NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT [Episode #374 ~ 12-02-23]

Pictured: Joseph Kabasele a.k.a. Le Grand Kalle.
For lovers of Congolese music, zeal in support of their favourite band was no vice. Like the athletes and spectators at a Saturday afternoon football match, musicians and their fans formed allegiances of great passion. As younger players emerged and new bands formed, music lovers appraised them with reference to their more established competitors. Nearly everyone was a critic, and the continual debate gave rise to the notion of stylistic schools. A new group might be said to follow the African Jazz school or the O.K. Jazz school.
These distinctions were drawn, for the most part, on comparisons between each group’s singers and guitarists. Among the singers, Joseph Kabasele reigned without peer. He was a chanteur de charme, a charm singer in the fashion of Tino Rossi. Kabasele’s voice evoked feelings of passion and sentimentality that Congolese music lovers found irresistible. Congolese singers followed the Kabasele school even if they wanted to sing in O.K. Jazz.
— Gary Stewart, Rumba on the River: A History of the Popular Music of the Two Congos.
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Here’s what we played in Ep. 374 of No Condition Is Permanent:
THE FIRST SET
Archie Bell & The Drells—”Let’s Groove” — Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia
El Rego Et Ses Commandos — “Vimado Wingnan” — Legends Of Benin: Afro-Funk, Cavacha, Agbadja, Afro-Beat 1969-1981
The Clee-Shays — “Dynamite” — High School Rumble Vol. 1: 18 Explosive 50’s/60’s Instrumentals
Kazi Aniruddha — “Aao Twist Karen” — Bollywood Steel Guitar
Small Faces — “Baby Don’t You Do It” — From The Beginning
Big Joe — “Trying To Wreck” — Original Foundation Deejays
Little Beaver — “Funkadelic Sound” — Miami Funk Vol. 2
Hany Mehanna — “Al Nil” — Music for Airplanes: A Collection of Instrumental Showpieces and Scores for Egyptian Films and TV-Series 1973-1980
The Mad Hatters — “Just Won’t Leave” — Teenage Shutdown Vol. 9: Teen Jangler Blowout!
IT’S MADISON TIME…

Paula Tsui — “Kung Fu Back Again” — Taiwan & Singapore Disco
THE SECOND SET
Gene Walker And His Combo — “Empire City” — Blunderbuss: Scattershot Sleaze ‘58-‘67
Kamal Ahmed & Nahid Akhtar — “Aesh Kiye Jaa Subh-O-Shaam” — Disco Dildar
Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant — “Truck Driver’s Ride” — Swingin’ on the Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Vol. 2
Apagya Show Band — “Mumunde” — Afro-Beat Airways: West African Shock Waves (Ghana & Togo 1972-78)
The Golliwogs — “Fight Fire” — Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968
Joe Gibbs & the Professionals — “No Man’s Version” — 100 Years of Dub
The Creation — “Making Time” — Mod Anthems: Original Northern Soul, R’N’B & Ska Classics
Dara Puspita — “Puyaili (Thai Folk Song)” — 1966-1968
The Cadillacs — “Holy Smoke Baby” — Dangerous Doo-Wop 2
Pedro Migul y sus Maracaibos — “Arroz con Coco” — Gozalo! Bugalu Tropical Vol. 2
THE THIRD SET
T. Rex — “Is It Love?” — T. Rex
Ja-Man All Stars — “Poor Man Skank” — In The Dub Zone
Albert Collins — “Cookin’ Catfish” — 20th Century 45rpm
Los Ahijados — “Sigue Afincando” — Disco de Oro
The Searchers — “Wow Wow Baby” — Gee Whiz: The Class Records Story 1956-1962
Who (Ngubani) — “Switch No. 1” — Afro Funk Explosion: Motherload From The Motherland
Pere Ubu — “Nonalignment Pact” — The Modern Dance
Mustafa Özkent Ve Orkestrasi — “Dolana Dolana” — Bosporus Bridges: A Wide Selection Of Turkish Jazz And Funk 68-78
THE FINAL SET
The Pop Group — “She Is Beyond Good and Evil” — Y
Grand Kalle & African Team — “Valentina Valentino” — Afrolatin Via Kinshasa
Iggy & the Stooges — “Shake Appeal [Iggy Pop Mix]” — Raw Power
A.M. Deballot — “Wudu” — SAT 45rpm
Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces — “Go Ahead And Burn” — Early Rappers: Hipper Than Hop — The Ancestors Of Rap
Junior Delgado — “Downs” — Dance A Dub
Nina Simone — “Funkier Than A Mosquito’s Tweeter” — It Is Finished

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Pan Ron — “Jombang Jet” — Dengue Fever presents Electric Cambodia

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