No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: The Flying Burrito Brothers.

Mick and Gram were leaning out the door, talking to people. Gram was wearing brown suede pants and a rhinestoned Nudie shirt with Thunderbirds on the front, Indians on the deltoids, a dancing brave on the back. A little while later Mick and I tried to walk around and see some of the show—Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young were playing—but there was no way, it was too crowded, you couldn’t move in the crush and what you could see you didn’t want to be close to. Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas came into the trailer bearing tales of how the Angels were fighting with civilians, women, and each other, bouncing full cans of beer off people’s heads. Augustus Owsley Stanley III, the San Francisco psychedelic manufacturer, known as Owsley, was giving away LSD, the Angels eating it by handfuls, smearing the excess on their faces. It didn’t sound good but there was no way to do anything about it, nothing to do in the center of a hurricane but ride it out.

Wyman’s helicopter was late, so we waited. Gram and I sat on the bed, smoking and singing Hank Williams and Ernest Tubb songs, until he said, as I was attempting to remind him of the words to “Filipino Baby,” that he thought I had given up music for writing some time ago…

“He’s really very nice, you know,” Charlie said to me, talking about Gram. “I’ve been talkin’ to him about San Francisco, and the hippies and all that, and he’s got standards, he goes just so far and no farther. And when that girl came in, he stood up just naturally without thinking about it.”

— Stanley Booth, The True Adventures Of The Rolling Stones.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 264 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

The Miracles — “Do It Baby” — Strange Funky Games And Things

Ofege — “Adieu” — Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-Rock & Fuzz Funk in 1970s Nigeria

The Surf Riders — “Surf Beat” — Lost Legends Of Surf Guitar, Vol. 3: Cheater Stomp!

Alfredo Linares Y Su Sonora — “Boogaloo En Ambiente” — Yo Traigo Boogaloo

Ervin Rucker — “She’s Alright” — Souvenirs of the Soul Clap Vol. 3

U-Roy — “Tom Drunk” — Jah Son Of Africa

The Banshees — “Project Blue” — Keb Darge And Cut Chemist present The Dark Side: 28 Sixties Garage Punk and Psyche Monsters

IT’S MADISON TIME…

The Politicians — “Funky Toes” — Funky Crimes

THE SECOND SET

Sharhabil Ahmed — “Kamar Dawa” — The King Of Sudanese Jazz

The Dells — “It’s Not Unusual” — The Twisted Wheel: Brazennose & Whitworth Street, Manchester 1963-71

The Funkees — “Abraka” — Point Of No Return: Afro Funk Music

Young-Holt Unlimited — “Give It Up” — The Definitive Young-Holt Unlimited

Ja-Man All Stars — “King’s Dub” — In The Dub Zone

The Flying Burrito Brothers — “Christine’s Tune” — The Gilded Palace Of Sin

Aki Izumi — “Koi Wa Heart De” — Nippon Girls 1: Japanese Pop, Beat & Bossa Nova 1966-70

Alan Vega and Martin Rev — “Shadazz” — Suicide (Second Album)

Martin López Y Sus Estrellas — “Por Que No Te Quedas” — Cocinando

THE THIRD SET

The Flirtations — “Nothing But A Heartache” — Sounds Like The Flirtations

Le Grand Kalle — “El Que Siembra Su Maiz” — Congo: Rumba On The River

The Undertones — “Really Really” — The Undertones

Los Iguales — “El Sonido De Los Mirlos” — Chicha for The Jet Set

The Senators — “Loretta” — Dangerous Doo-Wop 3

Sim Sisamouth — “Don’t Let My Girlfriend Tickle Me” — Cambodian Cassette Archives: Khmer Folk and Pop Music Vol. 1

Dave Hamilton — “Can You Dig It?” — Detroit City Grooves

Inner Circle & The Fatman Riddim Section — “General Amin” — Heavyweight Dub

Small Faces — “Happy Boys Happy” — Small Faces [mono]

THE FINAL SET

Maximo Rodriguez Y Sus Estrella Panamenas — “Mambología” — Panama! Latin, Calypso and Funk On the Isthmus

Gran Am — “Get High” — Chains & Black Exhaust

Jacob F. Desvarieux & Georges Decimus — “Mwen Envi Ou” — Gorée

The Velvet Underground — “Guess I’m Falling In Love [Instrumental Version]” — Another View

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou — “Mi Ve Wa Se” — Volume Two: Echos Hypnotiques

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Alice Coltrane — “Journey In Satchidananda” — Journey In Satchidananda