DJ Sureshot recently discovered the Betty Padgett self-titled 1975 debut LP while browsing through a dusty back room at a Los Angeles record store. Thanks to Ubiquity Records for…

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Download: Rodger Collins “Girls In Oakland“ [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (off Bay Area Funk Compilation on Luv N’ Haight)

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Download: Arthur Verocai “Presente Grego” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (from the self-titled LP coming soon on Ubiquity) Costa Mesa label Ubiquity—and its reissue arm Luv N Haight—have quietly announced a very limited vinyl repress of the long-gone Arthur Verocai LP, a lost masterpiece that surfaced only in 2002 and which provoked such [...]

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[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LVj7Elh7Z8] ArtDontSleep and Mochilla present this video of Arthur Verocai and orchestra performing “Seriado” (from his self-titled 1972 album reissued on Luv ‘n’ Haight) on Sunday at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex as part of the Timeless series. Check out other videos from earlier performances by Mulatu Astatke as well as the debut of the [...]

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Brazilian composer and arranger Arthur Verocai’s self-titled 1972 album is counterpart to American masterworks like Inspiration Information or Songs In The Key Of Life. After releasing this single album, Verocai left music for thirty years, returning only recently to composing and arranging. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

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