Ocean, by Ocean

Ocean

by Ocean

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1.	Can't Stay Inside 02:23	buy track
2.	The World is Big 03:04	buy track
3.	Rampé 03:06	buy track
4.	Every Day 02:29	buy track
5.	That's the Way It is 03:24	buy track
6.	Shellneck Slim and Grim 02:22	buy track
7.	Reuben's Train 04:34	buy track
8.	The Left Behind 03:33	buy track
9.	There is a Time 04:07	buy track
10.	The River Rats 02:55	buy track
11.	In the Beginning 02:31	buy track

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Emerging from the New York Greenwich village folk scene having backed David Blue Lyn Hardy, John Townley and Jay Ungar were the heart of The Family of Apostolic album that emerged on Vanguard Records in 1969. A rambling ramshackle mix of folk, world music and hippy drivel it was the product of Apostolic Studios which Townley had invested his inheritance in after a brief period in The Magicians (of Nuggets fame). In addition to the unmarketable Family of Apostolic album the studio had seen the recording of several Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention albums before going out of business. The Ocean album was recorded by Jay, Lyn and John in 1969 but was unreleased until now. It is a highly listenable and upbeat collection of electric folk rock reminiscent in places of The Serpent Power’s later recordings Jay Ungar’s fiddle adding a rural flavour to proceedings. Surprisingly good.

Richard Allen / Shindig! (Aug 2020)

The album from Ocean was recorded at Apostolic Studios in New York in the summer of 1969 – and remained unreleased until 2020.

It’s a real folk-rock-gem combining a variety of styles – in the end that’s not surprising because in a way it’s the follow-up to John Townley’s wonderfully eclectic “Family of Apostolic”-double-LP, released on Vanguard/Apostolic in 1968. The basic idea of Ocean was to go a step further than the Family of Apostolic by having a performing band behind the album. But after the recording the band fell apart and the album remained on the shelf.

The master tape was lost when the Apostolic Studios went under in 1970 – but John Townley rescued a mono reference copy of the final mix which you have here.

line-up:
Lyndon Hardy: vocals, guitar
Jay Ungar: vocals, fiddle, mandolin, guitar
John Townley: guitar, vocals, recorder, piano
Peter Smith: bass, oud, guitar, vocals
Jim Willis: drums, percussion
Billy Culhane: vocals, manager

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released September 1, 2020

Recorded at Apostolic Studios New York in 1969
Produced by John Townley, engineered by Randy Rand
Made under exclusive licence from John Townley (Concertworks Music, ASCAP) & Jay Ungar (Swinging Door Music, BMI)
Tape transfer: John Kilgore, John Kilgore Sound & Recording (johnkilgore.com)
Design: Christian Witt
Project coordination: Groucho Kangaroo
(p) 1969 (c) 2020 The Lollipoppe Shoppe

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