NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT [Episode #402 ~ 06-29-24]

Pictured: The Nite-Liters.

When Robert Beck [a.k.a. Iceberg Slim] was released from prison for the last time in April 1962, he vowed to leave the pimp game behind him forever. Most of the pimps he once knew had either died or become drunken bums. His pimp mentor of many years, Albert “Baby” Bell, had walked over to Chicago’s Washington Park one day and shot himself in the temple, leaving a note that read: “Good-bye squares! Kiss my pimping ass!”¹ Beck did not want to suffer the same fate. He was past forty now, practically a senior citizen for a pimp. He had blown his bottom woman, and he no longer possessed the necessary finery for luring young victims. “I was caught in the nightmare bind that an older pimp faces past the age of thirty-five,” Beck reflected. “He is then prone to many setbacks and disasters. Any one of them can put him on his uppers and without the basic gaudy bait, like an out-of-sight car, psychedelic wardrobe, the diamonds necessary to hook and enslave a fresh stable of humping young whores.”

— Justin Gifford, Street Poison: The Biography of Iceberg Slim

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 402 of No Condition Is Permanent:

FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Zebra — “Simple Song” — AOTN 45rpm

Ice — “Racubah” — Darkest Light: The Best Of Lafayette Afro Rock Band

The Centures — “4th Dimension” — Strummin’ Mental! Part 2: Raw, Crude, Instrumental R&R!

Adnan Othman — “Doa Ku” — Bersyukor: A Retrospective of Hits by a Malaysian Pop Yeh Yeh Legend

Richard Lloyd — “(I Thought) You Wanted to Know” — Ork Records: New York, New York

Grupo Los Yoyi — “Paco La Calle” — Yoyi

Johnny Knight — “Rock And Roll Guitar” — Sin Alley Vol. 2

The Nitty Gritty Sextet — “Papel De Bambú” — The Nitty Gritty Sextet

IT’S MADISON TIME…

The Nite-Liters — “Afro-Strut” — RCA 45rpm

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Orchestre Negro Succes — “Talisman” — Succes Des Orchestres Du Congo/Zaire Des Années ‘60/’70

The Tarantulas — “Tarantula” — Atlantic ‘61/’62 Gems from the Vaults: Up On The Roof

Neli — “Ki Blood” — Khana Khana: Funk, Psychedelia And Pop From The Iranian Pre-Revolution Generation

Doctor Mix And The Remix — “I Can’t Control Myself (Version)” — Rough Trade 45rpm

Bill Doggett — “Stop That Twistin’ In Here” — Walk On The Wild Side: The Jazz Side Of Mod

Eiko Shuri — “Yé-Yé” — Nippon Girls 1: Japanese Pop, Beat & Bossa Nova 1966-70

Ford Hopkins — “Ya Fine Fine Fine” — Greasy Rock ‘N’ Roll Vol. 6

Inner Circle & The Fatman Riddim Section — “Fidel At The Control” — Heavyweight Dub

The “5” Royales — “Do the Cha Cha Cherry” — Monkey Hips and Rice: The “5” Royales Anthology

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Willie Colon — “Che Che Cole” — Fania Records 1964-1980: The Original Sound of Latin New York

The Cramps — “Cramp Stomp” — Big Beat From Badsville

Akido — “Psychedelic Baby” — Akido

Wire — “Question Of Degree” — Chairs Missing

Harry Mudie Meets King Tubby’s — “Nineteen Love In Dub” — Dub Conference Vol. 3

The Soft Boys — “I Wanna Destroy You” — Underwater Moonlight

Mario Ortiz & His All Star Band Con Paquito Alvarez — “Tras Tres Tragos” — ¡Saoco! Vol. 2: Bomba, Plena & the Roots of Salsa in Puerto Rico 1955-1967

The Mariners — “Zindy Lou” — Cadence 45rpm