No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: Los Safiros.

‘THAT NIGGER GOING down the street,’ said Dr Hasselbacher standing in the Wonder Bar, ‘he reminds me of you, Mr Wormold.’ It was typical of Dr Hasselbacher that after fifteen years of friendship he still used the prefix Mr – friendship proceeded with the slowness and assurance of a careful diagnosis. On Wormold’s death-bed, when Dr Hasselbacher came to feel his failing pulse, he would perhaps become Jim.

The Negro was blind in one eye and one leg was shorter than the other; he wore an ancient felt hat and his ribs showed through his torn shirt like a ship’s under demolition. He walked at the edge of the pavement, beyond the yellow and pink pillars of a colonnade, in the hot January sun, and he counted every step as he went. As he passed the Wonder Bar, going up Virdudes, he had reached ‘1,369’. He had to move slowly to give time for so long a numeral. ‘One thousand three hundred and seventy.’ He was a familiar figure near the National Square, where he would sometimes linger and stop his counting long enough to sell a packet of pornographic photographs to a tourist. Then he would take up his count where he had left it. At the end of the day, like an energetic passenger on a trans-Atlantic liner, he must have known to a yard how far he had walked.

— Graham Greene, Our Man In Havana.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 330 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

The Street People — “You’re My One Weakness Girl” — Frankie Crocker: “Do It Frankie, Do It To It!”

The Hygrades — “Rough Rider” — The World Ends: Afro Rock & Psychedelia In 1970s Nigeria

The Fabulous Playboys — “Cheater Stomp” — Lost Legends of Surf Guitar, Vol. 3: Cheater Stomp!

Plearn Promdan — “Jolly” — Thai Funk – ZudRangMa

The Eyes — “I’m Rowed Out” — 20 Original Mod Classics

Ismael Santiago Y Sus Pleneros Canta Angel Luis Torruellas — “Pacharo” — ¡Saoco! Vol. 2: Bomba, Plena & the Roots of Salsa in Puerto Rico 1955-1967

Jimmy Lloyd — “Rocket In My Pocket” — Born Bad Vol. 2

The Pioneers — “Long Up Your Mouth” — Long Shot

IT’S MADISON TIME…

J.C. Davis — “Coconut Brown” — Funky Crimes

THE SECOND SET

St. Maarten’s The Rolling Tones — “It’s A Feeling” — Let’s Boogaloo, Vol. 6: Explosive Deep Funk, Northern Soul & Dancefloor Jazz En El Barrio ’14

Vinnie Rogers — “Flash Flood” — Duel 45prm

Delai Alamos con Los King Stay — “El Grito De Los King” — MAG 45rpm

Pink Floyd — “Arnold Layne” — The First 3 Singles

Asha Bhosle — “Ankhen Meri Maikhana” — Doob Doob O’ Rama 2: More Filmsongs From Bollywood

The 13th Floor Elevators — “Fire Engine [Single Version]” — The Psychedelic Sounds Of [Mono]

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou — “Gbeti Ma Djro” — African Scream Contest

The Fantastic Johnny C — “Boogaloo Down Broadway” — Felix Hernandez presents Rhythm Review

The Boris Gardiner Happening — “Paying Roots” — Ultra Super Dub Vol. 1

The Hallmarks — “I Know Why” — Back from the Grave # 4

THE THIRD SET

Omar Khorshid — “Guitar El Chark” — Guitar El Chark

Roxy Music — “Trash” — Manifesto

Orquesta Joe Cain — “Kenyatta” — Rough Guide to Boogaloo Vol. 3

John Fred & The Playboys — “Shirley” — Modernists: A Decade Of Rhythm & Soul Dedication

Aimé Orchis Mathey — “Senye Ye Na” — Togo Soul 70

Bill Doggett — “The Worm” — Mighty Instrumentals R&B Style 1963ˆ1964

Cem Karaca & Apaşlar — “Anadolu Oyun Havası” — Turkish Delights: Beat, Psych, & Garage : 26 Ultra Rarities From Beyond The Sea Of Marmara

Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band — “Hot Head” — Doc at the Radar Station

THE FINAL SET

Un Dos Tres y Fuera — “Machu Picchu” — Soul Jazz Records Presents Venezuela 70: Cosmic Visions Of A Latin American Earth: Venezuelan Experimental Rock in the 1970s

The Parkettes — “El Matador” — Whip! Wobble & Grind! 1962-1964

Ali Hassan Kuban — “Eshmana (Why?)” — Real Nubian: Cairo Wedding Classics

The Egyptians — “The Party Stomp” — Mojo Presents: Big Sensations, Maximum R&B 45s from the Dawn of Mod

Juaneco y Su Combo — “Me Robaron Mi Runamula” — Masters Of Chicha 1

Velvet Underground — “I Can’t Stand It” — VU

The Upsetters — “Foundation Dub” — Voodooism

The Chams — “Well Oh Well” — Doo Wop ‘N’ Jive Vol. 1

Los Zafiros — “Chaverot” — Story

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Vivian Stanshall — “Dwarf Succulents” — Men Opening Umbrellas Ahead