No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: Mose Allison.

Although the white beat’s attraction to the jazz world is often the very core of his “white Negro” role, there is little uniquely “beat” about all this. Such involvement is socially not very different from the relationship of adolescent whites to Negro jazz in several American non-beat and pre-beat bohemias. For example, nearly twenty years ago…we often used to make the Harlem “balcony scenes” – boosting old Bessie Smiths and Hot Fives from the balcony of the Rainbow Music Shop before the wartime scrap drive wrecked the supply, going wild in the Apollo Theatre’s sweet-smelling second balcony – odoriferous from pomade and pot, though we didn’t know about the latter at the time – to a Basie-Millinder twin bill. And we traveled Swing Street when it still swung (where half the time we’d get kicked out despite our borrowed I.D.’s), to hear Billie Holiday at the Onyx Club or Tatum at the Three Deuces… But apart from the music itself, and the fact that now one merely listens to it at Birdland instead of stomping to it at the Savoy, not much has really changed.

— Ned Polsky, Hustlers, Beats And Others.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 266 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

The Commodores — “Slippery When Wet” — Sweet Soul Music: 24 Scorching Classics From 1975

Nayanka Bell — “Just A Boogie” — Return To The Mothers’ Garden: More Funky Sounds Of Female Africa 1971-1982

Neal Nissenson — “Intoxica” — Surfs Up! At Banzai-Pipeline

Omar Khorshid — “Ya Dalaa” — With Love

The Pinetoppers — “Pinetop” — Rock’N’Roll Versus Rhythm And Blues

Lee “Scratch” Perry & The Upsetters — “Return Of Django” — Return Of Django

Roxy Music — “Amazona” — Stranded

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Greg Segura y su Orquesta — “El Hombre de Hoy” — Psicotrónica! Spanish Cinematic Grooves & Funky Soundtracks, 1968-1978 Vol. 1

THE SECOND SET

James Brown — “Talkin’ Loud And Saying Nothin’ [Original Rock Version]” — James Brown’s Funky People Pt. 3

Ossie Hibbert & The Revolutionaries — “Heavy Rock” — Earthquake Dub

The Only Ones — “City Of Fun” — The Only Ones

The Nitty Gritty Sextet — “Fun City Hippy” — The Nitty Gritty Sextet

The Greasers — “Greeazzy” — Frolic Diner Vol. 6

Unknown Artist — “Gentlemen Chill Out At Bar” — Cambodian Psych-Out

Love Unlimited Orchestra — “Theme From Together Brothers” — Together Brothers OST

Segun Bucknor — “La La La [Hard Version]” — Who Say I Tire

El Pauling & The Exciters — “It Won’t Be Long” — The 5 Royales: Catch That Teardrop

THE THIRD SET

Buari — “Karam Bani” — Pulp Fusion 10: Africa Funk

Mose Allison — “Swingin’ Machine” — Walk On The Wild Side: The Jazz Side Of Mod

Kassav’ — “Kakika” — Lagué Moin

Reigning Sound — “Brown Paper Sack” — Time Bomb High School

Scientist — “Dub With A View” — Dub Gone Crazy: The Evolution of Dub at King Tubby’s 1975-1979

Hasil Adkins — “Can’t Help It Blues” — Out To Hunch

Dara Puspita — “Bertamasja (On Vacation)” — 1966-1968

Nick Lowe — “Truth Drug” — The Wilderness Years

Nilo Espinosa Y Orquesta — “Jumping With Symphony Sid” — Gozalo! Bugalu Tropical Vol. 2

THE FINAL SET

The Blenders — “Nothin’ But A Party (Part I)” — Funk Spectrum Vol. 3

Freedom Family — “Holy Worshipping” — Ayentsoo

Bob Seger & The Last Heard — “Persecution Smith” — Michigan Nuggets

Wganda Kenya — “Fiebre De Lepra” — The Afrosound of Colombia Vol.1

Marvin Gaye — “Running from Love (Version 1 / Edit)” — Funky Nation: The Detroit Instrumentals

Errol Brown — “Jah Caught Them Dub” — Dub Over Dub: 27 Track Dub Extravaganza

The El Doradoes — “Go Little Suzie” — Dangerous Doo-Wop 1

Shankar Jaikishan & Rais Khan — “Raga Malkauns” — Raga Jazz Style

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Kevin Ayers — “Oh! Wot A Dream” — Bananamour