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Focus II (better known by its international title, Moving Waves) is the second studio album by Dutch progressive rock band Focus, released in October 1971 on Imperial Records. Following the departure of original bassist Martin Dresden and drummer Hans Cleuver in 1970, the band recruited Cyril Havermans and Pierre van der Linden , respectively ...
Focus Plays Focus / In And Out Of Focus — — — — 104 — — 1971 Focus II / Moving Waves: 4 15 — 2 8 6 US: Gold 1972 Focus 3: 1 36 20 6 35 54 US: Gold 1974 Hamburger Concerto: 5 14 16 20 66 87 UK: Silver 1975 Mother Focus — 61 17 23 152 — — 1976 Ship of Memories (Studio outtakes 1970–1975) — — — — 163 — — 1978 ...
The result was Focus Plays Focus, better known as its international release title In and Out of Focus, with Terheggen credited as producer and Jerry Boys the engineer. [2] A mix of pop-oriented songs and instrumentals were recorded for the album; van Leer felt the vocals suffered as a result of singing English lyrics with a foreign accent ...
The single version is significantly edited from the album version. "Hocus Pocus 2" is a slightly faster version with some funk elements and rhythms added. It was released as a single in its own right in Europe and was the B-side to the North American release of "Hocus Pocus". When performing live, Focus would play "Hocus Pocus" even faster. [15]
Pages in category "Albums produced by Focus..." The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. ... Back 2 Basics (Sway & King Tech album) Back on My B ...
Akkerman joined the Thijs van Leer Trio in late 1969 which, as the nascent band Focus, was the pit band for the Dutch theatrical production of Hair (recorded as an album in 1969). Under the name Focus, the band explored progressive rock , an amalgam of classical, jazz, and rock music, and had hits in the seventies such as "Hocus Pocus" and ...
Focus 3 is the third studio album by Dutch rock band Focus, released as a double album in November 1972 on Imperial Records.Recorded after touring in support of their previous album, Moving Waves (1971), the album saw the band write extended pieces and is their first with bassist Bert Ruiter in the group's line-up.
Ship of Memories is a compilation album from the Dutch rock band Focus, released in 1976 on EMI-Bovema.During a period of group inactivity, longtime associate Hubert Terheggen asked their producer Mike Vernon to select previously unreleased material for official release.