western Express Festival 1972, day 3, main stage
  2. Convention ProgResiste 2005, Day 1 time
  3. Night of the Prog Festival XI, Day 2 time

Links (35)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.focustheband.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/focus
  2. https://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=658
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91034274
  4. https://d-nb.info/gnd/5229692-1
  5. https://www.spirit-of-rock.com/en/band/Focus
  6. https://www.whosampled.com/Focus/
  7. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n91034274/
  8. https://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/F/Focus/
  9. https://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/focus/
  10. https://www.45cat.com/artist/focus

Lyrics Page

  1. https://genius.com/artists/Focus-band
  2. https://www.musixmatch.com/artist/Focus

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Focus

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/59719

Setlist.Fm

  1. https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/focus-3bd6ac60.html

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/31208

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000195305

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1549121/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/145103283

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q288918

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/196

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/3344
  2. https://open.spotify.com/artist/0ifzzRKdmtgaHy9cfnnyCR

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/id27054064
  2. https://us.7digital.com/artist/focus

Purchase Music For Mail-Order

  1. https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/person/700314534

Streaming Page

  1. https://tidal.com/artist/3639392
  2. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/27054064
  3. https://us.napster.com/artist/focus

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/821e11d6-cfec-44a7-9615-06a4e631c975

Social Networking

  1. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Focus/104061072962860?rf=107871439236118
  2. https://twitter.com/Focustheband
  3. https://www.instagram.com/focustheband50/

Youtube Channels

  1. https://www.youtube.com/focustheband