Description
West Sounds 🔷 40 🔷 Veda 🔷 What's It's All About & Ain't Nothing But Party 🔷 1980
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Description
Utterly classy slice 1980 Bay Area rare soul groove,
A Bill Whatley project out of Palo Alton, on the Bay. On this side he directs a floating vocal group masterpiece ignoring; all the crass disco clichés of the day, no synthetic beats, heavy-duty slamming wah-wah guitar slaps, electronic percussion. Instead William Whatley decorated this creation with flutes, cooing sweet girl choruses, swirling synthetic strings, jazzy piano notes
Real deal modern Soul dancer sound fresh and not over-cooked, but "Boogie" fans do not despair the other side is classically constructed funky disco led by an edgy sister vocal. Disc the showcases both styles of 1980 dance.
For me obviously "What's It's All About" a record that Bob Catteneo introduced meagre few, to the British soul jocks, in the hope of igniting European demand, but neither side took off immediately, and when they did, Bob had lost all contact with producer, who once lived local to him.
Veda cut two other singles with Bill Whatley on M/W records (Whatley & Jerry Miller) which are also highly sought after; before the band morphed into Sorokas who put out (an album, a 12" and 2 x 45s)
Veda - What's It's All About - is the crowning moment of Bill's Bay Area vocal group career, this is stunning hard to find "rare soul" dance, that has been percolating nicely on the Rare Groove scene to decades... becoming harder ad harder to find and more and more wanted as the years roll by.
Condition Report
Twp bright clean labels, full gloss vinyl revealing only as few sparse soft surface hairlines. none affecting play.
Detail
Artist: Veda
A Side: What's It's All About
Produced By: Bill Whatley
B Side: Ain't Nothing But Party
Produced By: Bill Whatley
Label: West Sounds
Format: 7"
Year: 1980
City: Palo Alto, California
Condition Grading
Vinyl Condition: E+
Label Condition: E+
Sleeve Condition: Company Sleeve
Auction Settings
Current Bid: £0.00
Reserve: £1.00
Increment: £15.00
End Date: 05/08/2026 18:00 UK TIME
Veda, Whats Its All About, Aint Nothing But Party, Bill Whatley, William Whatley, Bob Catteneo, West Sounds, West Sounds 40, MW Records, Sorokas, 1980, Palo Alto, Bay Area, Modern Soul, Rare Groove, Boogie, 45rpm, 7 inch, Vinyl, Rare Soulman, John Manship, Soul Auction
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