At the Rainbow

At the Rainbow
Live album by Focus
Released	October 1973 (1973-10)
Recorded	May 5, 1973 (1973-5-5)
Venue	Rainbow Theatre, London
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	42:26
Label	Imperial
Producer	Mike Vernon
Focus chronology
Focus 3 (1972) At the Rainbow (1973) Hamburger Concerto (1974)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

At the Rainbow (re-released as Live at the Rainbow) is the first live album from the Dutch rock band Focus, released in October 1973 on Imperial Records. The album was recorded at the Rainbow Theatre in London on 5 May 1973 by The Pye Mobile Unit, recording engineer Alan Perkins. 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 .) At the Rainbow was released instead.

Track listing

Vinyl release

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Focus III"	Thijs van Leer	Focus III	3:52
2.	"Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!"	Jan Akkerman, Bert Ruiter	Focus III	11:29
3.	"Focus II"	van Leer	Focus II (aka Moving Waves)	4:36

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Eruption (Excerpt) Orfeus (1:33) Answer (1:25) Orfeus (1:22) Answer (0:20) Pupilla (1:10) Tommy (1:54) Pupilla (0:45)"	van Leer, except "Tommy" by Tom Barlage	Focus II (aka Moving Waves)	8:29
2.	"Hocus Pocus"	Akkerman, van Leer	Focus II (aka Moving Waves)	8:30
3.	"Sylvia"	van Leer	Focus III	2:47
4.	"Hocus Pocus (Reprise)"	Akkerman, van Leer	Focus II (aka Moving Waves)	2:46

CD release 1988

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Focus III"	Thijs van Leer	Focus III	3:54
2.	"Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!"	Jan Akkerman, Bert Ruiter	Focus III	11:38
3.	"Focus II"	van Leer	Focus II (aka Moving Waves)	4:27
4.	"Eruption (Excerpt) "Orfeus" (1:33) "Answer" (1:25) "Orfeus" (1:22) "Answer" (0:20) "Pupilla" (1:10) "Tommy" (1:54) "Pupilla" (0:45)"	van Leer, except "Tommy" by Tom Barlage	Focus II (aka Moving Waves)	8:29
5.	"Hocus Pocus"	Akkerman, van Leer	Focus II (aka Moving Waves)	8:29
6.	"Sylvia"	van Leer	Focus III	2:48
7.	"Hocus Pocus (Reprise)"	Akkerman, van Leer	Focus II (aka Moving Waves)	2:47

Performed at the show, but unreleased

1. "Anonymus 2"
2. "House of the King" (Instrumental) (filmed)
3. Lute solo ("Britannia" by John Dowland)

Personnel

Focus

• Thijs van Leer – keyboards, flute, vocals
• Jan Akkerman – guitar
• Bert Ruiter – bass guitar
• Pierre van der Linden – drums

Charts

Chart (1973–1974)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [2]	53
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [3]	9
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [4]	22
UK Albums (OCC) [5]	23
US Billboard 200 [6]	153

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [7]	Silver	60,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "allmusic ((( Live at the Rainbow > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 115. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
3. "Dutchcharts.nl – Focus – Live At The Rainbow" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
4. "Norwegiancharts.com – Focus – Live At The Rainbow". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
5. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
6. "Focus Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
7. "British album certifications – Focus – Live At The Rainbow". British Phonographic Industry.