No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: First Choice.

Some of the other guys who were still playing in the old style didn’t agree. “Raising and lowering [turntable] speeds didn’t happen until some people decided they wanted to get fancy,” says Francis Grasso. “Well, since almost everything innovative had been done by then, they tried that shit, and for the most part it really sucked.” The ex-Sanctuary DJ believed that the speed controls were not only redundant but also damaging. “If you have people that are music savvy they will notice that you’ve speeded up the records, and it will bother them. If you’re a good disc jockey and you’re playing a record that’s 100 beats per minute you should have the knowledge to pick out a record that runs at 101 or 102 beats per minute. You don’t take a record that plays at 105 beats per minute and slow it down. You’re using equipment to alter the actual record.” That, according to Grasso, didn’t simply harm the integrity of the vinyl. “Why would you want to fuck around with a live crowd when that’s who’s paying you? Why would somebody want to go from one to bang-zoom like you were in Star Trek and you went into warp phase? And why would you want to shut the sound off? I never knocked Nicky Siano. He did his thing. I just never understood it. I never thought he took care of his audience. He’d get so high he thought he was the emperor of the room.”

— Tim Lawrence, Love Saves The Day: A History of American Dance Culture 1970-1979

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 356 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

First Choice — “Armed and Extremely Dangerous” — Sweet Soul Music: 23 Scorching Classics from 1973

Livy Ekemezie — “Friday Night” — Friday Night

Gene Mole & the Softwinds — “Burnin’ Rubber” — Muscle Bustle: Classic Tracks From The Surf’n’Drag Era

Khun Narin — “Lam Phu Thai # 2” — Khun Narin’s Electric Phin Band

The Undertones — “My Perfect Cousin” — An Introduction to the Undertones

Raks — “Raks Dance” — Waking Up Scheherazade Vol. 1: Arabian Garage Psych Nuggets from The 60’s And Early 70’s

Don McGinnis — “Travelin’ Light” — Travelin’ Light

U Brown — “President In Dub” — Repatriation

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Guitar Wolf — “Kung Fu Ramone’s Passion” — Planet of The Wolves

THE SECOND SET

Ramona King — “What About You” — Jack Nitzsche: His Restless Days

Anthony ‘Reebop’ Kwaku Bah — “Lovin’ You Baby” — Anthony ‘Reebop’ Kwaku Bah

Bappi Lahiri — “Dance Music” — Bollywood Bloodbath: The B-Music of the Indian Horror Film Industry

Neon Boys — “That’s All I Know (Right Now)” — Neon Boys + Richard Hell and the Voidoids

Docteur Nico & African Fiesta — “Tosa Mpe Banga” — Eternel Docteur Nico 1963-1965

Bud Grippah — “Hold It” — Las Vegas Grind! Vol. 4

King Tubby & Yabby You — “Fireman” — Hits of The Past Vol. 2

The Glowtones — “Ping Pong” — Over-The-Top Doo Wops Vol. 2: Don’t Pull, Don’t Push, Don’t Shove

Vaudou Game — “Dangerous Bees” — Apiafo

Herbie Hancock — “Blow Up” — Blow Up OST

THE THIRD SET

Los Babys — “Jinettes En El Cielo (Ghost Riders In The Sky)” — Blue Demon’s Mexican Rock And Roll Favorites

Omar Khorshid — “Ya Gamil” — Tribute To Farid El Atrache

Huey “Piano” Smith — “Doin’ the Beatnik Twist” — The Ultimate Beatnik Collection, Vol. 2

Polibio Mayorga — “Panuelo De Seda” — Ecuatoriana: El Universo Paralelo de Polibio Mayorga 1969-81

Earl Vince & The Valiants — “Somebody’s Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite” — The Immediate Singles Collection

Ryco Jazz — “La Juventud” — Congo Revolution: Afro-Latin / Jazz & Funk – Sounds From The Two Congos 1957-1973

The Fireballs — “Quite A Party” — Dancehall Stringbusters

Jackie Mittoo — “Earthquake” — Champion In The Arena 1976-1977

Wire — “No Romans (5th Demo)” — Chairs Missing

THE FINAL SET

Louis Wasson Et L’orchestre Kandem Irenée — “Song Of Love” — Cameroon Garage Funk 1964-1979

Funkadelic — “Red Hot Mama” — Standing on the Verge of Getting It On

The Aggrovators — “Uhru Express” — Jammies in Lion Dub Style

Roxy Music — “The Thrill of It All” — Singles, B-Sides and Alternative Mixes

Ahmed Malik & Flako — “Tape 3 Track 4” — The Electronic Tapes

The Modern Lovers — “Modern World” — The Modern Lovers

Emma De Angelis — “Trip” — La Onda Vampi

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Arthur Lee and Love — “Five String Serenade” — Five String Serenade

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