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defrogThis is one of those 45s that I inherited from someone else (a high school friend, in this case), and it was a textbook case of just how many versions of one song a band can do.
In fact, the first time I heard “Hocus Pocus” (by the band Focus) wasn’t on 45, but on the local college radio station. They played the original album version. The 45 featured an edit of that version, and a B-side version of the song with a funkier intro and different breaks.
Later, I bought a 70s rock comp that had yet a different mix of the song. And of course every version I’ve uncovered on YouTube from television appearances like ToTP and Old Grey Whistle Test seems to produce a different version – faster, slower, new breaks, same breaks in a different order, etc.
Here’s the Midnight Special version.
Anyway, it’s a fun song. And easily the only 45 I have with yodeling in it.
The song remains the same,
This is dF
In fact, the first time I heard “Hocus Pocus” (by the band Focus) wasn’t on 45, but on the local college radio station. They played the original album version. The 45 featured an edit of that version, and a B-side version of the song with a funkier intro and different breaks.
Later, I bought a 70s rock comp that had yet a different mix of the song. And of course every version I’ve uncovered on YouTube from television appearances like ToTP and Old Grey Whistle Test seems to produce a different version – faster, slower, new breaks, same breaks in a different order, etc.
Here’s the Midnight Special version.
Anyway, it’s a fun song. And easily the only 45 I have with yodeling in it.
The song remains the same,
This is dF
