No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: The Slits.

That spring, the Slits recorded ‘FM’, whose storyline found the group so bathed in media that they surrendered their humanity to electronics. ‘My head is like a radio set,’ sang Ari over a background simultaneously experimental and threatening, ‘my nightmares don’t project my dreams.’ At the song’s end, the group record a sweep over the radio band: out of the atmospherics comes the Union Gap’s paedophiliac song ‘Young Girl’.

It is hardly surprising that the music industry was not ready for a cosmopolitan group of aggressive, politicized females: without a strong manager, with a mixture of outrage and preciousness, the Slits withdrew even further. ‘The blokes in the record companies are not the sort you would associate with, totally naff human beings, and there you are trying to deal with them,’ says Albertine. ‘We got offered contracts quite early, and we didn’t want them.’

— Jon Savage, England’s Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock and Beyond.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 371 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

The Gibson Brothers — “Cuba” — Ministry Of Sound: Anthems Disco

Pat Thomas — “Yesu San Bra” — The Rough Guide to African Disco

Dynamics — “Later On” — Strummin’ Mental! Part 2: Raw, Crude, Instrumental R & R!

Ersen — “Cakmagicak” — Turkish Freakout: Psych-Folk Singles 1969-1980

The Detroit Cobras — “Boss Lady” — Life, Love and Leaving

Joe Gibbs & The Professionals — “Majestic Dub (Swing Easy Dub)” — Majestic Dub

The Dave Clark Five — “No Stopping” — Instrumental Album

Teun-Jai Boon Praraksa — “Ha Fang Kheng Kan” — Siamese Soul: Thai Pop Spectacular Vol. 2

IT’S MADISON TIME…

John Cale — “Mary Lou” — The Island Years

THE SECOND SET

Los Holys — “Psicodelico Desconocido” — Sons Of Yma: A Collection of Peruvian Garage and Instrumental Bands from the ’60s!

The Slits — “Vindictive” — The Peel Sessions

Eduardo Morales y Su Requinto — “Muevase Vecina” — Ecuatoriana: El Universo Paralelo de Polibio Mayorga 1969​-​1981

The Riot Squad — “Anytime “ — British Mod Sounds Of The 1960s

Elvis Phuong — “Bài Ca Ngông (The Crazy Song)” — Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974

Live Wires — “Scrambled Eggs” — Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things: Rare and Unissued Virginia Garage 1964-1967

King Tubby — “Invasion” — Dub From The Roots

Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers — “Dripper’s Boogie” — Dr. Boogie Presents Bear Traces: Nugget’s from Bob’s Barn

Amadou Balaké — “Aminata Du Thé” — The Original Sound Of Burkina Faso

THE THIRD SET

The Controllers — “You Ain’t Fooling Me” — In Control

Machito — “St. Louis Blues” — Cuba in America 1939-1962

The Buzz — “You’re Holding Me Down” — Joe Meek: The Alchemist of Pop: Home Made Hits & Rarities 1959-1966

Pier’ Rosier & Gazolinn’ — “Obsession” — Console Mwen

Andre Williams & His Orchestra — “Sweet Little Pussycat” — Movin’ On With… Andre Williams: Greasy And Explicit Soul Movers 1956-1970

Figen Han — “Haydi Bastırrr” — Saz Beat Vol. 3: Turkish Rock, Funk, And Psychedelic Music Of The 1960s And 1970s

James Brown — “Since You Been Gone” — Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang

THE FINAL SET

The Revolutionaries — “Kunta Kinte Version One” — Drum Sound: More Gems from Channel One Dub Room 1974-1980

The Velvettes — “Needle In A Haystack” — Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971

Laxmikant Pyarelal — “Theme Music” — Bollywood Bloodbath: The B-Music of the Indian Horror Film Industry

Jack Bruce — “You Burned the Tables on Me” — Harmony Row

Bobby Pauneto — “Aqui Voy Yo” — Boogaloo Pow Wow: Dancefloor Rendez-Vous In Young Nuyorica

Young-Holt Unlimited — “Give It Up” — The Definitive Young-Holt Unlimited

Super Mambo 69 — “Sweeper Soul” — Afro-Rock Vol. 1

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Lou Reed — “Kicks“ — Coney Island Baby

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