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Steve Leach (aka Seasick Steve) - Ocean Potion

Steve Leach (aka Seasick Steve) - Ocean Potion

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Release Date: 25/10/24 - Black Vinyl

Genre: Funk/Soul

Steve Leach's Balearic beach-funk beast Ocean Potion, recorded with the Crystal Grass
Orchestra is an absolutely ace, Ned Doheny-adjacent funky AOR / blue-eyed soul BBQ
classic from 1976.

Who is Steve Leach, you ask? None other than Seasick Steve in a previous life! A
French-only release on Philips, it's a hugely immediate, pop-funk firecracker. It features a
wonderfully lush, full orchestral sound throughout, underpinning Steve's gorgeous voice
and an army of brilliant backing vocalists.

The supporting cast is phenomenal and is arguably the salient reason this is such a
fantastic record. We're talking legendary players from the French scene (think Arpadys,
Voyage, Kongas, CCPP, Giant, Swing Family) such as Don Ray with his arranger-conductor hat on as well as synths, Marc Chantereau on percussion, Slim Pezin on guitar, André Ceccarelli on drums, Christian Padovan on bass and Pierre Halation on flute.
With these snakes behind the scenes, it remains a mystery how Ocean Potion is so
relatively unknown. Hopefully, this long overdue reissue rectifies this and puts a stop to
people dropping £200 on it.

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