| Focus - Rockin' The Park, Clumber Park, UK |
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| Recorded at Rockin' The Park, Clumber Park, UK. Great audience recording. From the info file: FOCUS Rockin' The Park, Clumber Park, UK. August 17 2012. Recorded with a Zoom Q3 Handy Recorder, excellent stereo sound. Wav > EAC > Flac8. from http://www.focustheband.com/index2.htm With their unique progressive rock Focus manifested themselves at the start of the seventies as the most successful and the most appreciated of all the Dutch pop-rock exports. The band were fronted by the much admired duo of Thijs van Leer on the Hammond organ/flute and Jan Akkerman on the guitar. Their hit potential came in the form of a couple of instrumentals, 'Hocus Pocus', 'House of the King', and 'Sylvia', but we shouldn't forget their timeless albums 'Moving Waves', 'Focus 3' and 'Hamburger Concerto'. But like all good things, it couldn't last and internal wrangling ended this legendary group. After an initial careful comeback which resulted in a well received album 'Focus 8', the band are now back on the frontline, with a fantastic line-up! Of course the founder member and musical genius Thijs van Leer is still holding the fort. Also back in his old spot is Pierre van der Linden, the drummer who is internationally renowned for his rhythmic skills, and who was and still is a defining factor in the whole Focus sound. Together with Bobby Jacobs who stems from a well acclaimed Dutch musical family, they are responsible for the rhythm section and that unmistakable Focus groove. The talented Niels van der Steenhoven stayed with the band from 2005 till january 2011. Menno Gootjes who participated in Focus in a earlier stage completes the band's line-up. 01. Focus I > Anonymous 02. House Of The King 03. Aya-Yuppie-Hippie-Yee 04. Eruption 05. Sylvia 06. Hocus Pocus |