NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT [Episode #323 ~ 09-10-22]
Pictured: Horace Swaby aka Augustus Pablo.
The 1977 release of King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown (a compilation of tracks produced by Augustus Pablo and remixed by Tubby) represented a high point in the development of dub, providing one of the enduring album-length classics of the genre. There are two likely reasons this recording has attained its classic status. The first is that by mid-decade, Tubby had fully elaborated his language of remixing, facilitated by both the natural development of his aesthetic, and the continuous upgrading of his studio equipment. The second reason is the quality of the rhythm tracks that Pablo supplied for the sessions. Sonically and thematically, the sound Pablo developed with his Rockers production outfit strongly reflected the mood of the times. Ponderous minor-key grooves and some of the most striking electric bass patterns of the decade support heavily Rastafarian lyrical themes, often augmented by liturgical Rastafarian hand drumming styles and Pablo’s plaintive sounding melodica. With King Tubby, Pablo’s brittle melodica improvisations were cut and stretched by into works of deeply evocative power.
— Michael E. Veal, Dub: Soundscapes and Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae.
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Here’s what Reeshard & Lee-Roy played in Ep. 323 of No Condition Is Permanent:
THE FIRST SET
Dennis Coffey — “Some Like It Hot” — Live Wire: The Westbound Years 1975-78
Livy Ekemezie — “Holiday Actions” — Friday Night
The Raybeats — “Searching” — Guitar Beat
La Mermelada — “Solitario De Amor” — Chicha Popular: Love & Social Political Songs from Discos Horoscopo 1977-1987
Didi Noel — “Let The Music Play” — Northern Soul: Stompers, Floaters & Floorshakers
Augustus Pablo — “King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown” — King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
Lizzy Mercier Descloux — “Mission impossible” — Press Color
IT’S MADISON TIME…
Davie Allan and the Arrows — “Mind Transferral” — Savage Pencil presents Angel Dust: Music For Movie Bikers
THE SECOND SET
Rico Rodriguez — “Chang Kai Shek” — That Man Is Forward
Sean Buckley & The Breadcrumbs — “Everybody Knows (Alt Version)” — Planet Beat: From The Shel Talmy Vaults
Ferry Djimmy And His Dji-Kins — “Brest Dc 10” — Rhythm Revolution
The Pretty Things — “Walking Through My Dreams” — S.F. Sorrow [mono]
Les Vikings D’Haïti — “Mariella” — Cé Pas Magie
Ralph Nielson & The Chancellors — “5 Minus 3” — Scream Loud!!! The Fenton Records Story
Juaneco y Su Combo — “Mi Robaron Mi Runa Mula” — The Roots of Chicha: Psychedelic Cumbias from Peru
The Who — “So Sad About Us” — A Quick One [mono]
THE THIRD SET
Mongo Santamaria — “El Pussy Cat” — MOD… The New Religion: Everybody Dance Now
Ida Sands — “Start All Over Again” — Eccentric Soul: The Shiptown Label
Alessandro Alessandroni — “Fuga Nei Sotterranei” — Sangue Di Sbirro OST
Johnny Walker — “Love Vibrator” — Personal Space: Electronic Soul 1974-1984
Max Romeo & The Upsetters — “Norman” — War Ina Babylon
Black Merda — “Cynthy-Ruth” — Black Merda
Tunji Oyelana — “Osekere” — A Nigerian Retrospective 1966-79
THE FINAL SET
The Mermen — “My Black Bag” — Food for Other Fish
Black Sugar — “The Looser” — Serie De Coleccion 1970-1972
The Velvet Underground — “Guess I’m Falling In Love (Live)” — Peel Slowly And See
Yol Aularong & Liev Tuk — “Sou Slarp Kroam Kombut Srey (Rather Die Under The Woman’s Sword)” — Cambodian Nuggets
The Rangers — “Justine” — Ho-Dad Hootenanny!
El Rego Et Ses Commandos — “Djobimé” — Legends of Benin: Afro-Funk, Cavacha, Agbadja, Afro-Beat 1969-1981
Wire — “Dot Dash” — Pink Flag
Los Guacharacos — “Baila Rosita” — Cumbia Cumbia 2: La Epoca Dorada de Cumbias Colombianas
LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…
John Cale (feat. Deerfrance) — “Only Time Will Tell” — Sabotage / Live
No Condition Is Permanent 