Golden Oldies (album)

Golden Oldies

Studio album by Focus

Released

April 14, 2014

Recorded

2014

Genre

Progressive rock, instrumental rock

Length

50:05

Focus chronology

Focus X
(2012)

Golden Oldies
(2014)

Golden Oldies is the eleventh studio album by the Dutch progressive rock band Focus, released on 14 April 2014. The album consists of newly recorded versions of the most popular songs from the band's back-catalogue, including "Hocus Pocus" and "Sylvia", performed by the current line-up as of 2012: Thijs van Leer, Pierre van der Linden, Menno Gootjes, and Bobby Jacobs.^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hocus Pocus"	6:51
2.	"Tommy"	4:16
3.	"House Of The King"	3:20
4.	"Focus 1"	6:58
5.	"Sylvia"	5:29
6.	"Focus 3 & 2"	7:35
7.	"Aya-Yuppie-Hippie-Yee"	5:30
8.	"Neurotika"	3:40
9.	"Brother"	6:30

^[2]

Personnel

Thijs van Leer - Hammond organ, flute, vocoder, vocals
Pierre van der Linden - drums, percussion
Menno Gootjes - guitar
Bobby Jacobs - bass guitar

References

Focus

Thijs van Leer Pierre van der Linden Menno Gootjes Bobby Jacobs Jan Akkerman Hans Cleuver Martin Dresden Cyril Havermans Bert Ruiter Colin Allen David Kemper Philip Catherine Eef Albers P.J. Proby Steve Smith Bert Smaak Jan Dumée Ruben van Roon Bert Smaak Niels van der Steenhoven

Studio albums	Focus Plays Focus (In and Out of Focus) Focus II (Moving Waves) Focus 3 Hamburger Concerto Mother Focus Ship of Memories Focus con Proby Focus Focus 8 Focus 9 / New Skin Focus X Golden Oldies

Live albums	At the Rainbow Live in America Live at the BBC Live Legends Live on Air

Compilation albums	Ship of Memories Hocus Pocus: The Best Of Focus

Singles	"Hocus Pocus" "Hocus Pocus 2" "Sylvia" "House of the King" "Tommy" "Harem Scarem" "Mother Focus" "P's March" "Russian Roulette"

Related articles	P.J. Proby

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