No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: Traffic.

[Producer] Jimmy Miller started working with Traffic in the autumn after their summer spent improvising songs at the haunted Berkshire Downs cottage, at what became his favorite playground, the new Olympic Studios building in an old movie theater in Barnes. Traffic was in Studio Two at the same time that the Rolling Stones were working in Studio One, amongst the first bands to work there, still at the time one of the few independent studios in London. You could tell how much things had changed in terms of how at home artists now felt inside recording studios. Studios had started to become more like social clubs, places to hang out and relax and meet other musicians and swap ideas as much as places to work. You would see Lennon’s Rolls-Royce outside Olympic even if he wasn’t doing a session. With its mood lighting and comfy leather sofas, Olympic was more like a nightclub than the old, austere studio workhorses of the late 1950s and early ’60s.

— Chris Blackwell (with Paul Morley), The Islander: My Life In Music And Beyond.

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THE FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The O’Jays — “Time To Get Down” — Back Stabbers

Ofege — “Burning Jungle” — Doing It in Lagos: Boogie, Pop & Disco in 1980s Nigeria

The Vaqueros — “Space Journey Ranger 7” — Surfin’ The Great Lakes: Kay Bank Studio Surf Sides Of The 1960s

Afrosound — “Zaire Pop” — Carruseles

Wynder K. Frog — “Harpsichord Shuffle” — Out of the Frying Pan

The Skatalites Meet King Tubby — “Herb Man Dub” — Soul Jazz Records Presents 200% DYNAMITE! Ska, Soul, Rocksteady, Funk & Dub in Jamaica

Traffic — “Paper Sun” — Mr. Fantasy

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Muse — “Sunshine Road” — If There’s Hell Below

THE SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Pierre Labor & Gazolinn’ — “Nicole” — Nicole

Panic Buttons — “O Wow” — Philadelphia Roots

Black Truth Rhythm Band — “Save D Musician” — Ifetayo

Humble Pie — “Heartbeat” — Town & Country

Thanh Vu — “Neu Minh Con Yeu Nhau” — Saigon Supersound Volume One 1965-1975

The Cardinals — “Choo Choo” — ‘Black’ Rock ‘N’ Roll – Savage Kick Vol. 01

Joe Gibbs & The Professionals — “Rawhide Kid” — State of Emergency

The Stooges — “Down On The Street [Take 10]” — 1970: The Complete Fun House Sessions

THE THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Omar Khorshid — “Banadi A Lek” — Live In Australia 1981

The Doorknobs — “Hi Fi Baby” — Desperate Rock ‘N’ Roll, Vol. 4

Icebreakers/The Diamonds — “Ital Rock” — Planet Mars Dub

The Glories — “I Worship You Baby” — The Northern Soul Story Vol. 2: The Golden Torch

Bappi Lahiri — “Disco Title Music From Dahshat” — Bollywood Bloodbath: The B-Music of the Indian Horror Film Industry

Johnny’s Uncalled Four — “Glad All Over” — The Lost Album

Shohreh — “Cheshm Be Rah” — Persian Funk

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Fog — “Grey Zone” — Lost Innocence: Garpax 1960s Punk & Psych

Pablo Lubadika Porthos — “Idie” — Idie

The Mothers Of Invention — “Jelly Roll Gum Drop (Original Mix)” — Cruising With Ruben And The Jets

Harvey Averne — “Dynamite” — El Barrio: The Ultimate Collection Of Latin Boogaloo, Disco, Funk & Soul

The Last Poets — “Black Thighs” — The Last Poets

Sangthong Seesai — “Luck Luck Luck” — Thai Funk ZudRangMa Vol. 2

Lil’ Bob & The Lollipops — “I Got Loaded” — Modernists: A Decade Of Rhythm & Soul Dedication

Los Orientales — “Bailando En La Campiña” — Peru Maravilloso: Vintage Latin, Tropical & Cumbia

Jim Doval & The Gauchos — “Pink Elephants” — The Surf Creature

Errol Brown & the Sky Nations — “Revelation Of Dub” — Medley Dub

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Denny Laine — “Say You Don’t Mind” — Deram 45rpm

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Pictured: The Funk Brothers w. Little Stevie Wonder (foreground).

Rock and roll was becoming like jazz had been twenty years earlier, with solos and complex compositions and virtuosos, and all of a sudden kids wanted to know who the guitar player was, who the keyboard player was, who the drummer was. When that happened in rock, it happened mostly only in rock. The major exception was James Brown. People say that “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag,” back in 1965, was the birth of funk, though it’s much more complicated than that: there was barrelhouse piano and Texas blues guitar and the New Orleans sound and a hundred other things that came together, came apart, and came together again. But “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” did start the ball rolling on pushing musicians to the forefront. James would call out to his musicians during songs, make them visible as soloists. But James was the exception. Motown didn’t even list its session musicians until 1971, so the Funk Brothers, who were central to the label’s success in every way, were also completely anonymous. Motown had been so good at staying ahead of the curve until suddenly they found themselves behind it. If they had recognized that the Funk Brothers were the Eric Claptons and Jimmy Pages of soul music, they could have secured themselves five more years of relevance.

— George Clinton (w. Ben Greenman), Brothers Be, Yo Like George, Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Hard On You?

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 379 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Detroit Emeralds — “Feel The Need In Me” — You Want It, You Got It

The Cutlass Band — “Obiara Wondo” — Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight to Ghana 1974-1983

The Torquays — “Bumble Bee Twist” — A Date With …

Önder Bali 4 — “Haluk İçin” — Saz Beat Vol. 3: Turkish Rock, Funk, And Psychedelic Music Of The 1960s And 1970s

Frankie Laine — “Miss Satan” — Songs From Satan’s Jukebox Vols. 1 & 2

Junior Delgado — “Devil’s Throne” — Bunny Lee Presents: Jamaican Rockers 1975-1979

The Undertones — “(She’s A) Runaround” — The Undertones

Los Belkings — “Empujando Furte” — Sons Of Yma: A Collection of Peruvian Garage and Instrumental Bands from the ’60s!

We The People — “When I Arrive” — Garage Beat ’66, Vol. 2: Chicks Are For Kids!

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Los Tres Gigantes — “Django Balda Cruel” — RCA 45rpm

THE SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Andy Bown — “Pale Shadow (Of His Former Self)“ — Gone To My Head

Ali Hassan Kuban — “Walla Abshero” — Nubian Magic

Bonzo Dog Band — “Beautiful Zelda” — The Doughnut In Granny’s Greenhouse

Tru Tones — “Dancing” — Tropical Disco Hustle, Volume Two

Chanters — “She Wants To Mambo” — Jukebox Mambo Vol. 2

Los Zheros — “Para Chachita” — Peru Maravilloso: Vintage Latin, Tropical & Cumbia

Cousin Herbert Henson — “Lose My Mind” — Desperate Rock ‘n’ Roll Vol. 1

Junior Delgado — “Kidnapped on a Subway” — Dance a Dub

Brian Eno — “Blank Frank” — Here Come The Warm Jets

THE THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Los Rangers De Tingo Maria — “La Trochita” — Perú Selvático: Sonic Expedition Into The Peruvian Amazon 1972-1986

The Funk Brothers Feat. Earl Van Dyke — “Tell Me It’s Just A Rumor Baby” — Cellarful of Motown Vol. 1

Joe Gibbs & the Professionals — “Natural Feeling” — 100 Years of Dub

The Flying Burrito Brothers — “If You Gotta Go” — Burrito Deluxe

Lisandro Meza — “Shacalao” — Black Man’s Cry: The Inspiration of Fela Kuti

The Rivingtons — “Happy Jack” — Papa Oom Mow Mow: Rockin’ R&B and Boss Ballads

S.D. Burman — “Jewel Thief (Dance Music)” — Bollywood Funk: 15 Funk-Fuelled Grooves From The Bollywood Classics

The Yardbirds — “He’s Always There [Mono Mix]” — Roger The Engineer (a.k.a. Over Under Sideways Down)

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Tapper Zukie — “Dub M.P.L.A.” — Front Line Presents Dub: 40 Heavyweight Dub Sounds

Sonic’s Rendezvous Band — “Dangerous” — Sweet Nothing

Franco et OK Jazz — “Azda” — Congo 70: Rumba Rock

Wes Dakus — “Dog Food” — Frolic Diner Part 1

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

Suicide (Alan Vega and Martin Rev) — “Harlem” — Suicide (Second Album)

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Phương Tâm — “Phút Say Mơ (In My Dream)” — Saigon Surf Twist & Soul (1964-1966)

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Pictured: Sylvain Sylvain of The New York Dolls.

The [New York] Dolls instinctively swam with the tide of excess. Their costume regularly included make-up, high heels and women’s clothes picked up in thrift stores. Arthur Kane was the most heavily into drag, sometimes dressing up in a tutu, while Sylvain pioneered the fashion for spandex, a cheap, shiny material which, when worn as trousers, revealed all. ‘The fact that the Dolls wore lipstick connotated homosexual,’ says Bob Gruen, ‘but they weren’t. Somebody asked [singer David] JoHansen if he was bisexual, and he said, “No man, I’m trisexual. I’ll try anything.” This was their attitude but behind the soft pose, they were putting on make-up because these young, beautiful girls liked it.’

The Dolls shuffled the musical deck with which they had all grown up: Rock’n’Roll, the early-sixties Girl-Group sound, the Rolling Stones and the Beatles. They learned in public and flaunted the fact. This made them unpredictable, but their insouciance about lack of musical expertise was inclusive and meant that their audience could grow with them. Although there was a distancing irony, this wasn’t Camp: the Dolls transcended ghastly bad taste through their enthusiasm and the way in which their music perfectly mirrored what they had to say.

— Jon Savage, England’s Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock and Beyond.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 378 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

The Ebonys — “I’m So Glad I’m Me” — The Ebonys

The Hygrades — “In the Jungle” — Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-Rock & Fuzz Funk in 1970s Nigeria

Roscoe & His Little Green Men — “Weird” — Strummin’ Mental! Vol. 4

Wganda Kenya — “El Abanico” — Afro Caribe Dance

The Syndicats — “Crawdaddy Simone” — The Alchemist of Pop: Home Made Hits and Rarities 1959–1966

Payom Moogda — “Tamai Dern Sae (Why Do You Walk Like A Drunkard)” — Thai Beat A Go Go Vol. 1: Groovy 60’s Sounds from the Land of Smile!

Moon Mullican — “Well Oh Well” — Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B Before Elvis 1946-1954

Yabby You & The Prophets — “Give Praises” — Beware Dub

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Keith Courvale — “Trapped Love” — Born Bad Vol. 8

THE SECOND SET

Baligh Hamdi — “Zabour” — Instrumental Modal Pop of 1970’s Egypt

Neu! — “After Eight” — Neu! 75

La Yegros — “Magnetismo” — Magnetismo

Arthur Wright & His Orchestra — “Before It’s Too Late” — Double Cookin’: Classic Northern Soul Instrumentals

Joe Gibbs & The Professionals — “Let Go Mi Hand Babylon (You Don’t Need Me)” — More Majestic Dub

The New Wing — “Melodyland Loser” — Lost Innocence: Garpax 1960s Punk & Psych

Les Bantous de la Capitale — “Mome Yombe” — Orchestre Les Bantous de la Capitale

The Cadets — “Love Bandit” — Early Rappers: Hipper Than Hop: The Ancestors Of Rap

Manzanita y su Conjunto — “Un Sábado por la Noche” — Trujillo, Perú 1971-1974

THE THIRD SET

Cannibal & The Headhunters — “Land Of 1000 Dances” — The East Side Sound 1965-1977

Sakura — “Come On To My House” — Singapore Nuggets: The Ladies

Jerry Ashley — “Come On” — Ho-Dad Hootenanny Too!

U Brown — “Baby Let Me Rock You” — Repatriation

Johnny’s Uncalled Four — “Movin’ & Groovin’” — The Lost Album

Madjzoub Ounsa — “Arraid Arraid Ya Ahal (Love, Love Family)” — Two Niles To Sing A Melody: The Violins & Synths Of Sudan

Choker Campbell — “Walkin’ On My Thin Sole Shoes” — Rock’n’Roll Dance Party Volume Three

Los Camaroes — “Mengala Maurice” — A Journey Into Cameroonian Music

THE FINAL SET

New York Dolls — “Babylon” — Too Much Too Soon

Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry & Augustus Pablo — “Vibrate On” — Scratch On The Wire

Marvin & Johnny and The Marsmen — “Mamo Mamo” — Great Googa Mooga

Sohail Rana — “The Ludee Twist” — More Early Pakistani Dance Music Vol. 2 (From Original 7″ Vinyl 1966-1978)

Flying Wedge — “I Can’t Believe” — If There’s Hell Below

The Third World — “Happy Vibes” — Aiye-Keta

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Procol Harum — “The Devil Came From Kansas” — A Salty Dog

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Pictured: Sun Ra.

I take my magic wand in hand and touch

The mind of the world;

I speak in sounds.

What am I saying?

Listen!

These are the things spoken from

My heart . . .

These are of and are my intimate treasures,

I give them to those who live and love

Both life and living.

— Sun Ra, “After-Thought.”

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THE FIRST SET

The Atlanta Disco Band — “Bad Luck (Scorpio)” — Bad Luck

Airto Fogo — “Black Soul” — Africa Airways Six (Mile High Funk 1974-1981)

The Pal Studio Band — “Cucamonga Surf” — Paul Buff Presents: Highlights from the Pal and Original Sound Studio Archives

Rene Grand — “Hey! Mr. Gil” — Merengue Mania! The Hip and Groovy 60’s Sound Of The Dominican Republic

Peanuts Wilson — “Cast Iron Arm” — Coral 45rpm

Ananda Shankar — “The Voyager” — Charas Babu: Inspiring, Colorful & Rare Sounds from India

Electric Eels — “Splitterty Splat” — Spin Age Blasters

Joe Gibbs & the Professionals — “State of Emergency” — 100 Years of Dub

IT’S MADISON TIME…

The Versatones — “Tight Skirt Tight Sweater” — Spirit Of The Cramps: Selections From The Vinyl Stack Of Lux And Ivy

THE SECOND SET

Buari — “Karam Bani” — Pulp Fusion 10: Africa Funk

The Pretty Things — “Midnight to Six Man” — Get the Picture?

Johnny Guitar — “Mon Du Dow” — Shadow Music Of Thailand

The Craig — “I Must Be Mad” — Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire & Beyond 1964-1969

Sadistic Mika Band — “Mada Mada Samba” — Hot! Menu

Smokey Johnson & Company — “The Funkie Moon” — Absolute Funk 4

Prince Jammy — “His Imperial Majesty” — Prince Jammy Presents Uhuru In Dub

Harvey — “Anyway You Wanta” — Mad Mike Monsters: A Tribute To Mad Mike Petrovich – Vol. 2

Gert Wilden — “Follow Me” — Schulmädchen Report OST

THE THIRD SET

The Tornados — “Hot Pot” — Love and Fury: The Holloway Road Sessions 1962-1966 (Joe Meek’s Tea Chest Tapes)

Ali Hassan Kuban — “Ana Ries Kenalky” — Nubian Magic

Alex Chilton — “Bangkok” — Fun 45rpm

Tabou Combo — “Ce Pas” — Haiti Direct: Big Band, Mini Jazz & Twoubadou Sounds, 1960-1978

King Coleman — “Alley Rat” — Stompin’ 24

Joseph Kabasele — “Merengue Fontaine” — Le Grand Kallé: His Life, His Music – Joseph Kabasele And The Creation Of Modern Congolese Music

Ramones — “I Wanna Be Well” — Rocket to Russia

Chacalón Y La Nueva Crema — “A Trabajar” — The Roots Of Chicha 2: Psychedelic Cumbias From Peru

THE FINAL SET

MC5 — “I Just Don’t Know” — The Big Bang! Best Of The MC5

Hamad Kalkaba — “Tchakoulaté” — Hamad Kalkaba and The Golden Sounds 1974-1975

Lizzy Mercier Descloux — “Room Mate” — Mambo Nassau

Errol Brown & The Revolutionaries — “Ghetto Dub” — Dub Expression

Warm Excursion — “Hang Up (Part 1)” — California Soul (Funk & Soul From The Golden State 1965-1976)

El Sexteto Miramar — “Cumbiamba” — Colombia! The Golden Age of Discos Fuentes 1960-76

The Favourite Sons — “That Driving Beat” — Rare Mod: A Collection Of 60’s Underground Rhythm’n’Blues, Psych & Soul

Malavoi — “Gadé Manzel’” — Mano Césaire Et La Formation Malavoi (La Naissance De La World Music Antillaise En 1969)

The Velvet Underground — “Rock and Roll [MGM version] [1969 mix]” — The Velvet Underground

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

The Qualities — “Happy New Year To You!” — Sun Ra: The Singles

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Pictured: Pere Ubu.

[Pere] Ubu’s music was never going to be accessible enough to reach an American mass market that had scorned the pop sensibilities of the Ramones and Television. Dub Housing and The Modern Dance passed largely without comment, outside the established havens of Cleveland and New York. Ubu’s primary market was England, where Rough Trade had provided the groundwork by distributing the Hearthan [label] singles, and where Ubu managed two tours in April and November of 1978, both critically acclaimed and well attended. Ironically, despite directly benefiting from the climate established by the English New Wave, Thomas has nothing but contempt for England’s punk exponents.

David Thomas: Punk to us was an alien thing. It wasn’t what we were doing. We weren’t doing loud, thrashing, anti-social, adolescent music. We saw ourselves as being more mature than that, more serious than that. We were embarrassed to be associated with the punk movement. We had done that three years earlier, four years earlier. We were doing the same thing in Rocket from the Tombs, but we had passed that stage and I hate to see things regress ’cause we were very serious about pushing music forward. You hate to see things cycle back which is what they always do.

— Clinton Heylin, From the Velvets to the Voidoids: The Birth of American Punk Rock.

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THE FIRST SET

First Choice — “Armed and Extremely Dangerous” — Sweet Soul Music: 23 Scorching Classics from 1973

Pat Thomas — “Yesu San Bra” — The Rough Guide to African Disco

Davie Allan & The Arrows — “Moondawg ’65” — Devil’s Rumble: The Davie Allan & The Arrows Anthology

Ersen — “Cakmagicak” — Turkish Freakout: Psych-Folk Singles 1969-1980

Bill Allen & The Backbeats — “Please Give Me Something” — The Roots of Psychobilly

The La Playa Orchestra — “Olvidate De Mi” — Boogaloo Pow Wow: Dancefloor Rendez-Vous In Young Nuyorica

Pere Ubu — “Waiting for Mary” — Cloudland

Susan Cadogan — “Dub It” — Clocktower 45rpm

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Ennio Morricone — “Twist Delle Zitelle” — I Malamondo OST

THE SECOND SET

Gene Walker And His Combo — “Empire City” — Blunderbuss: Scattershot Sleaze 58-67

Dur-Dur Band Int. — “Duurka” — The Berlin Session

The Equals — “Green Light” — Greatest Hits

Les Abranis — “Id Ed Was” — Amazigh Freedom Rock 1973–1983

The Loving Machines — “The Loving Machine” — Ho-Dad Hootenanny Too!

Joe Gibbs & The Professionals — “Bionic Encounter” — Majestic Dub

The Yardbirds — “Happenings Ten Years Time Ago” — Ultimate!

Goblin — “La Via Della Droga” — Beretta 70: Roaring Themes From Thrilling Italian Police Films 1971-80

Nolan Strong & The Diablos — “Mind Over Matter” — Dirty Boogie: The Fortune Records Story

THE THIRD SET

Los Dandy’s — “Normal Nomás” — Lindo Amorcito

Ron Nagle — “Marijuana Hell” — Bad Rice

Teresa Khoo & Her Five Notes — “You Don’t Know, Baby” — Singapore Nuggets: The Ladies

The Undecided? — “Make Her Cry” — Garage Punk Unknowns Vol.1

Shorty The President — “Control Dub” — DJ Jamaica: Inna Fine Dub Style

The Squires — “Do Be Oo Be Wop Wop” — Ai! Si! Si!: Mambo & Latin Flavoured Rhythm & Blues

Kassav’ — “Lagué Moin” — Lagué Moin

Abstracts — “The Beard” — Las Vegas Grind Vol. 7

THE FINAL SET

The Revolutionaries — “Kunta Kinte Version One” — Drum Sound: More Gems from Channel One Dub Room 1974-1980

The Necessaries — “You Can Borrow My Car” — Spy 45rpm

Afrosound — “Una Abeja En El Semáforo” — The Afrosound Of Colombia Vol. 2

Martha & The Vandellas — “(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave” — Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971

Afida Es & the Siglap Boys — “Jangan Goda” — Pop Yeh Yeh: Psychedelic Rock from Singapore and Malaysia 1964-1970 Vol. 1

Wire — “A Question Of Degree (Single Version)” — 154

Jimmy Sabater — “Times Are Changin’” — I Gotta New Dance

Jimmy Castor Bunch — “E-Man Par-Tay” — Maximum Stimulation

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Brigitte Bardot & Serge Gainsbourg — “Je T’aime…Moi Non Plus [1967 Original Version]” — Brigitte Bardot: Best of BB

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Pictured: Joseph Kabasele a.k.a. Le Grand Kalle.

For lovers of Congolese music, zeal in support of their favourite band was no vice. Like the athletes and spectators at a Saturday afternoon football match, musicians and their fans formed allegiances of great passion. As younger players emerged and new bands formed, music lovers appraised them with reference to their more established competitors. Nearly everyone was a critic, and the continual debate gave rise to the notion of stylistic schools. A new group might be said to follow the African Jazz school or the O.K. Jazz school.

These distinctions were drawn, for the most part, on comparisons between each group’s singers and guitarists. Among the singers, Joseph Kabasele reigned without peer. He was a chanteur de charme, a charm singer in the fashion of Tino Rossi. Kabasele’s voice evoked feelings of passion and sentimentality that Congolese music lovers found irresistible. Congolese singers followed the Kabasele school even if they wanted to sing in O.K. Jazz.

— Gary Stewart, Rumba on the River: A History of the Popular Music of the Two Congos.

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THE FIRST SET

Archie Bell & The Drells—”Let’s Groove” — Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia

El Rego Et Ses Commandos — “Vimado Wingnan” — Legends Of Benin: Afro-Funk, Cavacha, Agbadja, Afro-Beat 1969-1981

The Clee-Shays — “Dynamite” — High School Rumble Vol. 1: 18 Explosive 50’s/60’s Instrumentals

Kazi Aniruddha — “Aao Twist Karen” — Bollywood Steel Guitar

Small Faces — “Baby Don’t You Do It” — From The Beginning

Big Joe — “Trying To Wreck” — Original Foundation Deejays

Little Beaver — “Funkadelic Sound” — Miami Funk Vol. 2

Hany Mehanna — “Al Nil” — Music for Airplanes: A Collection of Instrumental Showpieces and Scores for Egyptian Films and TV-Series 1973-1980

The Mad Hatters — “Just Won’t Leave” — Teenage Shutdown Vol. 9: Teen Jangler Blowout!

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Paula Tsui — “Kung Fu Back Again” — Taiwan & Singapore Disco

THE SECOND SET

Gene Walker And His Combo — “Empire City” — Blunderbuss: Scattershot Sleaze ‘58-‘67

Kamal Ahmed & Nahid Akhtar — “Aesh Kiye Jaa Subh-O-Shaam” — Disco Dildar

Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant — “Truck Driver’s Ride” — Swingin’ on the Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Vol. 2

Apagya Show Band — “Mumunde” — Afro-Beat Airways: West African Shock Waves (Ghana & Togo 1972-78)

The Golliwogs — “Fight Fire” — Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968

Joe Gibbs & the Professionals — “No Man’s Version” — 100 Years of Dub

The Creation — “Making Time” — Mod Anthems: Original Northern Soul, R’N’B & Ska Classics

Dara Puspita — “Puyaili (Thai Folk Song)” — 1966-1968

The Cadillacs — “Holy Smoke Baby” — Dangerous Doo-Wop 2

Pedro Migul y sus Maracaibos — “Arroz con Coco” — Gozalo! Bugalu Tropical Vol. 2

THE THIRD SET

T. Rex — “Is It Love?” — T. Rex

Ja-Man All Stars — “Poor Man Skank” — In The Dub Zone

Albert Collins — “Cookin’ Catfish” — 20th Century 45rpm

Los Ahijados — “Sigue Afincando” — Disco de Oro

The Searchers — “Wow Wow Baby” — Gee Whiz: The Class Records Story 1956-1962

Who (Ngubani) — “Switch No. 1” — Afro Funk Explosion: Motherload From The Motherland

Pere Ubu — “Nonalignment Pact” — The Modern Dance

Mustafa Özkent Ve Orkestrasi — “Dolana Dolana” — Bosporus Bridges: A Wide Selection Of Turkish Jazz And Funk 68-78

THE FINAL SET

The Pop Group — “She Is Beyond Good and Evil” — Y

Grand Kalle & African Team — “Valentina Valentino” — Afrolatin Via Kinshasa

Iggy & the Stooges — “Shake Appeal [Iggy Pop Mix]” — Raw Power

A.M. Deballot — “Wudu” — SAT 45rpm

Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces — “Go Ahead And Burn” — Early Rappers: Hipper Than Hop — The Ancestors Of Rap

Junior Delgado — “Downs” — Dance A Dub

Nina Simone — “Funkier Than A Mosquito’s Tweeter” — It Is Finished

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Pan Ron — “Jombang Jet” — Dengue Fever presents Electric Cambodia

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Pictured: The Raybeats.

Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino sought to revitalize the hardboiled style with his upcoming film, to which he had given the working title Black Mask (after a popular pulp mystery magazine). He conferred with two friends about the music he would use in it. One of them, a devout surf music chronicler named Chuck Kelley, suggested injecting some early instro-surf classics and made Tarantino a compilation tape. Tarantino, who seems to have believed at the time that surf music began and ended with the Beach Boys, accepted the tape — and the challenge. Over the years, rumors surfaced that Tarantino was listening to this tape of surf instrumentals in an Amsterdam hashish den when he envisioned the entire plot of [Pulp Fiction]. In fact, the script for the film had been floating around Hollywood since the early ’90s.

— Kent Crowley, Surf Beat: Rock’n’Roll’s Forgotten Revolution.

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THE FIRST SET

Rose Royce — “Fire In The Funk” — Stronger Than Ever

Afro National — “Push Am Forward” — African Experimentals (1972-1979)

The Raybeats — “The Calhoun Surf” — Guitar Beat

Baksey Cham Krong — “B.C.K.” — Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll

The Underdogs — “Don’t Pretend” — Friday At The Hideout: Boss Detroit Garage 1964-67

The La Playa Orchestra — “Olvidate De Mi” — Boogaloo Pow Wow: Dancefloor Rendez-Vous In Young Nuyorica

Question Mark & The Mysterians — “Girl (You Captivate Me)” — Action

King Tubby — “Girl I Want to Dub You” — Dub Too Much Vol. 3

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Kip Tyler & The Flips — “She’s My Witch” — Godfathers Of Psychobilly

THE SECOND SET

Remi Kabaka — “Sure Thing” — Son of Africa

The Equals — “Green Light” — Greatest Hits

Bossa 70 — “Si Voce Pensa” — Peruvian Funk

Billy Preston — “Shotgun” — Vampisoul: In Search of the Cool

Los Escorpiones — “Igual Me Da” — Chicha for The Jet Set

Dave & the Detomics — “Detomic Orbit” — Instro Inferno 7: Action Planet!

Boris Gardiner & The Love People — “Darkness” — Trojan Reggae Rarities Box Set

Whitefield Brothers — “Buster” — In The Raw

Ira Maya Sopha — “Kawanku” — Indonesia Pop Nostalgia: Pan-Indonesian Pop, Folk, Instrumentals & Children’s Songs 1970s-1980s

The Mar-Keys — “Last Night” — In The Beginning: The Mod Story

THE THIRD SET

Carlos Hayre y Su Orquesta — “Me Gusta Boogaloo” — Ritmo Salvaje! Vol. 1 : Latin And Salsa Rhythms From Peru

Roxy Music — “Both Ends Burning” — Siren

Ros Sereysothea, Sinn Sisamouth And Friends — “Enjoy Now While You’re Young” — Cambodian Psych-Out

Ron Nagle — “Marijuana Hell” — Bad Rice

Gussie Clarke & The Revolutionaries — “Hot Steppers” — Dread At The Controls Dub

Favourite Sons — “Walkin Walkin Walkin” — A Slight Disturbance In My Mind: The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds Of 1966

Sadistic Mika Band — “Hei made Hitottobi” — Kurofune (Black Ship)

THE FINAL SET

The Torquays — “Journey To The Stars” — A Date With …

4 Étoiles — “Luila” — 4 Stars

Television — “In World” — Television

Raphael Green & Dr. Alimantado — “Rasta Train (Previously Unreleased Alternate Mix)” — Arkology Reel II: Dub Shepherd

Jimmy Mcquade & The Unique Echos — “Booga-Ka-Do” — Downtown Soulville! 24 Solid Blasts Of 60s Soul

Michi Sarmiento — “Suena Ahora” — Aqui Los Bravos! The Best Of Y Su Comba Bravo 1967-77

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Dr. John — “Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya [mono]” — Gris-Gris

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Pictured: 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, 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.’

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

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THE FIRST SET

Honey Cone — “The Truth Will Come Out” — Backbeats – Detroit Gold: 70s Soul Grooves from The Motor City

Rob — “Boogie On” — Funky Rob Way

Five More — “Avalanche” — The Surf Creature Vol. 3

The Joe Cuba Sextet — “Asi Soy” — Wanted Dead Or Alive (Bang! Bang! Push, Push, Push)

Plas Johnson & His Orchestra — “Downstairs” — Boom-A-Lay: Exotic Blues & Rhythm Vol. 7

King Tubby’s & Santic All Stars — “One Heavy Duba” — Harder Shade Of Black

The Coasters — “Run Red Run” — 50 Coastin’ Classics

Adnan Othman — “Gadis Semalam” — Bersyukor: A Retrospective of Hits by a Malaysian Pop Yeh Yeh Legend

IT’S MADISON TIME…

The Cramps — “Like A Bad Girl Should” — Big Beat from Badsville

THE SECOND SET

La Logia Sarabanda — “Todos O Ninguno” — Guayaba

Funkadelic — “I Got A Thing, You Got A Thing, Everybody’s Got A Thing” — Funkadelic

Los Destellos — “Constelacion” — The Roots Of Chicha 2: Psychedelic Cumbias From Peru

Jimmy McCracklin — “Let’s Do It (The Chicken Scratch)” — R&B Humdingers: Twenty Two Greasy Groovers Vol. 13

Prince Jammy — “Wreck Up A Version” — Dub Gone Crazy: The Evolution of Dub at King Tubby’s 1975-1979

Frank Zappa — “Alley Cat” — The Lost Episodes

Kalyanji Anandji — “Bluff Master (Title Music)” — Bombshell Baby of Bombay: Vol. 2 Bouncin’ Nightclub Grooves from Bollywood Films 1959-1972

Those Rogues — “Wish I Could See You Again” — Wyld Canada Vol. 4: Rotten To The  Core

Man City Lion — “Tid Lom Ta Lai (Drinking Whiskey Until I’m Blurred)” — Thai Pop Spectacular 1960s–1980s

The Kirkbys — “It’s A Crime” — A Slight Disturbance In My Mind: The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds Of 1966

THE THIRD SET

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo — “Ne Te Fâche Pas” — Cotonou Club

Eugene Church & the Fellows — “Pretty Girls Everywhere” — The Complete Story of Doo Wop Volume 10: 1958

Horace Andy — “Dub The Light” — In The Light Dub

Paul Bearer & The Hearsemen — “I’ve Been Thinking” — Teenage Shutdown, Vol. 10: The World Ain’t Round, It’s Square!

Teresa Khoo & Her Five Notes — “You Don’t Know, Baby” — Singapore Nuggets: The Ladies

Dennis Coffey — “Ride Sally Ride” — Absolutely The Best Of Dennis Coffey

Coupé Cloué — “Mango” — Maximum Compas From Haiti

Abstracts — “The Beard” — Las Vegas Grind Vol. 7

THE FINAL SET

Los Papacitos — “Jazzy” — Panama! 2: Latin, Calypso & Funk On The Isthmus 1967-77

Howard Werth — “Obsolete” — Dangerhouse 45rpm

Soonthorn Sujaridchan — “DRUNK: Wasted” — Thai Funk ZudRangMa Vol. 2

Wire — “A Question Of Degree” — 154

Nyboma et L’Orchestre les Kamalé — “Doublé Doublé” — Doublé Doublé

The Satellites — “You Ain’t Sayin’ Nothin’” — Gee Whiz: The Class Records Story 1956-1962

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David Crosby — “Laughing” — If I Could Only Remember My Name

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Pictured: The Slits.

That spring, the Slits recorded ‘FM’, whose storyline found the group so bathed in media that they surrendered their humanity to electronics. ‘My head is like a radio set,’ sang Ari over a background simultaneously experimental and threatening, ‘my nightmares don’t project my dreams.’ At the song’s end, the group record a sweep over the radio band: out of the atmospherics comes the Union Gap’s paedophiliac song ‘Young Girl’.

It is hardly surprising that the music industry was not ready for a cosmopolitan group of aggressive, politicized females: without a strong manager, with a mixture of outrage and preciousness, the Slits withdrew even further. ‘The blokes in the record companies are not the sort you would associate with, totally naff human beings, and there you are trying to deal with them,’ says Albertine. ‘We got offered contracts quite early, and we didn’t want them.’

— Jon Savage, England’s Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock and Beyond.

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THE FIRST SET

The Gibson Brothers — “Cuba” — Ministry Of Sound: Anthems Disco

Pat Thomas — “Yesu San Bra” — The Rough Guide to African Disco

Dynamics — “Later On” — Strummin’ Mental! Part 2: Raw, Crude, Instrumental R & R!

Ersen — “Cakmagicak” — Turkish Freakout: Psych-Folk Singles 1969-1980

The Detroit Cobras — “Boss Lady” — Life, Love and Leaving

Joe Gibbs & The Professionals — “Majestic Dub (Swing Easy Dub)” — Majestic Dub

The Dave Clark Five — “No Stopping” — Instrumental Album

Teun-Jai Boon Praraksa — “Ha Fang Kheng Kan” — Siamese Soul: Thai Pop Spectacular Vol. 2

IT’S MADISON TIME…

John Cale — “Mary Lou” — The Island Years

THE SECOND SET

Los Holys — “Psicodelico Desconocido” — Sons Of Yma: A Collection of Peruvian Garage and Instrumental Bands from the ’60s!

The Slits — “Vindictive” — The Peel Sessions

Eduardo Morales y Su Requinto — “Muevase Vecina” — Ecuatoriana: El Universo Paralelo de Polibio Mayorga 1969​-​1981

The Riot Squad — “Anytime “ — British Mod Sounds Of The 1960s

Elvis Phuong — “Bài Ca Ngông (The Crazy Song)” — Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974

Live Wires — “Scrambled Eggs” — Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things: Rare and Unissued Virginia Garage 1964-1967

King Tubby — “Invasion” — Dub From The Roots

Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers — “Dripper’s Boogie” — Dr. Boogie Presents Bear Traces: Nugget’s from Bob’s Barn

Amadou Balaké — “Aminata Du Thé” — The Original Sound Of Burkina Faso

THE THIRD SET

The Controllers — “You Ain’t Fooling Me” — In Control

Machito — “St. Louis Blues” — Cuba in America 1939-1962

The Buzz — “You’re Holding Me Down” — Joe Meek: The Alchemist of Pop: Home Made Hits & Rarities 1959-1966

Pier’ Rosier & Gazolinn’ — “Obsession” — Console Mwen

Andre Williams & His Orchestra — “Sweet Little Pussycat” — Movin’ On With… Andre Williams: Greasy And Explicit Soul Movers 1956-1970

Figen Han — “Haydi Bastırrr” — Saz Beat Vol. 3: Turkish Rock, Funk, And Psychedelic Music Of The 1960s And 1970s

James Brown — “Since You Been Gone” — Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang

THE FINAL SET

The Revolutionaries — “Kunta Kinte Version One” — Drum Sound: More Gems from Channel One Dub Room 1974-1980

The Velvettes — “Needle In A Haystack” — Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971

Laxmikant Pyarelal — “Theme Music” — Bollywood Bloodbath: The B-Music of the Indian Horror Film Industry

Jack Bruce — “You Burned the Tables on Me” — Harmony Row

Bobby Pauneto — “Aqui Voy Yo” — Boogaloo Pow Wow: Dancefloor Rendez-Vous In Young Nuyorica

Young-Holt Unlimited — “Give It Up” — The Definitive Young-Holt Unlimited

Super Mambo 69 — “Sweeper Soul” — Afro-Rock Vol. 1

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Lou Reed — “Kicks“ — Coney Island Baby

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Pictured: Kid Creole & The Coconuts.

What drew young men, and even some women, to the zoot suit? Most historical studies depict the zoot suit as a “street style,” devised by those whose experience of racial discrimination and prejudice led them to create distinctive sartorial responses to their situation. In these accounts, the zoot suit took flight in the streets and dance halls of Harlem and made a transcontinental leap to the barrios of Los Angeles. There, the social isolation of poor black youth and pachucos from the mainstream of American life not only created a subcultural space where a new aesthetic could flourish but also gave stylishness a political charge, making it a symbol of opposition and resistance. Although this interpretation has become axiomatic in discussions of youth of the 1940s, it rests on problematic assumptions about minority communities, the closed nature of subcultures, the direct relationship between style and politics, and most important, the consciousness and motives of those who wore extreme fashion.

— Kathy Peiss, Zoot Suit: The Enigmatic Career of an Extreme Style.

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THE FIRST SET

Dennis Coffey — “If You Can’t Dance To This” — Live Wire: The Westbound Years 1975-78

Ofege — “Adieu” — Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-Rock & Fuzz Funk in 1970s Nigeria

The Torquays — “Hopscotch” — A Date With …

Kalyanji & Anandji — “Title Music” — The Bombay Connection Vol. 2:  Bouncin’ Nightclub Grooves From Bollywood Films 1959-1972

Voice — “The Train To Disaster” — Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire & Beyond 1964-1969

The Aggrovators and King Tubby’s — “Caretaker Dub” — Jackpot Dub: Rare Dubs From Jackpot Records 1974-1976

Harvey & the Phenomenals — “Soul & Sunshine” — Midwest Funk

Vichan Maneechot — “Dance Dance Dance” — Thai Beat A Go Go Vol. 1: Groovy 60’s Sounds from the Land of Smile!

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Mr. C & Funck Junction — “Hot Butter ‘n All – Part 2” — Funky Crimes

THE SECOND SET

Belbao — “Casablanca Shuffle” — Habibi Funk: An Eclectic Selection Of Music From The Arab World

The Moroccos — “Morocco Chant” — Ai! Si! Si!: Mambo & Latin Flavoured Rhythm & Blues

Joe Gibbs & The Professionals — “Bionic Encounter” — Majestic Dub

The Pretty Things — “Come See Me” — The EP Collection…Plus

Los Saicos — “Salvaje” — ¡Demolición! The Complete Recordings

The Only Ones — “Another Girl, Another Planet” — The Only Ones

Charles Amoah — “Sweet Vibration” — Sweet Vibration

Kid Creole And The Coconuts — “Endicott” — In Praise Of Older Women And Other Crimes

THE THIRD SET

The Psychedelic Aliens — “Gbe Keke Wo Taoo” — Psycho African Beat

The Silence — “Cold On Me” — Rare Mod Vol. 1

Los Cañeros — “La Buenita” — Trujillo, Perú 1971-1974

Twistin’ Kings — “Congo Part 2” — Jungle Exotica Vol. 2     

Vaudou Game — “Tata Fatigue” — Otodi

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band — “Dirty Blue Gene II” — The Brown Star Sessions

Nico Fidenco — “Sweet Disco Funky” — La Via Della Prostituzione

THE FINAL SET

Eman El Bahr Darwish — “Mahsobko Endes (El Arwam)” — Sharayet El Disco: Egyptian Disco & Boogie Cassettes 1982-1992

The Four Sounds — “Mama Ubangi Bangi” — Blowin’ Through Yokohama!

Sly & The Revolutionaries with Jah Thomas — “White Rum” — Black Ash Dub

Jimmy Bryant — “Ha-So” — Ecco-Fonic 45rpm

The Swallows — “La Ngomber” — Java-Java: Indonesia Screaming Fuzz Vol. 1

Bohannon — “The Stop And Go” — Stop & Go

Sonido Verde de Moyobamba — “Pañuelo de Seda (Versión Sonido Verde)” — Homenaje a Polibio Mayorga Vol. 6

The Marvelettes — “I’ll Keep Holding On” — 20 Original Mod Classics

Orlando Julius with the Heliocentrics — “In the Middle” — Jaiyede Afro

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Willie Weems & The Outlaws — “Snuff Time” — Las Vegas Grind! Vol. 6

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