I was quite happy when I saw that Music On Vinyl were remastering this live album, albeit with a different cover to the original copy that I already had. It’s quite hard to believe now, but back in the distant past Focus appeared on Top Of The Pops with the singles Hocus Pocus and Sylvia. I know it feels like being in a parallel universe because now there is seemingly no decent music played by humans that inhabit popular music at all. Not that Focus were ever a pop band, they were a Prog band and sat perfectly alongside Genesis, Yes, and King Crimson but with a niche sound all of their own.
The wonderful Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers! Is a sprawling meandering beast of a tune that feels as though the band are just jamming with some great playing, especially from Jan Ackerman. The supercharged and seemingly speeding out of control version of Hocus Pocus is just a riot, and highly enjoyable.
Focus are a wonderful nostalgic part of my musical discovery and I will forever remember them fondly.
8.5/10 from The Grooveman.
