Virgin Ubiquity: Unreleased Recordings 1976-1981 - Album Art

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Roy Ayers

Virgin Ubiquity: Unreleased Recordings 1976-1981

Label: BBE

Year: 28 Sep 20

Format: gatefold 2xLP

£30.99

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Track List

  • "Boogie Down"
    (6:06)
  • "What's The T?"
    (4:09)
  • "I Really Love You"
    (3:58)
  • "Oh What A Lovely Feeling"
    (4:12)
  • "Sugar"
    (7:12)
  • "Mystery Of Love"
    (3:51)
  • "Green & Gold"
    (4:51)
  • "Brand New Feeling"
    (9:52)
  • "I Did It In Seattle"
    (4:48)
  • "Mystic Voyage" (version)
    (4:20)
  • "I Just Wanna Give It Up"
    (4:45)
  • "Together Forever"
    (4:37)
  • "I Am Your Mind"
    (6:39)

Review

The legendary Roy Ayers has a wealth of great material to his name but Virgin Ubiquity: Unreleased Recordings 1976-1981 might just be the cream of the crop. It's packed with gold that fuses soul and funk, jazz and disco into a load of killer cuts that never got their own release. There are husky vocal tracks featuring Merry Clayton on "Oh What A Lonely Feeling," "I Really Love You" and "What's the T?", sensual soul stirrers from Carla Vaughn such as "Mystic Voyage" and "Together Forever" and of course liquid synths and rhythm sections underpinning each of the tracks.