Roy Ayers Ubiquity Lifeline LP 1977 1st Press Gatefold Dee Dee Bridgewater Funk
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Roy Ayers Ubiquity Lifeline LP 1977 1st Press Gatefold Dee Dee Bridgewater Funk
An amazing record great band great vocals great FUNK
This is such a brilliant album and. The vocal of ms Carla Vaughn are simply sublime on This Side Of Sunshine. Of course Running away is a classic which never gets old and will fill a floor but this album has so many gems on it. 

 Lifeline is a studio album by Roy AyersUbiquity. It was released in 1977 through Polydor Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at Sigma Sound Studios and Electric Lady Studios in New York City, and at Record Plant in Los Angeles. Production was handled by Ayers himself with co-production by Edwin Birdsong and William Allen. The album features contributions from singers Dee Dee Bridgewater and Sylvia Cox, keyboardist Philip Woo, guitarists Calvin Banks, Chuck Anthony, Glenn Jeffrey and James Mason, drummer Steve Cobb, percussionist Chano O'Ferral, saxophonist Justo Almario, and trumpeter John Mosley.

The album peaked at number 72 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and at number 9 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States. Its lead single, "Running Away", reached peak position No. 19 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

  • Roy Ayers – vocals, vibraphone, electric piano, Deagan vibraharp, arrangement (tracks: 2–7, 9–10), producer
  • Edwin L. Birdsong – vocals, piano, arrangement (track 8), co-producer
  • William Henry Allen – bass, arrangement (track 1), co-producer
  • Dee Dee Bridgewater – vocals
  • Sylvia Cox – vocals
  • Philip Woo – Moog synthesizer, ARP String Synthesizer, electric piano, piano
  • Chuck Anthony – guitar
  • Calvin Banks – guitar
  • Glenn S. Jeffrey – guitar
  • James Philip Mason – guitar
  • Kwame Steve Cobb – drums
  • Chano O'Ferral – congas, percussion
  • Justo Almario – tenor saxophone
  • John Clifford Mosley, Jr. – trumpet


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