FOCUS '3' ORIG DUTCH PRESS '72 DBL ALBUM W/ SYLVIA ARCHIVE COPY MINT
  £   18
  $   24

 


£ 18 Sold For
Oct 3, 2015 Sold Date
Sep 26, 2015 Start Date
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Description

>Archive Copy<

Focus

'3'

Imperial, Holland, 1972

A1 154-24753

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 frm 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.

This auction is part of a fantastic collection of seventies rock which I was lucky enough to acquire. Most of these records were stored with the utmost care and sparsely played. Some were possibly never played or may have been for just a handful of times.

Pressing: Polydor, UK, 1972

Vinyl: Beautiful unplayed condition. No spindle marks and no other visible signs of use whatsoever. Perfect audio. All four sides grade as  MINT!

Cover: Again, no signs of use. Issued in a beautifully illustrated gatefold cover. Sharp corners, no dings, no bends, no ring wear, no split seams and no creases. Spine is incredibly stiff and uncrushed. Beautiful and impossible to find like this 43 years after release. Grades as MINT!

Inserts: None

Matrix:

1st Pressing

Side One: 2344-038-A//43835 -1Y

Side Two: 2344-038-B//43836 -1Y

Side Three: 2344-039-A//45861 1-2Y

Side Four: 2344-039-B//47502 -1-1Y

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This is a vinyl album NOT a CD.



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