50 Years: Anthology 1970-1976 (Box-Set) - Focus - Music - RED BULLET - 8712944663174 - November 13, 2020
In case cover and title do not match, the title is correct

50 Years: Anthology 1970-1976 (Box-Set)

Focus

Price
$ 46.99

Ordered from remote warehouse

Expected delivery Jan 8 - 15, 2025
Christmas presents can be returned until 31 January

Our customers say:

14-day return policy in accordance with European consumer protection law
Top ranking on Trustpilot
Add to your iMusic wish list

50 Years: Anthology 1970-1976 (Box-Set)

This the Focus Holy Grail! Focus - 50 Years: Anthology 1970-1976 consists of 9 CDs and 2 DVDs with remasters and never before released material, such as the 'Focus At The Rainbow' concert film from 1973!

This box set contains the complete work of Focus as released between 1970 and 1976, the years in which the band featured 4 of the most talented musicians originating from the Netherlands during the 70s: guitarist Jan Akkerman, keyboard player Thijs van Leer, bass player Bert Ruiter and

drummer Pierre van der Linden. '50 Years: Anthology 1970-1976' is curated by Focus/Jan Akkerman archivist Wouter Bessels and includes long anticipated new remasters of their first seven albums, plus single tracks, alternate mixes, demos, raw studio mixes and previously unreleased live recordings. In addition, two DVDs contain 4+ hours audiovisual material from the archives of worldwide tv broadcasting companies, plus the first official and long anticipated release of the 1973 'Focus At The Rainbow' concert movie, carefully remastered from the original 16 mm film.

Content:

- First seven albums (released between 1970 and 1976) 24-bit remastered from the original tapes

- B-sides, single mixes and previously unreleased bonus tracks

- CD featuring the first official release of BBC In Concert 1973; in stereo from the BBC archive tapes

- CD featuring 80 minutes of previously unreleased Focus concert recordings from 1971-1975

- 2 DVDs featuring the complete Focus At the Rainbow concert film from 1973 restored and remastered from the original 16 mm film, two BBC 'Old Grey Whistle Test' broadcasts from 1972 and BBC In Concert from 1974, plus rare footage from Focus live in Dublin 1973, various

clips, the 'Goud van Oud' reunion from 1990 and the 'Focus 2 Classic Albums' documentary from 1997

- 80-page booklet with band history, liner notes and various memorabilia

.. ANTHOLOGY 1970-1976 - 9CD +2DVD

Media Music     CD   (Compact Disc)
Number of discs 11
Specielt cover Box set
Released November 13, 2020
Original release date 1976
EAN/UPC 8712944663174
Label RED BULLET RBUL4466317.2
Genre Rock
Dimensions 128 × 130 × 60 mm   ·   498 g
number of tracks 107

Track list

  1. 1.   CD  

    1. Focus (Instrumental) (9:46)
    2. Why Dream (3:56)
    3. Happy Nightmare (Mescaline) (3:56)
    4. Anonymus (7:01)
    5. Black Beauty (3:05)
    6. Sugar Island (3:02)
    7. Focus (Vocal) (2:43)
    8. House Of The King (2:23)
    9. Eruption (Live Lanx 1970) (37:31)

  2. 2.   CD  

    1. NOS Van Gewest Tot Gewest (July 1970) (1:54)
    2. NOS Uit De Kunst (June 1972) (3:51)
    3. AVRO Toppop: Harem Scarem (May 1974) (3:01)
    4. AVRO Toppop: O Avondrood (June 1976) (4:51)
    5. NCRV Classic Albums: Moving Waves (June 1997) (50:02)
    6. Eruption (Orfeus - Answer - Orfeus - Answer - Pupilla - Tommy - Pupilla - Answer - The Bridge - Euridice - Dayglow - Endless Road - Answer - Orfeus - Euridice) (23:07)
    7. Hocus Pocus (Single Version) (3:27)
    8. Tommy (Single Version) (3:25)
    9. Focus I (Live Texel 1971) (14:11)

  3. 3.   CD  

    1. Round Goes The Gossip... (5:16)
    2. Love Remembered (2:48)
    3. Sylvia (3:32)
    4. Carnival Fugue (6:07)
    5. Focus III (6:05)
    6. Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers! (14:03)
    7. Anonymus II (Part 1) (19:33)
    8. Anonymus II (Conclusion) (7:34)
    9. Elspeth Of Nottingham (3:13)
    10. Sylvia (Single Version) (3:32)
    11. Love Remembered (Single Version) (2:49)
    12. Hocus Pocus (US Single Version) (3:25)

  4. 4.   CD  

    1. Focus III (3:52)
    2. Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers! (11:26)
    3. Focus II (4:24)
    4. Eruption (Orfeus - Answer - Orfeus - Answer - Pupilla - Tommy - Pupilla) (8:40)
    5. Hocus Pocus (8:27)
    6. Sylvia (2:47)
    7. Hocus Pocus - Reprise (2:48)
    8. P's March (Original Mix - Single Version) (3:27)
    9. Ship Of Memories (Original Mix) (4:40)
    10. P's March (Original Mix - Full Version) (4:03)

  5. 5.   CD  

    1. Delitiae Musicae (1:13)
    2. Harem Scarem (5:50)
    3. La Cathédrale De Strasbourg (4:57)
    4. Birth (7:45)
    5. Hamburger Concerto (Starter - Rare - Medium I - Medium - Well Done - One For The Road) (20:23)
    6. Early Birth (2:56)
    7. Harem Scarem (Single Version) (3:08)
    8. Birth (Alternate Mix) (7:43)
    9. Harem Scarem (Alternate Mix) (5:51)

  6. 6.   CD  

    1. Mother Focus (3:05)
    2. I Need A Bathroom (3:04)
    3. Bennie Helder (3:33)
    4. Soft Vanilla (3:04)
    5. Hard Vanilla (2:35)
    6. Tropic Bird (2:45)
    7. Focus IV (3:57)
    8. Someone's Crying... What! (3:19)
    9. All Together... Oh That! (3:41)
    10. No Hang Ups (2:56)
    11. My Sweetheart (3:38)
    12. Father Bach (1:33)
    13. Focus IV (Rough Mix) (4:02)
    14. Bennie Helder (Rough Mix) (3:45)
    15. Vanilla (Rough Mix) (5:42)
    16. Mother Focus (Rough Mix) (3:02)
    17. All Together? Oh That! (Rough Mix) (3:42)
    18. My Sweetheart (Rough Mix) (3:46)
    19. Someone's Crying? What! (Rough Mix) (3:18)
    20. Studio 55 Jam (6:56)

  7. 7.   CD  

    1. P's March (4:48)
    2. Can't Believe My Eyes (5:22)
    3. Focus V (3:02)
    4. Out Of Vesuvius (5:51)
    5. Glider (4:40)
    6. Red Sky At Night (5:52)
    7. Spoke The Lord Creator (2:33)
    8. Crackers (2:42)
    9. Ship Of Memories (1:47)
    10. Elektrisch Levenslicht (3:09)
    11. The Shrine Of God (3:39)
    12. Watch The Ugly People (2:19)
    13. House Of The King (Rough Mix Version 1) (2:27)
    14. House Of The King (Rough Mix Version 2) (2:26)
    15. Focus III (Unreleased Single Version) (4:37)
    16. Hocus Pocus (US Single Version - Takes 14-17) (7:12)
    17. Glider (Single Version) (3:28)
    18. P's March (Single Version) (4:07)
    19. O Avondrood (5:10)
    20. Crackers (Vocal Version) (2:31)

  8. 8.   CD  

    1. Focus III (3:54)
    2. Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers! (12:09)
    3. Focus II (5:06)
    4. Anonymus II (23:30)
    5. Focus I (4:27)
    6. Hocus Pocus (7:38)
    7. Sylvia - Hocus Pocus (Reprise) (5:52)

  9. 9.   CD  

    1. Eruption (Live Rotterdam 1971) (46:37)
    2. Birth (11:38)
    3. Improvisation #1 (8:35)
    4. House Of The King (3:02)
    5. Improvisation #2 (6:23)
    6. Hocus Pocus (3:20)
Show all

More by Focus

Others have also bought

Show all

More offers: CD Deluxe Editions & Box Sets

See all of Focus ( e.g. CD , PC , LP , DVD and PS4 )