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>Archive Copy<

Focus

'3'

Polydor, UK, 1972

2659 016

SCORING HUGELY with their chart busting singles 'Hocus Pocus' and 'Sylvia' Dutch rockers Focus couldn't have been more at the center of international attention during the early seventies. 'Focus 3' was, of course, their third album following the bands formation out of the ashes of respected progressive rockers Brainbox. Thankfully for all concerned it wasn't a let down and even spawned a hit single 'Sylvia'.

This expansive double album establishes the bands enormous talent by serving up a brace of stirring hard rock and semi intellectualised prog. Thijs Van Leer's cool flute added a layer of melody that, under any other circumstances, the instrumental tracks might otherwise have lost. Of course, the man of the match is very much guitarist Jan Akkerman who's amazing style is about as futuristic as any other leading six stringer from the era and here I'm thinking of contemporaries such as Jeff Beck, Ollie Halsall and Alan Holdsworth. His soloing needs to be heard to be believed.

A truly fantastic and hugely satisfying work - and a beautiful copy.

Pressing: Polydor, UK, 1972

Vinyl: Beautiful clean condition. No spindle marks. Perfect audio. Grades as MINT!

Cover: Again, no signs of use. Issued in a beautifully illustrated gatefold cover - retains full printers bloom. Sharp corners, no dings, no bends, no ring wear, no split seams and no creases. Spine is stiff and uncrushed. Looks like it stepped out of the factory yesterday. Beautiful and impossible to find like this 51 years after release. Grades as MINT!

Inserts: None

Matrix:

1st Pressing

Side One: 2344038 A // 1

Side Two: 2344038 B // 3

Side Three: 2344039 A // 1

Side Four: 2344039 B // 1