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Ubiquity Vibrations

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Five stars!

I normally rate my albums last. Not this time. This album came out in the fall of 1976. Earlier in the year, Roy Ayers Ubiquity released the outstanding "Everybody Loves the Sunshine." This follow-up was more than able to stand up on it's own. I've waited for years (and years) for this to be released on CD. My patience has finally been rewarded!

My favorite cuts are:

1. The memory
2. Searching (this song was the best!!)
3. Vibrations
4. Baby you give me a feeling (only 3 minutes long, but oh, boy!!)

Don't worry about the rest of the album, it's still a great buy!!

Thanks Roy Ayers (and Ubiquity) and Polydor for enabling me to complete my Collection!

My rating (again): Five Stars! (I still can't believe it's here - Hooray!)

1976 was one of those furtile creative grounds for funk,whether it be poppy,rocky soulful,jazzy or in cases like these somewhere in and around all of these things. Not only was Roy's previous album Everybody Loves the Sunshine laid out his whole musical agenda of this era without any doubt but began a winning streak for him that would continue here in a huge way.All the elements that made that and every Ayers 70's classic is here from the cosmic backup singing,chanted vocals and the sudden veers into those jazzy minor chord progression on the Fender Rhodes (kind of a Roy Ayers trademark during this era) and with more then enought energy to boot. One thing that makes Roy's vibe playing during this era is that it wasn't used so much to do any soloing but rather as a layer of many on which the rest of the music is based. Either way around it,the beats in these rhythms are turned right up for many a slice of fast paced,uptempo,polyrhythmic rocked up jazz-funk with "Domelo (Give It To Me)","Higher","Come Out And Play","Searching" and "Moving Grooving".There's a method to this funky madness. "Better Days","Better Day" and the instrumental "Vibrations" all put a cinematic spin on everything and look back to the groove of the era of a few years earlier. Add to that very impressive smoothies such as "Baby I Need Your Love" and "Baby Give Me A Feeling" and you've got an excellent and even more funked up then usual Roy Ayers' collection.It's a blessing to music lovers everywhere that Verve Originals have dipped into the OOP jazz-funk catalog. It's a genre that's unfairly seldom been taken seriously and recordings like these will remind one how much musical and cultural value they really do have.And that's something you can't put a price tag on!

I got this CD along with Ayers' "You Send Me". Without going on and on, let me just say MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! Just too good. No hype. REAL MUSIC!

First time I was around this music, I said "wow" !!! This was back in the day. A band called "pleasure" would be the opening act. I was on campus at San Jose State College. Pleasure was great, cool with a spin on jazz that was different. But, then Mr. ROY Ayers and his band came on and it was " OHH!! My Lord ", talk about a new sound. Oh Yeah it was fresh. these tracks are some of the ground work laid down by the master of the Funky vibraphone. I love some, BABY YOU GIVE ME A FEELING. Great tracks abound here folks. Get this disc it's HOT!! HOT!! HOT!!

one of roy's early lp's that finally made it to cd, this is a very good title, if you're a ayers fan you know what i mean, so you wont go bad trying this. Again about time.