No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: The Poets of Rhythm.

Oppressed people are the ones who need heroes in the deepest sense of idols that come from among them and can show them a way upwards to release and happiness. James Brown is the greatest American black hero; more than any of their dissenters, more even than Dr King. He is so much to them because of his distance above them as the most famous of all Soul and Rock singers; because he started life far below them, shining shoes on the doorstep of a Georgia radio station; and because this ascent has given him a bulging conceit which, like an itchy ectoplasm, reaches black audiences, somehow transformed to pride that they deserve to feel in themselves but have been denied. He is great, above all, for his music, for never having withdrawn, as the Beatles did, to be cut and issued from record studios by scientific means. After 15 years, every night he is miraculously recreated on the stage of one desperate city or another.

— Philip Norman, “Mister Messiah,”  The Sunday Times Magazine, March 7, 1971.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 297 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

Imagination — “Just An Illusion” — In The Heat Of The Night

J.M. Tim And Foty — “Douala By Night” — African Funk Experimentals (1977-1979)

Walt Lawrence & The Castaways — “Cascade” — Strummin’ Mental! Volume 5

Los Revolucionarios — “Caribe” — Los Revolucionarios

Ken Jones — “Chicken Pot Pie” — Mambo 10: Nitty Gritty

Jimmy Riley — “Sons Of Negus” — Lee Perry: Divine Madness…Definitely!

The Five Du-Tones — “Shake A Tail Feather” — Let’s Soul Dance: Black Dance Crazes 1957-1962

Abelardo Carbonó Y Su Conjunto — “Quiero A Mi Gente” — Guana Tangula

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Betty Dickson — “Shanty Tramp” — Teen-Age Riot!

THE SECOND SET

Santrofi-Ansa — “Shakabula” — Essiebons Special 1973 – 1984: Ghana Music Power House

The Poets of Rhythm — “More Mess On My Thing” — Anthology 1992-2003

Najib Al Housh — “Ya Aen Daly” — Habibi Funk 015: An Eclectic Selection Of Music From The Arab World, Part 2

Bob Vidone & The Rhythm Rockers — “Going My Way” — Sin Alley!: 30 Real Gone Rockabilly & R&B Howlers!

Marcia Griffiths — “Feel Like Jumping” — Feel Like Jumping: Rock Steady and Reggae from Jamaica 1966-68

George Clinton with Parliaments / Funkadelic — “All Your Goodies Are Gone” — The Singles 1967-1971

Les Loups Noirs D’Haiti — “Pile ou Face” — Haiti

C-Jam Blues — “Gonna Find A Cave” — Rare Mod 2

THE THIRD SET

Western Jazz Band — “Usiamini Binadamu (Don’t Trust People)” — Songs of Happiness, Poison & Ululation: Dar Es Salaam Dancing Club 1973-1975

Frantique — “Strut Your Funky Stuff” — Philly Freedom

Los Wembler’s De Iquitos — “La Ferra Esta Aqui” — La Danza Del Petrolero

Charlie Baker — “You Crack Me Up” — Beat From Badsville Vol. 3

Omar Khorshid — “Lamma Bada Yatasana” — Giant + Guitar

Procol Harum — “Memorial Drive” — Broken Barricades

Tappa Zukie — “Falling Dub” — Tappa Zukie In Dub

The Jones Girls — “Keep It Comin’” — The Best Of The Jones Girls

THE FINAL SET

Ros Sereysothea — “Shave Your Beard” — Dengue Fever presents Electric Cambodia

The Only Ones — “Language Problem” — The Only Ones

Pablo Lubadika Porthos — “Madeleina” — Sound D’Afrique II

Bob Seger & the Last Heard — “East Side Story” — Heavy Music: The Complete Cameo Recordings 1966-1967

Manny Corchado — “Pow Wow” — Boogaloo Pow Wow: Dancefloor Rendez-Vous In Young Nuyorica

V.I.P.’s — “That’s It” — Frolic Diner Vol. 6

The Aggrovators — “Black Trap” — Jammies in Lion Dub Style

The Drivers — “Mr. Astronaut” — R&B Hipshakers Vol. 1: Teach Me To Monkey

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Ennio Morricone — “Il Grande Silenzio” — Morricone 2000