Focus - 1972-12-12 - London, UK (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

THE SKY WILL FALL ON LONDON TONIGHT

December 12, 1972 (BBC Studios, London, England)

Jan Akkerman - Guitar

Thijs Van Leer - Keyboards, Flute and Vocals

Bret Ruiter- Bass Guitars 

Pierre Van Der Linden - Drums

01 - Bob Harris Introduction (0:41)

02 - Anonymus Two (21:42)

03 - Band Introductions (1:19)

04 - Focus I (3:58)

05 - Focus III (3:23)

06 - Answers Questions! Questions Answers! (12:09)

07 - Focus II (4:46)

08 - Bob Harris Once More (0:18)

09 - Hocus Pocus (7:22)

Focus - 2012-11-16 - Trading Boundaries, UK (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Trading Boundaries
East Sussex

Lineage:
Edirol R-09HR (16/44.1/WAV) > Audacity 2 (EQ, volume, track splitting) > TLH > You

Thijs van Leer - Hammond organ, flute and vocals
Menno Gootjes- guitar
Bobby Jacobs - bass
Pierre van der Linden - drums

Set 1:
01 - Focus I
02 - House of the King
03 - Focus 10
04 - Aya-Yuppie-Hippie-Yee
05 - Eruption
06 - Sylvia

Set 2:
01 - All Hens on Deck
02 - La Cathedrale de Strasbourg
03 - Victoria
04 - Le Tango
05 - Harem Scarem
06 - Hocus Pocus

Encore:
07 - Focus III / Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers! ***

Notes:
A small intimate dining venue with reasonable acoustics. Two very special guests were in the audience that night - Roger Dean promoting his annual art exhibition at Trading Boundaries and none other than Mr Steve Hackett whom I got to chat to after the show. Also picked up a special edition copy of Focus X signed by the whole band.

Focus - 1971-10-29 - Rotterdam, NL (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Newport Jazz Festival in Europe

lineage
Trade CDR > EAC > WAV > Cool Edit Pro 2.0 > TLH > FLAC (L8)

Jan Akkerman - guitar
Thijs van Leer - flute, keyboards, vocals
Bert Ruiter - bass
Pierre van der Linden - drums

01. Intro/Tuning (3:09)
02. Eruption (46:04)

Focus - 1971-10-29 - Rotterdam, NL (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundbaord FLAC)

Newport Jazz Festival in Europe

Unknown lineage

Trade CDR > EAC > WAV > Cool Edit Pro 2.0 > TLH > FLAC (L8)

Jan Akkerman - guitar

Thijs van Leer - flute, keyboards, vocals

Bert Ruiter - bass

Pierre van der Linden - drums

01. Intro/Tuning (3:09)

02. Eruption (46:04)

Focus - 1973-05-05 - London, UK (DVDfull pro-shot)

(DVDfull pro-shot)

This is from a Portuguese (or Brazilian) TV broadcast. The DVD has chapters and a menu.
Video quality - good
Audio - very good (After "Sylvia" there seems to be an increase in level and a bit of hiss - not a problem, though)
Performance - excellent - watch Jan Akkerman do his trick with his little finger curled around the volume control of his guitar!

Video 
MPEG-2,720x480 29.97fps (4:3)NTSC

audio
MPEG-1 audio layer-2 48000 Hz stereo 224 kbps

01 - Focus II
02 - Hocus Pocus
03 - Focus III
04 - Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!
05 - Eruption
06 - Sylvia
07 - Hocus Pocus (Reprise)
08 - Profile Feat. Thijs Flute Solo
09 - House Of The King
10 - Jan Akkerman Solo

Focus - 2003-03-29 - Santiago, CL (FM/FLAC)

(FM Broadcast FLAC)

Teatro Oriente

Lineage:
Trade CDR - EAC - Cool Edit Pro (Normalize, remove annoying radio station ID), CD wave to re-track - TLH to Flac 6

Quality: Stunning, 10 of 10

Thijs van Leer - Vocals and Organ
Jan Dumée - Guitar
Bobby Jacobs - Bass Guitar
Bert Smaak - Drums

CD1
01 Walk on / tuning
02 Focus 1
03 Tamara's move
04 Eruption
05 Croatian title
06 Sylvia
07 Focus 2
08 Neurotika

CD2
01 La Cathedrale De Strasbourg
02 Harem Scarem
03 De ti o de mi
04 Hocus Pocus

Notes:
Focus is fantastic, and Thijs displays a great sense of humor. Was able to removed 3 instances of the annoying "FUTURO" radio station ID seamlessly, no music was lost and you can not tell where they were.

Focus - 1973-03-23 - New York City, NY (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

Philharmonic Hall 

Lineage: 
FM broadcast > Reel @ 3.75ips > Teac A-2300SX > PC CardDeluxe soundcard > CD Wave > WAV > TLH > FLAC 

Jan Akkerman - guitar 
Thijs van Leer - keyboards, flute, vocals 
Bert Ruiter - bass 
Pierre van der Linden - drums 

01 crowd 
02 Focus III 
03 Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers! 
04 Focus II 
05 Anonymous II 
06 Eruption 
07 Hocus Pocus 
08 Sylvia 
09 Hocus Pocus (reprise) 

Note: 
The running order here is exactly as performed and broadcast. 

Focus - 1975-06-xx - Tokyo, JP (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC) 

CDR(trade)>Wave(EAC)>flacf(8)

 

Jan Akkerman : guitars 

Bert Ruiter : bass, backing vocals 

Pierre van der Linden : drums 

Thijs van Leer : keyboards, flute, vocals 

01 - Focus II (4:42)

02 - Sylvia (3:12)

03 - Harem Scarem (15:16)

04 - Untitled (6:23)

05 - Tommy (3:46)

06 - Birth (13:31)

07 - Hamburger Concerto (21:15)

08 - Hocus Pocus (8:36)

Playlist length:

1 hour 16 minutes 41 seconds

Focus - 1973-01-xx - London, UK (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Focus - The Sky Will Fall Over London Tonight

Pierre Van Der Linden Drums
Thijs Van Leer Keyboards, Flute & Vocals
Jan Akkerman Guitar
Bert Ruiter Bass Guitar

01. Bob Harris Introduction 00:41
02. Anonymous Two 21:42
03. Band Introductions 01:19
04. Focus 1 03:58
05. Focus 3 03:23
06. Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers! 12:09
07. Focus 2 04:46
08. Bob Harris Once More 00:18
09. Hocus Pocus 07:22

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