No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: The New York Dolls.

Mind you, the name they switched to, New York Dolls, is itself rich in camp associations. Although the name was actually inspired by a toy hospital in Manhattan, ‘doll’ was by 1971 already a quaint term for ‘cute girl’ or ‘broad’ (as in the musical Guys and Dolls or the Swinging Sixties term ‘dolly birds’). But it also evoked Valley of the Dolls, Jacqueline Susann’s 1966 pulp best-seller about showbiz starlets in Hollywood, which then became a hugely successful movie melodrama. In the book and movie, ‘dolls’ is the nickname for pills: the uppers and downers to which one of the actresses becomes addicted. By 1970, the already absurd film had a parody sequel in the form of Russ Meyer’s glorious camp fantasia Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, in which an all-female rock band arrive in LA and become embroiled in druggy, polysexual decadence. So the name New York Dolls neatly compacted the city of their birth and source of their spirit with a campy, outmoded ideal of feminine beauty, plus a hint of chemical excess.

— Simon Reynolds, Shock And Awe.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 248 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

Orgone — “Strike” — New You, Part 1

Marijata — “Break Through” — Afro-Beat Airways: West African Shock Waves (Ghana & Togo 1972-78)

The Moons — “Gammera” — Sleazy Surf! Vol 1

Tapper Zukie — “Liberation Struggle” —          Man Ah Warrior

Alan Vega — “Outlaw” — Collision Drive

Les Gypsies De Pétion Ville — “Mi Diable La” — Album III: Courage

Katch 22 — “Major Catastrophe” — A Slight Disturbance In My Mind: The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds Of 1966

Helene Velu & The Kilats — “Ku Takkan Lupakan Mu” — Psyche Oh! A Go Go: Lost Gems Of Malaysia/Singapura Pop Music ’64-’74

IT’S MADISON TIME…      

                               

The Soul Smoochers — “Black Pepper” — Funky Crimes

THE SECOND SET

El Grupo Folclorico — “Tamba” — La Locura De Machuca 1975-1980

Jade — “Paper Man” — Chains & Black Exhaust

Pier’ Rosier & Gazolinn’ — “Top Secret” — Gazolinn’

The Mar-Keys — “Last Night” — In The Beginning: The Mod Story

Jackie Mittoo — “Taste Of Living” — Keep On Dancing

Waiphot Phetsuphan — “Mia Chaa (My Darling)” — Thai Beat A Go Go Vol. 2: Groovy 60’s Sounds from the Land of Smile!

New York Dolls — “Bad Girl” — New York Dolls

Jean Paul El Troglodita — “Everything Is Gonna Change” — Back To Peru Vol. 2 : Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Soul, Funk, Psychedelic

THE THIRD SET

The Undertones — “Get Over You” — The Undertones

Sexteto Miramar — “Salsa Boogaloo” — ¡Salsa! Mi Hermana

Squatty and the Bottys — “Soul” — Souvenirs of the Soul Clap Vol. 5

Harry Mudie Meets King Tubby’s — “Peace Offering” — Dub Conference Vol.3

Ruth Brown & Group — “Mambo Baby” — Ai! Si! Si!: Mambo & Latin Flavoured Rhythm & Blues

Keyboard — “Think About It” — Hungry Man

Lizzy Mercier Descloux — “Wawa” — Press Color

Van Shipley — “Ghar Ki Murgi” — Bollywood Steel Guitar

THE FINAL SET

Sonny Fishback — “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” — Black Rock Rhythm Meat

Nyboma & Les Kamalé Dynamiques du Zaïre — “Mama Yo” — Pepe

Lou Millet — “Slip, Slip, Slippin’ In” — Sin Alley Part One

Quartette Tres Bien & Jeter Thompson — “Boss Tres Bien” — We Got Latin Soul: Boogaloo & Funk Too!

Terry Reid — “Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace” — Terry Reid

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…                      

Ennio Morricone feat. Edda Dell Orso — “Tette E Antenne, Tetti E Gonne (From “La Smagliatura”)” — Morricone Segreto (The Hidden, Dark-Tinged And Psychedelic Side Of The Maestro)