At the Rainbow is a 1973 live album by the band Focus

Focus (band)

Focus is a Dutch rock band which was founded by classically trained organist/flautist Thijs van Leer in 1969, and is most famous for the instrumental pieces "Hocus Pocus" and "Sylvia"...

. A studio album was initially slated for release, but it was shelved due to disagreements within the band. (An album compiled from the tapes of these sessions was later released with the title Ship of Memories

Ship of Memories

Ship of Memories is the sixth studio album by the band Focus featuring previously unreleased material, released in 1976.-Side one:# "P's March" – 4:43# "Can't Believe My Eyes" – 5:17# "Focus V" – 3:02...

.) At the Rainbow was released instead. Producer Mike Vernon

Mike Vernon (producer)

Mike Vernon is an English record producer. He produced albums for British blues artists and groups during the late 1960s, working with the Bluesbreakers, David Bowie, Duster Bennett, Savoy Brown, Chicken Shack, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, John Mayall, Christine McVie and...

 is known to have mixed Live at the Rainbow for a quadraphonic

Quadraphonic

Quadraphonic sound – the most widely used early term for what is now called 4.0 surround sound – uses four channels in which speakers are positioned at the four corners of the listening space, reproducing signals that are independent of one another...

 release.

Side one

1. "Focus III" (Thijs van Leer
   Thijs van Leer
   Thijs Van Leer is a Dutch musician, singer and composer, best known for heading the Dutch progressive rock band, Focus, as primary vocalist, Hammond organ player, and flautist. He also yodels and whistles...
   
   ) – 3:52
2. "Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!" (Jan Akkerman
   Jan Akkerman
   Jan Akkerman is a Dutch guitarist. Akkerman is a distinctive guitarist, constantly experimenting with new equipment and guitars. Akkerman's distinctive guitar sound is characterised by his pioneering use of volume swells which produce a smooth, fluty, sustained tone, and other complex techniques...
   
   , Bert Ruiter
   Bert Ruiter
   Bert Ruiter is a Dutch bass guitarist, record producer, and composer.Ruiter was born in Amsterdam and grew up in Hilversum. When he was twelve he started playing guitar by ear; later he switched to bass guitar...
   
   ) – 11:29
3. "Focus II" (van Leer) – 4:36

Side two

1. "Eruption (Excerpt):" (Tom Barlage, van Leer) – 8:28
   • "Orfeus"
   • "Answer"
   • "Orfeus"
   • "Answer"
   • "Pupilla"
   • "Tommy"
   • "Pupilla"
2. "Hocus Pocus" (Akkerman, van Leer) – 8:30
3. "Sylvia" (van Leer) – 2:47
4. "Hocus Pocus (Reprise)" (Akkerman, van Leer) – 2:46

Performed at the show, but unreleased

1. "Anonymus 2"
2. "House Of The King" (filmed)
3. Lute
   Lute
   Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes....
   
    solo ("Britannia" by John Dowland
   John Dowland
   John Dowland was an English Renaissance composer, singer, and lutenist. He is best known today for his melancholy songs such as "Come, heavy sleep" , "Come again", "Flow my tears", "I saw my Lady weepe" and "In darkness let me dwell", but his instrumental music has undergone a major revival, and has...
   
   )

Personnel

• Thijs van Leer
  Thijs van Leer
  Thijs Van Leer is a Dutch musician, singer and composer, best known for heading the Dutch progressive rock band, Focus, as primary vocalist, Hammond organ player, and flautist. He also yodels and whistles...
  
   – keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  , flute
  Western concert flute
  The Western concert flute is a transverse woodwind instrument made of metal or wood. It is the most common variant of the flute. A musician who plays the flute is called a flautist, flutist, or flute player....
  
  , vocals
• Jan Akkerman
  Jan Akkerman
  Jan Akkerman is a Dutch guitarist. Akkerman is a distinctive guitarist, constantly experimenting with new equipment and guitars. Akkerman's distinctive guitar sound is characterised by his pioneering use of volume swells which produce a smooth, fluty, sustained tone, and other complex techniques...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Bert Ruiter
  Bert Ruiter
  Bert Ruiter is a Dutch bass guitarist, record producer, and composer.Ruiter was born in Amsterdam and grew up in Hilversum. When he was twelve he started playing guitar by ear; later he switched to bass guitar...
  
   – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Pierre van der Linden
  Pierre van der Linden
  Pierre van der Linden, born 19 February 1946 in the Netherlands, is a jazz drummer whose style was influenced by his childhood hero Buddy Rich....
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....