No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention.

But it wasn’t just comedy or theatre; [Frank] Zappa was continuing the tradition of the Happening artists of the late fifties and early sixties: Red Grooms, Jim Dine, Claes Oldenburg, Lucas Samaras and, most famously, Allan Kaprow. Kaprow wrote: ‘Not only will these bold creators show us, as if for the first time, the world we have always had about us but ignored, but they will disclose entirely unheard-of happenings and events, found in garbage cans, police files, hotel lobbies, seen in store windows and on the streets, and sensed in dreams and horrible accidents.’ If one had to situate Zappa in the canon of American twentieth-century art, this is where he belongs, along with the Happening artists and pop artists like Warhol, Rivers and Rauschenberg. Like them, Zappa responded to the banality of the world around him with sardonic humour. He preferred to express his bitterness through parody, rather than the righteous anger of Bob Dylan and the folk singers of the early sixties or the blind hatred of the heavy-metal brigade a decade later.

— Barry Miles, Frank Zappa.

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THE FIRST SET

The Intruders — “I’ll Always Love My Mama” — Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia

Eno Louis — “Hot Love” — Lagos Disco Inferno Vol. 2: The Cosmic Return

Danny & The Demons — “Countdown” — Strummin’ Mental! Part Three

Pan Ron — “Why Follow Me” — Cambodian Nuggets

Link Wray & The Wraymen — “Studio Blues” — Big Box of Link Wray And More Kings of Distortion

Hamid El-Shaeri (حميد الشاعري) — “Shantet Safar” — The SLAM! Years 1983-88

Syndicate Of Sound — “Little Girl” — Nuggets I: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era

IT’S MADISON TIME…

The Thin Men — “Indian Love Call” — Malamondo 4

THE SECOND SET

The Chosen Few — “Shaft” — Soul Power Funky Kingston 2: Reggae Dancefloor Grooves 1968-74

Jackie Lomax — “Sour Milk Sea” — Is This What You Want?

Les Gypsies De Pétion-Ville — “Gypsie En Douce” — Haiti

The Gardenias — “What’s The Matter With Me” — Shakin’ Fit!

Abelardo Carbono — “Quiero Mi Gente” — Diablos del Ritmo: The Colombian Melting Pot 1960-1985

Jackie Harris & the Exciters — “Get Funky, Sweet a Little Bit” — Twin Cities Funk & Soul: Lost Grooves from Minneapolis/St Paul 1964-1979

Vijana Jazz Band — “Koka Koka #1” — The Koka Koka Sex Battalion – Rumba, Koka Koka & Kamata Sukuma: Tanzania 1975 – 1980

The Sleepwalkers — “Golden Mile” — Backbeat Of Rock and Roll

Buppa Saichol — “Bored Explosion” — Thai Funk ZudRangMa

Frank Zappa & The Mothers — “Zolar Czakl” — Uncle Meat

THE THIRD SET

Linval Thompson — “A Big Big Girl [Extended]” — Ride On Dreadlocks 1975-77

Kid Creole & The Coconuts — “In the Jungle” — Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places

Bell’a Njoh — “Ebolo” — Sofrito: International Soundclash

New York Dolls — “Jet Boy” — New York Dolls

Afrosound — “Banana De Queso” — The Afrosound of Colombia, Vol. 2

THE FINAL SET

Roxy Music — “Do The Strand” — For Your Pleasure

The Hygrades — “In The Jungle” — Wake Up You! The Rise and Fall of Nigerian Rock, 1972-1977 Vol. 2

Mofungo — “Hunter Gatherer” — New York Noise Vol. 2: Music From The New York Underground 1977-1984

Prince Far I — “Daughters Of Zion” — Long Life

The In Crowd — “Blow” — A Slight Disturbance in My Mind: The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds of 1966

R.D. Burman — “Dance Music (from ‘Hare Rama Hare Krishna’) — Bollywood Funk: 15 Funk-Fuelled Grooves From The Bollywood Classics

Big Bob Dougherty — “Teenage Flip” — Screaming Black

Mon Rivera Y Su Orquesta — “A Mi Plin” — Latin Underground Revolution 3 (Ansonia Records Rare Groove: Mambo, Boogaloo, Descarga & Salsa From New York City 1960-1976)

Visions — “She’s The Girl For Me” — Fort Worth Teen Scene Vol. 3

Los Orientales De Paramonga — “La Danza Del Mono” — Cumbías Chichadélicas (Peruvian Psychedelic Chicha)

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Lion — “You’ve Got A Woman” — Numero 45rpm

Pictured: Los Átomos de Paramonga.

The slang term “funky” in black communities originally referred to strong body odor, and not to “funk,” meaning fear or panic. The black nuance seems to derive from the Ki-Kongo lu-fuki, “bad body odor,” and is perhaps reinforced by contact with fumet, “aroma of food and wine,” in French Louisiana. But the Ki-Kongo word is closer to the jazz word “funky” in form and meaning, as both jazzmen and Bakongo use “funky” and lu-fuki to praise persons for the integrity of their art, for having “worked out” to achieve their aims. In Kongo today it is possible to hear an elder lauded in this way: “like, there is a really funky person!—my soul advances toward him to receive his blessing” (yati, nkwa lu-fuki! Ve miela miami ikwenda baki). Fu-Kiau Bunseki, a leading native authority on Kongo culture, explains: “Someone who is very old, I go to sit with him, in order to feel his lu-fuki, meaning, I would like to be blessed by him.” For in Kongo the smell of a hardworking elder carries luck. This Kongo sign of exertion is identified with the positive energy of a person. Hence “funk” in black American jazz parlance can mean earthiness, a return to fundamentals.

— Robert Farris Thompson, Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy.

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THE FIRST SET

MFSB — “Sexy” — Disco 75

Kio Amachree — “Ivory” — Doing It in Lagos: Boogie, Pop & Disco in 1980s Nigeria

The Challengers — “Volcanic Action” — Lost Legends Of Surf Guitar, Vol. 3: Cheater Stomp!

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

The Storey Sisters — “Bad Motorcycle” — 61 Classics From The Cramps’ Crazy Collection: Deeper Into The World Of Incredibly Strange Music

Dillinger — “Cane River Rock” — D.I.P. Presents The Upsetter

Steel City Connection — “Steel City Disco” — Steel City Disco

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Gene Page — “Blacula” — Blacula OST

THE SECOND SET

Los Átomos De Paramonga — “El Apagon” — Cumbia Arabe (Obscure Psych Cumbia Gems)

The Conquistadors — “Sadness And Madness” — Soul Stormers: Up-Tempo Northern Soul

Les Gypsies De Pétion-Ville — “Le Vrai Bonheur” — Haiti

Dennis Coffey — “Gimme That Funk [7″ Version]” — Live Wire: The Westbound Years 1975-78

La Controversia — “Vision Divina” — John Armstrong Presents The Nuyorican Funk Experience

Fred Lane & Ron `Pate’s Debonairs — “Danger Is My Beer” — From The One That Cut You

Thanh Nam “Tếu” 11 — “bonanza (bát ghen)” — Hồ! #1 Roady Music From Viêtnam

Alejandro Jodorowsky — “Pantheon Bar (Bees Make Honey)” — The Film Of Alejandro Jodorowsky: The Holy Mountain Soundtrack

Dennis Bovell Presents The 4th Street Orchestra — “Half Way To Za-Ion” — Ah Who Seh? Go Deh! / Leggo! Ah-Fi-We-Dis

The Wrong Numbers — “I’m Gonna Go Now” — Teenage Shutdown, Vol. 10: The World Ain’t Round, It’s Square!

THE THIRD SET

The Congos — “Music Dub” — Congo Ashanti

Masters Of Reality — “V.H.V.” — Sunrise On The Sufferbus

Hamid El-Shaeri (حميد الشاعري) — “Yefkini Nesma’sotak” — The SLAM! Years 1983-88

Little Jr. Cannaday — “Sloppy Twist” — Mello Jello Vol. 2 …For Groovy Ghouls

Ozzie Torrens And His Exciting Orchestra — “Mia’s Boogaloo” — Latin Underground Revolution 2 (More Swinging Boogaloo, Guaguancó, Salsa & Latin Soul From New York City 1968-1972)

The Undertones — “Jump Boys” — The Undertones

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou — “Honton Kan Do Go Me” — The Skeletal Essences of Afro Funk 1969-1980 Vol. 3

THE FINAL SET

The Ramones — “You’re Gonna Kill That Girl” — Leave Home

Lea & Domingo — “Mozele-Paco” — Jalousie

The Kinks — “Big Black Smoke” — The Mono Kollectables Volume 1

Frankie Figueroa — “El Mejor Soy Yo” — Latin Underground Revolution 3 (Ansonia Records Rare Groove: Mambo, Boogaloo, Descarga & Salsa From New York City 1960-1976)

The Four Tops — “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)” — Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971

Omar Khorshid — “Solenzara” — Guitar El Chark

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Young Marble Giants — “Music for Evenings” — Colossal Youth

Pictured: The Fleur De Lys.

Of course, neither snobbery nor misogyny ended because typists and duchesses were buying the same dresses in Quant’s King’s Road boutique, or because men began to wear pink shirts and use moisturiser. But sociologists in the 1970s argued that ‘subcultures’ operated under the surface of mainstream society, challenging prejudice through rituals of dress and behaviour. Although criticised since for ascribing too much political intent to style, their analysis of Mod as a cheeky parody of middle-class smartness has yet to be bettered. As Dick Hebdige wrote: ‘The Mods invented a style which enabled them to negotiate between school, work and leisure, and which concealed as much as it stated … the Mods undermined the conventional meaning of “collar, suit and tie”, pushing neatness to the point of absurdity … they were a little too smart, somewhat too alert, thanks to amphetamines.’

— Richard Weight, Mod: A Very British Style.

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THE FIRST SET

New York City — “I’m Doin’ Fine Now” — Ready or Not: Thom Bell Philly Soul Arrangements & Productions 1965-1978

Orchestre Super Borgou de Parakou — “A Na Gan Garo Ka Nam (Afro Beat Bariba)” — The Bariba Sound 1970-1976

Mike Deasy — “Teen Talk (Part 1)” — Jan Lar 45rpm

Lata Mangeshkar & Manna Dey — “1956, 1957, 1958, 1959” — Bombshell Baby Of Bombay

Andre Williams  (with The Gino Parks Quartet) — “Don’t Touch” — A Fortune of Hits 1956-1960

Pinky & Killers — “Ore To Kanojo” — Nippon Girls 2: Japanese Pop, Beat & Rock’n’roll 1965-70

The A-Bones — “Gossip Gossip Gossip” — Baylor 45rpm

Grup Uyanis — “Halimiz Duman” — Turkish One Hit Wonders (1967-1976)

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Davie Allan And The Arrows — “Blues Theme” — Savage Pencil presents Angel Dust: Music for Movie Bikers

THE SECOND SET

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

The Fleur de Lys — “Wait for Me” — Mojo Presents: My Generation, 15 Tracks of ’60s Beat-Filled Teenage Mod Angst

Errol Walker — “John Public” — Scratch On The Wire

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

Majid Soula — “Netseweth Sifassan Nagh” — Chant Amazigh

Ted Taylor — “Daddy’s Baby” — Downtown Soulville! 24 Solid Blasts Of ‘60s Soul

Black Masters Band — “Wonnim A Bisa” — Essiebons Special 1973-1984: Ghana Music Power House

The Electric Frankenstein — “Land Of The Magic Wizard” — Instro-Hipsters a Go-Go! Vol. 5

THE THIRD SET

Lloydie & The Lowbites — “Birth Control” — Trojan Originals

James Brown — “I Feel Good” — Make It Funky (The Big Payback: 1971-1975)

Ibo Combo — “Belle Fleur” — Café

Fingerprintz — “Dancing with Myself” — Virgin 12″ 45rpm

Pierre Didy Tchakounte — “Ma Fou Fou” — Cameroon Garage Funk 1964-1979

Kid Creole & The Coconuts — “Darrio” — Off The Coast Of Me

The Impossible — “Hair Hair Hair” — Thai Funk ZudRangMa Vol. 2

THE FINAL SET

The Chiffons — “Sweet Talkin’ Guy” — Golden Girl Groups

Alèmayèhu Eshèté & Shèbèlé’s Band — “Tashamanalètch” — Ethiopiques 13 – Ethiopian Groove: The Golden Seventies

Iggy And The Stooges — “Search And Destroy” — Raw Power

Prince Jammy — “Fist Of Fury” — Trojan Presents: Dub – 40 Deep And Heavy Hits

Roxy Music — “Out Of The Blue” — Country Life             

Chivirico — “Belinda” — ¡Saoco! The Bomba and Plena Explosion in Puerto Rico 1954-1966

The Brogues — “Don’t Shoot Me Down” — Garage Beat ’66 Vol. 3: Feeling Zero

Akira Ifukube — “TV Go-Go Dance M [Take 1]” — Frankenstein Conquers The World OST

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Lou Reed — “Satellite of Love” — Transformer

Pictured: Sun Ra.

In spite of Sun Ra’s lack of interest in the new amplified music of rock, the staging, lights, and the sheer volume of the Arkestra alone caught the attention of the new rockers. His rap and costumes had an-ticipated the excesses of the late sixties. And in the meantime he had put on weight, and with his flowing robes he began to look like [R.] Crumb’s cartoon character, Mr. Natural (and, some would say, act like him as well). But the MC5 and the Stooges also heard in the music of Sun Ra, John Coltrane, and Archie Shepp a sound which they thought they might be able to get from their amplifiers if they were overdriven. They also sought to loosen up the performances of white rockers and assume the visual and musical interaction of free jazz concerts. Under [manager John] Sinclair’s musical and political tutelage, the MC5 took rock and roll in directions it had only teased about before. They came on stage carrying rifles and guitars, their amps emblazoned with inverted American flags. They played thirty-minute songs, planned an album to be called Live on Saturn, tried to get ESP to record them, created versions of Archie Shepp’s, Pharoah Sanders’s and John Coltrane’s compositions, and recorded “Starship” on their 1969 Kick Out the Jams Elektra album, using a poem from the back cover of The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. II (“There is a land/Whose being is almost unimaginable to the/Human mind …”).

— John F. Szwed, Space Is The Place: The Life And Times Of Sun Ra.

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THE FIRST SET

Isley Brothers — “Fight the Power (Part 1)” — Sweet Soul Music: 24 Scorching Classics From 1975

Okoi Seka — “Melokon Mebun Ou” — Ivory Coast Soul: Afro Funk From Abidjan From 1972 To 1982

Craig Calhill & The Offbeats — “Surfin’ Elephant” — The Surf Creature Vol. 3

Dur-Dur Band — “Ladaney (Woman’s Name)” — Mogadisco: Dancing Mogadishu (Somalia 1972-1991)

The La De Das — “How Is The Air Up There?” — Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire & Beyond 1964-1969

The Upsetters — “Return Of The Vampire” — The Complete UK Upsetter Singles Collection, Vol. 2

Syl Johnson — “I Feel an Urge” — The Complete Twinight Singles

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Compay Quinto — “El Diablo” — The Roots Of Chicha 2: Psychedelic Cumbias From Peru

THE SECOND SET

Bob Moore & the Temps — “Trophy Run” — Dancehall Stringbusters Vol. 2

Oliver Nayoka — “Ụwa Amalugom (The World Has Known Me)” — Aja Wele Wele

Carl Carlton — “Everlasting Love” — Sweet Soul Music: 23 Scorching Classics from 1974

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

Sonny Steveson — “Bessie Lou” — Dangerous Doo-Wop 4

Jack Ruby / King Tubby / Errol Thompson — “Time Hard” — Black Foundation In Dub

Reigning Sound — “She’s Bored With You” — Time Bomb High School

M. Ashraf — “Beti Beta / Dance Music” — Early Pakistani Dance Music Vol. 1 (From Original 7″ Soundtracks 1967-1975)

James Knight & The Butlers — “Save Me” — Florida Funk: Funk 45s from the Alligator State 1968-1975

THE THIRD SET

Somo Somo — “Mosese 2000” — Womad Talking Book: Africa

T. Rex — “Woodland Rock [Bonus Track]” — Electric Warrior

Wganda Kenya — “Rosalía” — The Afrosound of Colombia Vol.1

Sun Ra & The Blues Project — “Batman & Robin Swing” — Batman and Robin: The Sensational Guitars of Dan & Dale

The Raw Rhythm Section — “Raw Dub” — Roots Unity 45rpm

New York Dolls — “Don’t Start Me Talkin’” — Too Much Too Soon

Juaneco Y Su Combo — “La Incognita” — The Birth Of Jungle Cumbia

The ‘5’ Royales — “Right Around The Corner” — King A&B Sides

THE FINAL SET

Gasper Lawal — “Abio’sun ni” — Abio’sun ni

The Equals — “Help Me Simone” — Greatest Hits

Les Pachas Du Canapé Vert — “Désordre Musical” — Haiti Direct: Big Band, Mini Jazz & Twoubadou Sounds 1960-1978

The Velvet Underground — “Andy’s Chest” — VU

Benny Soebardja — “Sunny Day” — The Lizard Years

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Cream — “As You Said” — Wheels Of Fire

Pictured: The Poets of Rhythm.

Oppressed people are the ones who need heroes in the deepest sense of idols that come from among them and can show them a way upwards to release and happiness. James Brown is the greatest American black hero; more than any of their dissenters, more even than Dr King. He is so much to them because of his distance above them as the most famous of all Soul and Rock singers; because he started life far below them, shining shoes on the doorstep of a Georgia radio station; and because this ascent has given him a bulging conceit which, like an itchy ectoplasm, reaches black audiences, somehow transformed to pride that they deserve to feel in themselves but have been denied. He is great, above all, for his music, for never having withdrawn, as the Beatles did, to be cut and issued from record studios by scientific means. After 15 years, every night he is miraculously recreated on the stage of one desperate city or another.

— Philip Norman, “Mister Messiah,”  The Sunday Times Magazine, March 7, 1971.

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THE FIRST SET

Imagination — “Just An Illusion” — In The Heat Of The Night

J.M. Tim And Foty — “Douala By Night” — African Funk Experimentals (1977-1979)

Walt Lawrence & The Castaways — “Cascade” — Strummin’ Mental! Volume 5

Los Revolucionarios — “Caribe” — Los Revolucionarios

Ken Jones — “Chicken Pot Pie” — Mambo 10: Nitty Gritty

Jimmy Riley — “Sons Of Negus” — Lee Perry: Divine Madness…Definitely!

The Five Du-Tones — “Shake A Tail Feather” — Let’s Soul Dance: Black Dance Crazes 1957-1962

Abelardo Carbonó Y Su Conjunto — “Quiero A Mi Gente” — Guana Tangula

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Betty Dickson — “Shanty Tramp” — Teen-Age Riot!

THE SECOND SET

Santrofi-Ansa — “Shakabula” — Essiebons Special 1973 – 1984: Ghana Music Power House

The Poets of Rhythm — “More Mess On My Thing” — Anthology 1992-2003

Najib Al Housh — “Ya Aen Daly” — Habibi Funk 015: An Eclectic Selection Of Music From The Arab World, Part 2

Bob Vidone & The Rhythm Rockers — “Going My Way” — Sin Alley!: 30 Real Gone Rockabilly & R&B Howlers!

Marcia Griffiths — “Feel Like Jumping” — Feel Like Jumping: Rock Steady and Reggae from Jamaica 1966-68

George Clinton with Parliaments / Funkadelic — “All Your Goodies Are Gone” — The Singles 1967-1971

Les Loups Noirs D’Haiti — “Pile ou Face” — Haiti

C-Jam Blues — “Gonna Find A Cave” — Rare Mod 2

THE THIRD SET

Western Jazz Band — “Usiamini Binadamu (Don’t Trust People)” — Songs of Happiness, Poison & Ululation: Dar Es Salaam Dancing Club 1973-1975

Frantique — “Strut Your Funky Stuff” — Philly Freedom

Los Wembler’s De Iquitos — “La Ferra Esta Aqui” — La Danza Del Petrolero

Charlie Baker — “You Crack Me Up” — Beat From Badsville Vol. 3

Omar Khorshid — “Lamma Bada Yatasana” — Giant + Guitar

Procol Harum — “Memorial Drive” — Broken Barricades

Tappa Zukie — “Falling Dub” — Tappa Zukie In Dub

The Jones Girls — “Keep It Comin’” — The Best Of The Jones Girls

THE FINAL SET

Ros Sereysothea — “Shave Your Beard” — Dengue Fever presents Electric Cambodia

The Only Ones — “Language Problem” — The Only Ones

Pablo Lubadika Porthos — “Madeleina” — Sound D’Afrique II

Bob Seger & the Last Heard — “East Side Story” — Heavy Music: The Complete Cameo Recordings 1966-1967

Manny Corchado — “Pow Wow” — Boogaloo Pow Wow: Dancefloor Rendez-Vous In Young Nuyorica

V.I.P.’s — “That’s It” — Frolic Diner Vol. 6

The Aggrovators — “Black Trap” — Jammies in Lion Dub Style

The Drivers — “Mr. Astronaut” — R&B Hipshakers Vol. 1: Teach Me To Monkey

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Ennio Morricone — “Il Grande Silenzio” — Morricone 2000

Pictured: Mick Ronson.

When rock does rear up on The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust, it almost feels like a cameo appearance, [Mick] Ronson strutting out to take a turn in the spotlight, unfurling a solo or some flourishes at the song’s end. A genius arranger, Ronson fits like a glove with Bowie because they’re both Apollonian in sensibility, all about clarity and control. From his much-praised guitar tone – poised perfectly between clean and distorted – to his contoured riffs, Ronson’s playing has a sculptural quality. A sense of stylised distance is also evident in the way the guitarist moved onstage: striding between legs-splayed poses that act out ‘guitar hero’, a Kabuki-like abstraction of rock-performance codes. Despite his discomfort with having to wear the theatrical costumes, Ronson instinctively grasped what Bowie’s vision required.

— Simon Reynolds, Shock and Awe: Glam Rock and its Legacy.

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THE FIRST SET

Spinners — “Mighty Love” — Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia

Pagadeja Custom Band — “Okpe See” — Afro-Beat Airways: West African Shock Waves (Ghana & Togo 1972-78)

The Pyramids — “Pressure” — Lost Legends of Surf Guitar Vol. 1: Big Noise From Waimea!

The Upsetters — “A Live Injection” — The Complete UK Upsetter Singles Collection Vol. 1

Tommy Neal — “Going To A Happening” — Mod Life Crisis: 60’s Mod Anthems For The In Crowd

Rosnah & The Siglap Five — “Gembira Ria” — Steam Kodok: 26 A-Go-Go Ultrarities from the 60’s Singapore & Southeast Asia Underground

Doctor Mix and The Remix — “I Can’t Control Myself (Version)” — Rough Trade 45rpm

IT’S MADISON TIME…

The Nite-Liters — “Itchy Brother” — Funky Crimes

THE SECOND SET

The Blue Birds — “Hussani Lal Qalander” — Pakistan: Folk and Pop Instrumentals 1966-1976

The Koobas — “Royston Rose” — Acid Drops, Spacedust & Flying Saucers

Seaboy & Nyame Bekyere — “Tinitini” — Essiebons Special 1973 – 1984: Ghana Music Power House

Velveteens — “Ching Bam Bah” — Fort Worth Teen Scene Vol. 3

Knowledge — “Camouflage” — Straight Outta Trenchtown 1975-1980

Bobby Byrd — “Hot Pants . . . I’m Coming, Coming, I’m Coming” — James Brown’s Funky People (Part 2)

Ibo Combo — “Ti Garçon” — Haiti Direct: Big Band, Mini Jazz & Twoubadou Sounds 1960-1978

Ike Turner & His Kings of Rhythm — “Twistin’ the Strings” — Ike’s Instrumentals

Los Crazy Kings — “Crazy Kings” — Greasy Rock ‘N’ Roll Vol. 12

THE THIRD SET

Novak’s Kapelle — “Hypodermic Needle” — Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares

Los Wembler’s De Iquitos — “Mi Negrita” — La Danza Del Petrolero

Albert King — “I Get Evil” — Mod: The Early Years Vol. 2

Black Santiago — “Paulina” — African Scream Contest 2: Benin 1963​-​1980

Funkadelic — “Loose Booty (45 Version)” — America Eats Its Young

Poder Del Alma — “Terciopelo” — Poder Del Alma

Mick Ronson — “Only After Dark” — Slaughter On 10th Avenue

The Sons Of Light — “Land Of Love” — A Place Called Africa: Songs Of The Lost Tribe

THE FINAL SET

Andre Williams — “You Got It & I Want It” — Rib Tips & Pig Snoots: Rare & Unreleased Au-Go-Go Soul, 1965-1971

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

Television — “Beauty Trip” — Television

Fruko Y Sus Tesos — “El Brujo Y La Bruja” — Tesura

Skip Ellis — “You’re Bad” — Last Of The Garage Punk Unknowns Vols. 3 & 4

Junior Ross & The Spears — “Bow Down Babylon (Dub)” — Stars 45rpm

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

The Ronettes — “Baby I Love You” — Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica

Pictured: Alemayehu Eshete, “The Ethiopian Elvis.”

The word dreadlocks is a good example. Until the end of the 1950s most Rastas were “beardmen,” but they still cut their hair. Some took to growing uncombed locks, like the Indian saddhus or the Ethiopian guerrillas who took an oath not to cut their hair until Ethiopia was freed from the Italians in the 1930s. Howell himself, his son says, did grow his hair for a short period of time, but did not encourage his adepts to make themselves too conspicuous and subject to victimization. He had only three fierce-looking locksmen guarding Pinnacle; people called them “mountain lions,” like the Ethiopian warriors. It wasn’t until the 1960s that locks became a more common style. 

— Helene Lee, The First Rasta.

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THE FIRST SET

The Trammps — “Scrub Board” — The Northern Soul Story Vol. 2: The Golden Torch

Jo Bisso — “Midnight” — African Disco Experimentals (1974 to 1978)

The Breakers — “Jet Stream” — Strummin’ Mental! Vol. 4

Poder Del Alma — “Bacanal 76” — Mimo / Bacanal 76

The Four Tops — “It’s the Same Old Song” — Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971

Ros Serey Sothea — “Don’t Be Angry” — Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll

Cozy Cole — “Cozy’s Mambo” — R&B Hipshakers Vol.3 – Just A Little Bit Of The Jumpin’ Bean

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan — “The Cockroach Stomp” — Malamondo 3

THE SECOND SET

Lee “Scratch” Perry & The Upsetters — “Black Panta” — 14 Dub Blackboard Jungle

The Real Kids — “What’s It To You” — No Place Fast

Karamanduka (Cantinflitas) Y Melcochita With “Mag” Peruvian All Stars — “Limoncito” — Acabo Con Lima Huyo Pa’ New York

The Undertones — “Listening In” — The Undertones

Alemayehu Eshete — “Mekeyershene Salawke” — Ernesto Chahoud Presents Taitu: Soul-Fuelled Stompers From 1960s-1970s Ethiopia

The Fabulous Shalimars — “Funky Line – Part 1” — Sock It To ‘Em J.B.: 20 Fabulous Tracks Inspired By James Brown

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou — “Ahouli Vou Yelli” — Volume Two: Echos Hypnotiques (From The Vaults Of Albarika Store 1969-1979)

MFSB — “Family Affair” — Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia

Miguel Angel Fuster — “La Quema De Judas” — Soul Jazz Records Presents Venezuela 70: Cosmic Visions Of A Latin American Earth: Venezuelan Experimental Rock in the 1970s

THE THIRD SET

Little Louie & The Finger Cymbals — “Shirley” — Las Vegas Grind Vol. 7

Orchestre Abass — “Ekule Nugble Nu” — De Bassari Togo

Wire — “Two People In A Room” — 154

Cahit Oben — “Makaram Sarı Bağlar” — Turkish Delights: Beat, Psych, & Garage : 26 Ultra Rarities From Beyond The Sea Of Marmara

Frankie Lee Simms — “She Likes To Boogie Real Low” — ‘Black’ Rock ‘N’ Roll / Savage Kick Vol. 01

Joe Gibbs & The Professionals — “Jubilation Dub” — African Dub All-Mighty Chapter 3

Harmonia & Eno — “Vamos Companeros” — Tracks and Traces

Mokhtar Al Said — “Bayt Al Qadi” — Raks Sharki (Classic Egyptian Dance Music)

Roxy Music — “All I Want Is You” — Country Life

Esuebio y Su Banjo — “Mi Morena Rebelde” — The Roots of Chicha: Psychedelic Cumbias from Peru

THE FINAL SET

Aural Exciters — “Maladie D’Amour” — Spooks In Space

Pamelo Mounk’a — “Youyourou Nyoumba” — Pamelo Mounk’a

The Velvet Underground — “Run Run Run [Alternate Mix]” — Scepter Studios Sessions

The Aggrovators — “Ten Pieces In One” — Rockers Almighty Dub

The Mono Men — “Wrecker!” — Shut Up!

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Phương Tâm — “Ngày Phép Của Lính (A Soldier’s Day of Leave)” — Saigon Surf Twist & Soul (1964-1966)

Pictured: Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers.

There were people I liked, though, like Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers. I never minded seeing them individually or as a band. Dee Dee knew them better because he would do drugs with them, and they were all junkies. When you talk to junkies, it’s hard to have a conversation, because somehow their mind will always be on getting drugs. I’d see Thunders in the street or at a club, and we’d talk. The best conversation I ever had with him was shortly before he died in that New Orleans flophouse in 1991. I saw him at the Limelight in New York a few months before that, and we talked baseball. I always liked him and thought he was one of the most influential guitar players in rock and roll. I would have liked to have done a recording with him, maybe a cover song or something, because I always felt that he was sloppy and always had a band that could be a lot tighter. He would have been better playing with me. I could have tightened up one element of the sound.

— Johnny Ramone, Commando.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 294 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

The O’Jays — “Love Train (Original Album Version)” — Philadelphia International Records: 40th Anniversary

Orchestre Super Borgou de Parakou — “Ko Guere (Folklore Dendi)” — The Bariba Sound 1970-1976

Travis Wammack — “Scratchy” — That Scratchy Guitar from Memphis

Lester Sterling & Stranger Cole — “Bangarang” — Jamaican Funk Experience

Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention — “Andy” — One Size Fits All

Dara Puspita — “Lihat Adikku (See My Little Sister)” — Dara Puspita 1966-1968

IT’S MADISON TIME…

New York Dolls — “Pills” — New York Dolls

THE SECOND SET

Eiko Shuri — “Yé-Yé” — Nippon Girls 1: Japanese Pop, Beat & Bossa Nova 1966-70

Deep Feeling — “Pretty Colours” — Love, Poetry and Revolution: A Journey Through The British Psychedelic And Underground Scenes 1966–1972

Nemours Jean-Baptiste — “Chaise” — A Visit To Haiti

Orville ‘Red’ Rhodes — “Lothario In A” — Velvet Hammer In A Cowboy Band

Sexteto Manaure — “Bajo El Trupillo Guajiro” — Diablos del Ritmo: The Colombian Melting Pot 1960-1985

Bobby Fuller Four — “Never to Be Forgotten [mono]” — LA Gemstones: The Rock Box

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou — “Se Tche We Djo Mon” — The Vodoun Effect: Funk And Sato From Benin’s Obscure Labels 1972-1975

Earl Van Dyke & The Soul Brothers — “Come See About Me” — 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection

Big Joe & The Aggrovators / Revolutionaries — “Living In Sin” — Keep Rocking and Swinging

THE THIRD SET

Little Hooks & The Kings — “Jerk Train” — Show Me What You Got! Sixteen Soul Slathered Sizzlers!!!

Arsenio Rodriguez — “Se Forno El Bochinche” — Nu Yorica Roots! The Rise of Latin Music in New York City in the 1960’s

Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers — “I Wanna Be Loved” — L.A.M.F. (The Lost ’77 Mixes)

Meas Samon — “Jol Dondeung Kone Key (Going To Get Engaged)” — Cambodian Rocks

Orgone — “Keep Searching (feat. Tiffany Austin)” — New You Part 2

King Tubby — “Higher Ranking” — King Tubby’s Hometown Hi-Fi Dubplate Specials 1975-1979

J.C. Davis — “The Splib Pt. 1” — Let’s Soul Dance: Black Dance Crazes 1957-1962

Fadoul — “Laylat Al Jadba” — Al Zman Saib

THE FINAL SET

Allen Matthews — “Allen’s Party” — Feeling Nice Vol 2: A Collection Of Super Rare & Super Heavy Funk 45s From The Late ‘60s & Early ‘70s

Sebastien Pynasco & Orchestre Black Santiago — “Sadé” — African Scream Contest 2: Benin 1963​-​1980

The Stooges — “I Wanna Be Your Dog” — The Stooges

Ilaiyaraaja / Vani Jairam — “Thanimayil” — Solla Solla: Maestro Ilaiyaraaja and The Electronic Pop Sound of Kollywood 1977-1983

James Brown — “There It Is, Pt. 1 [Mono]” — Star Time: The Godfather of Soul

Augustus Pablo — “Pablo In Fine Style” — In Fine Style: Original Rockers 7″ And 12″ Selection 1973-1979

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

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

Pictured: The “5” Royales.

We live in an age in which our Caesars no longer write their own speeches, but instead, like hollow actors, enunciate platitudes written for them, like so much vapid advertising copy. It has been so long since they have elucidated their own honest thoughts that honest thought itself is instinctively shunned as taboo, as something that might alienate the consumer. Much of the writing in magazines – not only about rock ‘n’ roll, but about everything – has taken on that same deadening quality, as if writers were ghostwriting their own thoughts to conform to some norm of taste. “Time [magazine] cries and lets you care.” Fuck that shit. “We Are the World” was not rock ‘n’ roll. It was the sound of Time crying. Maybe real rock ‘n’ roll is impossible in an age of safe sex, an age in which the youth of America seem more driven by venality than by venery, an age in which yellow suspenders are regarded as a sign of power rather than of putzhood.

— Nick Tosches, Unsung Heroes of Rock’n’Roll.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 293 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

People’s Choice — “Do It Anyway You Wanna” — Disco 75

Orchestre Super Borgou de Parakou — “Abakpé (Afro Beat Bariba)” — The Bariba Sound 1970-1976

Jaguars — “Exit 6” — Las Vegas Grind! Vol. 4

The Young Ones Of Guyana — “Grenada Girl” — On Tour / Reunion

Mutiny — “Lump” — Mutiny on the Mamaship

Los Destellos — “Cumbia Del Desierto” — Sicodélicos

Finey Mo — “Shake That Thing” — Stompin’ 6

Prasai Jaekankaeo — “Mor Khaen Ha Kho” — Paradise Bangkok: The Album

IT’S MADISON TIME…

John Lee Hooker — “She’s Mine” — Vee-Jay 45rpm

THE SECOND SET

Lito Barrientos Y Su Orquesta — “Kijis Konar” — Very Very Well

Chocolate Moose — “Half Peeled Banana” — Fort Worth Teen Scene Vol. 3

The Jokers — “Carioca” — Guitar Boogie

Poder Del Alma — “Mimo” — Mimo

B.T. Express — “Devil’s Workshop” — Non-Stop

Keith Hudson — “Formula Dub” — Playing It Cool & Playing It Right

Erkin Koray — “Fesuphanallah” — The Best of Erkin Koray

Lord Echo — “What Is That Feeling” — Curiosities

Mei Feng With Tony And The Polar Bear Five — “Secretly Love You” — Singapore A-Go-Go Vol. 1

THE THIRD SET

The “5” Royales — “The Slummer The Slum” — Monkey Hips And Rice: The “5” Royales Anthology

Sadun Jabir — “Ashhad Biannak Hilou (I Admit You Are Beautiful)” — Choubi Choubi: Folk And Pop Songs From Iraq

Elvis Costello — “Pump It Up” — This Year’s Model

Nho Balta — “Posse Bronck” — Synthesize The Soul: Astro-Atlantic Hypnotica From The Cape Verde Islands 1973-1988

T-Bone Walker — “Two Bones And A Pick” — Savvy Sugar: The Pure Essence Of West Coast Rock & Roll

King Tubby — “Dub with a View” — King Tubby’s Hometown Hi-Fi Dubplate Specials 1975-1979

Blossom Toes — “I’ll Be Late For Tea” — Love, Poetry And Revolution: A Journey Through The British Psychedelic And Underground Scenes 1966–1972

Los Alegres Diablos — “La Motilona” — Diablos del Ritmo: The Colombian Melting Pot 1960-1985

Four Tops — “Bernadette” — Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971

THE FINAL SET

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

The Parliaments — “Don’t Be Sore At Me” — Testify! The Best of the Early Years

Juaneco Y Su Combo — “Me Robaron Mi Runa Mula” — Leyenda Amazónica

Myron Lee & The Caddies — “Aw C’Mon Baby” — Wild Streak Vol. 2

Tabu Ley — “Sey Sey” — Congo: Rumba On The River

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Michael Nesmith — “Marie’s Theme” — The Prison (Original Mix)