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cstack3 
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 Topic: Nice Focus video!Posted: August 31 2024 at 13:25 |
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I don't know how I found this, but it is a very nice look at Focus during their amazing "Focus 3" era!
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Jared
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Posted: August 31 2024 at 13:38 |
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I believe it's on the Red Bullet 50 Years Anthology Set, which included 2 DVDs from the era...
50 Years Anthology 1970-1976 (9CD+2DVD PAL Region 0): Amazon.co.uk: CDs & Vinyl
anyway, thanks for posting! A bit of Focus is always welcome.. |
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Posted: August 31 2024 at 13:49 |
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I first heard that song as it was the theme tune to a 1970's kids science programme called 'don't ask me' with Dr David Bellamy and the eccentric Magnus Pike! It was also later used for comedy 'Saxondale' with Steve Coogan about an 'old school' Roadie who had become a pest control operative.. lots of prog and 70's rock references.. well worth checking out!
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Logan
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Posted: August 31 2024 at 14:41 |
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Very nice. Focus' "House of the King" was used to great effect as a theme for Steve Coogan's comedy series Saxondale -- a show with various Prog references.
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cstack3
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Posted: August 31 2024 at 22:30 |
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Thanks, everyone!! I was lucky to see the lineup of Hookfoot (featuring Elton John's guitarist Caleb Quaye), Focus (when "Hocus Pocus" was a big hit on Chicago radio), and Foghat as the main act. This was 24 March, 1973 at the late, great Kinetic Playground in Chicago!!
A good time was had by all, we were treated to some real guitar fireworks. All of the bands were called out for THREE encores, and since they each had only one or two LPs each, they had to repeat several songs from their sets. Great concert moments to remember!! I think that concert was perhaps $5 US at the time, a pittance.
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Posted: August 31 2024 at 22:34 |
Excellent, I was not aware of that 50 Years product! I need to catch up on a LOT of music!!
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Posted: September 02 2024 at 00:04 |
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^ that's a great box set and very reasonably priced (well when I got it!).
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