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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| name = At the Rainbow

| Name = Live at the Rainbow
| type = live
| artist = [[Focus (band)|Focus]]
| Type = live
| cover = LiveRainbowFocus.jpg
| Artist = [[Focus (band)|Focus]]
| alt =
| Cover = LiveRainbowFocus.jpg
| Released = {{start date|1973|10}}
| released = {{start date|1973|10}}
| Recorded = {{start date|1973|5}}
| recorded = {{start date|1973|5|5}}
| Genre = [[Progressive rock]]
| venue = [[Rainbow Theatre]], London
| Length =
| studio =
| genre = [[Progressive rock]]
| Label = [[EMI]]-Bovema Holland
| Producer =
| length = 42:26
| label = [[Imperial Records|Imperial]]
| Last album = ''[[Focus III]]''<br />(1972)
| producer = [[Mike Vernon (record producer)|Mike Vernon]]
| This album = '''''At the Rainbow'''''<br />(1973)
| prev_title = [[Focus 3]]
| Next album = ''[[Hamburger Concerto]]''<br />(1974)
| prev_year = 1972
| next_title = [[Hamburger Concerto]]
| next_year = 1974
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r66655|pure_url=yes}} |title=allmusic ((( Live at the Rainbow > Overview ))) |publisher=www.allmusic.com |accessdate=2009-11-17 }}</ref>
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|rev2 = [[Discogs]]
|rev2score = {{Rating|4.25|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Focus-At-The-Rainbow/master/54699 |title=Focus (2) - At The Rainbow at Discogs |publisher=www.discogs.com |accessdate=2009-11-17 }}</ref>
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'''''At the Rainbow''''' is a 1973 live album by the band [[Focus (band)|Focus]]. A studio album was initially slated for release, but it was shelved due to disagreements within the band. (An album compiled from the tapes of these sessions was later released with the title ''[[Ship of Memories]]''.) ''At the Rainbow'' was released instead. Producer [[Mike Vernon (producer)|Mike Vernon]] is known to have mixed ''Live at the Rainbow'' for a [[quadraphonic]] release.
'''''At the Rainbow''''' (re-released as '''''Live at the Rainbow''''') is the first [[live album]] from the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] rock band [[Focus (band)|Focus]], released in October 1973 on [[Imperial Records]]. The album was recorded at the [[Rainbow Theatre]] in London on 5 May 1973 by The Pye Mobile Unit, recording engineer Alan Perkins. A studio album was initially slated for release, but it was shelved due to disagreements within the band. (An album compiled from the tapes of these sessions was later released with the title ''[[Ship of Memories]]''.) ''At the Rainbow'' was released instead.


== Track listing ==
==Track listing==
=== Side one ===
===Vinyl release===
{{Track listing
# "Focus III" ([[Thijs van Leer]]) – 3:52
| headline = Side one
# "Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!" ([[Jan Akkerman]], [[Bert Ruiter]]) – 11:29
| extra_column = Original album
# "Focus II" (van Leer) – 4:36
| title1 = Focus III
| length1 = 3:52
| extra1 = ''[[Focus III]]''
| writer1 = [[Thijs van Leer]]


| title2 = Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!
=== Side two ===
| length2 = 11:29
# "Eruption (Excerpt):" ([[Tom Barlage]], van Leer) – 8:28
| extra2 = ''Focus III''
#* "Orfeus"
| writer2 = [[Jan Akkerman]], Bert Ruiter
#* "Answer"

#* "Orfeus"
| title3 = Focus II
#* "Answer"
| length3 = 4:36
#* "Pupilla"
| extra3 = ''[[Focus II|Focus II (aka Moving Waves)]]''
#* "Tommy"
| writer3 = van Leer
#* "Pupilla"
}}
# "[[Hocus Pocus (instrumental)|Hocus Pocus]]" (Akkerman, van Leer) – 8:30

# "Sylvia" (van Leer) – 2:47
{{Track listing
# "Hocus Pocus (Reprise)" (Akkerman, van Leer) – 2:46
| headline = Side two
| extra_column = Original album
| title1 = Eruption (Excerpt)
* Orfeus (1:33)
* Answer (1:25)
* Orfeus (1:22)
* Answer (0:20)
* Pupilla (1:10)
* Tommy (1:54)
* Pupilla (0:45)
| length1 = 8:29
| extra1 = ''Focus II (aka Moving Waves)''
| writer1 = van Leer, except "Tommy" by Tom Barlage
| title2 = [[Hocus Pocus (instrumental)|Hocus Pocus]]
| writer2 = Akkerman, van Leer
| length2 = 8:30
| extra2 = ''Focus II (aka Moving Waves)''
| title3 = Sylvia
| writer3 = van Leer
| length3 = 2:47
| extra3 = ''Focus III''
| title4 = Hocus Pocus (Reprise)
| writer4 = Akkerman, van Leer
| length4 = 2:46
| extra4 = ''Focus II (aka Moving Waves)''
}}

===CD release 1988===
{{Track listing
| headline =
| extra_column = Original album
| title1 = Focus III
| writer1 = [[Thijs van Leer]]
| length1 = 3:54
| extra1 = ''Focus III''

| title2 = Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!
| writer2 = [[Jan Akkerman]], Bert Ruiter
| length2 = 11:38
| extra2 = ''Focus III''

| title3 = Focus II
| writer3 = van Leer
| length3 = 4:27
| extra3 = ''Focus II (aka Moving Waves)''

| title4 = Eruption (Excerpt)
*"Orfeus" (1:33)
*"Answer" (1:25)
*"Orfeus" (1:22)
*"Answer" (0:20)
*"Pupilla" (1:10)
*"Tommy" (1:54)
*"Pupilla" (0:45)
| writer4 = van Leer, except "Tommy" by Tom Barlage
| length4 = 8:29
| extra4 = ''Focus II (aka Moving Waves)''
| title5 = [[Hocus Pocus (song)|Hocus Pocus]]
| writer5 = Akkerman, van Leer
| length5 = 8:29
| extra5 = ''Focus II (aka Moving Waves)''

| title6 = Sylvia
| writer6 = van Leer
| length6 = 2:48
| extra6 = ''Focus III''

| title7 = Hocus Pocus (Reprise)
| writer7 = Akkerman, van Leer
| length7 = 2:47
| extra7 = ''Focus II (aka Moving Waves)''
}}


== Performed at the show, but unreleased ==
== Performed at the show, but unreleased ==
# "Anonymus 2"
# "Anonymus 2"
# "House Of The King" (filmed)
# "House of the King" (Instrumental) (filmed)
# [[Lute]] solo ("Britannia" by [[John Dowland]])
# [[Lute]] solo ("Britannia" by [[John Dowland]])



== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==
;Focus
* [[Thijs van Leer]] – [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[Western concert flute|flute]], [[singer|vocals]]
* [[Jan Akkerman]] – [[guitar]]
* [[Thijs van Leer]] – keyboards, flute, vocals
* [[Bert Ruiter]] – [[bass guitar]]
* [[Jan Akkerman]] – guitar
* Bert Ruiter – bass guitar
* [[Pierre van der Linden]] – [[drum kit|drums]]
* [[Pierre van der Linden]] – drums

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Chart (1973–1974)
! Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"|Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=115}}</ref>
|align="center"|53
|-
{{albumchart|Netherlands|9|artist=Focus|album=Live At The Rainbow|access-date=8 January 2023|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{albumchart|Norway|22|artist=Focus|album=Live At The Rainbow|access-date=8 January 2023|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{albumchart|UK2|23|date=19731104|access-date=8 January 2023|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{albumchart|Billboard200|153|artist=Focus|access-date=8 January 2023|rowheader=true}}
|}

==Certifications==
{{certification Table Top}}
{{certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=Focus|title=Live At The Rainbow|award=Silver|relyear=1973|certyear=1974|id=3905-1585-2}}
{{certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes}}


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Focus albums]]
[[Category:1973 live albums]]
[[Category:1973 live albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Mike Vernon (record producer)]]

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[[Category:Focus (band) albums]]
[[Category:Imperial Records live albums]]
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[[Category:Live instrumental rock albums]]
[[Category:Live progressive rock albums]]

Latest revision as of 17:25, 26 November 2024

At the Rainbow
Live album by
Focus
ReleasedOctober 1973 (1973-10)
RecordedMay 5, 1973 (1973-05-05)
VenueRainbow Theatre, London
GenreProgressive rock
Length42:26
LabelImperial
ProducerMike Vernon
Focus chronology
Focus 3
(1972) 		At the Rainbow
(1973) 		Hamburger Concerto
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

At the Rainbow (re-released as Live at the Rainbow) is the first live album from the Dutch rock band Focus, released in October 1973 on Imperial Records. The album was recorded at the Rainbow Theatre in London on 5 May 1973 by The Pye Mobile Unit, recording engineer Alan Perkins. A studio album was initially slated for release, but it was shelved due to disagreements within the band. (An album compiled from the tapes of these sessions was later released with the title Ship of Memories.) At the Rainbow was released instead.

Track listing

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Vinyl release

[edit]
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Focus III"Thijs van LeerFocus III3:52
2."Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!"Jan Akkerman, Bert RuiterFocus III11:29
3."Focus II"van LeerFocus II (aka Moving Waves)4:36
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Eruption (Excerpt)
  • Orfeus (1:33)
  • Answer (1:25)
  • Orfeus (1:22)
  • Answer (0:20)
  • Pupilla (1:10)
  • Tommy (1:54)
  • Pupilla (0:45)"
van Leer, except "Tommy" by Tom BarlageFocus II (aka Moving Waves)8:29
2."Hocus Pocus"Akkerman, van LeerFocus II (aka Moving Waves)8:30
3."Sylvia"van LeerFocus III2:47
4."Hocus Pocus (Reprise)"Akkerman, van LeerFocus II (aka Moving Waves)2:46

CD release 1988

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No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Focus III"Thijs van LeerFocus III3:54
2."Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!"Jan Akkerman, Bert RuiterFocus III11:38
3."Focus II"van LeerFocus II (aka Moving Waves)4:27
4."Eruption (Excerpt)
  • "Orfeus" (1:33)
  • "Answer" (1:25)
  • "Orfeus" (1:22)
  • "Answer" (0:20)
  • "Pupilla" (1:10)
  • "Tommy" (1:54)
  • "Pupilla" (0:45)"
van Leer, except "Tommy" by Tom BarlageFocus II (aka Moving Waves)8:29
5."Hocus Pocus"Akkerman, van LeerFocus II (aka Moving Waves)8:29
6."Sylvia"van LeerFocus III2:48
7."Hocus Pocus (Reprise)"Akkerman, van LeerFocus II (aka Moving Waves)2:47

Performed at the show, but unreleased

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  1. "Anonymus 2"
  2. "House of the King" (Instrumental) (filmed)
  3. Lute solo ("Britannia" by John Dowland)


Personnel

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Focus

Charts

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Chart (1973–1974) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[2] 53
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[3] 9
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[4] 22
UK Albums (OCC)[5] 23
US Billboard 200[6] 153

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[7] Silver 60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "allmusic ((( Live at the Rainbow > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 115. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Focus – Live At The Rainbow" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Focus – Live At The Rainbow". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Focus Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  7. ^ "British album certifications – Focus – Live At The Rainbow". British Phonographic Industry.
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