No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: The Kinks.

Since the Americans invented mass-produced, ready-to-wear fashion in the early twentieth century, a conservative approach to male clothing had been handed down from fashion house to chain store. As the Small Faces’ Ian McLagan remembers: ‘Burtons had three styles: small, medium and large.’ It also had three colours: black, brown and navy. In 1913, Giacomo Balla’s ‘Futurist Manifesto of Men’s Clothing’ had declared ‘WE MUST DESTORY ALL PASSEIST CLOTHES and everything about them which is colourless, funereal, decadent, boring and unhygienic.’ Mods were to make that modernist manifesto a reality: they introduced colour to male clothing for the first time since the Regency era of the early nineteenth century. It was fitting, therefore, that the most flamboyant Mod style was known as the Regency, displayed by the Kinks in March 1966 in publicity for ‘Dedicated Follower of Fashion’, their affectionate satire of a Carnaby Street dandy.

— Richard Weight, Mod: A Very British Style.

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Here’s what Reeshard & Lee-Roy played in Ep. 317 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

The Undisputed Truth — “Law Of The Land” — Smiling Faces: The Best Of Undisputed Truth

The Elcados — “Power To The People” — This World Is Full Of Injustice

The Rumblers — “Intersection” — Instro Inferno 7: Action Planet!

Rayrai Na Koratch — “Lack Of Gasoline” — Thai Funk ZudRangMa Vol. 2

The Sparkles — “Hipsville 29 B.C. (I Need Help)” — Garage Beat ’66, Vol. 1: Like What, Me Worry?!

Mario Allison Y Su Combo — “Ensueño” — Gozalo! Bugalu Tropical Vol. 1

The Satintones — “Motor City” — Sound of Detroit 2: Original Gems From The Motown Vaults

Dennis Bovell & The Dub Band — “Chief Inspector” — The Dubmaster: The Essential Anthology

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Billy Mize — “Planet Named Desire” — Malamondo 5

THE SECOND SET

Los Pájaros — “Shake It Baby” — Color de Trópico Vol. 3

Love — “My Little Red Book [Mono]” — Love

Alessandro Alessandroni — “Moto Blues” — Ritmo Dell’industria N°2

The Bikinis — “Crazy Vibrations” — Las Vegas Grind! Vol. 3

Afro National — “Money Palava” — Tropical Funkmusic

Richard Berry — “Yama Yama Pretty Mama” — Great Googa Mooga

Los Chipis — “Brindo Por Tu Amor” — Sonideras Peruanas: Cumbias & Guarachas Limpias

The Ernie Bush Band — “Breakaway” — Walkin’ The Duck: 23 Northern Soul Instrumental Tracks

Yabby You & The Prophets — “Chanting Version” — The Yabby You Sound (Dubs & Versions)

The Kinks — “Come On Now [Mono]” — Kinda Kinks

THE THIRD SET

D.P. Express — “Sensibe Pa Joue” — Volume 1: M’pa Pren Contac

The Only Ones — “Strange Mouth” — Baby’s Got A Gun

Ros Serey Sothea — “Jam 10 Kai Thiet (Wait 10 More Months)” — Cambodian Nuggets

The Wyld — “Fly By Nighter” — Fort Worth Teen Scene Vol. 1

Ali Hassan Kuban — “Al Ghazal” — Walk Like A Nubian

DNA — “Size” — DNA On DNA

Hotline — “Stay Close” — You Are Mine

THE FINAL SET

The Quotations — “Imagination” — Beat From Badsville Vol. 2

Remmy Ongala & Orchestre Super Matimila — “Ndumila Kuwili (Don’t Speak with Two Mouths)” — Nalila Mwana

Andre Williams — “Rib Tip’s  Pt.1” — Detroit Soul 3: Andre Williams

Morteza — “Morteza” — Persian Funk

Spirit — “I Got A Line On You” — The Family That Plays Together

Tommy McCook — “Plague Of Horn” — Jesus Dread 1972-1977

Gino Parks — “Fire” — Motown Rhythm & Blues ’59-’62

Roberto Pregadio — “Iena Sequence” — Beat At Cinecitta: Music from Italian 60s & 70s Exploitation Cinema Vol. 1

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Choker Campbell — “Last Call For Whiskey” — Atlantic 45rpm