No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart).

Clashes between Van Vliet and the other group members were on the increase and Moon’s days were numbered. [Ry] Cooder described what greeted him when he arrived at rehearsals: “[Van Vliet said,] ‘Well, I’ll tell you what we’re doing and what we’re not doing. First goddamn thing is this goddamn guy here’ – he points to Doug Moon again. ‘Get outta here, Doug, just get outta here. You’re no use to us now.’ I can’t remember what language he used but it was something like ‘go away and let us do this’… ‘Another damn thing I should tell you, the bass player Jerry, he doesn’t remember the parts half the time. I told him, I taught him the music.’ And I’m going, ‘Whoa, all right. One thing at a time.’”⁴

Moon left soon after. Cooder has claimed that the suddenly disenfranchised guitarist pulled a crossbow on the musicians, shouting, “Don’t nobody move,” but none of the other witnesses at the scene remembers it as dramatically. There was a crossbow in the house which would occasionally be used in an attempt to clear the garden of an infestation of squirrels, but Moon apparently did no more than put it back in its place. His official departure was far less dramatic. He was formally asked to leave by [label head Bob] Krasnow, who had been delegated to do the dirty work. With Cooder drafted in immediately following Moon’s departure, tensions in the group were high.

— Mike Barnes, Captain Beefheart: The Biography.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 357 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

Universal Mind — “Reach Out For Me” — Disco 75

Rock Town Express — “Shake It On Baby” — Rock Town Express

Fender Four — “Margaya” — Strummin’ Mental! Vol. 5

Orquesta La Moderna De Nueva York — “Picadillo” — Sociedad 45rpm

The Metronomes — “The Chickie-Goo” — Jookin’ Vol. 2

Franceso De Masi — “New York One Night” — Lo Squartatore di New York OST

Wire — “Just Don’t Care” — Behind the Curtain: Early Versions 1977 & 78

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Dillinger & The Upsetters — “Tighten Up” — Rhythm Shower

THE SECOND SET

Orgone — “Counting On You” — Killion Vaults

Maha — “Ana Gaya” — Orkos

The Yardbirds — “Happenings Ten Years Time Ago” — Ultimate!

La Playa Sextet — “Hunca Munca” — Doing the Boogaloo

Prophecy — “What Ever’s Your Sign (You Got To Be Mine) Pt. 1” — Mainstream Disco Funk

Coupe Cloue & L’Ensemble Select — “Pi Ta Pi Triss” — Sociss

Things To Come — “I’m Not Talkin’” — Best Of Dunwich Records Vol. 2

The Aggrovators and King Tubby’s — “Derrick Morgan & Johnny Clarke / Behold This Version” — Jackpot Dub: Rare Dubs From Jackpot Records 1974-1976

Big Al Downing — “Georgia Slop” — Jukebox at Eric’s Vol. 1

THE THIRD SET

Derrick Harriott — “Brown Baby” — Soul Jazz Records Presents Disco Reggae Rockers

Alan Vega — “Outlaw” — Collision Drive

Les Quatre Étoiles — “Ba Relations” — Dance

Epitaph — “Epitaph Movement” — Midwest Funk: Funk 45’s from Tornado Alley

Kishore Kumar — “Ina Mina Dika” — Doob Doob O’ Rama 2: More Filmsongs From Bollywood

Lizzy Mercier Descloux — “Wawa” — Press Color

Champoo — “Everything Is Disco” — Thai Funk: ZudRangMa

THE FINAL SET

The Tortians — “Red Cadillac” — Ho-Dad Hootenanny Too!

Saied Khalifa — “Igd Allooli (The Pearl Necklace)” — Two Niles To Sing A Melody: The Violins & Synths Of Sudan

John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett — “Racing Cars (Jet Spotter Of The Track)” — John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett

Los Shains — “Apache 66” — Sons Of Yma: A Collection of Peruvian Garage and Instrumental Bands from the ’60s!

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band — “Suzy Murder Wrist” — The Brown Star Sessions

Orti, Mayorga y Chiriboga — “Muñequita Blanca” — Ecuatoriana: El Universo Paralelo de Polibio Mayorga 1969​-​1981

The Four Casts — “Stormy Weather” — Atlantic 45rpm

Junior Murvin — “Easy Task” — Police & Thieves

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

White Noise — “Love Without Sound” — An Electric Storm

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