"Focal Distance" and "BBC London 76" reviews by Steffen Staugaard

FOCAL DISTANCE

Well I donīt know what your intensions are on releasing bootleg infomation on the FOCUS site, but as a owner of the "Focal Distance" 2CD bootleg I can here give you the info on this release:

FOCUS: Focal distance, Live At Kouseinenkin Hall, Osaka, Japan June 2, 1974

Tracks Disc 1:

1. Focus III

2. Answers?Questions!Questions?Answers!

3. Focus II

4. Sylvia

5. Harem Scarem

6. Love Remembered

7. Tommy (Eruption)

8. House Of The King

Tracks Disc 2:

1. Birth

2. Hamburger Concerto

3. Hocus Pocus

4. Drum/Bass-solo-Band Jam - Hamburger Reprise (15. min.)

5. No Hang Ups (early version)

6. Hocus Pocus - Reprise

Players: T. Van Leer, Akkerman, Ruiter, Colin Allen

And itīs right the audio quality is really awful - but not for a collections item. Itīs though really a pity, because they play really energetic. It would have been great having a top-class quality release of that concert.
 

BBC LONDON 1976

Many years ago I got a taperecording of the FOCUS concert: "BBC London 1976". The quality is actually really good I think. I also think the tracks that hasnīt been released are really good - really in Focus style. The Tracks are:

1. Vigorous Woman

2. Loosing D

3. Maximum

4. Sneezing Bull

5. Bach Solo Sonate for Flute (part)

6. House Of The King

7. Little Sister / What You See

8. Hocus Pocus

Players: Thijs V. Leer, Ph. Catherine, D. Kemper, B. Ruiter

Steffen Staugaard