50 Years: Anthology 1970–1976

Compilation by Focus

Released 13 November 2020

Tracklist

  • CD 1: Focus Plays Focus / In and Out of Focus
  • 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
    5.0 ★
  • 9
    Eruption (live Lanx 1970)
    37:31
  • CD 2: Focus II / Moving Waves
  • 1
    Hocus Pocus
    6:41
    4.8 ★
  • 2
    Le Clochard
    1:59
    3.0 ★
  • 3
    Janis
    3:06
    3.0 ★
  • 4
    Moving Waves
    2:41
    3.0 ★
  • 5
    Focus II
    4:03
    3.0 ★
  • 6
    Eruption, Parts I–V
    23:07
    3.0 ★
  • 7
    Hocus Pocus (single version)
    3:27
  • 8
    Tommy (single version)
    3:25
  • 9
    Focus I (live Texel 1971)
    14:11
  • CD 3: Focus 3
  • 1
    Round Goes the Gossip…
    5:16
  • 2
    Love Remembered
    2:48
  • 3
    Sylvia
    3:32
    3.6 ★
  • 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
  • CD 4: At the Rainbow
  • 1
    Focus III
    3:52
  • 2
    Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!
    11:26
  • 3
    Focus II
    4:24
  • 4
    Eruption, Parts I–VII
    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
  • CD 5: Hamburger Concerto
  • 1
    Delitae Musicae
    1:13
  • 2
    Harem Scarem
    5:50
  • 3
    La Cathèdrale de Strasbourg
    4:57
  • 4
    Birth
    7:45
  • 5
    Hamburger Concerto, Parts I–VI
    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
  • CD 6: Mother Focus
  • 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
  • CD 7: Ship of Memories
  • 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
    3.0 ★
  • 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 (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
  • CD 8: Focus BBC 1973
  • 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
  • CD 9: Focus Live 1971 – 1975
  • 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

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Release credits

  • bass guitar [1.8, 5.2-6, 3.1-9], instrument [1-5, 8]
  • membranophone [2-6]
  • instrument [8], membranophone [6]
  • performer [1-6], producer [5-6, 8]
  • recording [1.8, 3.1-9]
  • drums (drum set) [1-3, 5-7], instrument [7]
  • producer [7]
  • acoustic guitar [8], classical guitar [1], electric sitar [5], guitar [3.1-6, 3.9, 1.1-3, 1.5-7, 7.5, 5.2-6], instrument [1-4, 6-8]
  • recording [1-6]
  • instrument [7], performer [1-3, 5-7]
  • background vocals [1], producer [3.1-6, 3.9, 7.1-4, 7.9]
  • drums (drum set) [3.1-9, 1.8], harmonium [9], instrument [1-4], membranophone [5, 9]
  • Hammond organ [4], Moog [6], alto flute [1], clavinet [1], concert flute [1, 4-5], flute [7.1, 1.1-3, 1.5-7], harpsichord [4], instrument [2-5, 7-8], keyboard [5.2-3, 5.5-6, 3.1-6, 3.9], mellotron [1], organ [7.1, 1.1-3, 1.5-7], piccolo [1], vocal [1.2-3, 1.5-7, 3.1]

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