No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: The Treniers.

The Trenier twins, Claude and Clifford, were born in Mobile, Alabama, on July 14, 1919, the third and fourth children brought into this vale of jive by Denny and Olivia Trenier, whose spawn eventually numbered ten. It was a musical family. Denny Trenier, in between ejaculations, played the baritone horn with the Excelsior Band, one of the legendary marching and funerary brass groups in the deep South; Olivia played piano; and their children took to the rhythm at a tender age…

Claude Trenier: “I remember we were playing the Riptide in Wildwood, New Jersey, in the summer of 1950. Bill Haley had a cowboy band, the Saddlemen, that played right across the street from us. He used to come in and watch us. He asked us what we called the music we were playing. And we told him. Hell, we told him.”

— Nick Tosches, ‘The Treniers: Their God Wore Shades,” from Unsung Heroes of Rock’n’Roll.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 367 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

Marvin Gaye — “I Don’t Have to Get High to Do It (Instrumental)” — Let’s Get It On

Charles Amoah — “Shake Your Body To The Beat” — Sweet Vibration

The Torquays — “Shake ‘n’ Stomp” — A Date With …

Los Iguales — “El Sonido de Los Mirlos” — Chicha for The Jet Set

Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles — “I Sold My Heart To The Junkman” — Any Day Now: The Quality Records Story

I Roy — “Wap’n Bap’n” — Crisus Time – Extra Version

Wire — “Mr Suit” — Pink Flag

Xiu-Zhu Wu — “Flying Leaps In My Heart” — Taiwan & Singapore Disco

Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band — “The Intro And The Outro” — Gorilla

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Jonathan Richman — “Vampiresa Mujer” — Her Mystery Not of High Heels and Eye Shadow

THE SECOND SET

Bill Doggett — “Honky Tonk Popcorn” — King Funk: Rare, Fast & Hard. 24 Essential Funk Cuts From The Label That Gave Birth To The Music

Orchestra Harlow — “Freak Off” — El Exigente

Blue Ash — “Abracadabra (Have You Seen Her)” — No More, No Less

Pier’ Rosier & Gazolinn’ — “Fresh” — Déchiré

Small Faces — “Sha La La La Lee” — From The Beginning

Super Borgou de Parakou — “Baba L’oke Ba’wagbe” — African Scream Contest 2: Benin 1963​-​1980

Don Gardner — “My Baby Likes To Boogaloo” — Whip It On ‘Em

Samai Onwong — “Ruk Thung Na (Love The Rice Fiddle)” — Luk Thung! The Roots Of Thai Funk: Zudrangma Vol. 3

Ramones — “Judy Is A Punk” — Ramones

THE THIRD SET

El Haru Kuroi — “Jaqui” — Sabung

The Rainbows — “Balla Balla” — CBS 45rpm

Baris Manço — “Ben Bilirim” — Hava Narghile: Turkish Rock Music (1966-1975)

The Treniers — “Squeeze Me” — Cool It Baby

Kalyanji-Anandji — “Rafoo Chakkar” — Bollywood Funk: 15 Funk-Fuelled Grooves From The Bollywood Classics

Frank Floyd — “Rock A Little Baby” — Stompin’ 18

Freedom Family — “Ayentsoo” — Ayentsoo

THE FINAL SET

Counts — “Bills” — What’s Up Front That – Counts

Asiko Rock Group — “Everybody Get Down” — Lagos Disco Inferno

Jewel King — “3 X 7 = 21” — Rhythm ‘N’ Blues Vol. 1

The Revolutionaries — “Dutch Man” — Dutch Man Dub

Playboys — “Jungle Fever” — Strummin’ Mental!

Pan Ron & In Yeng — “Sralanh Srey Chnas (I Love Mean Girls)” — Cambodian Rocks

The Mothers of Invention — “Soft-Sell Conclusion” — Absolutely Free [Mono]

Chip and Dave — “Seventh Round” — A New Kind Of Mambo Vol 16: Showstoppin’ Bugaloo

June Bateman — “Possum Belly Overalls” — Twistin’ Rumble!! 5

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Harumi — “Talk About It” — Harumi

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Pictured: Jack Nitzsche.

Jack Nitzsche, who had not seen Phil [Spector] in years, showed up unannounced at the front gate late in 1979. Nitzsche had blossomed during and after working with Phil—he produced, among many others, Bobby Darin, Rick Nelson, and Jackie DeShannon, and recorded four solo albums; one, St. Giles Cripplegate, in 1972, utilized the London Symphony Orchestra. Nitzsche had been in the thick of the seventies’ soft-rock wave, co-producing Neil Young’s first LP and producing and writing for Young’s backup band Crazy Horse, for a time joining the band on the road as their pianist. He also produced the Neville Brothers and the first two Mink Deville albums. Branching out into films, he scored the Mick Jagger movie Performance, then The Exorcist and One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest. However, Nitzsche was in a bad way now. Recently he had been arrested for assaulting his girlfriend, actress Carrie Snodgress, who said that Nitzsche, in a drunken rage, raped her with the barrel of a gun, kicked and beat her, and threatened to shoot her and her small child.

Seeing Nitzsche, Phil thought he was scary. Rather than let him in, Phil leaned out of an upstairs window and was said to have aimed a gun at his onetime arranger and ordered him off the grounds. Nitzsche fled back down La Collina Drive and into a wasteland of his own misery, but the real question about Phil Spector now was whom if anyone he would welcome inside that dark house.

— Mark Ribowsky, He’s A Rebel: Phil Spector, Rock and Roll’s Legendary Producer.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 366 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

McFadden & Whitehead — “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now” — Ministry Of Sound: Anthems Disco

Buari — “Iro Le Pa” — Buari

The Teemates — “Walk Don’t Run ’64” — Lost Legends Of Surf Guitar, Vol. 4: Shockwave!

The Melodians — “I Will Get Along Without You” — Trojan Rocksteady Box Set

Johnny Kidd & The Pirates — “I Want That [mono]” — The Classic And Rare

Erkin Koray & Ter — “Hor Görme Garibi” — Hava Narghile: Turkish Rock Music 1966-1975

The Seeds — “Pushin’ Too Hard” — Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968

Dr Ezat Abou Ouf & El Four M — “Genoun El Disco” — Sharayet El Disco: Egyptian Disco & Boogie Cassettes 1982-1992

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Moses Longpiece — “Slide Her Under The Door” — Lux and Ivy’s Favorites Vol. 6

THE SECOND SET

Al Massrieen — “Hatgeni Tani” — Habibi Funk 006: Modern Music

The Real Kids — “Reggae Reggae” —The Real Kids

Thái Thanh — “Bừng Sáng (Dawn)” — Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974

Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs — “Ain’t Gonna Move” — The MGM Singles 1965-1973

Beaujour Et Ses Diables Du Rythme — “Ti Té Ya” — Antilles Méchant Bateau

The Undertones — “Male Model” — The Undertones

Usha Iyer — “Love Me” — Charas Babu

Davie Allan and The Arrows — “The Young World” — Devil’s Rumble: The Davie Allan & The Arrows Anthology

Riz Ortolani — “Ragazze E Marinai” — Mondo Cane OST

THE THIRD SET

Captain Beefheart — “I’m Gonna Booglarize You Baby” — The Spotlight Kid

Pérez Prado — “Perfidia” — Pérez Prado: The Greatest Hits

Savoys — “Blo Jangs” — Las Vegas Grind Vol. 7

Grace Lee & The Stylers — “Each And Every Flower” – Singapore Nuggets: The Ladies

Pere Ubu — “Street Waves” — The Modern Dance

The Peace — “Black Power” — Black Power

Reigning Sound — “If You Can’t Give Me Everything” — Too Much Guitar

Phillip Smart & The Aggravators — “Night Angel Dub” —Phillip Smart Meets The Aggravators At King Tubby’s

THE FINAL SET

The Flirtations — “Nothing But A Heartache” — Sounds Like The Flirtations

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

The Velvet Underground — “I Heard Her Call My Name” — White Light/White Heat ’68 [Mono]

Pier’ Rosier et son Groupe Gazoline — “Carément News” — Pier’ Rosier et son Groupe Gazoline

The Five Americans — “Slippin’ And Slidin’” — Teenage Shutdown Vol.1: Jump, Jive & Harmonize

Juaneco Y Su Combo — “Linda Nena” — Masters Of Chicha 1

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Jack Nitzsche — “Opening Titles” — Cutter’s Way OST

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Pictured: Link Wray.

“The perfect act is empty. Who can see it? He who forgets form. Out of the formed, the unformed, the empty act proceeds with its own form. Perfect form is momentary. Its perfection vanishes at once. Perfection and emptiness work together for they are the same: the coincidence of momentary form and eternal nothingness. Form: the flash of nothingness. Forget form, and it suddenly appears, ringed and reverberating with its own light, which is nothing. Well, then: stop seeking. Let it all happen. Let it come and go. What? Everything: i.e., nothing.”

— Thomas Merton, “Emptiness/Sunyata” from On Eastern Meditation

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 365 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

The Salsoul Orchestra — “Salsoul Hustle” — Anthology Vol. 1

Murphy Williams — “Get On Up” — Brand New Wayo: Funk, Fast Times & Nigerian Boogie Badness 1979-1983

The Tornados — “Jungle Fever” — Decca 45rpm

Lyn Taitt — “Out On A Funky Trip” — Out On A Funky Trip: Funk, Soul & Reggae From Randy’s 1970-75

Simon Raven — “I Wonder If She Remembers Me” — Picadilly 45rpm

Los Locos Del Ritmo — “Llorona” — Ecuatoriana: El Universo Paralelo de Polibio Mayorga 1969​-​1981

Jessie Mae — “Don’t Freeze on Me” — Souvenirs of the Soul Clap Vol. 3

Nisar Bazmi — “Pyar Ki Ik Naee” — Pakistan: Folk and Pop Instrumentals 1966-1976 

IT’S MADISON TIME…

The Sarr Band — “Mephisto” — Calendar 45rpm

THE SECOND SET

Prince Jammy — “Brothers Of The Blade” — Kamikazi Dub

The French Fries — “Danse À La Musique” — Double Cookin’: Classic Northern Soul Instrumentals

Sadistic Mika Band — “Style Is Changing” — Hot! Menu

Al Casey — “Monte Carlo” — Jivin’ Around

Ni Ni Win Shwe — “My Darling’s Love Arrow” — Princess Nicotine: Folk and Pop Music Of Myanmar Vol. 1

The Barrino Brothers — “I’ll Take My Flowers Right Now” — Dave Hamilton’s Detroit Dancers

Les Abranis — “Ayetheri A L’Aftar” — Amazigh Freedom Rock 1973–1983

Rattles — “It’s My Fault” — Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire & Beyond 1964-1969

Peter King — “Freedom Dance” — Shango

THE THIRD SET

Parliament — “Funky Woman” — Osmium

Ralph Weeks & Los Dinámicos Exciters — “Let Me Do My Thing [Funky Soul Mix]” —Panama! Latin, Calypso and Funk On the Isthmus

ESG — “Moody (Spaced Out)” — Come Away With ESG

Black Santiagos — “Ole” — Ignace De Souza – The Great Unknowns – Les Grandes Inconnus

Ohio Players — “Food Stamps Y’all” — Ecstasy

Joe Gibbs & The Professionals — “Assigned to Love (Your Man Dub)” — More Majestic Dub

The Invictas with The Tonga Strings — “Country Star” — It Came from The Suburbs: Rare Teen Rock From The Kennedy Era 59-65

THE FINAL SET

Papa Wemba — “M’Fono Yami” — Papa Wemba

Link Wray and His Ray Men — “Dueces Wild” — Dancehall Stringbusters

Pier’ Rosier & Gazolinn’ — “C.B.W.I.” — Gazolinn’

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

Linval Thompson — “Mari Guana (King Tubby Style)” — New Star 45rpm

Carrie Lucas — “Career Girl” — Solar 12” 45rpm

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Ennio Morricone — “Crescete E Moltiplicatevi (Scena D’amore III)” — Crescete E Moltiplicatevi/ Invito Allo Sport OST

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Pictured: The Isley Brothers.

[Charlie] Ahearn and [Freddy] Brathwaite stumbled into a scene where no clear lines had been drawn between disco and funk. Just as downtown dance djs had drawn heavily on records that were also played in the Bronx during the first half of the 1970s—including Babe Ruth, “The Mexican”; James Brown, “Give It Up”; Bobby Byrd, “Hot Pants”; Lynn Collins, “Think”; Cymande, “Bra”; Isley Brothers, “Get into Something”; Gil Scott-Heron, “The Bottle”; and Lonnie Lis- ton Smith, “Expansions”—so Herc and Bambaataa blended disco with funk for audiences that would have expected nothing less, in part because disco was often funky. “People don’t recognize this but we killed Disco!” points out Coke La Rock, Herc’s dj and mc partner. Bambaataa adds that he “used to play a lot of disco for the people who were heavy into the hustle” because all sorts of dance styles were in play at the time. Afrika Islam, who carried Bambaataa’s record crates and helped set up the Zulu Nation sound system, confirms that sound was a liquid force. “The Bronx was hip hop, but when I say hip hop I’m not talking about just James Brown and Sly Stone,” he argues. “I’m talking about James Brown and Sly Stone and Inner Life and Sylvester and Roy Ayers. I’m talking about all of it. That was the sound of the Bronx.”

— Tim Lawrence, Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor 1908-1983

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 364 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

The Isley Brothers — “That Lady (Part 1)” — Ministry Of Sound: Anthems Disco

Asiko Rock Group — “Lagos City” — Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sound Of The Underground Lagos Dancefloor 1974-79

The Chancellors — “Surf Beat” — Surfin’ The Great Lakes: Kay Bank Studio Surf Sides Of The 1960s

Oriental Funk — “Come Together” — Thai Beat A Go Go Vol. 3: Groovy 60’s Sounds from the Land of Smile!

Small Faces — “Hey Girl” — From The Beginning

La Playa Sextet — “No Me Dejes” — Boogaloo Pow Wow: Dancefloor Rendez-Vous In Young Nuyorica

The Outsiders — “Time Won’t Let Me” — Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968

The Rebels — “Rhodesia” — Jamaica Funk: Original Jamaican Funk and Soul 45s

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Leroy & the Drivers — “The Sad Chicken” — Funky Crimes

THE SECOND SET

Salah Ragab & The Cairo Jazz Band — “A Tribute To Sun Ra” — Egyptian Jazz

Earl Wright, & His Orchestra — “Thumb A Ride” — Double Cookin’: Classic Northern Soul Instrumentals

Pazy & The Black Hippies — “Come Back Again” — Wa Ho Ha

The Shangri-Las — “The Dum Dum Ditty” — Myrmidons of Melodrama

Juaneco Y Su Combo — “Perdido En El Espacio” — The Birth Of Jungle Cumbia

The Rolling Stones — “It’s All Over Now” — Singles Collection: The London Years

Prince Jammy — “Fist Of Fury” — Kamikazi Dub

Rose Royce — “Born To Love You” — Car Wash OST

THE THIRD SET

Joss Henry — “Apollo Pop 76” — Moris Zekler: Fuzz & Soul Sega From 70’s Mauritius

The Rainbows — “Gonna Go Down” — Mercury Rock & Roll Party

Orquestra Harlow — “La Contraria” — Orchestra Harlow Presenta A Ismael Miranda

The Cramps — “Drug Train” — File Under Sacred Music: Early Singles 1978-81

Dino Vangu & Africa Nova — “Vin Paul” — Kin Nostalgie

S&H Scamps — “Punjab” — Weirdsville!

Ros Sereysothea, Sinn Sisamouth And Friends — “Please Tell Me How Much You Love Me” — Cambodian Psych-Out

THE FINAL SET

John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett — “Really Free” — John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett

Cheb Khaled & Safy Boutella — “La Camel” — Kutché

Billy Lee & The Rivieras — “You Know” — Sundazed 45rpm

Ferry Djimmy And His Dji-Kins — “Young Revolution” — Rhythm Revolution

The Gestures — “I’m Not Mad” — Garage Beat ’66 Vol. 2: Chicks Are For Kids!

Errol Brown and The Revolutionaries — “Chapter 15” — Tip Top Dub

Marvin Gaye — “I Knew One Day My Day Would Come (Instrumental)” — Let’s Get It On

Alfredo Linares Y Su Sonora — “Descarga” — Gózalo! Bugalu Tropical Vol. 4

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

The Creeps w. Ronnie Dawson — “The Whip (Ginchee)” — White Trash Rockers Vol. 2: I Am An Ape 1950’s-Early 1960’s

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Pictured: Ray & His Court.

“That’ll never fly,” said Bickle, very nearly screaming. “How did my feet get bandaged?”

“Good Samaritan. The same one who dumped you at the emergency room.”

“Why did he bandage me and then dump me?” He couldn’t help screaming now.

“This is Miami. You can’t tell a story that hasn’t happened here and won’t happen again. And if you raise your voice one more time you can crawl to the hospital.”

Bickle started to cry, openly and loudly.

Hickum said, “We ought not just dump Bickle like this. I’ve known him over twenty years.”

“I’ve already shot him in both feet,” said Gaye Nell. “After that, kicking him out of a moving vehicle at the hospital is a kindness. ”

The neon EMERGENCY sign for the hospital blazed out of the darkness. There was a squad car, two cops, a handcuffed Cuban who might have been a Haitian, an ambulance, and three attendants all crowded around the swinging glass doors. Hickum slowed the old Dodge and Gaye Nell threw Bickle out onto the concrete. He landed on his bleeding feet and screamed. Nobody but the handcuffed Cuban looked their way as Hickum put the old Dodge in gear and roared away.

“God, I love Miami,” said Gaye Nell Odell.

— Harry Crews, The Mulching of America.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 363 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

Ohio Players — “You and Me” — Ecstasy

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

Johnny C. & The Blazes — “Inferno” — Chattahootchie 45rpm

Ersen — “Zalim” — Ersen

Charlie & Inez Foxx — “Searching for my C.C.” — Mockingbird: The Complete Sue Recordings

Joe Gibbs & The Professionals — “Revenge” — State of Emergency

The Genteels — “Take It Off” — Las Vegas Grind! Vol. 1

Conjunto La Jorga — “La Perra Vida” — Ecuatoriana: El Universo Paralelo de Polibio Mayorga 1969​-​1981

The Rondells — “Everybody To And Fro” — Ho-Dad Hootenanny Too!

IT’S MADISON TIME…

MC5 — “High School” — Back In The USA

THE SECOND SET

Fruko Y Sus Tesos — “Salsa Na Ma” — Colombia! The Golden Age of Discos Fuentes 1960-76

Marvin Gaye — “Song #1 (Instrumental)” — Let’s Get It On

Ali Hassan Kuban — “Daiman (Always Again)” — Real Nubian: Cairo Wedding Classics

Liquid Liquid — “Groupmegroup” — Liquid Liquid

Roger Damawuzan — “See Your Face” — Seda

The Frogmen — “Underwater” — Jukebox at Eric’s Vol. 1

Ranil — “La Minga” — Homenaje a Polibio Mayorga Vol. 6

La La Wilson feat. Moon Man — “The Moon Man Is Back” — Trip To The Moon: 14 Obscure R&B, Garage Rock And Deepfunk Songs About The Moon

Tabou Combo — “Eleve L’école” — Haiti

THE THIRD SET

Bram Tchaikovsky — “Girl of My Dreams” — Strange Man, Changed Man

Sapan Jagmohan — “Meri Aakhon Mein” — Sitar Beat Indian Style: Heavy Funk Vol. 1

Ray & His Court — “Soul Freedom” — Cookie Crumbs: A Funk Anthology

Christy Essien — “You Can’t Change A Man” — Nigeria Soul Fever – Afro Funk, Disco And Boogie: West African Disco Mayhem!

Jack Ashford — “Las Vegas Strut” — Blackjack OST

Roy Richards — “Death Rides A Horse” — The Big Gundown: Reggae Inspired By Spaghetti Westerns

Link Wray & The Wray Men — “Slinky” — Slinky! The Epic Sessions ’58-’61

THE FINAL SET

King Tubby — “King At The Controls” — Psalms Of Drums: The Black And White Story

Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band — “Diddy Wah Diddy” — Legendary A&M Sessions

Kwamy & OK Jazz — “Bolingo Ya Bouge” — Congo: Rumba On The River

The Outlaw Gang — “Funky Fast Bump” — Florida Funk: Funk 45s from the Alligator State 1968-1975

Alfredo Linares Y Su Sonora — “Tutu Tata” — Gozalo! Bugalu Tropical Vol. 2

Jeff Simmons — “Wonderful Wino” — Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up

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

The Action — “I’m a Stranger” — Deviation Street: High Times in Ladbroke Grove 1967-1975

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Ensemble Webert Sicot — “Prend Courage” — Tanbou Toujou Lou: Meringue, Kompa Kreyol, Vodou Jazz, & Electric Folklore from Haiti 1960-1981

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Pictured: Morphine.

You plagued me like the moon. I knew you were bound by old laws of suffering and obscurity. I am fearful of the cripple’s wisdom. A pair of crutches, a grotesque limp can ruin a stroll which I begin in a new suit, clean-shaven, whistling. I envied you the certainty that you would amount to nothing. I coveted the magic of torn clothes. I was jealous of the terrors I constructed for you but could not tremble before myself. I was never drunk enough, never poor enough, never rich enough. All this hurts, perhaps it hurts enough. It makes me want to cry out for comfort. It makes me stretch my hands out horizontally. Yes, I long to be President of the new Republic. I love to hear the armed teen-agers chant my name outside the hospital gates. Long live the Revolution! Let me be President for my last thirty days.

— Leonard Cohen, Beautiful Losers.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 362 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

Fabulous Emotions — “Funky Chicken” — The Philly Sound Get Down: Funky Philly Instrumentals

Amadou Balaké — “Whisky Et Coca-Cola” — The Original Sound Of Burkina Faso

The Readymen — “Disintegration” — Surfin’ The Great Lakes: Kay Bank Studio Surf Sides Of The 1960s

Les Abranis — “Thilelli” — Amazigh Freedom Rock 1973-1983

Morphine — “Come Over” — At Your Service

Prince Jammy — “Firehouse Special” — Prince Jammy Presents Uhuru In Dub

Celia & The Young Mutations — “Round And Around” — UA 45rpm

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

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Ennio Morricone — “Underwater Wah-Wah” — Danger: Diabolik

THE SECOND SET

Art — “Supernatural Fairy Tale” — Supernatural Fairy Tales

Fela Ransome-Kuti & His Koolalobitos — “Onifere No. 2” — Lagos Baby 1963-1969

The Spiedels — “Miserlou” — Waikiki Surf Battle

The Upsetters — “Straight To The Head” — The Good, The Bad And The Upsetters

Buzzcocks — “Orgasm Addict” — Singles Going Steady

Ahmed Malek — “Les Vacances De L’Inspecteur Tahar” — Musique Originale De Films

Ricky Vance & The Ramrods — “Wild Little Willie” — The Raging Teens Vol. 3: Wild New England Rock n’ Roll!

La Lupe — “Busamba” — Brown Sugar: Latin Breakbeats, Basslines & Boogaloo

Chuck Miller — “The House Of Blue Lights” — The Very Best Of Jump ‘n’ Jive

THE THIRD SET

Fleur de Lys — “Gong with the Luminous Nose” — Circles: The Ultimate Fleur de Lys

Wareika Hill Sounds — “Africa Freedom March” — Wareika Hill Sounds

Fuzzy Haskins — “Not Yet” — Radio Active

O. P. Nayyar — “Title Music” — The Bombay Connection: Vol. 2:  Bouncin’ Nightclub Grooves from Bollywood Films 1959-1972

Judi and The Affections — “Ain’t Gonna Hurt My Pride” — Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground

Olmedo Torres y Polibio Mayorga — “Unita Mas” — Ecuatoriana: El Universo Paralelo de Polibio Mayorga 1969​-​1981

Jean Yves Labat — “Champegarpaen” — M. Frog

THE FINAL SET

Traffic Sound — “I’m So Glad” — Traffic Sound ‘68-‘69

The Equals — “Police On My Back” — Greatest Hits

Rob With Mag-2 — “More” — Afro-Beat Airways: West African Shock Waves (Ghana & Togo 1972-78)

Mose Allison — “Swingin’ Machine” — Walk On The Wild Side: The Jazz Side Of Mod

Shorty The President — “Win Your Love” — Fire Fire

Richard & The Young Lions — “Open Up Your Door” — Nuggets I: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era

Mighty Duke — “Be Yourself” — Tropical Disco Hustle

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Laraaji — “Cosmic Joe” — Vision Songs

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Pictured: Junie Morrison and friend.

As we got ready to go back into the studio as Funkadelic, we added some new personnel. The most important arrival at that time was Junie Morrison. Junie had been one of the cornerstones of the Ohio Players, a band that had been around even longer than their name: in the early sixties, they had called themselves the Ohio Untouchables and backed the Falcons, a Detroit vocal group featuring Wilson Pickett. Junie had joined the Ohio Players in the early seventies, and I had introduced them to Armen [Boladian], who signed them to Westbound. Junie was one of the main songwriters during that period, responsible for hits like “Funky Worm.” Junie left before the Ohio Players went on to Mercury Records and even greater success, with songs like “Fire” and “Love Rollercoaster,” but he was known around the music world as a brilliant guy capable of doing almost anything: writing, arranging, playing keyboards, preparing a band for a tour. He came aboard as musical director as we started to make the new Funkadelic record. In fact, you can hear his first day on the song “Doo-Doo Chasers”; that’s him saying, “Which one is George Clinton?” That was kind of a joke that was going around at the time, because Bootsy was such a public face and I was a little less recognizable out of character.

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

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 361 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

Junie Morrison — “The Place” — When We Do

The Funkees — “Acid Rock” — Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-Rock & Fuzz Funk in 1970s Nigeria

The Rumblers — “Here Comes The Bug” — Intoxica! Strange and Sleazy Sounds From The SoCal Suburbs

The Termites — “Rub Up, Push Up” — Trojan X-Rated Box Set

The Mermen — “Three Thirty Three” — We Could See It in the Distance

Lim Ling & The Silvertones — “Forget but Can’t Forget You” — Singapore Nuggets: The Ladies

Debbie Taylor — “Don’t Nobody Mess With My Baby” — Soul Stormers: Up-Tempo Northern Soul

Los Átomos De Paramonga — “Para Que Me Recuerdes” — Cumbia Arabe: Obscure Psych Cumbia Gems

Rusty Bryant — “Moonlight Garden Stomp” — Dot 45rpm

IT’S MADISON TIME…

The Jacks & Balls — “Cherry, Harry & Raquel” — Russ Meyer’s: Good Morning… And Goodbye! / Cherry, Harry & Raquel / Mondo Topless

THE SECOND SET

El Rego et Ses Commandos — “Hessa” — El Rego

Billy Lamont — “Hear Me Now” — Sin Alley Vol. 3

Sornpetch Pinyo — “Luek Rao Dume Nom (Quit Alcohol, Drink Milk)” — Luk Thung! The Roots Of Thai Funk: Zudrangma Vol. 3

Wganda Kenya — “Que Buena Esta” — Que Buena Esta

Dee Felice Trio — “Nightingale” — What Is Wrong With Groovin’?

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

Terry Reid — “Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace” — Terry Reid

Kassav’ — “Lague Moin” — Lagué Moin

The Fairlanes — “Bullseye” — Let’s Go Down in the Congo

THE THIRD SET

Nisar Bazmi — “Izhar Bhi Mushkil Hai” — More Early Pakistani Dance Music Vol. 2 (From Original 7″ Vinyl 1966-1978)

The Detroit Emeralds — “Rosetta Stone” — The Westbound Sound of Detroit: Sensational Motor City Groups 1969-1975

Dur-Dur Band — “Keene Gardaran” — Dur Dur Of Somalia Vol. 1, Vol. 2 & Previously Unreleased Tracks

The Thundertones — “Hot Ice” — Dot 45rpm

I Roy & Augustus Pablo — “Devil’s Brother In Law” — Tape Rolling! …With Bunny Lee & Friends – On Wax and In The Studio 1971-74

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

THE FINAL SET

Al Green — “Take Me To The River” — Al Green Explores Your Mind

Théo Blaise Kounkou — “Liteya Choc” — Zenaba

The Modern Lovers — “She Cracked” — The Modern Lovers

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

The Del-Mars — “Snacky Poo” — Mad Mike Monsters: A Tribute To Mad Mike Petrovich Vol. 2

The Gladiators — “Pocket Money” — Front Line Presents Dub: 40 Heavyweight Dub Sounds

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: Suicide vocalist Alan Vega.

It was a tremendous influence on me, but all the guys who knew Alan and couldn’t escape (the bartenders, Mark who worked the door) would all be holding their ears and saying, “Oh, man, fucking Suicide is too fucking loud!” I think they all wore earplugs. I was transfixed, but it was certainly true that they emptied the bar except for about five of us hardcore survivors and that included a couple of scary obsessive types who stood right next to the PA (which was totally impossible). Alan ended up covered in blood as usual from hitting his head on the mic – he always had these cuts on the side of his face from the mic at every gig I ever saw him at. I was speechless – here’s this rather kindly older guy who used to buy me drinks and let me crash at his loft turned into an awesome, intense howling, screaming monster, bleeding on stage. It was the most punk thing I’d ever seen. I was really awestruck. I didn’t know what to say to him afterward, it really was one of the few times in my life I have EVER been completely speechless.

— Marcia Schofield, quoted in David Nobakht’s Suicide: No Compromise.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 360 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

The Three Degrees — “Dirty Ol’ Man” — Philadelphia International Records: 40th Anniversary

Marijata — “Mother Africa” — Ghana Soundz: Afro-Beat, Funk & Fusion In ’70s Ghana

Johnny & The Volumes — “Blowout” — Strummin’ Mental! Part Three

Dave Barker — “Do Your Thing” — Africa’s Blood

Marvin Gaye — “Doing My Thing” — Funky Nation: The Detroit Instrumentals

Tafo feat. Nahid Akhtar — “Kad Ley Way” — The Sound Of Wonder!

Reparata & The Delrons — “Panic” — Casino Classics: Chapter One 1979

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

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Don Epperson — “Revenge” — Malamondo 6

THE SECOND SET

Mac & Party — “Kiss To Kiss” — Mzuri 45rpm

Tom Verlaine — “Red Leaves” — Tom Verlaine

Le Grand Kalle — “La Vida Africa” — Congo: Rumba On The River

Morphine — “Super Sex (Live)” — At Your Service

Polibio Mayorga y Su Conjunto — “Cumbia Totorana” — Ecuatoriana: El Universo Paralelo de Polibio Mayorga 1969​-​1981

The Rocks — “Love City” — Ho-Dad Hootenanny Too!

Yabby You — “Fire Fire” — Chant Down Babylon Kingdom: King Tubby’s at His Best

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

Tito Puente And His Orchestra — “Hit De Bongo” — Explosivos: Deep-Soul From The Latin Heart 1966-70

THE THIRD SET

Kid Creole And The Coconuts — “Dancin’ At The Bains Douches” — I, Too, Have Seen The Woods

Black Sugar — “The Dawn Of My Madness” — Black Sugar II

The Ramones — “Oh Oh I Love Her So” — Leave Home

Ali Hassan Kuban — “Maria-Maria” — Nubian Magic

Apostolic Intervention — “Madame Garcia” — Immediate Mod Box Set

Dengue Fever  (feat. Ros Serey Sothea & Sin Sisamouth) — “New Year’s Eve” — Sleepwalking Through the Mekong

The Coasters — “Along Came Jones” — 50 Coastin’ Classics

THE FINAL SET

Matata — “Wanna Do My Thing” — Africa 100

The Turtles — “Almost There” — White Whale 45rpm

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

Constellations — “I Don’t Know About You” — Gemini 45rpm

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

The Distorters — “Distortion” — High School Rumble Vol. 1: 18 Explosive 50’s/60’s Instrumentals

Malavoi — “Baye La Voix” — Mano Césaire Et La Formation Malavoi (La Naissance De La World Music Antillaise En 1969)

Bryan Ferry — “Heart On My Sleeve” — Let’s Stick Together

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

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

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Pictured: Big Youth.

‘Rasta don’t need to get involved with politics, there is a higher reckoning than any Prime Minister, but we were living in a serious time back then. The system didn’t care for us, it was telling us to fight against ourselves, fight against each other, and be covetous and stupid, so instead of trying to get something from the system you had to try and take something from yourself. It prove you should really go to the illiterate place and learn to get civilized because the people there ‘ave no reason not to be straight with you. And those people is the same ghetto people who ‘ave to teach the yout’ around them, because nobody else is gonna do it. It’s we the deejay, the singers and the Rastas who tell them you mustn’t skylark and all them t’ings because you gonna go to jail where people will take steps with you. We tell the people that they have to live right so there is no reason for them to go to court, and if they don’t go to court they can’t go to jail. We tell them to try and keep their families together.

‘Of course the forces is there, the forces that didn’t want that to go on. They don’t want people to be anything other than stupid, but we can’t let that happen. That’s why the music was made that way then, because instead of just to praise Jah it had other work to do. We knew we held the power.’

— Big Youth, as quoted in Lloyd Bradley’s Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 359 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

The Intruders — “Win Place or Show (She’s A Winner)” — Philadelphia International Records: 40th Anniversary

Sir Victor Uwaifo & His Melody Maestros — “Akayan Ekassa” — Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970’s Funky Lagos

Davie Allan & The Arrows — “Moondawg ’65” — Devil’s Rumble: Anthology ’64-‘68

Meral Atakök — “Masa Üstünde Testi” — Saz Beat: Turkish Rock, Funk, And Psychedelic Music Of The 1960s And 1970s

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

Big Youth — “Marcus Garvey Dread” — Dread Locks Dread

Kip Tyler & The Flips — “Jungle Hop” — Big Box of Link Wray and More Kings of Distortion

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

R. Dean Taylor — “There’s a Ghost in My House” — Mod Anthems Vol. 2

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Ennio Morricone — “Twist Delle Zitelle” — I Malamondo

THE SECOND SET

ESG — “You Make No Sense” — Come Away With ESG

Dr. Nico — “Basi Ya African Jazz” — Congo: Rumba On The River

Creations Unlimited — “Corruption Is The Thing” — Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio

Flash (38) — “Where Is The Love?” — Thai Beat A Go Go Vol. 3: Groovy 60’s Sounds from the Land of Smile!

Little Ike — “She Can Rock” — Mad Mike Monsters: A Tribute To Mad Mike Petrovich Vol. 1

Cumbia En Moog — “Cumbia Del Sal” — The Afrosound of Colombia Vol.1

The Bumps — “Hey Girl” — Northwest Battle of the Bands Vol. 4

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

Round Robin Monopoly — “Little People” — Ancestors Of Rap: A Collection Of Highly Underrated Prototype Rap Songs

Stelvio Cipriani — “Blindman’s Arrival” — Blindman OST

THE THIRD SET

Candy & The Kisses — “The 81” — Do ‘The 81’ And Other Soul Classics

Ali Hassan Kuban — “Henna” — Walk Like A Nubian

The Wildtones — “King Cobra” — Twistin’ Rumble!! 1

The Loving Darks — “Complicado” — Psicofasicos De Bolivia

James Brown & The Famous Flames — “I’ll Go Crazy” — Live at the Apollo

Mus D. S. — “Ahai Dara” — Padang Moonrise: The Birth of the Modern Indonesian Recording Industry ⋆ 1955-69

Paul Revere & the Raiders — “Let Me! [45 Version]” — Hungry for Kicks: Singles & Choice Cuts 1965-69

Tapper Zukie — “Phensic” — Attack Collection Vol. 2

THE FINAL SET

Pharoah Sanders — “High Life” — Wisdom Through Music

Mehrpouy — “Ghabileye Leyli” — Persian Funk

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

Lea & Domingo — “Pas Mal” — Jalousie

Sparks — “Whippings and Apologies” — A Woofer in Tweeter’s Clothing

Tommy McCook & The Supersonics — “Dub with Strings” — Pleasure Dub

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Basil Kirchin — “Primitive London 1” — Primitive  London OST

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Pictured: Françoise Hardy.

As it was readied for release, [Nick Drake producer Joe Boyd’s company] Witchseason still had the challenge of turning Nick into a viable commercial proposition. He wasn’t gigging, so having him write for others was an obvious area to explore. The Jackie article had mentioned that his ‘songs are widely admired by singers like Françoise Hardy’. She had indeed been struck by Five Leaves Left. By her account, ‘The “soul” that emerged from his songs touched me deeply – romantic melodies, poetic but at the same time refined – as well as the so-individual timbre of his voice, which added to the melancholy of the whole thing.’

Nick was cautiously open to the idea of writing something for her, so Joe set up a meeting through the arranger and producer Tony Cox, who was often in Sound Techniques and was interested in the possibility of arranging and producing Françoise. One day in June the three of them flew to Paris.

‘We checked into a hotel, then went to meet her in her fabulous apartment in an old tenement in the Île Saint-Louis,’ says Tony. According to a contemporary report, the top-floor flat was ‘cool and moody, with white walls and black carpets’. The encounter was no more colourful. ‘I don’t think Nick had a guitar with him, and he didn’t take my cues to speak,’ says Joe. ‘She didn’t say much either, which left me doing most of the talking. The whole meeting was awkward. We left it that she would let us know if she wanted to record anything of his, and didn’t hear from her again.’

— Richard Morton Jack, Nick Drake: The Life.

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THE FIRST SET

Bettye Swann — “Kiss My Love Goodbye” — Crème De La Crème: Philly Soul Classics and Rarities

The Sweet Talks — “Kye Kye Pe Aware” — Ghana Soundz Vol. 2: Afro-Beat, Funk and Fusion in 70’s Ghana

The A-Jacks — “Fury” — Sleazy Surf! Vol. 1

Champagne — “Funky Do” — Saigon Supersound Vol. 2

The Yardbirds — “Little Games [Single Version]” — Ultimate!

Susan Cadogan — “Dub It” — Clocktower 45rpm

Jack Fascinato — “Road Runner” — Jack Fascinato Arranges Things

Gokben — “Eninde Sonunda” — Turkish Freakout 2: Psych-Folk 1970-1978

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Billy Mize — “Planet Named Desire” — Desperate Rock ‘N’ Roll Vol. 11

THE SECOND SET

Traffic Sound — “Meshkalina” — Traffic Sound ‘68-‘69

Suicide — “Rain of Ruin” — A Way of Life

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

Bunker Hill — “Little Red Riding Hood” — ‘Black’ Rock ‘N’ Roll – Savage Kick Vol. 01

Joseph Kamga — “Sie Tcheu” — Cameroon Garage Funk 1964-1979

The Scot Richard Case — “Midnight to Six Man” — A Square (Of Course): The Story of Michigan’s Legendary A-Square Records

Phillip Smart Meets The Aggravators — “Flat Foot Hussling Dub” — At King Tubby’s

Pearly Queen — “Jungle Walk” — Quit Jivin’: A Funk Anthology

THE THIRD SET

Françoise Hardy — “Et Même” — The Vogue Years

The Swinging Astronauts — “Crazy Stockings On The Moon” — Trip To The Moon: 14 Obscure R&B, Garage Rock And Deepfunk Songs About The Moon

Orkes Tropicana — “Pantjaran Kasih” — Padang Moonrise: The Birth of the Modern Indonesian Recording Industry1955-69

Damn Sam the Miracle Man and the Soul Congregation — “Sonny B.” — Damn Sam the Miracle Man and the Soul Congregation

El Sexteto Miramar — “Cumbia De Serenata” — The Afrosound of Colombia, Vol. 3

The Sonics — “Psycho” — Nuggets I: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era

Remi Kabaka — “African Hustle” — Son of Africa

Jack (The Bear) Parker — “i Need You, I Want You” — Stompin’ 24: More Early Jump!

THE FINAL SET

Cedric Im Brooks & The Light Of Saba — “Sabasi” — Cedric Im Brooks & The Light Of Saba

Funkadelic — “I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody’s Got a Thing” — Music for Your Mother

Marijata — “Break Through” — Afro-Beat Airways: West African Shock Waves: Ghana & Togo 1972-78

The Velvet Underground — “I’m Not a Young Man Anymore” — White Light White Heat: Live at the Gymnasium NYC April 30th, 1967

Zia — “Kermani (Instrumental)” — Goush Bedey: Funk, Psychedelia and Pop from the Iranian Pre-Revolution Generation

Bee Gee Stans — “Front Page Love” — Ol’ Virginia Soul Part 1: Jump Up And Down

Houy Meas & Dara Chom Chan — “Nek Na Min Rom (Who Isn’t Dancing)” — Cambodian Nuggets

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Jeanne Moreau (avec Marguerite Duras) — “La Rumba Des Iles” — India Song EP

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