No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: Lee “Scratch” Perry, the Upsetter. R.I.P..

As Steve Barrow notes, as much as the early Upsetters LPs had paved the way for dub, the Black Ark never became a center for dub in the same way that Tubby’s did. Unlike King Tubby, whose forte was mainly versioning the music of many different producers who left their tapes to be remixed, [Lee] Perry was involved in his own music at all levels, from the creation of the music itself, to the recording of it, and onto the remix stage. This is not to imply that Perry was less committed to dub as a form that the others; he merely took a different approach that probably went some way toward reconciling his creative eccentricity with commercial necessity. Where King Tubby’s deconstructions were generally and pragmatically confined to B-sides of singles, Perry often produced his A-side vocal cuts as otherworldly landscapes as surreal and spaced-out as Tubby’s most unconventional dub work. It was through this method of working that he created three of his most enduring contributions to dub music and earned him his legendary status as a studio innovator.

— Michael E. Veal, Dub: Soundscapes and Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 282 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

Maxwell — “Radiation Funk” — Movements Vol. 10

Lucas Tala — “Woman Be Fire” — Cameroon Garage Funk 1964-1979

Triumphs — “Draggin’ Wagon” — Strummin’ Mental! Part Three

Ait Meslayene — “El Fen” — Habibi Funk 015: An Eclectic Selection Of Music From The Arab World Pt. 2

The Equals — “Baby Come Back” — Greatest Hits

The Heptones — “Party Time” — Party Time

IT’S MADISON TIME…

B.W. Souls — “Marvin’s Groove” — Marvins Groove

THE SECOND SET

Baligh Hamdi — “Zabour” — Instrumental Modal Pop of 1970’s Egypt

The O’Jays — “Shattered Man” — Eccentric Soul: The Saru Label

Les Vikings — “Feuille Magique” — Ce Pas Magie

The Three Dudes — “I’m Begging You” — Big Crown 45rpm

Wganda Kenya — “Tifit Hayed” — Colombia! The Golden Age of Discos Fuentes 1960-76

Johnny Fever — “Zombie” — Son Of Blunderbuss: More Scattershot Sleaze ’58-’67

Sookie — “Choco Date” — African Disco Experimentals 1974 – 1978

The Mar-Keys — “Sack O’ Woe” — That Cat Was Clean! The Mod Side Of Jazz

The Upsetters — “Return of Django” — Return of Django

Bop Kats — “Look Out” — Concussion!!! 18 Gougin’ Instrumentals 1958-1965

THE THIRD SET

Los Zheros — “Meshkalina” — Peru Maravilloso: Vintage Latin, Tropical & Cumbia

Roxy Music — “Whirlwind” — Siren

Junior Murvin & The Upsetters — “Get Ready (Bongo Mix) (Exclusive Dub Plate Mix)” — The Return Of Sound System Scratch: More Lee Perry Dub Plate Mixes & Rarities 1973-1979

The Spiders (w. Link Wray) — “Run Boy Run” — Missing Links Vol. 3: Some Kinda Nut

Nahid Akhtar — “Sanson Men Khushbu Hai” — Film Hits

The Scot Richard Case — “Get the Picture” — A Square (Of Course): The Story of Michigan’s Legendary A-Square Records

The Psychedelic Aliens — “Blofonyobi Wo Atale” — Psycho African Beat

Smacks — “Reckless Ways” — Aliens Psychos & Wild Things 2

La Sonora Dinamita — “Si la Vieran” — Ritmo!

THE FINAL SET

Junior Murvin — “Roots Train (Previously Unreleased Dub Plate Mix)” — Black Art from the Black Ark

Jack Fascinato — “Palm Canyon Drive” — Jack Fascinato’s Palm Springs Suite

Adnan Othman — “Doa Ku” — Bersyukor: A Retrospective of Hits by a Malaysian Pop Yeh Yeh Legend

The Who — “Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand (Mono Version)” — The Who Sell Out (Super Deluxe)

Tirogo — “Discomaniac” — Lagos Disco Inferno Vol. 2: The Cosmic Return

X-Ray Spex — “I Can’t Do Anything” — Germfree Adolescents

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Rolling Stones — “Moonlight Mile” — Sticky Fingers