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Artist: Focus Title: Moving Waves Label:   Blue Horizon Country: UK Catalogue: 2931-002 Date: Oct 1971 Format: LP Genre: Instrumental, Rock Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  25 Own Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	Focus	Hocus Pocus	Van Leer, Akkerman	10.0  Rate
A2	Focus	Le Clochard ("Bread")	Jan Akkerman	9.0  Rate
A3	Focus	Janis	Akkerman, Van Leer	Rate
A4	Focus	Moving Waves	Van Leer, Khan	Rate
A5	Focus	Focus II	Van Leer	Rate
Eruption
B1	Focus	(i) Orfeus; Answer; Orfeus	Van Leer	Rate
B2	Focus	(ii) Answer; Pupilla; Tommy; Pupilla	Van Leer, Barlache	10.0  Rate
B3	Focus	(iii) Answer; The Bridge	Van Leer, Akkerman	Rate
B4	Focus	(iv) Euridice; Dayglow; Endless Road	Van Leer, Nobel, Van Der Linden	Rate
B5	Focus	(v) Answer; Orfeus; Euridice	Van Leer, Nobel	Rate

Notes

Produced by Mike Vernon.

Originally issued under the title Focus II in the Netherlands.

First edition has the Blue Horizon logo on the rear sleeve upper left. Later issues have a Polydor logo.

The later Polydor issue can be found here.


Images

Number: 503035  THUMBNAIL Uploaded By: kab2112 SUBS Description: Front Cover	Number: 726703  Uploaded By: TheJudge Description: Rear cover (with Blue Horizon logo)	Number: 461639  Uploaded By: TheJudge Description: A-side label	Number: 461640  Uploaded By: TheJudge Description: B-side label
Number: 737070  Uploaded By: Hawkmarty SUBS Description: Manufactured by Polydor A	Number: 737071  Uploaded By: Hawkmarty SUBS Description: Manufactured by Polydor B	Number: 3678831  Uploaded By: TheJudge Description: Variant of #737070 with different publishing	Number: 512596  HIDDEN Uploaded By: kab2112 SUBS Description: Back Cover

Comments and Reviews

TheJudge 20th Sep 2024		Uploaded variant of #737070 with just 'Radio Tele' publishing.
deepinder cheema 17th Apr 2018		Interesting to note that when the LP became a hit Louvigny-Marquee Music took over 3 songs - but not Hocus Pocus. I hope Radio Luxembourg helped to make the LP a hit!
Hawkmarty SUBS 18th Dec 2015		Probably better to leave them here as they are BH labels with the same catalogue number. There is enough info in the comments for people to understand the provenance and variation.
deepinder cheema 17th Dec 2015		I think to be on the safe side the set of labels put up by Hawkmarty with manufactured rather than 'marketed' should be removed as I have only seen the 'manufactured' on Polydor sleeves as well as the publishing information has changed from original issue. These labels should have their own separate listing with the Polydor sleeve so making 3 UK variants.
deepinder cheema 3rd May 2015		The label difference answer is here at a glance. Labels reset because publishing on side one had changed except for Hocus Pocus.
Hawkmarty SUBS 23rd Apr 2015		I have just checked and I have 2 copies on the BH label and exactly as deepinder says the labels have Marketed by Polydor at the bottom (in a BH branded sleeve - also BH on the spine it should be noted) and the other labels have Manufactured by Polydor at the bottom and that one is in a Polydor branded sleeve. So there are 2 versions of the labels.
deepinder cheema 21st Apr 2015		It took RCPG 20 years to work this out, but done in a flash on 45worlds. I asked about the photo on the back and the band member reckoned it was Leeds University. The Dutch equivalent Focus II has a different b&w photo of the same gig.
TheJudge 21st Apr 2015		Rear scan of sleeve with BH logo as promised.
TheJudge 21st Apr 2015		Then kab2112's back cover scan doesn't belong to this entry. I've just checked mine, and it has the BH logo top left (although some kind twerp has put an ink stamp over it). I'll scan it and add it later today, if I remember.
deepinder cheema 20th Apr 2015		it does get confusing but a genuine Blue Horizon pressing has this label ( marketed by Polydor) when Blue H was a legal entity and a sleeve with BH on the back. Still what a classic album. The one LP which defined Progressive music which is a different genré to Prog rock
deepinder cheema 27th Dec 2013		Soundtrack for Wallace and Grommet
deepinder cheema 23rd Dec 2013		later issues with Polydor on the sleeve have Blue Horizon label. This is after the label ceased to exist. The reason why this happened is the LP was in such high demand Polydor just used up all the BH blank labels. The genuine issue on BH has Marketed by Polydor on label and the post BH period have manufactured by Polydor - but this is not a hard and fact rule. I will say in the 18 months that the LP existed in catalogue on BH the information on the label was changed and reset because the publishing had changed.

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