No Condition Is Permanent

Then just as the [Roky] Erickson single appeared, so the Thirteenth Floor Elevators suddenly became a hip name to drop. First Television’s Tom Verlaine and Richard Hell raved about the group, even going so far as to perform ‘Fire Engine’, an Elevators original, as a kind of homage. Then Patti Smith, who always knew a good bandwagon when she jumped on one, immediately cited the group as ‘inspirational’. Cleveland’s Pere Ubu did likewise. All of a sudden, old long-deleted Elevators albums (there are four in all) were changing hands in London record stores for twenty pounds or more.

Erickson meanwhile was recording demos of new songs – he boasted of there being some three hundred to choose from – with titles like ‘Creature with the Atom Brain’, ‘I Walked with a Zombie’, ‘Mine Mine Mind’, ‘Bloody Hammer Dr Chane’, ‘Night of the Vampire’, ‘Don’t Shake Me Lucifer’, ‘I Think of Demons’ and ‘Bo Diddley was a Headhunted’. Tapes circulated around proved conclusively that the perverse brilliance of ‘Two Headed Dog’ was not a one-off. Like Syd Barrett’s, Erickson’s music expressed a state of sanity dangerously at odds with convention. While the likes of David Byrne and Richard Hell attempted to articulate the psychotic mentality through the craft of study and assimilation, Erickson was quite simply the real thing running rampant.

— Nick Kent, “The Bewildering Universe of Roky Erickson and his Two-Headed Dog,” from The Dark Stuff.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 429 of No Condition Is Permanent:

FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Michael Jackson — “Get On The Floor” — Off The Wall

The Sahara Allstars — “Take Your Soul” — Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sound Of The Underground Lagos Dancefloor 1974-79

The Jokers — “Purple Crackle” — Strummin’ Mental!

Los Kenya — “Hoculele” — Siempre Afro-Latino

The Pretty Things — “Mr. Evasion” — Point Me At The Sky: 15 Flashbacks to the Golden Age of British Psych

Max Romeo — “My Jamaican Collie” — Trojan Ganja Reggae Box Set

Johnny “Guitar” Watson — “South Like West” — Okeh 45rpm

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Gert Wilden — “Dirty Boy” — Schulmädchen Report: Music from Sexy German Films 1968-1972

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Ndenga Andre Destin et Les Golden Sounds — “Yondja” — Cameroon Garage Funk 1964-1979

Unlimited Four — “Somebody Help Please” — Chanson 45rpm

Panatda — “Flash Disco” — Thai Beat A Go Go Vol. 3: Groovy 60’s Sounds from the Land of Smile!

The Squires — “Going All the Way” — Going All the Way with The Squires!

Matumbi — “Dub Planet” — Sufferer Sounds

The Fabulous Playboys — “Honky Tonk Woman” — Whip! Wobble & Grind! 1962-1964

Orchestre Tropicana — “Religion Tropic” — The Best of Tropicana Vol. 1

The 13th Floor Elevators — “13. Fire Engine {45 Version} [mono]” — The Psychedelic Sounds Of.. {Deluxe Edition}

Al Valdez — “Que Rico Sabor” — Gozalo! Bugalu Tropical Vol. 1

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Soul Machine — “Twitchie Feet” — Absolute Funk 1

Emy Jackson & Smashmen — “Namido No Heart” — Nippon Girls 2: Japanese Pop, Beat & Rock’n’roll 1965-70

Link Wray — “The Swag” — The Rumbling Guitar Sound Of Link Wray ‘58-‘62

Joseph Kabasele — “Table Ronde” — Le Grand Kallé: His Life, His Music – Joseph Kabasele and The Creation Of Modern Congolese Music

Ramones — “Rockaway Beach” — Rocket to Russia

Blue Rhythm Combo — “Sister Jeanie” — B.R.C’s Groove

James Brown — “Make It Good To Yourself (Interlude)” — Make It Funky (The Big Payback: 1971-1975)

King Tubby & The Aggrovators — “Crabbit Version” — Flashing Echo: Trojan In Dub 1970-1980

20/20 — “Yellow Pills” — 20/20

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Ros Sereysothea, Sinn Sisamouth And Friends — “Go-Go Dance” — Cambodian Psych-Out

Barbara Mason — “Give Me Your Love” — Strange Funky Games and Things

Remmy Ongala & Orchestre Super Matimila — “Arusi Ya Mwanza (A Wedding In Mwanza)” — Nalila Mwana

The Velvet Underground — “I Can’t Stand It” — VU

R.D. Burman — “Dance Music (from ‘Chandi Sona,’ 1976) — Jonny Trunk & Joel Martin Present Bollywood Funk Experience

The Whips — “Yes Master” — Dore 45rpm

Ennio Morricone — “Fiesta (Mariachis)” — Il Mercenario OST

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Julee Cruise — “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It…” — Winter Chill

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