No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: Jeff Simmons.

Jeff Simmons had a major role [in the film 200 Motels], but at the first script run-through at the Kensington Palace Hotel on 18 January his girlfriend persuaded him that he really should be an important blues player and not fool around with a comedy band. (Even this conversation was taped by Zappa, who released it on Playground Psychotics in 1992.) Jim Pons, the bass player with the Turtles, was flown over to replace him in the group. Wilfred Bramble – who played Paul McCartney’s grandfather in A Hard Day’s Night (1964) – was hired as a replacement for the acting role. After a week, on the last day of rehearsals, he found the obscenities he was required to utter and the general chaos too much, and suddenly ran screaming through the sound stage and never came back.

— Barry Miles, Frank Zappa.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 287 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

Shirley & Company — “Shame, Shame, Shame” — Ministry Of Sound: Anthems Disco

Super Sweet Talks International — “Eyi Su Ngaangaa” — Adjoa

The Rhythm Masters — “Exotique” — That’s Swift! Instrumentals from the Norman Petty Vault

Nahid Akhtar — “Dil Dil-Dil-Dil Sambhaala” — Film Hits

Earl Vince & The Valiants — “Somebody’s Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight” — The Immediate Singles Collection, Vol. 1

Los Yabar Juniors — “Marionetas” — Chicha for the Jet Set

The Whips — “Yes Master” — Jungle Exotica Vol. 2

IT’S MADISON TIME…

The Dynamic Batmen — “The Joker Laughs” — Malamondo 7

THE SECOND SET

Sambo — “Woman” — Calypsoul 70: Caribbean Soul & Calypso Crossover 1969-1979

Ronnie Burns — “Exit Stage Right” — Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire & Beyond 1964-1969

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

The Key Notes — “Pyramid” — Lin 45rpm

Big Youth — “Trouble In Vaticon” — Nichola Delita 45rpm

Gladys Knight and the Pips — “Who Is She?” — Mojo Club Presents Dancefloor Jazz Vol. 7 (Give Me Your Love)

Prince Dgibs — “Ogningwe” — Ivory Coast Soul: Afro Funk From Abidjan From 1972 To 1982

Floyd Dixon (w. Johnny “Guitar” Watson) — “Let’s Go Smitty” — West Coast Guitar Killers Vol. 1 (1951-1965)

Shohreh — “To Ke Nisti” — Goush Bedey: Funk, Psychedelia and Pop from the Iranian Pre-Revolution Generation

THE THIRD SET

Alvin Cash — “All Shuffle” — Hip City: Tales from the Funky Side of Town

The Revolutionaries — “Addis Ababa Version” — Channel One Disco Purpose 45rpm

The A-Bones — “Guess I’m Falling in Love” — Daddy Wants a Cold Beer and Other Million Sellers

La Sonora Dinamita — “Mayen Raye” — Ritmo!

Pink Floyd — “Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk” — The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn [Mono]

Joe Loco — “Chua Chua Boogaloo” — Boogaloo Pow Wow: Dancefloor Rendez-Vous In Young Nuyorica

Carl Campbell — “Ooh Wee Baby” — Stompin’ Vol. 32

Ros Sereysothea — “I Want to Shout” — Dengue Fever Presents Electric Cambodia

Three Aces & A Joker — “Booze Party” — Sin Alley Vol. 2

THE FINAL SET

Pamelo Mounk’a — “Affaires de Coeur” — Propulsion!

George Clinton with Parliaments / Funkadelic — “Breakdown” — The Singles 1967-1971

Los Orientales De Paramonga — “Lobos Al Escape” — Cumbia Beat Vol. 1

Jeff Simmons — “Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up” — Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up

Lili Ivanova — “Nisan Sakasi” — Turkish One Hit Wonders (1967-1976)

The Mods — “Evil Hearted You” — Fort Worth Teen Scene Vol. 2

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen — “Seeds and Stems Again Blues” — Lost in the Ozone