No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: The Seeds (lead singer Sky Saxon 2nd from left).

If a Volkswagen van or VW Bug came by, you definitely had it made, as more than likely it was driven by a hippie, still cruising the Strip long after the Summer of Love. One time, I was with a couple of girls and we caught a ride from this hippie in a van. He was trying to impress the girls by playing them tapes of his own music. It sounded like a psychedelic mishmash to us. We were like “Yeah, yeah, hippie, OK.” Until a song we recognized came on, “Pushin’ Too Hard” by the Seeds. We suddenly realized we’d hitched a ride with the lead singer of the Seeds, Sky Saxon. Later, I’d find out he was playing us his first tapes as Sky Sunlight. He told us he was a dishwasher at the Source health food restaurant on Sunset Strip. Still, we were more concerned with getting to where we wanted to go: a motel party thrown by Phast Phreddie. When we told Phreddie that Sky Saxon had just dropped us off, he freaked.

— Kid Congo Powers, Some New Kind of Kick: A Memoir.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 426 of No Condition Is Permanent:

FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Archie Bell & The Drells — “I Could Dance All Night” — Philly Freedom: 70s Dance Floor Anthems from The City of Brotherly Love

Gnonnas Pedro & His Dadjes Band — “Dadge Von O Von Non ‘83’” — Roi De L’Agbadja Moderne 1974-1983

Al Casey — “Surfin’ Blues (Part 2)” — Jivin’ Around

Joe Bataan — “Mambo de Bataan” — Riot!

The Seeds — “No Escape” — Raw & Alive

The Upsetters — “Exit The Dragon” — Kung Fu!: Reggae Vs The Martial Arts

Mike Post Coalition — “Afternoon Of The Rhino” — Move On Up: The Very Best Of Northern Soul

Gazolinn” — “Le Bidongaz” — Le Bidongaz

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Betty Dickson — “Shanty Tramp” — Teen-Age Riot!

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

D.P. Express — “Sensibe Pa Joue” — Volume 1: M’pa Pren Contac

Dorothy Berry — “You’re So Fine” — Looking Good: 75 Femme Mod Soul Nuggets

Los Golden Boys — “El Buena Vaina” — ¡De Nuevo..!

Macy Skipper — “Goofin’ Off” — Great Googly Moo (And More Undisputed Truths)

P. Suseela & S.P. Balasubrahmanyam — “Intinti Ramayanam” — Doob Doob O’ Rama 2: More Filmsongs from Bollywood

The Gods — “Garage Man” — British Mod Sounds Of The 1960s

Pasteur Lappé — “More Sekele Movement (Papa Ni Mama)” — African Funk Experimentals (1979 to 1981)

The Atlantics — “Monkey Tree” — The Michigan Box: 1950s & 1960s Oddball Labels

Tappa Zukie — “Double Struggle” — Escape From Hell

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Three Suns — “Volcano” — Kan-Gu-Wa: Yet Mo’ Blues & Rhythm, Popcorn, Exotica & Tittyshakers!

I Marc 4 — “Filter” — Nelson Psychout: Original Italian Library Music From The Vaults Of Nelson Records

The Undertones — “Top Twenty” — The Undertones

Abeti et les Redoutables — “Musique Tshilub” — Congo Funk! Sound Madness from The Shores Of The Mighty Congo River: Kinshasa/​​Brazzaville 1969​-​1982

Tintern Abbey — “Vacuum Cleaner” — British Mod Sounds Vol. 2: The Freakbeat and Psych Years

The Revolutionaries — “Negrea Love Dub” — Negrea Love Dub

Thurston Harris — “Purple Stew” — Early Rappers Hipper than Hop the Ancestors of Rap

Fruko Y Sus Tesos — “A La Memoria Del Muerto” — Colombia! The Golden Age of Discos Fuentes 1960-76

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Raybeats — “B-Gas Rickshaw” — Guitar Beat

African Fiesta Sukisa — “I Got The Feelin’” — Congo Revolution: Afro-Latin / Jazz & Funk – Sounds From The Two Congos 1957-1973

The Electric Eels — “Cyclotron” — Die Electric Eels

Los Telstar’s — “Bongocero” — Ayahuasca: Cumbias Psicodélicas Vol. 1

Procol Harum — “Memorial Drive” — Broken Barricades

King Tubby & The Aggrovators — “Rasta Train Dub” — Shalom Dub

Larry Williams — “Let Me Tell You Baby” — Bad Boy Of Rock ‘n’ Roll

Van Shipley — “Chahe Mujhe Koi Junglee Kahe” — Bollywood Steel Guitar

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Roxy Music — “A Really Good Time” — Country Life: The Fourth Roxy Music Album

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