Ramp (Roy Ayers Music Project) The Old One Two / Paint Me Any Color

Previously unreleased songs by RAMP
produced by Roy Ayers and reissued as a
limited 12in single in 2007 on Luv N'Haight.
- Both have been re-mastered and re-cut as a
7in single and housed in a picture sleeve.
DESCRIPTION
Both produced by vibes-master Roy Ayers
post-release of their 1977 classic 'Come Into
Knowledge' album. These are not new recordings,
these are vintage RAMP. Two tracks previously
unheard but rescued recently from a demo the band
recorded on cassette. Newly mastered, eq'd and now
ready to rumble. "The Old One, Two" is a cover of a
Roy Ayers track (written by Ayers, William Allen and
Edwin Birdsong and originally released on the Roy
Ayers album 'A Tear To A Smile'.)
The RAMP version is punchier than the Roy Ayers
release. Powered by a nasty bass line the tune
transcends music eras sounding just as
contemporary as it did in 1977 and is destined to be
a DJ favorite. On the flipside is the boogie tune "Paint
Me Any Color," also written and produced by Roy
Ayers but never recorded by anyone else. These Roy
Ayers productions foreshadowed his classic releases
to come on the Uno Melodic label from acts like The
Eighties Ladies and Ethel Beatty.
For a long time RAMP were one of modern soul
music’s biggest mysteries. What did RAMP mean?
(FYI - Roy Ayers Master Production is the answer),
How come their album is so damn hard to find? Why
no second album? What was the relationship with
Roy Ayers? But heavily sampled (most notably on A
Tribe Called Quest’s “Bonita Applebum”) and much
adored for their sublime version of "Everybody Loves
The Sunshine" RAMP maintained a musical presence
despite a lack of music and info.