No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: Big Youth.

‘Rasta don’t need to get involved with politics, there is a higher reckoning than any Prime Minister, but we were living in a serious time back then. The system didn’t care for us, it was telling us to fight against ourselves, fight against each other, and be covetous and stupid, so instead of trying to get something from the system you had to try and take something from yourself. It prove you should really go to the illiterate place and learn to get civilized because the people there ‘ave no reason not to be straight with you. And those people is the same ghetto people who ‘ave to teach the yout’ around them, because nobody else is gonna do it. It’s we the deejay, the singers and the Rastas who tell them you mustn’t skylark and all them t’ings because you gonna go to jail where people will take steps with you. We tell the people that they have to live right so there is no reason for them to go to court, and if they don’t go to court they can’t go to jail. We tell them to try and keep their families together.

‘Of course the forces is there, the forces that didn’t want that to go on. They don’t want people to be anything other than stupid, but we can’t let that happen. That’s why the music was made that way then, because instead of just to praise Jah it had other work to do. We knew we held the power.’

— Big Youth, as quoted in Lloyd Bradley’s Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 359 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

The Intruders — “Win Place or Show (She’s A Winner)” — Philadelphia International Records: 40th Anniversary

Sir Victor Uwaifo & His Melody Maestros — “Akayan Ekassa” — Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970’s Funky Lagos

Davie Allan & The Arrows — “Moondawg ’65” — Devil’s Rumble: Anthology ’64-‘68

Meral Atakök — “Masa Üstünde Testi” — Saz Beat: Turkish Rock, Funk, And Psychedelic Music Of The 1960s And 1970s

Bill Allen & The Backbeats — “Please Give Me Something” — The Roots Of Psychobilly

Big Youth — “Marcus Garvey Dread” — Dread Locks Dread

Kip Tyler & The Flips — “Jungle Hop” — Big Box of Link Wray and More Kings of Distortion

Malavoi — “Jojo” — Mano Césaire Et La Formation Malavoi (La Naissance De La World Music Antillaise En 1969)

R. Dean Taylor — “There’s a Ghost in My House” — Mod Anthems Vol. 2

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Ennio Morricone — “Twist Delle Zitelle” — I Malamondo

THE SECOND SET

ESG — “You Make No Sense” — Come Away With ESG

Dr. Nico — “Basi Ya African Jazz” — Congo: Rumba On The River

Creations Unlimited — “Corruption Is The Thing” — Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio

Flash (38) — “Where Is The Love?” — Thai Beat A Go Go Vol. 3: Groovy 60’s Sounds from the Land of Smile!

Little Ike — “She Can Rock” — Mad Mike Monsters: A Tribute To Mad Mike Petrovich Vol. 1

Cumbia En Moog — “Cumbia Del Sal” — The Afrosound of Colombia Vol.1

The Bumps — “Hey Girl” — Northwest Battle of the Bands Vol. 4

The Aggrovators and King Tubby’s — “King Tubby Dub” — Jackpot Dub: Rare Dubs From Jackpot Records 1974-1976

Round Robin Monopoly — “Little People” — Ancestors Of Rap: A Collection Of Highly Underrated Prototype Rap Songs

Stelvio Cipriani — “Blindman’s Arrival” — Blindman OST

THE THIRD SET

Candy & The Kisses — “The 81” — Do ‘The 81’ And Other Soul Classics

Ali Hassan Kuban — “Henna” — Walk Like A Nubian

The Wildtones — “King Cobra” — Twistin’ Rumble!! 1

The Loving Darks — “Complicado” — Psicofasicos De Bolivia

James Brown & The Famous Flames — “I’ll Go Crazy” — Live at the Apollo

Mus D. S. — “Ahai Dara” — Padang Moonrise: The Birth of the Modern Indonesian Recording Industry ⋆ 1955-69

Paul Revere & the Raiders — “Let Me! [45 Version]” — Hungry for Kicks: Singles & Choice Cuts 1965-69

Tapper Zukie — “Phensic” — Attack Collection Vol. 2

THE FINAL SET

Pharoah Sanders — “High Life” — Wisdom Through Music

Mehrpouy — “Ghabileye Leyli” — Persian Funk

Nolan Strong & The Diablos — “Mind Over Matter” — Dirty Boogie: The Fortune Records Story

Lea & Domingo — “Pas Mal” — Jalousie

Sparks — “Whippings and Apologies” — A Woofer in Tweeter’s Clothing

Tommy McCook & The Supersonics — “Dub with Strings” — Pleasure Dub

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Basil Kirchin — “Primitive London 1” — Primitive  London OST

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