NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT [Episode #391 ~ 04-06-24]

Pictured: The Spencer Davis Group (Steve Winwood 2nd from left).

When I got to the rehearsal room, just down the road from my new offices, there was no sign of Steve, Spencer, Muff, and Pete. No two ways about it: I was absolutely furious. I thought they were skiving or hadn’t even made it into work. I charged around their usual haunts in Soho and found them in a café nearby, laughing and fooling about. I laid into them, accusing them of not taking their task seriously. They might have had two number ones, but pop was increasingly competitive and groups like them could come and go in a flash.

They protested, claiming they had come up with an idea, and were just taking a lunch break before they went back and finished. That afternoon they played me what they had done, and you could tell they had processed all their favorite music and paid attention to how the songs were written. They had come up with something terrific that from the very first bars instantly sounded good enough to be played amongst all the great American gospel–influenced R&B tracks of the mid-sixties.

Although Steve Winwood got the writing credit at the time and improvised the title and chorus as they messed around with the riff, between them Muff [Winwood], Steve, and Spencer [Davis] had come up with “Gimme Some Lovin’.” As they performed it for me, already very at home with it, Steve particularly ecstatic, the song sounded like a hit, positively trembling with energy—the energy I was after—but also throbbing with a rhythmic cool. Here were white kids who’d listened to soul, jazz, and the blues and, thinking it over, came up with their own take. I immediately let them off for taking an early lunch break.

— Chris Blackwell, The Islander: My Life in Music and Beyond.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 391 of No Condition Is Permanent:

FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The True Reflection – “That’s Where I’m Coming From” ‑ Crème De La Crème: Philly Soul Classics And Rarities

Akofa Akoussah – “Sumga Ma Bacci” ‑ Togo Soul 2

The Bel-Tones – “Breaktime” ‑ Strummin’ Mental! Part.Three

Shelly y La Nueva Generacion – “Vestido Azul” ‑ Sensacional Soul Vol. 1: 37 Groovy Spanish Soul & Funk Stompers 1966 / 1976

Leo Graham – “Want a Wine” – Trojan Box Set: X-Rated Box Set

The Pharoahs — “Looking For Girls” — Ho-Dad Hootenanny Too!

Traffic Sound — “Destruction” — Sons Of Yma: A Collection of Peruvian Garage and Instrumental Bands from the ’60s!

Devo — “Uncontrollable Urge” — Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology

Tuangchai Boonparaksa — “Mahn Kao Lah (What Fun)” — Thai Beat A Go Go Vol. 2: Groovy 60’s Sounds from the Land of Smile!

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Ike Turner & the Kings of Rhythm — “Thinking Black” — A Black Man’s Soul

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

El Gran Romancito y El Super Combo Curro — “Honolulu” — Cartagena! Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia and Descarga Sound of Colombia 1962-72

The Gardenias — “I’m Laughing At You” — Itty Bitty Treasure Chest (Fortune Records) Vol. 2

Fadoul — “Sid Redad” — Al Zman Saib

The Spencer Davis Group — “Trampoline” — Northern Soul 101 Hits

Manzanita y Su Conjunto — “Vírgenes Del Sol” — Cumbías Chichadélicas (Peruvian Psychedelic Chicha)

Promise — “I’m Not Ready for Love” — Beehive Breaks

Prince Jammy — “Sound Man Style” — Prince Jammy Presents Uhuru In Dub

Gordon Beck — “The Hustler” — That’s What Friends Are For

Bozambo — “Kombissé” — The Original Sound Of Burkina Faso

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Tomorrow — “My White Bicycle” — The Great British Psychedelic Trip Vol. 3 1965-1970

Chocolate — “Gozando El Guaguanco” — John Armstrong Presents The Nuyorican Funk Experience

The Decades — “I’m Gonna Dance” — Blow My Mind! The Doré-Era-Mira Punk & Psych Legacy

Lolo et L’Orchestre O.K. Jazz — “Lolo Soulfire” — Congo Funk! Sound Madness from The Shores Of The Mighty Congo River (Kinshasa/Brazzaville 1969-1982)

The Shivas — “Stalking Legs” — You Know What to Do

Joe Gibbs & the Professionals — “Six Foot Six” — 100 Years of Dub

The Cramps — “She’s Got Balls” — Fiends Of Dope Island

S. Hazarasingh — “Chhedo Na Dekho Na” — Bollywood Steel Guitar