No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: Osbourne Ruddock, a.k.a. King Tubby.

Like most of Glen Brown’s productions, ‘Tubbys At The Control’ was mixed by King Tubby at his home studio at 18 Dromilly Avenue,⁵ Waterhouse. The tiny space was not a recording studio in the conventional sense, nor was Tubby an actual producer until the late 1980s. His bedroom studio was never large enough for rhythms to be created in full, but the space was gradually converted into a sound manipulation unit complete with a machine to cut acetates. ‘Tubbs is an innovator,’ says ‘Prince’ Philip Smart, engineer at the studio for much of the mid-1970s. ‘He didn’t buy his first console, he built it – built the chassis and everything, put all the components together. That’s what he used to use first, until he bought the MCI console from Dynamics, their studio B. It was just that room he had at first. You have a carport, and then the carport is a bedroom and a bathroom, so him turn the bathroom into the voice room and the bedroom into the control room, and he had his repair shop in another little house in the back. His main income was building amplifiers and winding transformers, because he had contracts for hotels that needed transformers for stabilizing the current. The music was an addition, because he had the sound and he always wanted to make his own dubs, so that’s how he started: he bought the dub machine to cut his own dubs.’

— from David Katz, Solid Foundation: An Oral History of Reggae.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 414 of No Condition Is Permanent:

FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Dells — “Wear It On Our Face” — There Is

Black Masters Band — “Wonnim A Bisa” — Essiebons Special 1973 – 1984: Ghana Music Power House

The Nomads — “Bounty Hunter” — Sleazy Surf! Vol. 1

Joe Bataan — “Subway Joe” — Subway Joe

The Belfast Gypsies — “People Let’s Freak Out” — Kim Fowley: Lost Treasures from the Vaults 1959-69 Vol. 4 Technicolor Grease

Little Joe — “Dread Locks Party” — Top Ranking DJ Session Volumes 1 & 2

The Sonics — “Leave My Kitten Alone” — Unreleased

Helene Velu & The Kilats — “Ku Takkan Lupakan Mu” — Psyche Oh! A Go Go: Lost Gems Of Malaysia/Singapura Pop Music ’64-’74

IT’S MADISON TIME…

The Crystals — “Vampire” — Mercury Rock & Roll Party

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Wganda Kenya — “El Caterete” — Diablos del Ritmo: The Colombian Melting Pot 1960-1985

The Foxes — “Soul City” — Why Don’t You Smile Now: Lou Reed at Pickwick Records 1964-65

King Tubby & The Aggrovators — “Move Out Of Babylon Dub” — Shalom Dub

Roy Lee Johnson — “Boogaloo #3” — All Night Soul Stomp! Dancefloor Boogaloo Romp!

Fadoul — “La Tiq Tiq Latiq” — Al Zman Saib

The 13th Floor Elevators — “Nobody to Love” — Easter Everywhere [Stereo]

Napo De Mi Amor — “Cacatchoulé ‘Berceuse Bassari’” — Togo Soul 70: Edits & Rarities

Ohio Players — “Walked Away From You” — Pleasure

Ray Barretto — “Mercy, Mercy, Baby” — Acid

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Bob Moore & the Temps — “Trophy Run” — Dancehall Stringbusters Vol. 2

Sunil Ganguly — “Are Diwano Mujhe Penchano” — Bollywood Steel Guitar

The Real Kids — “What’s It To You” — No Place Fast

Poder Del Alma — “La Conga De Las Dos Razas” — Mimo / Bacanal 76

Claude Cloud’s Thunderclap — “One Bone” — R&B Humdingers 9

Phương Tâm — “Nếu Có Em (If I Have You)” — Saigon Surf Twist & Soul (1964-1966)

Procol Harum — “Power Failure” — Broken Barricades

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Delai Alamos Con Los King Stay — “Ritmo Del Go-Go” — MAG 45rpm

Roxy Music — “Do The Strand” — For Your Pleasure

Gregory Isaacs — “Nigger” — Slum In Dub

The Feelies — “Fa Ce La” — Ork Records: New York, New York

Pier’ Rosier & Gazolinn’ — “Tchié Moin Pa Paré” — Gazolinn’

The Heard — “I Don’t Believe You” — So Cold!!! Sacramento Garage

Pen Ran — “There’s Nothing To Be Ashamed Of” — Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll

Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band — “Long Neck Bottles” — Clear Spot

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

The London Waits — “Serenadio” — The Immediate Singles Collection

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