No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: Jack Nitzsche.

Jack Nitzsche, who had not seen Phil [Spector] in years, showed up unannounced at the front gate late in 1979. Nitzsche had blossomed during and after working with Phil—he produced, among many others, Bobby Darin, Rick Nelson, and Jackie DeShannon, and recorded four solo albums; one, St. Giles Cripplegate, in 1972, utilized the London Symphony Orchestra. Nitzsche had been in the thick of the seventies’ soft-rock wave, co-producing Neil Young’s first LP and producing and writing for Young’s backup band Crazy Horse, for a time joining the band on the road as their pianist. He also produced the Neville Brothers and the first two Mink Deville albums. Branching out into films, he scored the Mick Jagger movie Performance, then The Exorcist and One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest. However, Nitzsche was in a bad way now. Recently he had been arrested for assaulting his girlfriend, actress Carrie Snodgress, who said that Nitzsche, in a drunken rage, raped her with the barrel of a gun, kicked and beat her, and threatened to shoot her and her small child.

Seeing Nitzsche, Phil thought he was scary. Rather than let him in, Phil leaned out of an upstairs window and was said to have aimed a gun at his onetime arranger and ordered him off the grounds. Nitzsche fled back down La Collina Drive and into a wasteland of his own misery, but the real question about Phil Spector now was whom if anyone he would welcome inside that dark house.

— Mark Ribowsky, He’s A Rebel: Phil Spector, Rock and Roll’s Legendary Producer.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 366 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

McFadden & Whitehead — “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now” — Ministry Of Sound: Anthems Disco

Buari — “Iro Le Pa” — Buari

The Teemates — “Walk Don’t Run ’64” — Lost Legends Of Surf Guitar, Vol. 4: Shockwave!

The Melodians — “I Will Get Along Without You” — Trojan Rocksteady Box Set

Johnny Kidd & The Pirates — “I Want That [mono]” — The Classic And Rare

Erkin Koray & Ter — “Hor Görme Garibi” — Hava Narghile: Turkish Rock Music 1966-1975

The Seeds — “Pushin’ Too Hard” — Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968

Dr Ezat Abou Ouf & El Four M — “Genoun El Disco” — Sharayet El Disco: Egyptian Disco & Boogie Cassettes 1982-1992

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Moses Longpiece — “Slide Her Under The Door” — Lux and Ivy’s Favorites Vol. 6

THE SECOND SET

Al Massrieen — “Hatgeni Tani” — Habibi Funk 006: Modern Music

The Real Kids — “Reggae Reggae” —The Real Kids

Thái Thanh — “Bừng Sáng (Dawn)” — Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974

Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs — “Ain’t Gonna Move” — The MGM Singles 1965-1973

Beaujour Et Ses Diables Du Rythme — “Ti Té Ya” — Antilles Méchant Bateau

The Undertones — “Male Model” — The Undertones

Usha Iyer — “Love Me” — Charas Babu

Davie Allan and The Arrows — “The Young World” — Devil’s Rumble: The Davie Allan & The Arrows Anthology

Riz Ortolani — “Ragazze E Marinai” — Mondo Cane OST

THE THIRD SET

Captain Beefheart — “I’m Gonna Booglarize You Baby” — The Spotlight Kid

Pérez Prado — “Perfidia” — Pérez Prado: The Greatest Hits

Savoys — “Blo Jangs” — Las Vegas Grind Vol. 7

Grace Lee & The Stylers — “Each And Every Flower” – Singapore Nuggets: The Ladies

Pere Ubu — “Street Waves” — The Modern Dance

The Peace — “Black Power” — Black Power

Reigning Sound — “If You Can’t Give Me Everything” — Too Much Guitar

Phillip Smart & The Aggravators — “Night Angel Dub” —Phillip Smart Meets The Aggravators At King Tubby’s

THE FINAL SET

The Flirtations — “Nothing But A Heartache” — Sounds Like The Flirtations

Nyboma & Les Kamalé Dynamiques du Zaïre — “Mama Yo” — Pepe

The Velvet Underground — “I Heard Her Call My Name” — White Light/White Heat ’68 [Mono]

Pier’ Rosier et son Groupe Gazoline — “Carément News” — Pier’ Rosier et son Groupe Gazoline

The Five Americans — “Slippin’ And Slidin’” — Teenage Shutdown Vol.1: Jump, Jive & Harmonize

Juaneco Y Su Combo — “Linda Nena” — Masters Of Chicha 1

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Jack Nitzsche — “Opening Titles” — Cutter’s Way OST

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