Wow, Steve Smith played on a Focus record? Never knew that, he must have been about 20 at the time.
The original drummer is great in that clip, reminds me of Michael Giles and the guy that Page and Plant used..a wiry, wound up guy who has incredible feel for the music..jazzy as all get out.
I picked up Focus III and can't wait to give it a spin, only familiar with Sylvia which was played as the end of a DJs show on WNEW FM in New York back in the day (anybody remember that??).
Today I could agree about the long solos in general in "Anonymous II", they do go on and on and there's really nothing they hadn't done before. That said, I certainly did listen to the whole thing so many times back when it came out that I know all those bloody solos by heart. Can't complain though, I wore out the record back in the day....
I do like the opening and ending bits a lot though.
Moving Waves is a stone cold classic!
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