Sold Date: December 14, 2020
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SUCH A DEAL.  FOCUS - (11 DISCS). The 9CD/2DVD ( * all region - 0) boxset, Focus – 50 Years: Anthology 1970-1976 contains the complete works of Focus as released between 1970 and 1976, including previously unreleased material. Curated by Focus/Jan Akkerman archivist Wouter Bessels, the set features remasters of the band's first seven albums, plus single tracks, alternate mixes, demos, raw studio mixes and previously unreleased live recordings. The two DVDs contain 4+ hours of audio visual material from the archives of worldwide tv broadcasting companies. Also in the box is an 80-page booklet with band history, liner notes and various memorabilia. IT IS BRAND SPANKIN’ NEW AND SEALED. MINE IS THE “REAL DEAL”, direct from the distributor. I WILL MAIL IT TO YOU WITH TENDER LOVING CARE, INCLUDING USPS TRACKING, FOR FREE.  YOU WILL LOVE IT. ATTENTION: PHOTOS (scans) #5 & #6 ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM.  The Dutch prog rock band Focus has been a household name worldwide for 50 years with hits like "Hocus Pocus", "House Of The King", "Sylvia", "Tommy" and many others. In honor of this monumental band, Red Bullet Productions will release a new box set: Focus - 50 years: Anthology 1970 - 1976, consisting of 9 CDs and 2 DVDs with remasters and never-before-released material, such as the 1973 concert film "Focus At The Rainbow". This box contains the complete work of Focus, as it was released between 1970 and 1976, in the years when the band performed in the 1970s with four of the most talented musicians from the Netherlands: guitarist Jan Akkerman, keyboardist Thijs van Leer, bassist Bert Ruiter and drummer Pierre van der Linden.    From 1970 to 1976, Focus was the first continental European rock group to reach a worldwide audience. During this time, the band toured extensively in the UK, the United States, Australia and Japan. The band scored two worldwide hit singles, sold several million albums and became the first Dutch rock band to win the Melody Maker's Brightest Hope Award in 1972. A year later, Focus made it to the US Billboard charts with two singles and two albums at the same time. 50 Years: Anthology 1970 - 1976" is curated by Focus / Jan Akkerman archivist Wouter Bessels and contains long-awaited new remasters of their first seven albums as well as single tracks, alternative mixes, demos, original studio mixes and previously unreleased live recordings.    In addition, two DVDs contain more than 4 hours of audiovisual material from the archives of worldwide television stations, as well as the first official and long-awaited release of the 1973 concert film "Focus At The Rainbow", which was carefully remastered from the original 16 mm film.  On content: - The first seven albums (released between 1970 and 1976), 24-bit remastered from the original tapes - B-sides, single mixes and previously unreleased bonus tracks - CD with the first official release of BBC In Concert 1973; in Stereo from the BBC archive tapes - CD with 80 minutes of previously unpublished concert recordings by Focus from 1971-1975 - 2 DVD's * (all region - 0) with the complete Focus At the Rainbow concert film from 1973, Restored and remastered from the original 16 mm film, two BBC 'Old Grey Whistle Test' broadcasts from 1972 and BBC In Concert from 1974, as well as rare footage from Focus live in Dublin in 1973, various clips, the 'Goud van Oud' reunion of 1990 and the 'Focus 2 Classic Albums' documentary from 1997 - 80-page booklet with volume, notes and various memorabilia.  * DVD INFO: THEIR ARE SOME SELLERS THAT MENTION THE DVD'S IN THIS SET USE THE "PAL" FORMAT AND WILL NOT PLAY ON MOST NORTH AMERICAN DVD PLAYERS, UNLESS YOU HAVE AN "ALL REGION" PLAYER.  THIS IS NOT MENTIONED ON THE BOX SET, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PHOTO'S OF THE ACTUAL SET. I CAN'T GUARANTEE IF THE DVD'S WILL, OR WILL NOT, PLAY IN YOUR PLAYER. 

Disc 01
01. Focus . . . (instrumental)
02. Why Dream
03. Happy Nightmare (mescaline)
04. Anonymus
05. Black Beauty
06. Sugar Island
07. Focus . . . (vocal)
08. Bonus: House Of The King
09. Bonus: Eruption (live Lanx 1970)
Disc 02
01. Hocus Pocus
02. Le Clochard (bread)
03. Janis
04. Moving Waves
05. Focus Ii
06. Eruption
07. Bonus: Hocus Pocus (single Version)
08. Bonus: Tommy (single Version)
09. Bonus: Focus I (live Texel 1971)
Disc 03
01. Round Goes The Gossip
02. Love Remembered
03. Sylvia
04. Carnival Fugue
05. Focus Iii
06. Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!
07. Anonymus Ii (part 1)
08. Anonymus Ii (conclusion)
09. Elspeth Of Nottingham
10. Bonus: Sylvia (single Version)
11. Bonus: Love Remembered (single Version)
12. Bonus: Hocus Pocus (us Single Version)
Disc 04
01. Focus Iii
02. Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!
03. Focus Ii
04. Eruption
05. Hocus Pocus
06. Sylvia
07. Hocus Pocus - Reprise
08. Bonus: P's March (original Mix - Single Version)
09. Bonus: Ship Of Memories (original Mix)
10. Bonus: Ship Of Memories (original Mix - Full Version)
Disc 05
01. Delitae Musicae
02. Harem Scarem
03. La Cathedrale De Strasbourg
04. Birth
05. Hamburger Concerto
06. Bonus: Early Birth
07. Bonus: Harem Scarem (single Version)
08. Bonus: Birth (alternate Mix)
09. Bonus: Harem Scarem (alternate Mix)
Disc 06
01. Mother Focus
02. I Need A Bathroom
03. Bennie Helder
04. Soft Vanilla
05. Hard Vanilla
06. Tropic Bird
07. Focus Iv
08. Someone's Crying . . . What!
09. All Together . . . Oh That!
10. No Hang Ups
11. My Sweetheart
12. Father Bach
13. Bonus: Focus Iv (rough Mix)
14. Bonus: Bennie Helder (rough Mix)
15. Bonus: Vanilla (rough Mix)
16. Bonus: Mother Focus (rough Mix)
17. Bonus: All Together . . . Oh That! (rough Mix)
18. Bonus: My Sweetheart (rough Mix)
19. Bonus: Someone's Crying . . . What! (rough Mix)
20. Bonus: Studio 55 Jam
Disc 07
01. P's March
02. Can't Believe My Eyes
03. Focus V
04. Out Of Vesuvius
05. Glider
06. Red Sky At Night
07. Spoke The Lord Creator
08. Crackers
09. Ship Of Memories
10. Bonus: Elektrisch Levenslicht (neerlands Hoop In Bange
11. Bonus: The Shrine Of God (ramses Shaffy W/ Focus)
12. Bonus: Watch The Ugly People (ramses Shaffy W/focus)
13. Bonus: House Of The King (rough Mix Version 1)
14. Bonus: House Of The King (rough Mix Version 2)
15. Bonus: Focus 3 (unreleased Single Version)
16. Bonus: Hocus Pocus (us Single Version - Takes 14-17)
17. Bonus: Glider (single Version)
18. Bonus: P's March (single Version)
19. Bonus: O Avondrood
20. Bonus: Crackers (vocal Version)
Disc 08
01. Focus Iii
02. Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!
03. Focus Ii
04. Anonymus Ii
05. Focus I
06. Hocus Pocus
07. Sylvia - Hocus Pocus (reprise)
Disc 09
01. Eruption (live Rotterdam 1971)
02. Birth
03. Improvisation #1
04. House Of The King
05. Improvisation #2
06. Hocus Pocus
Disc 10
01. Bbc The Old Grey Whistle Test (may 1972)
02. Bbc The Old Grey Whistle Test (december 1972)
03. Focus At The Rainbow (may 1973)
04. Bbc In Concert (april 1974)
Disc 11
01. Nos Van Gewest Tot Gewest (july 1970)
02. Nos Uit De Kunst (june 1972)
03. Rte The Music Makers: Focus At The Stadium (november 19
04. Vara Nederpopzien (december 1973)
05. Avro Toppop: Harem Scarem (may 1974)
06. Avro Toppop: O Avondrood (june 1976)
07. Veronica Goud Van Oud (april 1990)
08. Ncrv Classic Albums: Moving Waves (june 1997)