The Best of Roy Ayers

~ Release by Roy Ayers (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Love Will Bring Us Back Together
bass and handclaps:
William Allen (bassist)
clavinet, electric piano, handclaps and vibraphone:
Roy Ayers
drums (drum set):
Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
guitar:
Chuck Anthony
background vocals:
Carla Vaughn
vocals:
Roy Ayers
recording of:
Love Will Bring Us Back Together
publisher:
Roy Ayers
composer:
Roy Ayers
publisher:
Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher) and Ubiquity (Ubiquity Records, CA, USA)
5:54
2Running Away
recording of:
Running Away
writer:
Roy Ayers and Edwin Birdsong
publisher:
Arlovol Music, BMG Monarch and Michelle-Bird Music
4:00
3Red, Black and Green
4:39
4Mystic Voyage
recorded in:
Seattle, Washington, United States (in 1975)
bass:
Byron Miller (bass guitarist)
drums (drum set):
Ricky Lawson
electric piano:
Roy Ayers
guitar:
Calvin Brown
percussion:
Roy Ayers and Chano O'Ferral
instruments arranger:
Roy Ayers
strings arranger:
Onzy Matthews
recording of:
Mystic Voyage (Mystic Vibrations) (in 1975)
composer:
Roy Ayers
publisher:
Arlovol Music and BMG Monarch
23:42
5What You Won’t Do for Love
vibraphone:
Roy Ayers
arranger:
Roy Ayers
cover recording of:
What You Won’t Do for Love
writer:
Bobby Caldwell (US singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist) and Alfons Kettner
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music, Lindseyanne Music, Lindseyanne Music Co., Inc., Sherlyn Publishing Co., Inc., The Music Force, イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
5:52
6Don’t Stop the Feeling
vibraphone:
Roy Ayers
8:15
7Coffy Is the Color
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Records (UMG subsidiary, “RECORDS” must be a part of the logo; read annotation) (from 1973 to present)
recording of:
Coffy Is the Color
writer:
Roy Ayers and Carl Clay
publisher:
OPC Music Publishing, Inc.
43:01
8We Live in Brooklyn, Baby
43:46
9Searching
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Verve Music Group (now known as Verve Label Group; not for release label use!) (in 1976)
recording of:
Searching
lyricist and composer:
Roy Ayers
publisher:
Arlovol Music and BMG Monarch
34:09
10Everybody Loves the Sunshine
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1976) and Universal Records Inc. (not for release label use! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1976)
recording of:
Everybody Loves the Sunshine
lyricist and composer:
Roy Ayers
publisher:
Arlovol Music and BMG Monarch
43:59
11Gotta Find a Lover
7:11
12You Send Me
8:28
13For Real
3:50
14Destination Motherland
4:54
15He’s a Superstar
recording of:
He's a Superstar
writer:
Roy Ayers and Myrna Williams
5:34