''Mind Wave'' is a studio
album
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by
Cyril Havermans
Cyril Havermans is a Dutch musician, best known for being in the progressive rock band Focus.
Life
Cyril Havermans (birth name Cyriel Havermans) was the bassist and vocalist for a number of Dutch pop bands in the 1960s, using the stage name Car ...
.
Track listing
All songs written by Cyril Havermans
side 1
#"Mind Wave (vocal)"
#"Can't Go Back There"
#"There's a Woman"
#"Consultation Song"
#"Blue Eyed Lady"
side 2
#"Blue Boy"
#"Fools Got You Running"
#"Try to Use My Wings"
#"My Time Your Dream"
#"All Kind Of"
#"Mind Wave (instrumental)"
Personnel
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Cyril Havermans
Cyril Havermans is a Dutch musician, best known for being in the progressive rock band Focus.
Life
Cyril Havermans (birth name Cyriel Havermans) was the bassist and vocalist for a number of Dutch pop bands in the 1960s, using the stage name Car ...
–
vocals
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,
acoustic guitar
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,
electric guitar
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*Herman Deinum –
bass guitar
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,
conga
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s
*Rudy de Queljou –
lead guitar
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*Hans Lafaille –
percussion
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John D'Andrea
John D'Andrea is an American television composer, arranger and music writer.
Biography
D'Andrea, as a boy, was interested in being a musician, due to his father's career playing the saxophone in local New Jersey bands, because of this, his fath ...
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keyboards
Recording
*John D'Andrea – producer
*Tony Scotti – executive producer
*Eric Prestidge – engineer
Recorded at Morgan Studios,
Brussels
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Belgium
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Release history
References
*Liner notes to ''Mind Wave''
1974 albums
Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis
MGM Records albums
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