{"product_id":"steve-leach-ocean-potion","title":"Steve Leach - Ocean Potion","description":"\u003cp\u003eSteve 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWho 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Be With Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53556554727798,"sku":null,"price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/6450\/6005\/files\/BEWITH169LP.jpg?v=1729705886","url":"https:\/\/www.stickyblacktarmac.com\/products\/steve-leach-ocean-potion","provider":"Sticky Black Tarmac","version":"1.0","type":"link"}