No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: Aderemi Kabaka.

The recording industry in Lagos needed an injection of something ni order ot get the- buzz back that had been missing since the early 1960s, before the war had started, and Fela was just the person to administer it.

In our times of the internet and worldwide, instant communication, it’s easy to forget how things were before the spread of ideas became instant, but when Fela and his band returned from California (where they’d been honing and revolutionising their sound for nearly nine months) he brought with him much of the feeling for experimentation and fusion that had exploded in the late 1960s in America. This was not mirrored in West Africa in any way in late 1969: the let-it-all-hang-out youth culture of Europe and America had not really made it there yet. Unbeknown to many Africans, American jazz, rock and soul musicians had begun looking to Africa and the wider world for new influences, and Fela realised that now was the time for Africa to respond. He believed passionately that what was needed in African music was a big dose of African culture, and that domestic music had become far too sterile in its approach and not African enough by any stretch.

— Miles Cleret, liner notes from Nigeria Afrobeat Special:The New Explosive Sound in 1970’s Nigeria.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 430 of No Condition Is Permanent:

FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Spinners — “Are You Ready For Love (Single Version)” — Crème De La Crème Two: More Philly Soul Classics And Rarities From The Vaults Of Atlantic, Atco And Warner Bros. Records 1970-1980

Livy Ekemezie — “Holiday Actions” — Friday Night

Jack Nitzsche — “The Last Race (from “Death Proof”) — The Reprise Singles 1963-1965

Sonido Gallo Negro — “La Foca Cha Cha Chá” — Mambo Cósmico

Southern Culture on the Skids — “Tripping at the Admiral Benbow” — Kudzu Records Presents…

John Philips & The Steps — “Ayo Ke Disco” — Ayo Ke Disco: Boogie, Pop & Funk from The South China Sea 1974-88

Don & The Galaxies — “Sundown (Instrumental)” — Born Bad Vol. Eight

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Mr. D. & the Highlights — “Nose Full of White” — JAS 45rpm

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Watty Burnett — “Open The Gate” — Open The Gate

The Moroccos — “Muzik Megaton” — Greenstar 45rpm

Los Pakines — “Venus” — Super Disco Pirata: De Tepito Para El Mundo 1965​-​1980

Luther Davis Group — “To Be Free” — You Can Be A Star! Deep Disco and Crossover 70’s Soul from The Now-Again and Soul-Cal Vaults 1972-1982

Zaenal Combo — “Ampat Lima Dalam Djambangan” — Padang Moonrise: The Birth of the Modern Indonesian Recording Industry ⋆ 1955-69

The Hi-Lifes — “I’m Gonna Fight” — Why Don’t You Smile Now: Lou Reed at Pickwick Records 1964-65

Aderemi Kabaka — “Funky Lagos” — Roots Funkadelia

Lol Coxhill and The Welfate State — “Yet Another Legal OK” — Welfare State

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Guy Conquette — “Ping Pong” — Disques Debs International Volume 2: Cadence Revolution 1973-1981

The Rangers — “Mogul Monster” — Shiverin’ And Shakin’ Hop Rockers & Sleazy Instros  Pt. One 1958-1965

Nico Fidenco — “La Sposina” — Nuda: 21 Exciting Cuts from Italian Sexy Comedy Disco Scene (1975-1981)

Paul Gayton — “Hot Cross Buns” — Frolic Diner Pt. 1

Phương Tâm — “Đôi Tám (Double Eight)” — Saigon Surf Twist & Soul (1964-1966)

The Olympics — “Dance By The Light Of The Moon” — West Coast Sock Hop: The Arvee Records Story

King Tubby — “African Roots” — Dub from The Roots

The Yardbirds — “What Do You Want (Mono Mix)” — Roger The Engineer (a.k.a. Over Under Sideways Down)

Os Rebeldes — “Murder By Contact (Mozambique)” — Cazumbi: African Sixties Garage Vol. 1

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band — “Big Eyed Beans from Venus” — Clear Spot

Errol Brown and The Revolutionaries — “Socialist Dub” — Tip Top Dub

The Charts — “Oooba Gooba” — Las Vegas Grind! Vol. 4

Nyboma & Les Kamalé Dynamiques du Zaïre — “Madiana” — Pepe

I Marc 4 — “Slow Down” — Masoch Club Entertainment

Tito Puente — “Por La Manana” — The Complete 78s Vol. 1

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Pink Floyd — “In the Beechwoods (2010 mix)” — The Early Years: 1965–1972

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