Focus con Proby

Focus con Proby
Studio album by Focus
Released	January 1978
Genre	Progressive rock, jazz fusion
Length	48:07
Label	EMI
Producer	Yde De Jong
Focus chronology
Ship of Memories (1976) Focus con Proby (1978) Focus: Jan Akkerman & Thijs van Leer (1985)

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Focus con Proby is the seventh studio album by the progressive rock band Focus. Featuring the American singer P. J. Proby, it was released in January 1978. The record also features guitarists Eef Albers and Philip Catherine, drummer Steve Smith, as well as the two Focus members from previous albums.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Wingless" (Roselie van Leer, Thijs van Leer) – 5:35
2. "Orion" (Eef Albers) – 4:08
3. "Night Flight" (Albers) – 3:40
4. "Eddy" (R. van Leer, T. van Leer) – 5:54
5. "Sneezing Bull" (Philip Catherine) – 4:27

Side two

1. "Brother" (R. van Leer, T. van Leer) – 5:19
2. "Tokyo Rose" (R. van Leer) – 5:08
3. "Maximum" (Bert Ruiter, T. van Leer) – 8:40
4. "How Long" (R. van Leer, T. van Leer) – 5:16

CD reissue

1. "Wingless" (Roselie van Leer, Thijs van Leer) – 5:35
2. "Orion" (Eef Albers) – 4:08
3. "Night Flight" (Albers) – 3:40
4. "Eddy" (R. van Leer, T. van Leer) – 5:54
5. "Sneezing Bull" (Philip Catherine) – 4:27
6. "Brother" (R. van Leer, T. van Leer) – 5:19
7. "Tokyo Rose" (R. van Leer) – 5:08
8. "Maximum" (Bert Ruiter, T. van Leer) – 8:40
9. "How Long" (R. van Leer, T. van Leer) – 5:16

Personnel

• Thijs van Leer – Hammond organ, piano, electric piano, mellotron, synthesizer, flute
• Bert Ruiter – bass guitar
• Steve Smith – drums
• Philip Catherine – acoustic guitar, lead guitar, rhythm guitar
• Eef Albers – lead guitar, rhythm guitar
• P.J. Proby – vocals (tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 9)