Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
30	31	1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	1	2	3

Roy Ayers (Roy Ayers Ubiquity) - 3 Studio Albums (1971-1976) [Reissue 2008-2009]

Posted By: gribovar

Date: 31 Mar 2025 16:38:47

Ubiquity (1971). Roy Ayers' leap to the Polydor label inaugurates his music's evolution away from the more traditional jazz of his earlier Atlantic LPs toward the infectious, funk-inspired fusion that still divides critics and fans even decades after the fact. Although Ubiquity maintains one foot in Ayers' hard bop origins, the record favors soulful grooves and sun-kissed textures that flirt openly and unapologetically with commercial tastes. Several cuts feature the male/female vocals that would become a hallmark of subsequent Ubiquity efforts, while mid-tempo instrumentals like "Pretty Brown Skin" and "The Painted Desert" feature evocatively cinematic arrangements and intriguing solos that unfurl like psychedelic freak flags. The crack supporting cast including bassist John Williams, keyboardist Harry Whitaker, and drummer Alphonso Mouzon proves equally effective on high-energy numbers like "Can You Dig It" and the Nat Adderley-penned "Hummin' in the Sun," which point the way to the mind-expanding funk Ayers would perfect across the sessions to follow. An outstanding record.

Virgo Red (1973). Despite contributions from an abundance of soul-jazz greats including Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jimmy Owens, and Garnett Brown, Virgo Red is the most stripped-down and nuanced of Roy Ayers' Ubiquity LPs. Its sinuous funk grooves are first and foremost a showcase for the intuitive interplay of Ayers and electric keyboardist Harry Whitaker, whose Fender Rhodes' fills orbit Ayers' vibes' solos like a planet circling the sun. The material is a crazy quilt of righteously soulful originals and deeply funky covers spanning Leroy Hutson's soul classic "Giving Love" to Stories' soft pop smash "Brother Louie" to absolute treacle like The Poseidon Adventure's "The Morning After" - by all rights it shouldn't work, but as the astrological overtones winding through Virgo Red attest, sometimes the stars align.

Vibrations (1976). Whenever someone makes the transition from jazz instrumentalist to R&B singer, he/she is bound to be lambasted by jazz purists and denounced as a sellout. Roy Ayers was no exception – like George Benson, George Duke, and Patrice Rushen, Ayers was frequently attacked by jazz's hardcore in the late '70s for turning away from instrumental jazz and making vocal-oriented soul and funk his main focus. But what didn't interest jazz snobs excited R&B lovers, who found a lot to admire about Vibrations and other Ayers albums from that period. This 1976 LP boasted the moody hit "Searching," which has jazz overtones but is essentially an R&B song, and the title track which has become nothing less less than a funky soul classic. Ayers and his band Ubiquity are also quite appealing on gems that range from the sweaty, driving funk of "One Sweet Love to Remember," "Moving Grooving," "Higher," and "Domelo (Give It to Me)," to mellow quiet storm numbers like "Baby, You Give Me a Feeling" and "Baby, I Need Your Love." With Vibrations, Ayers reminded us that jazz's loss was certainly soul/funk's gain.

Tracklist:
01. Pretty Brown Skin
02. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
03. I Can't Help Myself
04. Love
05. The Fuzz
06. Hummin'
07. Can You Dig It
08. Painted Desert
09. He Gives Us All His Love

Total time: 40:01

EAC log

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008

EAC extraction logfile from 18. October 2009, 16:41

Roy Ayers / Ubiquity

Used drive : PLEXTOR CD-R PREMIUM2 Adapter: 1 ID: 1

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 30
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface
Gap handling : Appended to previous track

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 32 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Programmi\FLAC\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%a" -T "TITLE=%t" -T "ALBUM=%g" -T "DATE=%y" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%n" -T "GENRE=%m" -T "COMMENT=EAC FLAC -8" %s

TOC of the extracted CD

Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 5:41.15 | 0 | 25589
2 | 5:41.15 | 4:51.24 | 25590 | 47438
3 | 10:32.39 | 3:06.68 | 47439 | 61456
4 | 13:39.32 | 4:26.37 | 61457 | 81443
5 | 18:05.69 | 4:10.65 | 81444 | 100258
6 | 22:16.59 | 3:44.69 | 100259 | 117127
7 | 26:01.53 | 5:52.68 | 117128 | 143595
8 | 31:54.46 | 4:47.51 | 143596 | 165171
9 | 36:42.22 | 3:19.09 | 165172 | 180105

Track 1

Filename D:\My Rip\01 - Pretty Brown Skin.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00

Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC D41D24BD
Copy CRC D41D24BD
Accurately ripped (confidence 2) [FA81E1C4]
Copy OK

Track 2

Filename D:\My Rip\02 - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 7BDD6E76
Copy CRC 7BDD6E76
Accurately ripped (confidence 2) [7EF93AA8]
Copy OK

Track 3

Filename D:\My Rip\03 - I Can't Help Myself.wav

Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 234FCE15
Copy CRC 234FCE15
Accurately ripped (confidence 2) [AEACB233]
Copy OK

Track 4

Filename D:\My Rip\04 - Love.wav

Peak level 83.3 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC CAF334D2
Copy CRC CAF334D2
Accurately ripped (confidence 2) [AFAE8AB4]
Copy OK

Track 5

Filename D:\My Rip\05 - The Fuzz.wav

Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 091CDF01
Copy CRC 091CDF01
Accurately ripped (confidence 2) [E8D10573]
Copy OK

Track 6

Filename D:\My Rip\06 - Hummin'.wav

Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 2413BD0F
Copy CRC 2413BD0F
Accurately ripped (confidence 2) [8A79ED6C]
Copy OK

Track 7

Filename D:\My Rip\07 - Can You Dig It.wav

Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 4E17B9C4
Copy CRC 4E17B9C4
Accurately ripped (confidence 2) [C22224AC]
Copy OK

Track 8

Filename D:\My Rip\08 - Painted Desert.wav

Peak level 97.7 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 1159B0C8
Copy CRC 1159B0C8
Accurately ripped (confidence 2) [D9141793]
Copy OK

Track 9

Filename D:\My Rip\09 - He Gives Us All His Love.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:04.50

Peak level 69.9 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC FBD184E1
Copy CRC FBD184E1
Accurately ripped (confidence 2) [D2C88319]
Copy OK

All tracks accurately ripped

No errors occurred

End of status report

CUETools log

[CUETools log; Date: 31.03.2025 18:08:54; Version: 2.1.4]
[CTDB TOCID: VX52iGRvvxjHqVireAI3t.wAHjI-] found.
Track | CTDB Status
1 | (92/93) Accurately ripped
2 | (92/93) Accurately ripped
3 | (92/93) Accurately ripped
4 | (92/93) Accurately ripped
5 | (92/93) Accurately ripped
6 | (92/93) Accurately ripped
7 | (87/93) Accurately ripped
8 | (92/93) Accurately ripped
9 | (86/93) Accurately ripped
[AccurateRip ID: 000e124f-00664cf4-6b096109] found.
Track [ CRC | V2 ] Status
01 [fa81e1c4|d5523913] (10+29/42) Accurately ripped
02 [7ef93aa8|999c1400] (10+30/43) Accurately ripped
03 [aeacb233|ccd63f23] (10+30/43) Accurately ripped
04 [afae8ab4|9bda5d35] (10+30/43) Accurately ripped
05 [e8d10573|79a6833f] (10+30/43) Accurately ripped
06 [8a79ed6c|98b9dc5b] (10+30/43) Accurately ripped
07 [c22224ac|8fde4781] (10+30/42) Accurately ripped
08 [d9141793|fd8bb8f7] (10+29/42) Accurately ripped
09 [d2c88319|c150adbc] (10+30/42) Accurately ripped
Offsetted by -18:
01 [fc723ee0] (00/42) No match (V2 was not tested)
02 [fb8ace90] (00/43) No match (V2 was not tested)
03 [50cecc63] (00/43) No match (V2 was not tested)
04 [456179a0] (00/43) No match (V2 was not tested)
05 [e30cfd23] (00/43) No match (V2 was not tested)
06 [30b97f13] (00/43) No match (V2 was not tested)
07 [e7a2b0e7] (00/42) No match (V2 was not tested)
08 [757ba3c5] (00/42) No match (V2 was not tested)
09 [65134e65] (00/42) No match (V2 was not tested)

Track Peak [ CRC32 ] [W/O NULL] [ LOG ]
– 100,0 [56D07A41] [61647762]
01 98,8 [D41D24BD] [C46B1927] CRC32
02 100,0 [7BDD6E76] [0F422725] CRC32
03 98,8 [234FCE15] [953C54C2] CRC32
04 83,3 [CAF334D2] [D26CE9AE] CRC32
05 98,8 [091CDF01] [E6DC9437] CRC32
06 98,8 [2413BD0F] [A6B019F5] CRC32
07 98,8 [4E17B9C4] [FAAAA14B] CRC32
08 97,7 [1159B0C8] [C59F43B7] CRC32
09 69,9 [FBD184E1] [19A7CB72] CRC32

Tracklist:
01. Brother Louie
02. Virgo Red
03. I Am Your Mind
04. The Morning After
05. Love From The Sun
06. It's So Sweet
07. Giving Love
08. Des Nude Soul

Total time: 36:21

EAC log

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008

EAC extraction logfile from 12. October 2009, 18:46

Roy Ayers Ubiquity / Virgo Red

Used drive : PLEXTOR CD-R PREMIUM2 Adapter: 1 ID: 1

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 30
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface
Gap handling : Appended to previous track

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 32 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Programmi\FLAC\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%a" -T "TITLE=%t" -T "ALBUM=%g" -T "DATE=%y" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%n" -T "GENRE=%m" -T "COMMENT=EAC FLAC -8" %s

TOC of the extracted CD

Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 6:08.55 | 0 | 27654
2 | 6:08.55 | 2:58.25 | 27655 | 41029
3 | 9:07.05 | 6:13.61 | 41030 | 69065
4 | 15:20.66 | 4:37.47 | 69066 | 89887
5 | 19:58.38 | 2:43.32 | 89888 | 102144
6 | 22:41.70 | 4:23.16 | 102145 | 121885
7 | 27:05.11 | 4:26.18 | 121886 | 141853
8 | 31:31.29 | 4:49.65 | 141854 | 163593

Track 1

Filename D:\My Rip\01 - Brother Louie.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00

Peak level 100.0 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC B0816A74
Copy CRC B0816A74
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 2

Filename D:\My Rip\02 - Virgo Red.wav

Peak level 99.0 %
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC B0574B15
Copy CRC B0574B15
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 3

Filename D:\My Rip\03 - I Am Your Mind.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 56F1F021
Copy CRC 56F1F021
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 4

Filename D:\My Rip\04 - The Morning After.wav

Peak level 98.6 %
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 04A2580B
Copy CRC 04A2580B
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 5

Filename D:\My Rip\05 - Love From The Sun.wav

Peak level 99.2 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 99715652
Copy CRC 99715652
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 6

Filename D:\My Rip\06 - It's So Sweet.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 0BCE89C2
Copy CRC 0BCE89C2
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 7

Filename D:\My Rip\07 - Giving Love.wav

Peak level 99.6 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 86AD05D8
Copy CRC 86AD05D8
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 8

Filename D:\My Rip\08 - Des Nude Soul.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC D66ADE41
Copy CRC D66ADE41
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

None of the tracks are present in the AccurateRip database

No errors occurred

End of status report

CUETools log

[CUETools log; Date: 31.03.2025 18:06:45; Version: 2.1.4]
[CTDB TOCID: Z14ZqT5hGj3mzVDTb89DdCW37vU-] found.
Track | CTDB Status
1 | (32/33) Accurately ripped
2 | (32/33) Accurately ripped
3 | (32/33) Accurately ripped
4 | (32/33) Accurately ripped
5 | (32/33) Accurately ripped
6 | (32/33) Accurately ripped
7 | (32/33) Accurately ripped
8 | (33/33) Accurately ripped
[AccurateRip ID: 000b8d7e-004bf2cb-60088508] found.
Track [ CRC | V2 ] Status
01 [60210fdf|fdea1b01] (05+11/16) Accurately ripped
02 [dcccae39|c7e69d89] (05+11/16) Accurately ripped
03 [f9e9f40d|35d0777e] (05+11/16) Accurately ripped
04 [b0550af3|7c597cc5] (05+11/16) Accurately ripped
05 [d9978438|aa693d15] (05+11/16) Accurately ripped
06 [5bbbe4ae|257ae046] (05+11/16) Accurately ripped
07 [41f9f340|9aec6c91] (05+11/16) Accurately ripped
08 [e1ab0e34|09eadb43] (05+11/16) Accurately ripped

Track Peak [ CRC32 ] [W/O NULL] [ LOG ]
– 100,0 [1EFF47FF] [B21AC359]
01 100,0 [B0816A74] [48C551D2] CRC32
02 99,0 [B0574B15] [D899BC2D] CRC32
03 100,0 [56F1F021] [9E8B53A5] CRC32
04 98,6 [04A2580B] [37140214] CRC32
05 99,2 [99715652] [005AB173] CRC32
06 100,0 [0BCE89C2] [F3C5F9F5] CRC32
07 99,6 [86AD05D8] [BAEEBC1D] CRC32
08 100,0 [D66ADE41] [EF3110F2] CRC32

Tracklist:
01. Domelo (Give It To Me)
02. Baby I Need Your Love
03. Higher
04. The Memory
05. Come Out And Play
06. Better Days
07. Searching
08. One Sweet Love To Remember
09. Vibrations
10. Moving Grooving
11. Baby You Give Me A Feeling

Total time: 40:47

EAC log

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008

EAC extraction logfile from 30. August 2008, 12:28

Roy Ayers Ubiquity / Vibrations

Used drive : PLEXTOR CD-R PREMIUM2 Adapter: 1 ID: 1

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 30
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface
Gap handling : Appended to previous track

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 32 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Programmi\FLAC\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%a" -T "TITLE=%t" -T "ALBUM=%g" -T "DATE=%y" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%n" -T "GENRE=%m" -T "COMMENT=EAC FLAC -8" %s

TOC of the extracted CD

Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 4:00.72 | 0 | 18071
2 | 4:00.72 | 2:31.65 | 18072 | 29461
3 | 6:32.62 | 4:02.72 | 29462 | 47683
4 | 10:35.59 | 4:32.07 | 47684 | 68090
5 | 15:07.66 | 3:46.06 | 68091 | 85046
6 | 18:53.72 | 3:19.18 | 85047 | 99989
7 | 22:13.15 | 4:00.69 | 99990 | 118058
8 | 26:14.09 | 3:58.23 | 118059 | 135931
9 | 30:12.32 | 3:02.02 | 135932 | 149583
10 | 33:14.34 | 4:30.66 | 149584 | 169899
11 | 37:45.25 | 3:02.26 | 169900 | 183575

Track 1

Filename C:\My Rip\01 - Domelo (Give It To Me).wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00

Peak level 99.7 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 7898F859
Copy CRC 7898F859
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 2

Filename C:\My Rip\02 - Baby I Need Your Love.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 5A081DBE
Copy CRC 5A081DBE
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 3

Filename C:\My Rip\03 - Higher.wav

Peak level 98.6 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 4A6C3B72
Copy CRC 4A6C3B72
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 4

Filename C:\My Rip\04 - The Memory.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 9F37D811
Copy CRC 9F37D811
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 5

Filename C:\My Rip\05 - Come Out And Play.wav

Peak level 99.7 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 313F564A
Copy CRC 313F564A
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 6

Filename C:\My Rip\06 - Better Days.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC D4252611
Copy CRC D4252611
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 7

Filename C:\My Rip\07 - Searching.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 8C5AFC50
Copy CRC 8C5AFC50
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 8

Filename C:\My Rip\08 - One Sweet Love To Remember.wav

Peak level 100.0 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 85776B28
Copy CRC 85776B28
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 9

Filename C:\My Rip\09 - Vibrations.wav

Peak level 98.4 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC F5DEA5E5
Copy CRC F5DEA5E5
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 10

Filename C:\My Rip\10 - Moving Grooving.wav

Peak level 99.7 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 736E5F87
Copy CRC 736E5F87
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

Track 11

Filename C:\My Rip\11 - Baby You Give Me A Feeling.wav

Peak level 99.2 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC E5C9154B
Copy CRC E5C9154B
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK

None of the tracks are present in the AccurateRip database

No errors occurred

End of status report

CUETools log

[CUETools log; Date: 31.03.2025 18:07:50; Version: 2.1.4]
[CTDB TOCID: 3JQEv6GzHILrarw5H7EQthZSsYA-] found.
Track | CTDB Status
1 | (71/71) Accurately ripped
2 | (71/71) Accurately ripped
3 | (71/71) Accurately ripped
4 | (71/71) Accurately ripped
5 | (71/71) Accurately ripped
6 | (71/71) Accurately ripped
7 | (71/71) Accurately ripped
8 | (71/71) Accurately ripped
9 | (71/71) Accurately ripped
10 | (71/71) Accurately ripped
11 | (71/71) Accurately ripped
[AccurateRip ID: 0010ddf5-009281a6-9d098f0b] found.
Track [ CRC | V2 ] Status
01 [19dc54a6|5e4bfef8] (11+28/39) Accurately ripped
02 [0699d5ac|34a6490b] (11+29/40) Accurately ripped
03 [80dc4dfc|db1ef6f2] (11+29/40) Accurately ripped
04 [770720e6|019353f1] (11+29/40) Accurately ripped
05 [78d1474a|5f80a163] (12+30/42) Accurately ripped
06 [ab8a77da|7f13a02d] (11+29/40) Accurately ripped
07 [6b50c897|d319ee32] (11+29/40) Accurately ripped
08 [6959155b|01cb320c] (11+29/40) Accurately ripped
09 [256dbdf3|c5ad1555] (11+29/40) Accurately ripped
10 [54f9786a|eb7688b9] (11+29/40) Accurately ripped
11 [da97e45a|885ad298] (11+29/40) Accurately ripped

Track Peak [ CRC32 ] [W/O NULL] [ LOG ]
– 100,0 [C87D6FF0] [5C974CE9]
01 99,7 [7898F859] [A4287975] CRC32
02 100,0 [5A081DBE] [F4B3AAE4] CRC32
03 98,6 [4A6C3B72] [491A7E80] CRC32
04 100,0 [9F37D811] [1C46B09B] CRC32
05 99,7 [313F564A] [89F9F6FC] CRC32
06 100,0 [D4252611] [6F55A8B7] CRC32
07 100,0 [8C5AFC50] [F7182EB7] CRC32
08 100,0 [85776B28] [E23472C4] CRC32
09 98,4 [F5DEA5E5] [2672C6E1] CRC32
10 99,7 [736E5F87] [E5137F70] CRC32
11 99,2 [E5C9154B] [A8F506E1] CRC32

Thanks to the original releaser

Welcome to My Blog!

Roy Ayers - Ubiquity (1971) [Reissue 2009]:
1. LOSSLESS
2. MP3 320 kbps
3. Covers
Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Virgo Red (1973) [Reissue 2009]:
1. LOSSLESS
2. MP3 320 kbps
3. Covers
Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Vibrations (1976) [Reissue 2008]:
1. LOSSLESS
2. MP3 320 kbps
3. Covers

Roy Ayers 1971 1973 1976 Jazz Jazz-Funk CD-Rip + Scans FLAC Lossless MP3 CBR 320 kbps