Focus

Focus is a Dutch progressive rock band, founded by classically trained organist/flautist Thijs van Leer in 1969, most famous for the instrumental "Hocus Pocus". The band broke up in 1978, but reformed in 2002 and has been recording and touring since. They have received renewed fame as "Hocus Pocus" was used as the theme for the Nike 2010 World Cup commercial, Write The Future, directed by the Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu. The song was also featured in the 2014 film RoboCop. (Read more at Wikipedia)

Links to Peel
Although Peel seemed to take a liking in the band's most famous song, "Hocus Pocus" (which, actually, was intended as a parody of progressive rock), he wasn't really interested in them. He probably thought their music, which often consisted of long instrumental sections with solos, was too much for its own sake.

In 1973, he stated that he liked "the Faces,the Floyd and The Who, but not ELP, Yes and Focus."

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08 September 1972: Hocus Pocus (LP - Moving Waves) Polydor