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Focus Netherlands Imperial Prog Rock 1970

Performer: Focus
Genre: Rock
Title: Focus Plays Focus
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1970
Style: Prog Rock
Label: Imperial
Catalog Number: 5C 054-24192
FLAC version ZIP size: 1224 mb
MP3 version ZIP size: 2608 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 2385 mb
Rating: 4.5
Votes: 392

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Tracklist

1	Black Beauty Written-By – E. J. K. Cleuver, T. Van Leer
2	Focus Written-By – T. Van Leer
3	Focus Written-By – E. J. K. Cleuver, T. Van Leer
4	Happy Nightmare Written-By – M. Hayes, T. Van Leer
5	Sugar Island Written-By – J. Staal, T. Van Leer
6	Anonymus Written-By – H. Cleuver, J. Akkerman, M. Dresden, T. Van Leer
7	Why Dream Written-By – E. J. K. Cleuver, T. Van Leer

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SAS 7404	Focus	In And Out Of Focus ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Sire	SAS 7404	Canada	1973
SAS 7404, SAS-7404	Focus	In And Out Of Focus ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Sire, Sire	SAS 7404, SAS-7404	US	1973
SAS 7404, SAS-7404	Focus	In And Out Of Focus ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Sire, Sire	SAS 7404, SAS-7404	US	1973
5C 054-24192, 5C 054-24 192	Focus	In And Out Of Focus ‎(LP, Album, RE, TP)	Imperial , Imperial	5C 054-24192, 5C 054-24 192	Netherlands	1971
2344 003	Focus	In And Out Of Focus ‎(LP, Album)	Polydor	2344 003	US	1970

Credits

Engineer – Jerry Boys
Producer – H.J.M. Terheggen

Notes

Very first release.
This was redrawn quickly, due to misspelling on the sleeve:
On the sleeve 'Anonymous' is mentioned as being on Side 1, although 'Anonymous' features on Side 2.
On the label of Side 1 itself, 'Anonymous' is also mentioned as being on Side 1.
On the label of Side 2, 'Anonymous' is mentioned again.

Later repressed as "In And Out Of Focus"
with adaptations to the tracklisting. And the addition of the track: House of the King

Barcodes

Rights Society: BIEM
Matrix / Runout (Side A): 24.192A//13.697-1.
Matrix / Runout (Side B): 24.192B//13.698-1.

Companies

Manufactured By – N.V. Bovema

Video

Bev

is all German prints laminated ?...anybody wanna look at their copy..

Grosho

This was a random garage sale grab for me, and I must say it's been one of the best finds of the summer. $1.00 for a super clean copy of this one: https://www.discogs.com/Focus-In-And-Out-Of-Focus/release/7298689
The back cover sums them up perfectly -- "a unique blend of classical, jazz, and rock" "the most original band I had ever seen" etc.
In my opinion, there are/were several bands during this era that were in this vein. Many of them had great musicians, but they lacked vocal range and/or originality. While this album skews more towards the instrumental side, the vocals do not detract from the music. I anticipated the typical 1971 jam band/prog band, and was pleasantly surprised that they proved me wrong with each tune.
The pressing is great as well. Balanced, and you can tell there was some craftsmanship in the studio. I look forward to their other albums, and feel free to recommend some to me and others reading this.

porosh

I have Focus Plays Focus in my collection were Anonymus is placed on side 2 on the label, but not on the sleeve

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