No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: John Martyn (w. Beverly Martyn in background).

[Jamaican producer Lee “Scratch”] Perry collaborated on the dub-rock number ‘Big Muff’, a double homage to the distortion pedal and the female anatomy, written after [John] Martyn saw Perry playing ribald games with [Island Records’ chief] Chris Blackwell’s animal-shaped breakfast crockery. The track appears on 1977’s One World, the final bright bloom in the garden of British folk-rock. With its luminous, glassy production – credited to Blackwell himself – and contemporary flourishes such as drum machines, Moog synthesizer and Yamaha organ, plus tablas and a couple of orchestral backings courtesy of Harry Robinson, it’s a signpost towards a possible future for Martyn’s music that never quite materialised. Martyn’s Echoplex guitar is used almost symphonically in places, in an ‘infinite’ repeat that would resurface in later post-punk guitar groups like The Durutti Column and Felt. As foils to Martyn’s kaleidoscopic echo guitar, Steve Winwood’s gum-pot synths and John Stevens’s muscular funk drumming are the record’s lifeblood, but despite the sonic vitality, the theme of the record is exhaustion.

— Rob Young, Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain’s Visionary Music.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 395 of No Condition Is Permanent:

FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Instant Funk — “Philly Jump” — Philadelphia International Records: 40th Anniversary

Gboyega Adelaja — “Colourful Environment” — Colourful Environment

Motivations — “The Birds” — Strummin’ Mental! Pt. 2: Raw, Crude, Instrumental R & R!

Les Loups Noirs D’Haiti — “Pile ou Face” — Haiti

Sharon Tandy — “Hold On” — British Mod Sounds Of The 1960s

Lee Scratch Perry & The Upsetters — “Popcorn” — Eastwood Rides Again

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Charles Glass with Orch. — “Screamin’ & Dyin’ (And Rollin’ On The Floor)” — Magnet 45rpm

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Ricardo Eddy Martinez — “Expreso Ritmico” — Cuba: Music and Revolution – Culture Clash in Havana Cuba – Experiments in Latin Music 1973-85 Vol. 2

Wire — “Two People In A Room” — 154

Keith Hudson — “Darkness Dub” — Brand

Larry Trider — “Carbon Copy” — Coral 45rpm

Phương Tâm — “Bước Giang Hồ (My Wonderful Journey)” — Saigon Surf Twist & Soul (1964-1966)

Champion Jack Dupree — “Shim, Sham, Shimmy” — Lookey Dookey!

Ros Sereysothea, Sinn Sisamouth and Friends — “Power Of Her Eye” — Cambodian Psych-Out

Millionaires — “Arkansas Jane” — The Michigan Box: 1950s & 1960s Oddball Labels

Abdou El Omari — “Zifaf Filfada” — Nuits D’été avec Naima Samih

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band — “Bills Corpse” — Trout Mask Replica

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Generation — “เรสซิ่ง (Racing)” — Thai Funk ZudRangMa Vol. 2

Family — “Hung Up Down” — Family Entertainment

Los Cisnes — “Safari En La Selva” — Perú Selvático – Sonic Expedition into The Peruvian Amazon 1972-1986

Sir Stanley — “I Believe I Found Myself” — Chains & Black Exhaust

The Upsetters — “Version Train (aka Roots Dub Train)” — Police & Thieves

Larry & The Blue Notes — “In and Out” — Fort Worth Teen Scene Vol. 1

Joseph Nemnom — “Rasputin” — Egypt & Lebanon: Cosmic Arabic Disco & Searing Dance Floor Bangers 1974-1985

Family Of Swede — “Everybody Must Pay” — Pop-A-Groove: ’70s Rare Soul & Funk Collide on the Dancefloor

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Steve Black — “Precious Time” — Village Boogie!

The Birds — “Say Those Magic Words” — Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire & Beyond 1964-1969

Γιάννης Φλωρινιώτης — “Τσιγγανάκι” — Saz Beat Vol. 3: Turkish Rock, Funk, And Psychedelic Music Of The 1960s And 1970s

The Rolling Stones — “Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In the Shadow?” — Singles Collection: The London Years

Junior Byles & Rupert Reid — “Remember Me (Extended)” — Junior Byles & Friends: 129 Beat Street Ja-Man Special 1975-1978

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

John Martyn — “Big Muff” — One World

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