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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.
Here’s what we played in Ep. 298 of No Condition Is Permanent:
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
Compay Quinto — “El Diablo” — The Roots Of Chicha 2: Psychedelic Cumbias From Peru
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
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
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.
Here’s what we played in Ep. 297 of No Condition Is Permanent:
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
Betty Dickson — “Shanty Tramp” — Teen-Age Riot!
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
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
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.
Here’s what we played in Ep. 296 of No Condition Is Permanent:
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
The Nite-Liters — “Itchy Brother” — Funky Crimes
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
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
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.
Here’s what we played in Ep. 295 of No Condition Is Permanent:
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
Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan — “The Cockroach Stomp” — Malamondo 3
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
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
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.
Here’s what we played in Ep. 294 of No Condition Is Permanent:
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
New York Dolls — “Pills” — New York Dolls
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
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
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.
Here’s what we played in Ep. 293 of No Condition Is Permanent:
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
John Lee Hooker — “She’s Mine” — Vee-Jay 45rpm
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 “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
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)
Pictured: Davie Allan & The Arrows.
Anyway, the myth—as Joseph Campbell has pointed out repeatedly—is what gives our lives power. Priests used to be the ones who devised the myths, but now artists are doing it. And myths depend on their geography—their places of origin—for their meaning. In other words, you can’t have a myth about kayaks in Peru. In New York you have to have fame to rise from squalor, whereas in L.A. fame is squalor and, for their survival, even the famous look to the Pacific Rim countries for ways to Zen out. In L.A. power is a man alone on a surfboard in a blue atmosphere, walking on water with nothing to do all day but catch waves; in New York power is a limo, the right clothes, the right tables, Leo Castelli, vacations in the South of France (where no self-respecting surfer would last two days because the Mediterranean sucks. I mean, I’ve been to Cannes, and you can’t so much as bodysurf on that ridiculous body of el blando water). The myth of L.A. is Maui. It’s ashrams in India, Tibet, Nepal; Japan in cherry-blossom season; those Japanese woodcuts of mountains, snow, and water. Of course, water means everything if you live in L.A., whereas if you live in New York, water is the least of your problems. In fact, the thing is to avoid water.
— Eve Babitz, “Rapture of the Shallows” from I Used To Be Charming.
Here’s what we played in Ep. 292 of No Condition Is Permanent:
Detroit Emeralds — “You Want It You Got It” — You Want It You Got It
Heads Funk Band — “Money Makes You Happy” — Hard World
The Gamblers — “Moon Dawg!” — Infamous Instro-Monsters Of Rock ‘n’ Roll Vol. 1
Elias Rahbani & Ziad Rahbani — “Bedouin Nights (Al Mahatta)” — Belly Dance Fever
The Move — “California Man” — Message from the Country
Coco Lagos Y Sus Orates — “Descarga Jala Jala” — Mag All Stars Vol. 1: The Best Of The Peruvian Orquestras Of The 50’s & 60’s
Roxy Music — “Editions Of You” — For Your Pleasure
Smiley Smith — “Voodoo Woman” — Desperate Rock ‘N’ Roll Vol. 5
Cedric Im Brooks & The Light Of Saba — “Sabasi” — Cedric Im Brooks & The Light Of Saba
Davie Allan & The Arrows — “Devils’ Angels” — Devils’ Angels OST
Phương Tâm — “Đôi Tám (Double Eight)” — Saigon Surf Twist & Soul (1964-1966)
Moses Dillard & The Lovejoy Orchestra — “Theme From Lovejoy” — Disco 75
Africa Ritmos — “Agarrem” — Angola Soundtrack 2: Hypnosis, Distortions and Other Sonic Innovations 1969-1978
J.C. Davis — “The Chicken Scratch” — Let’s Soul Dance: Black Dance Crazes 1957-1962
Ice — “Racubah” — Darkest Light: The Best Of Lafayette Afro Rock Band
The Creations — “In the Dark” — A Cellarful of Motown! Vol. 2
Grupo Samoa — “La Chinchilla” — Chicha for The Jet Set
Sadistic Mika Band — “Kurofune (2nd June, Kaei 6)” — Kurofune (Black Ship)
The Chiffons — “Nobody Knows What’s Goin’ On” — Sweet Talkin’ Girls
Orlando Julius with the Heliocentrics — “Love Thy Neighbour” — Jaiyede Afro
Bluestars — “Social End Product” — Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire & Beyond 1964-1969
Junior Murvin — “Roots Train” — Police And Thieves
Mickey Hawks & The Night Raiders — “Cotton Pickin’” — The Roots Of Psychobilly
Mahasti — “Delam Tangeh” — Goush Bedey: Funk, Psychedelia and Pop from the Iranian Pre-Revolution Generation
Coke — “Na Na” — Florida Funk: Funk 45s from the Alligator State 1968-1975
Kazi Arindam — “Mere Liye Too Bani” — Bollywood Steel Guitar
Funkadelic — “Sexy Ways” — Standing on the Verge of Getting It On
King Tubby — “Step It up in Dub” — King Tubby’s Hometown Hi-Fi Dubplate Specials 1975-1979
Bobby Tucker — “Juking Jiving Woman” — Stompin’ 33
Nyboma & Kamalé Dynamique — “Aicha Motema” — Nyboma & Kamalé Dynamique
The Uniques — “You Ain’t Tuff” — Paula 45rpm
Zohra — “Badala Zamana” — Habibi Funk 015: An Eclectic Selection Of Music From The Arab World Pt. 2
LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…
Sun Ra And His Arkestra — “Dreaming” — ‘To Those Of Earth… And Other Worlds’
Pictured: Vadou Game.
”Those who came before us rocked, bumped and grinded. They exuded raw sexuality, riotous anger, and sweaty human realism. They hoovered drugs or angrily rejected them, they humped strangers in club bathrooms in adolescent indiscretion; they broke shit, laughed, cried, partied on rooftops or in warehouses, exorcised cultural demons and personal failures, made spectacles.”
— Paul T. Bradley, “20 Worst Hipster Bands,” LA Weekly (8/2012).
Here’s what we played in Ep. 291 of No Condition Is Permanent:
The Detroit Spinners — “Working My Way Back To You / Forgive Me, Girl” — The Definitive Soul Collection
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou — “Akoue We Gni Gan” — The Skeletal Essences of Afro Funk 1969-1980 Vol. 3
The Savoys — “Slappin’ Rods And Leaky Oil” — Mad Mike Monsters: A Tribute To Mad Mike Petrovich Vol. 2
The Skatalites — “Fugitive Dub” — Hugo Mendez Presents Tropical Funk Experience: Island Jump Up: Caribbean Funk, Soul, Reggae, Calypso and Afro Grooves 1968-1975
The New Yorker’s 5 — “Cha Cha Baby” — Ai! Si! Si!: Mambo & Latin Flavoured Rhythm & Blues
Pianonegro — “La Cascada” — Diablos del Ritmo: The Colombian Melting Pot 1960-1985
The Isley Brothers — “This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)” — Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971
Vaudou Game — “Be My Wife” — Noussin
Park Avenue Playground — “The Trip” — 2131 South Michigan Avenue: 60’s Garage And Psychedelia From U.S.A. And Destination Records
Ricardo Eddy Martinez — “Expreso Ritmico” — Cuba: Music and Revolution – Culture Clash in Havana Cuba – Experiments in Latin Music 1973-85 Vol. 2
James McCleese — “Tell Me Why” — Marco 45rpm
Clint Eastwood — “Ganga Smoker” — Step It In A Zion!
Billy Nicholls — “London Social Degree” — 20 Original Mod Classics
Hafusa Abasi & Slim Ali with The Yahoos Band — “Sina Raha” — Kenya Special: Selected East African Recordings from the 1970s & ’80s
Ike Turner & His Kings of Rhythm — “Katanga” — Ike’s Instrumentals
Γιάννης Φλωρινιώτης — “Τσιγγανάκι” — Saz Beat Vol. 3: Turkish Rock, Funk, And Psychedelic Music Of The 1960s And 1970s
The Invictas — “The Hump” — The Graveyard Tramps Eat The Forbidden City Dog Food
The Swing West — “Oedo Nakobashi” — Now It’s Eleki Time
The Skiles Brothers — “Theme From T. C.” — Theme From T. C.
Junior Delgado & Augustus Pablo — “Raving Storm Dub” — DEB 45rpm
Teddy and the Rough Riders — “Money and Gold Pt. 2” — Dancehall Stringbusters
Very Be Careful — “El Viajero del Tiempo” — Escape Room
The Rolling Stones — “Come On” — The Rolling Stones
P.M. Pocket Music — “Kack Toi Mor” — Shadow Music Of Thailand
Reigning Sound — “So Easy” — Too Much Guitar
Sookie — “Choco Date” — Africa Airways One: Funk Connection 1973-1980
Sir Stanley — “I Believe I Found Myself” — Chains & Black Exhaust
Ros Serey Sothea — “Kom Kung Twer Evey (Don’t Be Mad)” — Cambodian Rocks
The Shadows — “Flyin’ High” — Surf Guitars Rumble Vol. 1
Alvin Cash & The Crawlers — “Twine Time” — Land Of 1000 Dances Vol. 2
King Tubby — “Hold Them in Dub” — King Tubby’s Hometown Hi-Fi Dubplate Specials 1975-1979
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers — “One Track Mind” — L.A.M.F. (The Lost ’77 Mixes)
Nkwitchoua — “Po Lusi” — Africa Gone Funkee
The Gap Band — “I-Yike-It” — Magicians Holiday
King Nando — “Mama’s Girl” — The Bad Boogaloo: Nu Yorican Sounds 1966-1970
Young-Holt Unlimited — “Doing the Thing” — The Definitive Young-Holt Unlimited
LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…
Charanjit Singh — “Jaaneman Jaaneman” — Eastern Standard Time
Pictured: Screamin’ Jay Hawkins in Mystery Train (dir. Jim Jarmusch, 1989.)
The record [“I Put A Spell On You”] became an underground sensation. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’s vocal hallucinations were perceived as being invocatory of all manner of horrible things, from anal rape to cannibalism. Self-appointed guardians of morality made their displeasure known to the record company (which exhorted, “D.J.’s – Be brave,” in an ad published in the November 24, 1956, issue of Billboard). The record was re-mastered so that its closing groan coda* was censored to a fast fade-out. This measure failed to appease, and the record was in the end banned by most radio stations. The pubescent sleaze-seekers of America, however, continued to buy the record in great numbers. It became a hit without a chart position.
— Nick Tosches, “Horror and the Foot-Shaped Ashtray” from Unsung Heroes of Rock & Roll.
* [As heard at the conclusion of every NCIP episode]
Here’s what we played in Ep. 290 of No Condition Is Permanent:
The Isley Brothers — “Work To Do” — Brother, Brother, Brother
Honoré Avolonto Et L’orchestre Black Santiago — “Dou Dagbé Wé” — Legends Of Benin: Afro-Funk, Cavacha, Agbadja, Afro-Beat 1969-1981
The Outlaws — “Hold Up” — Sleazy Surf! Vol. 2
Lee Scratch Perry & The Upsetters — “Popcorn” — Eastwood Rides Again
Rosco Gordon — “Just A Little Bit” — 75 MODern Sounds
Phương Tâm — “Bước Giang Hồ (My Wonderful Journey)” — Saigon Surf Twist & Soul (1964-1966)
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins — “What That Is” — The Whammee: 1953-55
Rüya Çagla — “Odana Serdim Halı” — Psych Funk À La Turkish Vol. 1
The Playboys — “Mope De Mope” — The Big Itch 4
Hasil Adkins — “She Said” — Out to Hunch
Brigth Engelberts and the B.E. Movement — “Get Together” — Booniay!! A Compilation of West African Funk
The Twilights — “Bohemian” — Weirdsville!
Volo Volo De Boston — “Pièce Nando” — Caressé
Martha & The Vandellas — “Dancing In The Street” — Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971
Los Seven Del Swing — “Silencio” — Cartagena! Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia and Descarga Sound of Colombia 1962-72
Ron Nagle — “61 Clay” — Bad Rice
The Marvels — “Rock Steady” — 100% Dynamite!
The Stranglers — “(Get a) Grip (on Yourself)” — Stranglers IV (Rattus Norvegicus)
Ennio Morricone — “The Saloon’s Girls” — Sonny & Jed OST
The Fleshtones — “Right Side of a Good Thing” — Hexbreaker!
Fair Nick Stars — “Arrete Mal Parlé” — Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque
Funkadelic — “Alice in My Fantasies” — Standing on the Verge of Getting It On
Kamal Ahmed & Mehnaz — “Tere Mere Larr Gaye” — Disco Dildar
The Geminis — “Big Brother” — The Jerk Boom! Bam! 4
Alnubia Band — “Kobana” — Egypt Noir: Nubian Soul Treasures
The Madmen — “Do The African Twist Pts. 1 & 2” — Buttshakers! Soul Party Vol. 3
Steve Black — “Precious Time” — Village Boogie!
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band — “Dirty Blue Gene (Alt 3)” — Sun Zoom Spark: Out-Takes
Sinn Sisamouth — “Dance A Go Go” — Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll
The Red Crayola — “Hurricane Fighter Blues” — Born Bad Vol. 4
Tappa Zukie — “Double Struggle” — Escape From Hell
LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…
Holger Czukay — “Persian Love” — Movies
Pictured: Charanjit Singh.
LET ART CONTINUE TO BE ENTERTAINING, escapist, stunning, naturalistic and glamorous – but let it also be loaded with information worked into the vapid plots of movies, for instance. Each one would be a more or less complete exposition of one subject or another. Thus you would have Tony Curtis or Janet Leigh busily making yogurt; Humphrey Bogart struggling to introduce a basic civil rights law course into public schools; infants being given to the old in homes for the aged by Ginger Rogers; donut shaped dwellings with sunlight pouring into central patios for all, designed by Gary Cooper; soft clear plastic bubblecars with hooks that attach to monorails built by Charlton Heston that pass over the free paradise of abandoned objects in the center of the city near where the community movie sets would also be; and where Maria Montez and Johnny Weismuller would labor to dissolve all national boundaries and release the prisoners of Uranus. But the stairway to socialism is blocked up by the Yvonne De Carlo tabernacle choir waving bloody palm branches and waiting to sing the “Hymn to the Sun” by Irving Berlin. This is the rented moment of exotic landlordism of Crab Lagoon!
— Jack Smith, Historical Treasures.
Here’s what we played in Ep. 289 of No Condition Is Permanent:
Barry White & Love Unlimited — “Love’s Theme” — Under the Influence of Love Unlimited
Eko — “Ndolo Embe Mulema” — Africa Airways Six (Mile High Funk 1974-1981)
Manuel & The Renegades — “Rev-Up” — Surf-Age Nuggets
Phương Tâm — “Tình Mơ (Dreamy Love)” — Saigon Surf Twist & Soul (1964-1966)
The Capitols — “Cool Jerk” — Sock It To ‘Em Soul: 60’s Club Soul Classics From The Vaults Of Atlantic Atco, Loma Reprise, Stax & Warner Bros. 1963-1968
Prince Far I — “Psalm 49” — Psalms For I
Jimmy Rogers — “Sloppy Drunk” — Chess 45rpm
El Combo Nacional — “Senor Boogaloo (Pt.1)” — Buttshakers Soul Party Vol.13
The Ramrods — “Soul Express (Pt.1)” — Funky Crimes
Juaneco y su Combo — “Selva, Selva” — Cumbia Beat Vol. 2: Tropical Sounds from Peru 1966–1983
The Salsoul Orchestra — “Standing and Walking on Love” — The Anthology
Gnonnas Pedro Et Ses Dadjes — “Dadje Von O Von Non” — Legends of Benin: Afro-Funk, Cavacha, Agbadja, Afro-Beat 1969-1981
The Fabulous Cyclones — “Cyclone” — Jungle Exotica Vol. 2
Mohd. Rafi & Chorus — “Phoolon Se Hai Meri Dosti” — Heeron Ka Chor (OST)
Gino Parks — “Fire” — That Cat Was Clean! The Mod Side Of Jazz
Scorpio — “Min Cinga’ Ou” — Ensem’… Ensem’…
The Kinks — “Gotta Get the First Plane Home” — The Kink Kontroversy [mono]
Blue Rhythm Combo — “B.R.C’s Groove” — B.R.C’s Groove
The Five Counts — “Going Away From You” — Last Of The Garage Punk Unknowns Vols.3 & 4
Junior Murvin — “Tedious” — Arkology Reel I: Dub Organiser
Roxy Music — “Both Ends Burning (7″ Mix)” — Singles, B-Sides and Alternative Mixes
Orchestre Super Borgou de Parakou — “Dadon Gabou Yo Sa Be No.2 (Afro Beat Dendi)” — The Bariba Sound 1970-1976
The Cramps — “Dopefiend Boogie” — Fiends Of Dope Island
Los Míticos Del Ritmo — “Willy’s Merengue” — Los Míticos Del Ritmo
Ervin Rucker — “Done Done The Slop” — Mad Mike Monsters: A Tribute To Mad Mike Petrovich Vol. 3
Tirogo — “Ajufo” — Float
The Velvet Underground — “I’m Waiting For The Man” — The Velvet Underground & Nico
Jang Hyun — “Pushing Through The Fog” — Beautiful Rivers And Mountains: The Psychedelic Rock Sound Of South Korea’s Shin Joong
The Birds — “Leaving Here” — Our Generation: 75 Mod Classics, A Way Of Life
Charanjit Singh — “Ek Main Aur Ek Too – Bass Guitar (Khel Khel Mein)” — Instrumental Film-Tunes
Bonzo Dog Band — “Karma Sutra” — The Doughnut In Granny’s Greenhouse
LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…
Syrinx — “Tumblers To The Vault” — Long Lost Relatives
"The compensation for the loss of innocence, of simplicity, of unselfconscious energy, is the classic moment... It's there on record. You can play it any time."
- George Melly, Revolt Into Style
"Reciprovocation ees the spites of life, M'sieur"
- Mlle. Hepzibah, Pogo