FOCUS
Den Burg
Island of Texel
The Netherlands
1971

Rehearsals at an unknown date and venue
Stereo Soundboard Recording

Title: In & Out Of Texel

Sound quality: A- (re-seeder's rating)

Lineage: First generation Tape BASF chrome II > Pioneer PDR-509 > Carbon-Hi-Space CDR > Steinberg (no corrections) > FLAC

Line-Up:

Jan Akkerman: guitar
Thijs Van Leer: keyboards, flute, vocals
Pierre Van Der Linden: drums
Bert Ruiter: bass, backing vocals

01. Anonymous Two (dropouts/brief cuts at 6:00 and 6:02) (22:31)
02. Eruption (dropouts/brief cuts at 16:08 and 19:58) (21:54)
03. Le Clochard (3:07)
04. Untitled (fades out) (14:07)
05. House Of The King (fragment, cut at 1:34, fades) / Janis (4:07)
06. Focus One (brief cut at 13:20) (13:51)

Total time: 1:19:39

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Downloaded from Dime in November 2, 2007.Credit to the original uploader.

The information that came with the original upload was very sparse, only the lineage, year, location and label was mentioned.

With a bit of research across the web I added some more information, there wasn't much to be found unfortunately. I also added a short txt with info about the Dutch island Texel and a view of Den Burg in the distance, just to give an idea of the spaces on this small island, the Netherlands indeed. And no, the cottage in front is not the venue this rehearsal took place in (at least I don't think so)! ;-)

Uploaded on Dime at Saturday, November 27, 2010 by pernod.

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THE NOTES ABOVE ARE ADAPTED FROM THE ORIGINAL TORRENT (NOT WRITTEN BY ME).

Originally seeded on DIME on 2007-11-02
Re-seeded on DIME by pernod on 2010-11-27
Reseeded on DIME by iggy1 on 2023-06-30
- No audio changes made to FLAC files
- Tagged and renamed files
- Created new FFPs to reflect new file names
- Added information to info file
- Added CD covers

This is the greatest thing I've heard in months! Rehearsals by early Focus with outstanding stereo sound quality! Different arrangements of studio tracks, songs rarely heard live (Le Clochard, Janis), and music not heard elsewhere (Untitled). There is a little hum and very slight distortion at times, but nothing to really detract from the beauty of the music.

A must-have for all Focus fans!

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