album Focus - Moving Waves mp3 download

Genre: Rock

Performer: Focus
Album: Moving Waves
Country: Netherlands
Released: 2008
Style: Prog Rock

MP3 version ZIP size: 1485 mb
FLAC version ZIP size: 1981 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1682 mb

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The album that boosted Focus into at least semi-fame outside of continental Europe, Moving Waves blasts off with their hit single, "Hocus Pocus. Built around a killer guitar hook by Jan Akkerman and a series of solo turns by the band, this instrumental replaced "Wipeout" as a staple of FM radio. The bizarrely hilarious vocal and accordion solos by Thijs van Leer - one of which absurdly concludes with rousing stadium cheers - have to be heard to be believed.

Their debut album Focus Plays Focus (1970) gained little attention, but their follow-up album Moving Waves (1971), and its lead single "Hocus Pocus", earned the band international recognition. Their success continued with Focus 3 (1972) and Hamburger Concerto (1974), the former containing their second hit single, "Sylvia". A mix of pop-oriented songs and instrumentals were recorded for the album; van Leer felt the vocals suffered as a result of singing English lyrics with a foreign accent, which inspired the group.

Focus II aka Moving Waves. 1. Hocus Pocus - 0:00 2. Le Clochard - 6:42 3. Janis - 8:43 4. Moving Waves - 11:51 5. Focus II - 14:33 6. Eruption - 18:37. Bought Moving Waves some 43 years ago, aged 13. Probably the Moving Waves piece, with Focus II are what I shall hold onto until I die, since they speak of all the depths of the heart, and the mystery and wonder of life. Strong influence on my emotional relationship with music. A gift of God. 2 weeks ago. so many of these 70s bands were so short lived they came out with one good song that went straight to the top but then died out and the band did too when you hear the band focus if you were from the 70s like me you think of one song hocus pocus and 50 years later the band is long

Moving Waves is the 1971 second album by the Dutch band Focus. It includes the hit "Hocus Pocus" which features yodelling and operatic falsetto from Thijs van Leer combined with Jan Akkerman's heavy metal guitar. Even though the sound was highly experimental, it became very successful peaking at in the Dutch Top 40 and later becoming popular in the United States with a position on the Billboard Hot 100 and a position in the UK Albums Chart

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Hocus Pocus Written-By – Jan Akkerman, Thijs Van Leer	6:40
2	Le Clochard Written-By – Jan Akkerman	1:58
3	Janis Written-By – Jan Akkerman	3:06
4	Moving Waves Written-By – Inayat Khan*, Thijs Van Leer	2:40
5	Focus II Written-By – Thijs Van Leer	4:03
Eruption	23:02
6a	Orfeus Written-By – Thijs Van Leer
6b	Answer Written-By – Thijs Van Leer
6c	Orfeus Written-By – Thijs Van Leer
6d	Answer Written-By – Thijs Van Leer
6e	Pupilla Written-By – Thijs Van Leer
6f	Tommy Written-By – Tom Barlage
6g	Pupilla Written-By – Thijs Van Leer
6h	Answer Written-By – Thijs Van Leer
6i	The Bridge Written-By – Jan Akkerman
6j	Euridice Written-By – Thijs Van Leer
6k	Dayglow Written-By – Thijs Van Leer
6l	Endless Road Written-By – Pierre Van Der Linden
6m	Answer Written-By – Thijs Van Leer
6n	Orfeus Written-By – Thijs Van Leer
6o	Euridice Written-By – Eelke Nobel, Thijs Van Leer

Companies, etc.

Manufactured By – Victor Entertainment, Inc.
Distributed By – Victor Entertainment, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Red Bullet Productions B.V.
Published By – Radio Tele Music (Belg-Holl) NV
Published By – NANADA Music
Recorded At – Sound Techniques, London
Recorded At – Morgan Studios

Credits

Bass Guitar, Voice – Cyriel Havermans*
Design, Photography By – Terence Ibbott
Drums – Pierre Van Der Linden
Engineer [Recording] – Jerry Boys
Guitar [Solo], Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar – Jan Akkerman
Organ, Harmonium, Mellotron, Flute [Soprano And Alto], Piano, Voice – Thijs Van Leer
Producer – Focus , Mike Vernon

Notes

Recorded in Sound Techniques and Morgan Studios, London between April 13 and May 14, 1971.

K2 HD Coding (on CD)
K2 HD Mastering (on Obi and insert)

Comes in a CD sized papersleeve album replica, with Obi-strip, and 2 inserts of notes mostly in Japanese.

Tracklisting (with more detailed split of the last track) taken from insert.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 4 988002 547609
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L236
Mould SID Code: IFPI 4011
Matrix / Runout: VICP-63664-1 1T V
Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
5C 054-24385	Focus	Focus II ‎(LP, Album)	Imperial	5C 054-24385	Netherlands	1971
1C 072-24 385	Focus	Focus II ‎(LP, Album, RE)	EMI	1C 072-24 385	Germany	1977
5C 038-24385, 5N 038-24385	Focus	Focus II ‎(LP, Album, RE, RP)	Bovema Negram, Bovema Negram	5C 038-24385, 5N 038-24385	Netherlands	Unknown
RB 66.188	Focus	Moving Waves ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Red Bullet	RB 66.188	Netherlands	2001
X2-13060	Focus	Moving Waves ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	I.R.S. Records	X2-13060	Russia	Unknown