“We even considered calling it Crocus for a short while,” he confides with a smile.įocus really found their feet with their second album Moving Waves (on which Hocus Pocus was the opening track), which later prompted eventual long-term producer Mike Vernon to observe: “You wonder if it’s the same band ”.īut it was the decision to make it a single by slashing three minutes from its original six-and-a-half that eventually established Focus as stars on both sides of the Atlantic. With no lyrics per se, it was van Leer who proposed giving it a title that rhymed with the band’s name. Apart from the addition of a manic flute solo, a flourish of accordion and some scat vocal ad-libs, the track was put down in just a couple of takes, and in almost exactly the same form as it had emerged at the castle. The band were impressed that Polydor Records had paired them with Mike Vernon, who had produced Fleetwood Mac and John Mayall. Hocus Pocus was recorded partly in London in April/May 1971. “Without boasting, it was something that I just knew.” “Although I wasn’t aware that it might become a rock’n’roll classic, I had a feeling in my spine that it would make history,” he says. Asking for ROMs is also not allowed.Like many composers of hits, van Leer knew instantly that he and Akkerman had created something of lasting value. Links to emulators and fan translation projects is allowed, but any posting of ROMs will be deleted. If you post something you didn't make, please give proper attribution to the original creator. Only post things that are related to Rhythm Heaven. No trolling, low-effort, or NSFW/NSFL content. Repeatedly posting similar or excessively common content is spam. Feel free to post fan art, music, remixes, games, pretty much anything Rhythm Heaven-related.
This is a subreddit completely based on the excellent Nintendo franchise Rhythm Heaven (Rhythm Tengoku in Japan, Rhythm Paradise in Europe, Rhythm World in South Korea).
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