No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: John Cale.

After the commercial failure of Vintage Violence and Church of Anthrax, I figured that I wouldn’t mess around with rock and roll any more, that I would do straight classical music. Yet the first thing I did when I went into the studio was put down a song called ‘King Harry’ which is sort of reggae — I love that music. Anyway, there is rock and roll on The Academy in Peril, but I don’t know where it stands. It has three rock and roll pieces: ‘King Harry’, ‘Days of Steam’, and ‘The Philosopher’. Ron Wood played slide guitar on ‘The Philosopher’. I really dove into this album and tried to approach it the same way I had approached the Nico albums, with a lot of overdubbing. This took a long time.

— John Cale & Victor Bockris, What’s Welsh for Zen

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 461 of No Condition Is Permanent:

FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE...

The Commodores — “Slippery When Wet” — Caught In The Act

Ephraim Uzomechina Nzeka — “Zombie” — African Disco: Deep Disco From 1970’s Africa

The Huaraches — “Breakfast of Challengers” — Curl Up With The Huaraches

Dara Puspita — “Pip Pip Yeah” — 1966-1968

Split Rivitt — “Soul Limbo” — Time! Gentlemen! Pub Rock Rhythm ‘N’ Grooves: Classic Cuts and Rarities 1974-1982

U‐Roy — “Back Stabbing” — The Lost Album — Right Time Rockers

LaVern Baker — “Voodoo Voodoo” — Mod: The Early Years Vol. 1

Grupo Atlantic — “Mi Vida Es Para Ti” — Sonideras Peruanas: Cumbias & Guarachas Limpias

IT’S MADISON TIME…

The Cramps — “God Monster” — Big Beat From Badsville

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Morphine — “Test-Tube Baby / Shoot’m Down” — Good

The Law & The Sandy — “Paradise In Bangkok” — Thai Beat A Go Go Vol. 3: Groovy 60’s Sounds from the Land of Smile!

Mickey Hawks And The Night Raiders — “Screamin’ Mimi Jeanie” — Profile 45rpm

Ebo Taylor & Apagya Showband — “Tamfo Nyi Ekyir” — Life Stories: Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980

Carl Henderson — “That Girl” — Eccentric Northern Soul

Gregory Isaacs — “Set the Captives Free” — Soon Forward

The Detroit Cobras — “Right Around the Corner” — Life, Love and Leaving

Malavoi — “A Si Paré” — Le Meilleur de Malavoi

The Yardbirds — “I Ain’t Done Wrong” — Ultimate!

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Oriental Brothers International — “Tax Drive” — Afro Psych: Journeys Into Psychedelic Africa 1972 – 1977

The Equals — “Baby Come Back” — Greatest Hits

Nisar Bazmi & Runa Laila — “Oh My Darling” — Disco Dildar 

Wynonie Harris — “Sittin’ on It All the Time” — Bloodshot Eyes: King Records Best Of 1947-1955 

Dennis Bovell — “Zion Dubb” — Dub 4 Daze

Marvin Gaye — “’T’ Plays It Cool” — Trouble Man: 40th Anniversary Expanded Edition

Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band — “Clear Spot” — Clear Spot

Los Kintos — “Kintos Instrumental” — Gózalo! Bugalu Tropical Vol. 4

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Andre Williams — “Going Down To Tijuana” — Mr. Rhythm

Meridian Brothers — “Delirio” — Los Suicidas

The Spiders — “A-1 In My Heart” — Rumba Doowop ’56

Nyboma & Les Kamalé Dynamiques du Zaïre — “Mama Yo” — Pepe

Zu Zu Blues Band — “Zu Zu Man” — A&M 45rpm

Tommy McCook & The Agrovators — “King Tubby Dub” — King Tubby Meets The Agrovators at Dub Station

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

John Cale — “The Philosopher” — The Academy In Peril

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