No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: Mando and the Chili Peppers.

The form of the music boxes was a story in itself. Through its form, the jukebox was supposed to stand out “from its not always very colorful surroundings.” The most important man in the company was therefore the designer; while the basic structure for a Wurlitzer was a rounded arch, Seeburg as a rule used rectangular cases with domes on top. The principle seemed to be that each new model could deviate from the previous one only so much, so that it was still recognizable. This principle was so firmly established that a particularly innovative jukebox, shaped like an obelisk, topped not by a head or a flame but by a dish containing the speaker, which propelled the music up toward the ceiling, proved a complete failure. Accordingly, variation was confined almost exclusively to the lighting effects or to components of the frame: a peacock in the middle of the box, in constantly changing colors; plastic surfaces, previously simply colored, now marbled; decorative moldings, once fake bronze, now chromed; arched frames, now in the form of transparent neon tubes, filled with large and small bubbles in constant motion, “signed Paul Fuller”—at this point the reader and observer of this history of design finally learned the name of its main hero and realized that he had always unconsciously wanted to know it, ever since he had first been overcome with amazement at encountering one of these mighty objects glowing in all the colors of the rainbow in some dim back room.

— Peter Handke, The Jukebox & Other Essays On Storytelling.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 344 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

Rose Royce — “Is It Love You’re After” — Greatest Hits

Segun Bucknor — “Dye Dye” — Who Say I Tire

Jerry Cole & His Spacemen — “Midnight Surfer” — Lost Legends of Surf Guitar, Vol. 2: Point Panic!

Polibio y Su Vibrafono — “Altas Horas” — Ecuatoriana: El Universo Paralelo de Polibio Mayorga 1969-81

The 101ers — “Silent Telephone” — Deviation Street: High Times in Ladbroke Grove 1967-1975

Liu Guan Lin — “Love Dance Theme Song” — Taiwan & Singapore Disco

Warner Bros Combo — “Study Hall” — Ho-Dad Hootenanny!

Tennors — “Ride Your Donkey” — Let’s Do Rocksteady: The Story of Rocksteady 1966-68

Mando And The Chili Peppers — “Congo Mombo” — Golden Crest Instrumentals Featuring the Wailers

IT’S MADISON TIME…

The Ramrods — “Soul Express Pt. 1” — Funky Crimes

THE SECOND SET

Ginger Johnson And His African Messengers — “Witchdoctor” — African Party

American Breed — “It’s Getting Harder” — Best of Dunwich Records Vol. 2

Joe Gibbs & The Professionals — “Jungle Dub” — African Dub All Mighty Chapter 3

Television — “See No Evil” — Marquee Moon

Sonido Verde De Moyobamba — “La Cervecita” — Perú Selvático: Sonic Expedition Into The Peruvian Amazon 1972-1986

Dicky Doo & the Don’ts — “Doo Plus 2” — Crypt of Instros #2

Halim “Janda-Ku” Yatim & the Sangam Boys — “Jauh Pandangan” — Pop Yeh Yeh: Psychedelic Rock from Singapore and Malaysia 1964-1970 Vol. 1

Crabby Appleton — “Go Back” — Crabby Appleton

Van Shipley — “Jan Pahechan Ho” — Bollywood Steel Guitar

THE THIRD SET

James Brown — “Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine” — Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang

Pope Flyne Ackah — “I Think You Are Right (Jepense Que Tu A Raison)” — Borga Revolution! Ghanaian Music In The Digital Age, 1983 – 1996 Vol. 2

Public Image Ltd — “Public Image” — Public Image Ltd

Dr. Alimantado — “Ital Galore” — Best Dressed Chicken In Town

Roy Brown — “Butcher Pete (Part 1)” — Pay Day Jump: The King & Deluxe Acetate Series

Ojoobe Ha — “Beware” — Raks Raks Raks: 27 Golden Garage Psych Nuggets From The Iranian 60s Scene

Young John Watson — “Space Guitar” — R&B Hipshakers, Vol. 4: Bossa Nova and Grits

THE FINAL SET

U-Roy — “Penny For Your Dub” — Riding The Roots Chariot

Alan Vega and Martin Rev — “Be Bop Kid” — Suicide (Second Album)

Joseph Kabasele — “Tika Ndeko Na Yo Te” — Le Grand Kallé: His Life, His Music – Joseph Kabasele and The Creation Of Modern Congolese Music

Ron Rogers — “Yaya” — Mutant Disco Volume 3: Garage Sale

Los Kintos / Tin Marin — “Kintos Jala Jala” — Mag All Stars Vol. 3: The Best of The Peruvian Orquestras Of The 50’s & 60’s

Big Brown — “My Testament” — I Still Hate CD’s: Norton Records 45 RPM Singles Collection

The Fore Thoughts — “Jungee” — Pakistan: Folk and Pop Instrumentals 1966-1976

The Only Ones — “Peter And The Pets” — Vengeance 45rpm

Phương Tâm — “16 60 Năm (60 Years)” — Saigon Surf Twist & Soul (1964-1966)

The Yardbirds — “Hot House Of Omagarishid” — Roger The Engineer (a.k.a. Over Under Sideways Down) [mono]

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Benny Goodman & His Orchestra feat. Dottie Reid — “Easy to Love” — Jazz and Hot Dance in Thailand

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