CD 1 – TALENT FOR SALE
1. Bags Groove 2.42
2. Revival Of The Cat 2.53
3. Moonbeam 3.06
4. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy 3.24
5. On The Green Light 2.54
6. What'd I Say 2.37
7. Slim Jenkin’s Place 3.20
8. Hineimatov 3.19
9. Green Onions 3.16
10. Ode To Billy Joe 5.30
11. Comin' Home Baby 2.23
CD 2 – PROFILE
1. Fresh Air (Must Be My Land – Wresting To Get Out – Back Again – The Fight – Fresh Air, Blue Notes For
Listening – Water And Skies Are Telling Me – Happy Gabriël?) 19.53
2. Kemps Jig 1.32
3. Etude 1.30
4. Blue Boy 2.23
5. Andante Sostenuto 4.07
6. Maybe Just A Dream 2.34
7. Minstrel / Farmers Dance 1.43
8. Stick 3.37
CD 3 – TABERNAKEL
1. Britannia by John Dowland 3.56
2. Coranto For Mrs. Murcott by Francis Pilkington 1.27
3. The Earl Of Derby, His Galliard by John Dowland 1.57
4. House Of The King 2.23
5. A Galliard by Anthonie Holborne 2.11
6. A Galliard by John Dowland 1.33
7. A Pavan by Thomas Morley 3.06
8. Jaweh 3.22
9. A Fantasy by Laurencini of Rome 3.20
10. Lammy (I Am – Asleep, Half Asleep, Awake – She Is, Lammy – We Are, The Last Will And Testament – Amen)
14.05
CD 4 – JAN AKKERMAN & KAZ LUX: ELI / TRANSPARENTAL
ELI:
1. Eli 4.24
2. Guardian Angel 4.54
3. Tranquillizer 4.15
4. Can’t Fake A Good Time 5.20
5. There He Still Goes 3.43
6. Strindberg 3.07
7. Wings Of Strings 3.17
8. Naked Actress 5.43
9. Fairytale 3.45
TRANSPARENTAL:
10. Inspiration 6.08
11. Apocalypso 6.15
12. Concentrate, Don’t Hesitate 6.43
13. Transparental 1.10
14. I Don’t Take It Much Longer 3.52
15. Marsha 5.03
16. You’re Not The Type 5.57
17. The Party Is Over 4.28
CD 5 – JAN AKKERMAN
1. Crackers 4.18
2. Angel Watch 9.50
3. Pavane 5.31
4. Streetwalker 6.59
5. Skydancer 5.12
6. Floatin’ 5.13
7. Gate To Europe 3.01
CD 6 – TONY SCOTT featuring JAN AKKERMAN: PRISM
1. Silmarillion 11.56
2. The Offering 11.02
3. Blues Blues Blues And Then Some More Blues 11.02
4. Under The Bo Tree 12.02
CD 7 – JAN AKKERMAN & CLAUS OGERMAN: ARANJUEZ
1. Adagio from 'Concierto de Aranjuez' 5.54
2. Nightwings 4.49
3. Mondinha (Preludio) 5.04
4. Españoleta 5.32
5. Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte 6.44
6. Love Remembered 3.34
7. The Seed Of God (from ‘Magdalena’) 5.37
8. Bachinanas Brasileiras No.5 5.44
CD 8 – LIVE
1. Transitory 2.06
2. Skydancer 8.33
3. Pavane 7.15
4. Crackers 6.50
5. Tommy 3.36
6. Azimuth 6.08
CD 9 – JAN AKKERMAN 3
1. Stingray (Get Up With That) 5.49
2. Wait And See 4.55
3. She’s So Divine 3.49
4. Funk Me 5.56
5. This Is The One 6.00
6. Nightprayer 5.45
7. Time Out Of Mind 1.19
CD 10 – OIL IN THE FAMILY
1. Oil In The Family 6.22
2. Formula N-One 9.37
3. Disc-O-Asis 7.05
4. No Doubt About It 5.42
5. Family Reprise 1.03
6. Blue In The Shadow 3.52
CD 11 – PLEASURE POINT
1. Valdez 4.10
2. Heavy Pleasure 8.42
3. Cool In The Shadow 7.01
4. Visions Of Blue 9.50
5. C.S. 3.53
6. Bird Island 7.01
BONUS TRACKS (1998):
7. Atlantean Dew 5.02
8. Laurie’s Dance 1.36
9. Angel Blue 2.42
10. Halfway 4.01
11. 35 Seconds 0.34
12. Waterfalls Of Eden 1.00
13. Desiderata 1.48
14. Terra Pax?! 1.08
15. Guilty By Association 0.33
16. Communion & Procession 2.17
17. Near Odessa 1.14
18. Anne Mia 2.58
CD 12 – IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU
1. Old Tennis Shoes 11.27
2. Come Closer 8.41
3. Funkology (Baby Start – One Way – Free) 11.35
4. It Could Happen To You (Free Together) 5.25
CD 13 – CAN’T STAND NOISE
1. Piétons 7.58
2. Everything Must Change 6.26
3. Back To The Factory 7.52
4. Journey (A Real Elegant Gipsy) 4.28
5. Heavy Treasure 8.55
6. Just Because 5.35
7. Who Knows 1.15
BONUS TRACKS (1994):
8. Crackers 9.38
9. Burger’s Blues (Intro) 3.18
10. Prima Donna 5.19
11. Sketches Of Pleasure 11.12
CD 14 – FROM THE BASEMENT
1. Headbanger 6.28
2. All Along The Watchtower 14.14
3. Dark Rose 2.55
4. Wallenberg (Dedicated To Raoul Wallenberg) 6.09
5. From The Basement 8.22
6. P.C.B. Chicken 6.36
7. Status Quo 2.56
BONUS TRACKS (1998):
‘The Love Is Uneven Suite’
8. a) She Let Me Do What I Want 0.39
9. b) Blues From The Tews 0.46
10. c) Cherubim & Sepharim 1.48
11. d) She Can’t Say Don’t 3.01
12. e) Part 1 – Took Her To Locronan 0.39
13. f) Part 2 – Then Rollright Stones (The Tews) 6.56
14. g) No More Parking 2.44
15. When I Was A Cocktail In A Waitress Bar 4.30
16. Ellington’s Way 3.26
CD 15 – HEARTWARE
1. My Pleasure 8.54
2. Just Because, So! 5.00
3. Lost & Found 7.08
4. Heartware 6.50
5. Winterborn, Lyric 5.07
6. Lonely Street Of Dreams 5.48
7. Firenze 2.54
BONUS TRACKS (1998):
8. Apollo’s Mask 0.50
9. Dancing In Chains (not S.M.) 4.48
10. Dompteuse Du Serpent 0.27
11. Fire From Heaven 2.44
12. Almost Dawn 1.55
13. Agony & Ecstasy 3.16
14. Akkermani 1.42
15. Luxemburger 4.20
CD 16 – THE NOISE OF ART
1. Trojan Horse 3.55
2. You Can’t Keep A Bad Man Up 3.06
3. Bonnaville 4.33
4. Shame On You 6.44
5. Having Fun 3.55
6. Prima Donna 5.27
7. Prelude: Friends Always 5.18
8. Akkerman’s Sombrero 7.10
9. My Pleasure 6.40
10. Quiet Storm 2.42
CD 17 – PUCCINI’S CAFE
1. Burger’s Blues 4.28
2. Your Eyes In The Whiskey 6.30
3. Spanish Roads 2.06
4. Key To The Highway 5.37
5. It Comes & Goes 2.54
6. Albatross 4.26
7. Blue Train 6.21
8. Love Is Uneven 8.56
9. Puccini’s Cafe 5.45
CD 18 – BLUES HEARTS
1. Wake Up! 3.24
2. Blues Route '94 5.45
3. Milestones 7.06
4. Red Pool House Blues 3.02
5. No Gossip 3.45
6. Virgin Mary 5.16
7. Traffic Jam 3.39
8. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy 7.37
9. Soft Focus 4.19
CD 19 – FOCUS IN TIME
1. Home Voyage (Intro – Where Would I Be – I’ll Make It Up To You – Extro) 8.13
2. Saudade 5.22
3. Nail The Snake 3.39
4. Après Un Rêve 3.54
5. Am I Losing You 6.24
6. Wildflower 3.58
7. On The Table 3.28
8. Elegy 4.55
9. Laurie Anne 2.13
10. Leading Me There 3.22
11. I'll Find My Own Way Home 2.35
CD 20 – 10.000 CLOWNS ON A RAINY DAY (2CD)
CD1:
1. Intro (10.000 Clowns) 4.57
2. Puccini’s Cafe 6.29
3. Skydancer 8.20
4. Eruptions (Orpheo – Questions Answers – Distant Drums – Pupilla – Tommy – Answers Questions – The
New Bridge – Orpheo) 12.09
5. Focus 2 4.47
6. Pre Madonna 6.04
7. Virgin Mary 6.19
8. Soft Focus 4.11
9. Pedestrians (Miss En Scene – Nico’s Delight – J’s 2000 Flight – Stealth – Hocus Pocus) 10.13
10. No Hang Ups 6.53
CD2:
1. On The Table (Sylvia – Under The Table – Spanish Wood – Antonio (drum solo) – Leaving The Church
Before Singin’ – Manuel (bass solo) – On The Table – Sylvia’s Grandmother) 17.35
2. Am I Losing You 6.42
3. Wake Up 3.52
4. Focus 3 6.21
5. Weedstalker 9.36
6. Akkerstones 8.03
7. Pool House 6.57
8. Quiet Storm 2.37
CD 22 – PASSION
1. Suite 1 (David’s Harp Song – Wildflower – Across The Bridge – In Amorata – Always – David’s Harp Song)
12.18
2. Suite 2 (Monkey – Sweethearts – Close Enough – Central Park – Ab-so-rocking-lutely – D.Jan.Go – Mary) 10.53
3. Mon Amour 3.06
4. Tranquillizer 5.51
5. Classic Gaz / Gate To Europe 4.16
6. Fellini’s Restaurant 3.34
7. Passion 1.24
8. Countess of Pembrooks Paradise 1.52
9. Muy Linda 2.09
10. The Knight Of The Lute 4.07
11. Whispering / Liebestraum 2.44
CD 23 – C.U.
1. See You 7.59
2. In Between The Sheets 6.18
3. I'm In The Mood 5.43
4. Dance The Blues Away 7.56
5. Cottonbay 10.07
6. Kloenk 5.57
7. Blowing 4.48
8. Slow Man 6.30
9. Urbanstring 4.54
CD 24 – MINOR DETAILS
1. Free Wheeling 4.28
2. Big Sir 3.58
3. Dinner Time 4.44
4. Love Train 5.11
5. Blind Baby 6.24
6. Minor Details 8.00
7. Joy 8.52
8. Fernando’s Minibar 5.07
9. Kharmah Chantalah 4.59
10. Searching for Angela 5.45
11. As Long as You're Near 4.40
12. San Frisky 4.25
13. The Arrogant Frogs 5.27
14. Mena Muria 4.00
CD 25 – MY FOCUS
For this CD Jan Akkerman selected his personal favorite Focus tracks, with some early (pre-Focus) works added.
JOHNNY AND HIS CELLAR ROCKERS
1. Exodus 2.08
2. Melody in F Rock 2.46
THE HUNTERS
3. Russian Spy And I 2.40
BRAINBOX
4. Down Man 2.37
5. Summertime 4.22
FOCUS
6. House Of The King 2.21
7. Le Clochard 2.00
8. Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers! 13.57
9. Love Remembered 2.49
10. Elspeth Of Nottingham 2.58
11. Hocus Pocus (Live) 8.06
12. Out Of Vesuvius 5.49
13. Hamburger Concerto (Starter – Rare – Medium I – Medium II – Well Done – One For The Road) 20.18
CD 26 – AKKERARCHIVES
1. Crackers – demo 5.39
2. Angel Watch – demo 11.18
3. Azimuth – demo 9.18
4. Stingray (Get Up With That) – demo 6.32
5. A Family In The Oil 3.11
6. Come Closer – demo 6.30
7. General Buckshot & The Blues Waffe 4.03
8. Yoyo Working 3.05
9. Song For The Millennium 3.21
10. Plaisir d’Amour 5.07
11. Anonymous 4 Blues 6.46
12. She’s Gone 3.04
13. Payin’ For It Now 10.13
The Complete Jan Akkerman is a new 26 CD box set which brings together all the studio albums (and more) of Dutch guitar legend Jan Akkerman, who found international success with the band Focus.
The creative guitarist is well known for his individualistic style, combining rock, jazz, blues, and baroque into his solo projects. This 26-disc set includes the solo studio long-players, his most important live recordings and a CD of rare and previously unreleased tracks.
The booklet includes a biography, some unpublished photos and an album-to-album breakdown, featuring full credits (including never-before-published facts about who played what on specific albums) and Jan’s own memories about the 23 studio and live albums, taken from recent interviews with Jan.
In terms of mastering, these have come from the best available sources, including analog two-track tapes, digital safety copies, and the odd DAT tape (for the rarities disc). Where master tapes have disappeared or been untraceable, then “a few” needle drops have been used. Everything has been remastered “carefully” to maintain dynamic range, and some are even flat transfers because they didn’t need enhancing in any way.
