No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: Frank Zappa (l.) & the Mothers of Invention.

The function of the drums in a rock music ensemble is to keep the beat. (“It has a good beat … I give it 10 points, Dick.”) On early R&B records, the drum part was usually executed with brushes. All the arrangements required, generally, was a dull thud on the second and fourth pulse of the bar. There were very few “breaks” or “fills.” When the drum fill (a short percussion outburst, usually at a cadence or resting point of a musical phrase) became popular in rock arrangements, it most often took the form of groups of triplets (three-note rhythmic figures, squeezed into the space of two beats … sounding like: ya-da-da ya-da-da ya-da-da ya-da-da- whomp). For a while, during the mid-50s, it seemed like every record produced had one or more fills of this nature in it. Eventually, with the improvements in studios and recording techniques, the drummers began to use sticks on the sessions and the cadence fills became more elaborate but, before and after the fill, the drummer’s job was still to keep the beat … that same old crappy beat … the beat that made the kids hop around and scream and yell and buy records. A long process of rhythmic evolution has taken place since the early 50s. It is laughable now to think of that dull thud on the second and fourth as lewd and pulsating.

— Frank Zappa, “The Oracle Has It All Psyched Out,” Life, June 28th 1968.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 407 of No Condition Is Permanent:

FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Blue Magic — “Look Me Up (Album Version)” — Crème De La Crème Two: More Philly Soul Classics and Rarities From The Vaults Of Atlantic, Atco And Warner Bros. Records 1970-1980

Godwin Omabuwa & His Cassanova Dandies — “Do The Afro Shuffle” — Nigeria Afrobeat Special: The New Explosive Sound in 1970’s Nigeria

The Ghastly Ones — “Now Fear This” — Target: Draculon

Selda — “Ince Ince Bir Kar Yagar” — Love, Peace & Poetry: Turkish Psychedelic Music

Family — “Anyway” — Anyway

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Tony Hernandez & the Latin-Liners — “Jo Tex” — Funky Crimes

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Exuma — “Exuma, The Obeah Man” — Exuma

Mae Young — “Let’s Give Our Love A Try” — Local Customs: Burned At Boddie

Errol Dunkley & Ranking Dread — “Ranking Dub” — Burning Sounds 12” 45rpm

20/20 — “She’s An Obsession” — 20/20

Ahmed Malek — “Sans Titre” — Musique Originale De Films: Deuxième Tome

Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention — “Hungry Freaks, Daddy” — Live At The Whisky A Go Go 1968

Ernesto Djedje — “Anowah” — African Pearls 5 – Cote D’ivoire: West African Crossroads

Bull Moose Jackson — “Nosey Joe” — From The Ghetto: 29 Wild Rock ‘n’ Roll Movers

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Keyboys — “[Untitled]” — Steam Kodok: 26 A-Go-Go Ultrarities from the 60’s Singapore & Southeast Asia Underground

Mad Man Jones — “Snake Charmer” — Jukebox Mambo: Rumba and Afro-Latin Accented Rhythm & Blues 1949-1960

I-Roy — “Casmas Town” — Crisus Time – Extra Version

Angie — “Peppermint Lump” — Stiff 45rpm

Ali Hassan Kuban — “Hela Houb (Let’s Do It)” — Real Nubian: Cairo Wedding Classics

Gene Russell’s Trio — “Jet Set” — Eccentric Soul: Consolidated Productions Vol. 1

África Negra — “Beba Cu Toca Bojie” — Antologia Vol. 2

Marvin Gaye — “Got to Give It Up, Pt. 1” — The Master ‘61-‘84

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Wganda Kenya — “An Naus Dansé Tumbelé” — Wganda Kenya

The Downliners Sect — “Why Don’t You Smile Now” — Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire & Beyond 1964-1969

King Tubby — “Channel Get Knockout” — King Tubby’s Hometown Hi-Fi Dubplate Specials 1975-1979

Durocs — “Saving It All Up for Larry” — Durocs

Les Quatre Étoiles — “Doly” — Sangonini

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Ennio Morricone — “Un bacio” — La Donna Invisibile OST

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