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Mystic Voyage is a studio album by Roy Ayers Ubiquity. It was released in 1975 through Polydor Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at Kaye-Smith/Van Ackeren Studios in Seattle, Washington and at Electric Lady Studios in New York City. This album is dedicated to the memory of Julian "Cannonball" Adderley.

Mystic Voyage
Studio album by Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Released	1975
Studio	Kaye-Smith/Van Ackeren Studios (Seattle, WA) Electric Lady Studios (New York City, NY)
Genre	Jazz-funk[1]
Length	42:02
Label	Polydor
Producer	Roy Ayers
Roy Ayers Ubiquity chronology
Change Up the Groove (1974) Mystic Voyage (1975) A Tear to a Smile (1975)
Singles from Mystic Voyage
"Mystic Voyage" Released: 1975

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

The album peaked at number 90 on the Billboard Top LPs chart and number 13 on the R&B albums chart in the United States. Its lead single, "Mystic Voyage", reached No. 70 on the R&B singles chart.

Track listing

Personnel

Roy Ayers Ubiquity

• Roy Ayers – lead vocals, vibraphone, electric piano, clavinet, percussion, ARP synthesizer, arrangement (tracks: 1, 2, 4–10), producer
• Debby "Chicas" Darby – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Edwin L. Birdsong – vocals
• Calvin Brown – vocals, guitar, arrangement (track 3)
• Byron Lee Miller – bass, backing vocals
• Richard David Lawson – drums
• Chano O'Ferral – bongos, congas
• Willie Michael – percussion
• Joe Brazil – soprano saxophone
• Onzy Durrett Matthews, Jr. – arrangement

Technical

• Ron Gangnes – recording
• Ralph Moss – engineering
• Buzz Richmond – engineering
• Neal Teeman – assistant engineering
• Sheri Leverich – art direction
• David Rawcliffe – photography
• Joel Brodsky – photography
• Robert Hickson – illustration

Chart history

Chart (1976)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[3]	90
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[4]	13

References

External links

• Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Mystic Voyage at Discogs (list of releases)

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