50 Years: Anthology 1970–1976

Album by Focus

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Focus (instrumental)
    9:46
  2. 2.
    Why Dream
    3:56
  3. 3.
    Happy Nightmare (Mescaline)
    3:56
  4. 4.
    Anonymus
    7:01
  5. 5.
    Black Beauty
    3:05
  6. 6.
    Sugar Island
    3:02
  7. 7.
    Focus (vocal)
    2:43
  8. 8.
    House of the King
    2:23
  9. 9.
    Eruption (live Lanx 1970)
    37:31

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    Hocus Pocus
    6:41
  2. 2.
    Le Clochard
    1:59
  3. 3.
    Janis
    3:06
  4. 4.
    Moving Waves
    2:41
  5. 5.
    Focus II
    4:03
  6. 6.
    Eruption (Orfeus – Answer – Orfeus – Answer – Pupilla – Tommy – Pupilla – Answer – The Bridge – Euridice – Dayglow – Endless Road – Answer – Orfeus – Euridice)
    23:07
  7. 7.
    Hocus Pocus (single version)
    3:27
  8. 8.
    Tommy (single version)
    3:25
  9. 9.
    Focus I (live Texel 1971)
    14:11

Disc 3

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

Disc 4

  1. 1.
    Focus III
    3:52
  2. 2.
    Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!
    11:26
  3. 3.
    Focus II
    4:24
  4. 4.
    Eruption (Orfeus – Answer – Orfeus – Answer – Pupilla – Tommy – Pupilla)
    8:40
  5. 5.
    Hocus Pocus
    8:27
  6. 6.
    Sylvia
    2:47
  7. 7.
    Hocus Pocus (reprise)
    2:48
  8. 8.
    P’s March (original mix – single version)
    3:27
  9. 9.
    Ship of Memories (original mix)
    4:40
  10. 10.
    P’s March (original mix – full version)
    4:03

Disc 5

  1. 1.
    Delitiae Musicae
    1:13
  2. 2.
    Harem Scarem
    5:50
  3. 3.
    La Cathédrale de Strasbourg
    4:57
  4. 4.
    Birth
    7:45
  5. 5.
    Hamburger Concerto (Starter – Rare – Medium I – Medium – Well Done – One for the Road)
    20:23
  6. 6.
    Early Birth
    2:56
  7. 7.
    Harem Scarem (single version)
    3:08
  8. 8.
    Birth (alternate mix)
    7:43
  9. 9.
    Harem Scarem (alternate mix)
    5:51

Disc 6

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

Disc 7

  1. 1.
    P’s March
    4:48
  2. 2.
    Can’t Believe My Eyes
    5:22
  3. 3.
    Focus V
    3:02
  4. 4.
    Out of Vesuvius
    5:51
  5. 5.
    Glider
    4:40
  6. 6.
    Red Sky at Night
    5:52
  7. 7.
    Spoke the Lord Creator
    2:33
  8. 8.
    Crackers
    2:42
  9. 9.
    Ship of Memories
    1:47
  10. 10.
    Elektrisch levenslicht
    3:09
  11. 11.
    The Shrine of God
    3:39
  12. 12.
    Watch the Ugly People
    2:19
  13. 13.
    House of the King (rough mix version 1)
    2:27
  14. 14.
    House of the King (rough mix version 2)
    2:26
  15. 15.
    Focus III (unreleased single version)
    4:37
  16. 16.
    Hocus Pocus (US single version – takes 14–17)
    7:12
  17. 17.
    Glider (single version)
    3:28
  18. 18.
    P’s March (single version)
    4:07
  19. 19.
    O Avondrood
    5:10
  20. 20.
    Crackers (vocal version)
    2:31

Disc 8

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

Disc 9

  1. 1.
    Eruption (live Rotterdam 1971)
    46:37
  2. 2.
    Birth
    11:38
  3. 3.
    Improvisation #1
    8:35
  4. 4.
    House of the King
    3:02
  5. 5.
    Improvisation #2
    6:23
  6. 6.
    Hocus Pocus
    3:20

Disc 10

  1. 1.
    BBC The Old Grey Whistle Test (May 1972)
    24:26
  2. 2.
    BBC The Old Grey Whistle Test (December 1972)
    16:01
  3. 3.
    Focus at the Rainbow (May 1973)
    47:28
  4. 4.
    BBC In Concert (April 1974)
    36:18

Disc 11

  1. 1.
    NOS Van gewest tot gewest (July 1970)
    1:54
  2. 2.
    NOS Uit de kunst (June 1972)
    3:51
  3. 3.
    RTE The Music Makers: Focus At The Stadium (November 1973): Anonymous II / Eruption / Hocus Pocus / Sylvia / Hocus Pocus (Reprise)
    48:00
  4. 4.
    VARA Nederpopzien (December 1973): House of the King / Hocus Pocus / Britannia (Jan Akkerman Lute Solo) / Hamburger Concerto / Sylvia / Hocus Pocus (reprise)
    34:22
  5. 5.
    AVRO Toppop: Harem Scarem (May 1974)
    3:01
  6. 6.
    AVRO Toppop: O Avondrood (June 1976)
    4:51
  7. 7.
    Veronica Goud van Oud (April 1990): Focus III / Focus II / House of the King / Tommy / Sylvia
    16:44
  8. 8.
    NCRV Classic Albums: Moving Waves (June 1997)
    50:02

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