No Condition Is Permanent

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

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

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

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