Roy ayers ubiquity everybody loves the sunshine vinyl

The latter, with its cosmic overtones and talk of 'secrets of numbers, secrets of sound', chimes with the late 60s 'Age of Aquarius' atmosphere that still permeated in 1976. Tracks such as The Golden Rod and The Third Eye, both vibes showcases for Ayers, border on the generic. It was an approach that Arthur Russell would later emulate as Dinosaur L, gaining the support of the underground press. Keyboard player Philip Woo and guitarist Ronald 'Head' Drayton play off each other, while John Solomon's fluid, underrated bass holds it all together. The opening Hey Uh-What You Say Come On is a chant over a driving rhythm with instrumental interludes. The more conventional ballad Keep on Walking follows a similar groove it can be seen as a direct influence on British funk ensembles such as Light of the World.Д®lsewhere, the album is far from down-tempo.

As the tempo seems as enervated as the sweltering day the song describes, Ubiquity's massed vocals joyously state the obvious: 'Folks get down in the sunshine / Folks get brown in the sunshine / Everybody loves the sunshine.' Few records make you feel so pleasantly exhausted. Piano dribbles out over lazy ARP synthesiser flourishes. Much of this was to do with its title-track, a woozy, off-kilter tribute to the summer.

Unbelievably, Everybody Loves the Sunshine was Roy Ayers' 14th album, but it was the one that really struck a chord in the UK. The outfit were square pegs that refused to fit in any holes that suggested straightforward jazz, soul or disco. Yet it was still in turns mellow and soothing. By 1976, vibraphone legend Roy Ayers and his group Ubiquity's music had become dirtier, funkier, and more repetitive.

Roy ayers ubiquity everybody loves the sunshine vinyl