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Артист: Focus Альбом: In And Out Of Focus, 1988 Жанр: Prog-Rock/ Art Rock..... Формат файла: eac-cue-log-wv-scans-iso Ссылка 1: ISO 49 clicks Ссылка 2: WV 49 clicks Нахождение: eDonkey/Kademlia

начинаем серию релизов великолепной голландской прог-группы, причем в лучшем звуке - издания EMI 1988
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Review by Richie Unterberger
Focus' debut album is gentler and more low-key and vocal-oriented than their subsequent efforts; fans of Jan Akkerman's pyrotechnics may be disappointed by his relatively restrained presence, but others may be pleasantly surprised to find a more economic group than they remember. A fair collection of progressive rock tunes without a clear focus, the material is dominated by Thijs Van Leer, often introducing classical sensibilities. But at least as often, it sticks with fairly conventional period folk-rock and blues influences, with occasional jazzy shadings. Akkerman's "House of the King" is the most accurate Jethro Tull imitation ever recorded.



Good beginnings for a great prog band, March 3, 2002
Reviewer: BENJAMIN MILER (Eugene, OR United States)
In & Out of Focus is not bad for a debut by one of the biggest prog rock bands to come out of the Netherlands (same country that also gave us bands like Earth & Fire, Ekseption, Trace, Finch, Alquin, Supersister, Kayak, etc.). Of course the sound of this album has not been fully developed, and there are several pop oriented numbers like "Black Beauty". This is also by far their most vocal dominated album. There are a couple of cuts that showed the more progressive direction the band will quickly move to. One is the instrumental opening, "Focus", and the other is "Anonymous" which I think works a lot better than Focus 3's "Anonymous II" because it's shorter allowing the band to focus (no pun intended) better. "House of the King" is a totally wonderful and cathy Jethro Tull-like number that was later featured on the LP version of Focus 3, because the American LP version of In & Out of Focus did not feature that cut (but the European version did). Also the US version of this LP did not feature "Sugar Island" either. The IRS CD reissue features the American cover but all eight of the European tracks. Regardless, this is a nice and listenable album, but much better things were to come to this band with their followup Moving Waves.

A все есть?

в Греции усё есть

Дебютный диск Фосус трудно назвать прорывом в роке - скорее это был пробный шар. Скоро из группы выгонят двух непрофессиональных музыкантов и с приходим Pierre Van Der Linden (drums) и Cyril Havermans (bass) ритм секция достигнет качественного уровня, позволяющая двум метрам солировать в свое удовольствие!
Так шо, ждите настоящий дебют, который потряс рок-мир - Moving Waves (1972)!!!

а я бы не принижал действительно дебютный альбом

FOCUS - In And Out Of Focus
Review by k.mcclure
4 stars Excellent debut. Although I did not hear In and Out of Focus until after my big brother bought Moving Waves, on the back of Hocus Pocus which caught all our imaginations when we heard it on the radio, and Focus 3, which everybody who I ever knew, in the mid to late seventies, had in their record collection. House of the King is clearly a stand out track that, along with several other tracks of that eary period of Focus, was used extensively on television as a theme tune or as background music. Now though is the time to re-evaluate the work of this band. From a Brittish perspective Focus embody two genres of mistrusted and largley despised music from the past thirty years, Progressive Rock and Music from Continental Europe that seems to come to these shore as a ready packaged pheomenon. There are some countries we seem to be able to accept certain kinds of music from but Holland and Prg Rock have only ever had fleeting acceptance in popular imagination. I dug my heels in during the mid seveties against the Soul mania that seemed to grab everyone around me. I resisted taking on Punk and abandoning all the music that I had loved until then. three goups were my badge of honour Led Zep, (whom everyone I knew had abandoned, Soft Macxhine, who I have always felt were cool and interesting and finally Focus who were simply as uncool as you could get. I found myslf drfawn into many different musical cliques whilst never being really part of any, I liked Bob Marley but was clearly not a Rastafarian, ian Dury (the first time I heard sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll in Groucho's Record Shop in Dundee, I was hooked and I started to check out Punk free from the tyrany of the style fascists) but Focus were my private world of uncool. I am pleased to be re-enbacing their music and now that I have much of it on CD (i did get rid of the worn LPs quite some time ago) they are as good as I remember. My other boyhood music which I have yet to confront as it is possibly even less cool than Focus is Status Quo. I found myslf contemplating buying On The Level recently. but I was too self concious. I am after all in my mid forties and I was standing in HMV wearin g a denim jacket, although I have not had the long hair for twenty years, I still thought that I looked too much of the stereotype Quo fan and that was too sad for word so i chickened out. But do not be a coward about Focus, In and Out of Fucus is excellent prog rocjas are moving waves (which I strongly recommend listening to from track two for the first few listenings) and Focus 3 should still be in everyone's Cd collections it is truely indespenssible

А какие издания еще существуют?

А то у меня валяется неопознанный (ммм..., совсем, только flac'и, откуда/когда взялись - не помню), с тем, что ты раздаешь - не совпадает...
Но звук кардинально ничем не отличается.

наиболее распространённые в сети это издания 2001 Red Bullet, но, как по мне и по мнению многих, они и другие издания уступают релизам EMI 1988

Спасибо за релиз.

Все таки, как можно было так к собственным записям относиться? Первый же трак, начиная с 14ой секунды... (слабая надежда - может у меня с setup-ом проблемы?)
и это уже 70е!

эт вы о чем гутарите то?

эт вы о чем гутарите то?

Хм, значит у вас нет проблем с качеством записи? Просто у меня сразу же после первого "форте" на 13ой секунде и с вокалом "focus yourself..." прут искажения звука (типа насыщения, звук рваный такой), больше в правом канале.
Не принимайте это как проблему с релизом, как я уже сказал, на существующей у меня записи - так же.
Попозже перепроверю, отпишусь. Мож и вправду что то у меня накрылось или диффузор порвался?

у нас нету

у нас нету

Везет вам.
Послушал с ЦД плеера в наушниках. То же самое
Особенно отчетливо слышно на 22-23 секунде во время вокала "ю а..." в правом ухе искажения. Хорошо слышно, так как пространственно разнесены с источником (голос посредине).
Если не затруднит, переслушай это место. Ну не может ведь все в доме быть поломанным?

И да, жду следующих релизов. Мои благодарности.

ну не слышу я искажений хоть пристрили! у кого еще с правым ухом не в порядке?

Please seed....and the rest of EMIs too...

QUOTE (OlCh @ 26-11-2006, 22:21)

в Греции усё есть

не смог найти релиза At the Rainbow в издании EMI. И ослиным поиском - тоже. Только сектантский K2HD находится