No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: Gram Parsons.

The service was impersonal and cold; it seemed the priest knew nothing about Clarence. His friends questioned whether Clarence would have even wanted a religious burial. The mood at the graveside was somber and confused. The musicians stood by the grave, packed shoulder to shoulder, looking at one another. No one thought Clarence was being given a proper send-off, but no one knew how to respond.

Suddenly, Gram opened his mouth and began to sing “Farther Along”…

The moment crystallized why Gram Parsons is a legendary figure and should be. Grief-stricken, irritated by the priest, heartbroken over Clarence White’s death, and loaded on pills, liquor, and likely heroin, Gram remained the one person at the grave who knew how to illuminate that precious moment. When all around him were paralyzed—and when all were likely far more competent in day-to-day problem-solving than Gram—Gram alone understood what the soul of the moment required. He understood the poetry necessary to deal with the pain. With his own profound connection to grief and loss, Gram understood how to grant the assembled throng catharsis, and Clarence White release.

— David N. Meyer, Twenty Thousand Roads.

Here’s last Saturday’s episode of No Condition Is Permanent, far livelier than the service described above, no less dissolute and so much the better for being so. Hear for yourself! Just click… right… down… there…

 

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 235 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

Eddie Kendricks — “Let Me Run Into Your Lonely Heart” — Keep On Truckin’: The Motown Solo Albums, Vol. 1

Super Wings — “Someone Will Show Me The Way” — My Love Is For You

The Jesters — “Arab” — The Surf Creature

Sharhabil Ahmed — “El Bambi” — The King Of Sudanese Jazz

The Fleshtones — “Comin’ In Dead” — Blast Off

Dennis Alcapone — “It Must Come” — Guns Don’t Argue: The Anthology ’70-77

Joey Pastrana And His Orchestra — “My Shingaling” — Broasted Or Fried: Latin Breakbeats, Basslines & Boogaloo

IT’S MADISON TIME…

The Magics — “Zombie Walk” — Murder On Your Ears

THE SECOND SET

Roxy Music — “Trash” — Manifesto

Livy Ekemezie — “Friday Night” — Friday Night

Vic Pitts And The Cheaters — “Loose Boodie (Unreleased Version)” — The Lost Tapes

Đàn Bầu Việtnam — “Chinese Song” — Hồ #1 Roady Music From Viêtnam

Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant — “Cotton Pickin’” — Stratosphere Boogie: The Flaming Guitars of Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant

Joe Cuba — “Sock It To Me” — We Got Latin Soul

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

Dönüşüm — “Osman Pehlivan” — Saz Beat Vol. 3: Turkish Rock, Funk, And Psychedelic Music Of The 1960s And 1970s

The Isley Brothers — “Tell Me It’s Just A Rumour Baby” — This Is Northern Soul! The Motown Sound, Vol. 1

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

THE THIRD SET

Dave Hamilton — “The Deacons” — Dave Hamilton’s Detroit Funk

Grupo Los Caneyes — “Oye Oyea” — Revolucion! Original Cuban Funk Grooves 1967-1978

The Soulettes — “It’s Alright” — Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground

Los Orientales De Paramonga — “Lobos Al Escape” — Cumbías Chichadélicas (Peruvian Psychedelic Chicha)

Andre Williams & His Orchestra — “Soul Groove” — Rib Tips & Pig Snoots: Rare & Unreleased Au-Go-Go Soul 1965-1971

Les Gypsies De Petion-Ville — “Passe Le Temps” — Patience

The Enchanters — “Native Love” — Jungle Jive

Ngalle Jojo — “Ngigna Loko” — Africa Airways Six (Mile High Funk 1974-1981)

Freedom Five — “To Save My Soul” — Last of the Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 2

THE FINAL SET

Pamelo Mounk’a — “Amour De Nombakele” — Pamelo Mounk’a

Suicide — “Keep Your Dreams” — Suicide

The Prophets — “South West Block” — King Tubby’s Prophecies Of Dub

The Velvet Underground — “Temptation Inside Your Heart” — Peel Slowly And See

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

Gram Parsons — “Las Vegas” — Grievous Angel

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Ennio Morricone — “Punto e basta” — Ad Ogni Costo (Grand Slam) OST

Pictured: Ennio Morricone (1928-2020).

There’s a moment in The Harder They Come when Jimmy Cliff and his fellow rude boys sit through a spaghetti western, enthralled by its images of retribution. Other people in this Kingston crowd are concentrating on the soundtrack — Ennio Morricone is the line that runs from Puccini to dub.

…His western scores draw attention to the glib sentimentality of the western myth, to its shallow, ahistorical treatment of violence. But Morricone’s music meets another Brecht criterion, too: it is not just clever, it is also popular and funny. There is, unfortunately, not much other music like it. 

— Simon Frith, “Sound & Music & Film” Collusion Vol. 1 No. 1.

The Outdoor Patio™ is still off-limits, owing to a lingering whiff of tear gas. And while you might think the ongoing inconvenience might upset co-host Lee-Roy, you wouldn’t be giving the dog sufficient credit. The programmers at the Madison have organized just the thing to buoy a young pit bull’s spirits: a double bill of Russ Meyer movies! And if the Buxotics are in town, Lee-Roy cares not who writes the nation’s laws. Learn more about what ensued, specifically why Reeshard keeps antacid near the DJ booth, all without mussing your ensemble. Just click down there…

 

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 234 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

MFSB — “Sexy” — Philadelphia International Records: 40th Anniversary

Rock Town Express — “Peaceful Solution” — Rock Town Express

The Ebb Tides — “Big Noise From Waimea” — Lost Legends Of Surf Guitar, Vol. 1: Big Noise From Waimea!

Mas Ka Kle — “Lese Yo Pale” — Sofrito: International Soundclash

Ramones — “I Just Want to Have Something to Do” — Road To Ruin

Juaneco Y Su Combo — “Un Shipibo En Espana” — Masters Of Chicha 1

Link Wray — “Run Chicken Run” — The Rumbling Guitar Sound Of Link Wray ‘58-‘62

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Max Romeo — “Wet Dream” — Trojan Box Set: X-Rated Box Set

THE SECOND SET

Jan Davis — “Snow Surfin’ Matador” — Jungle Exotica

Sharhabil Ahmed — “Argos Farfish” — The King Of Sudanese Jazz

The Easybeats — “Sorry” — Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire & Beyond 1964-1969

Grotto — “Wait… No Hurry” — Grotto II: ”Wait … No Hurry”

Duralcha — “Ghet-To Funk” — Eccentric Funk

The Latinaires — “Ya Llegaron” — Camel Walk

Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band — “Dirty Blue Gene” — Doc At The Radar Station

The Revolutionaries — “M.P.L.A” — Revolutionary Sounds

The Shadows — “Dance On” — Shadows Are Go!

THE THIRD SET

Willie Colon — “Skinny Papa” — El Malo

The 13th Floor Elevators — “Fire Engine” — The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators [Mono]

Koes Plus — “Kelelawar (The Bats)” — Dheg Dheg Plas Vols.1 & 2

Andre Williams & His Orchestra — “Loose Juice” — Rib Tips & Pig Snoots: Rare & Unreleased Au-Go-Go Soul 1965-1971

The Upsetters — “Upsetters Shuffle” — Lee Perry And His Upsetters Present Roaring Lion

Iggy & The Stooges — “Tight Pants” — Raw Power Sessions

Devil’s Anvil — “Shisheler” — Saz Beat: Turkish Rock, Funk, And Psychedelic Music Of The 1960s And 1970s

Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant — “Railroadin’” — Swingin’ on the Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Vol. 2

Monomono — “Tire Loma Da Nigbehin” — Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970’s Funky Lagos

THE FINAL SET

Felix & His Fabulous Cats — “Hey Tiger” — Twistin’ Rumble Vol. 9

Shango Dance Band — “I Need Your Love” — Shango Dance Band

Vic Pitts And The Cheaters — “The Trip” — The Lost Tapes

The Techniques — “Gambling” — Techniques In Dub

The Dootones — “Ay, Si, Si” — Ai! Si! Si!: Mambo & Latin Flavoured Rhythm & Blues

Nil’s Jazz Ensemble — “Reflexions” — Peruvian Funk

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Ennio Morricone — “L’Assoulto Naturale” — L’Assoulto Naturale OST

 

 

Pictured: The Ronettes.

Cut in mono, parts of Spector’s big orchestrations were obscured or lost completely. Phil willingly parted with them. His sound was an overview, a primordial feel of joyful noise, although many technical people in the business could not comprehend it. In New York, removed from Larry Levine and his unspoken command, engineers would jump on Phil about his decibel level and the resulting distortion of sound, to little avail. “He’d say, 1 don’t care if the dials jump off the meters, I want it to sound distorted,’ ” Arnold Goland said, “so what would happen is, on the master the needle would literally jump out of the grooves, that’s how loud it was cut. Sometimes there’d be recalls on his records and he’d have to do them all over again. But he didn’t care. He was going after what he wanted.”

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

No one could enter the Outdoor Patio™ at the Purple Bat Lounge last Saturday (it still reeked of tear gas), so the action was bottled up indoors. Feel the intensity! Smell the spilled Lee-Roy cocktails! Experience an evening on Brush St., without fear of personal harm! All by clicking immediately below…

 

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 233 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

The O’Jays — “Shiftless, Shady, Jealous Kind Of People” — Back Stabbers

Gabo Brown & Orchestre Poly-Rythmo — “It’s A Vanity” — African Scream Contest

Enchanters 4 — “Like Tuff” — Strummin’ Mental! Part 3

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

Jimmy McConville — “Scorpion” — Farrall 45rpm

Gülden Karaböcek — “Bana Gercekleri Söyle” — Psych Funk A’ La Turkish Vol. 2

The Coasters — “Bad Detective” — 50 Coastin’ Classics

Los Golden Boys — “La Negra Celina” — The Afrosound of Colombia Vol. 1

IT’S MADISON TIME…

The Tornados — “Jungle Fever” — Vampires, Cowboys, Spacemen And Spooks: The Very Best Of Joe Meek’s Instrumentals

THE SECOND SET

Ron Rogers — “Yaya” — Mutant Disco #3: Garage Sale

Trio Select — “Ensemble Select En Action” — Haiti Direct: Big Band, Mini Jazz & Twoubadou Sounds 1960-1978

The Combinations — “Voodoo” — Whip! Wobble & Grind! 1962-1964

Los Ovnis De Jorge Chambergo Porta — “Corazón Herido” — Bailando Con Los Ovnis

Shoes — “Do You Wanna Get Lucky” — Black Vinyl Shoes

Inner Circle & The Fatman Riddim Section — “Fidel At The Control” — Heavyweight Dub

The Ronettes — “Keep On Dancing” — Phil Spector: Back to Mono 1958-1969

Edikanfo — “Blinking Eyes” — The Pace Setters

Wire — “Options R (5th Demo)” — Chairs Missing [Special Edition – Studio Demos]

THE THIRD SET

Trinity — “School Days Version” — Well Cha’rged Channel One

Rose Royce — “Mid Day DJ Theme” — Car Wash OST

Lisandro Meza — “Acordeon Pitador” — Rey Sabanero Del Acordeon: Folclor Costeño De Colombia

James Carpenter — “Party Time” — Dave Hamilton’s Detroit Funk

Mulatu Astatque — “Assiyo Bellema” — Assiyo Bellema: Golden Years of Modern Ethiopian Music

Sparks — “Here In Heaven” — Kimono My House

Franklin Boukaka Ses Sanzas Et Son Orchestre Congolais — “Kue Tu Kuenda (Pachanga-Lari)” — Survivance [Bolibana Collection]

The Jokers — “Moscow Guitar” — Guitar Boogie

Charanjit Singh — “Chhailla Babu [From “Chhailla Babu”, 1978]” — Jonny Trunk & Joel Martin Present Bollywood Funk Experience

Bobby Parker — “Gimme A LIttle Lovin’” — East Coast Guitar Killers Vol. 1

THE FINAL SET

The Cramps — “New Kind Of Kick” — File Under Sacred Music: Early Singles 1978-81

Salim Abdulla With The Cuban Marimba Band — “Ndio Hali Ya Dunia” — Africa Dances

Little Johnny And The Silvertones — “Rock ‘Til The End Of Time” — I Still Hate CD’s: Norton Records 45 RPM Singles Collection

Lena Lim And The Stylers — “Luna, Luna” — Singapore A-Go-Go Vol. 1

Alan Vega and Martin Rev (Suicide) — “Mr. Ray” — Suicide (Second Album)

Camilo Azuquita — “Borombon” — Panama! 2: Latin, Calypso & Funk On The Isthmus 1967-77

The Equals — “I Cant Let You Go” — Greatest Hits

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Peppermint Harris — “I Got Loaded” — Rhythm ‘N’ Blues Vol. 2

Pictured: The Bar-Kays.

Before the turn of the century – the nineteenth century, that is – there was an underground craze that swept through black America. Someone came up with a catchy AAB twelve-bar structure with melancholy melodic intervals which provided the perfect frame on which to hang lyrics about heartbreak, natural disasters, evil white bosses and every other aspect of life at the end of a century that had falsely promised a road to freedom. Blues itself was an innovative craze that swept away decades – perhaps centuries – of folk traditions. We hear echoes of what disappeared in the recordings of Henry Thomas and Charlie Patton, but it is like trying to reconstruct a Cherokee city from a few arrowheads and beads unearthed at a construction site in downtown Atlanta. The destructiveness that comes with innovation is a process as old as history.

— Joe Boyd, White Bicycles.

Another Saturday night at the Purple Bat Lounge, no less and certainly no mo’. If that’s your idea of fun, just click a few pixels below…

 

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 232 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

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

Honny & The Bees Band — “Psychedelic Woman” — Ghana Soundz: Afro-Beat, Funk & Fusion In ’70s Ghana

The Majestics — “Big Noise From Makaha” — The Surf Creature

Joey Pastrana — “King Of Latin Soul” — Explosivos: Deep-Soul From The Latin Heart 1966-70

Billy Vaughn — “Boss” — Dot 45rpm

Ansel and the Meditations — “Tricked” — Jamaica Funk: Original Jamaican Funk And Soul 45s

The Gap Band — “Bad Girl” — Magicians Holiday

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Davie Allan And The Arrows — “Mind Transferral” — Savage Pencil Presents Angel Dust: Music For Movie Bikers

THE SECOND SET

Buari — “Karam Bani” — Buari

The Fleshtones — “Atom Spies” — Blast Off

Daniel Delord — “Maria” — Moris Zekler: Fuzz & Soul Sega From 70’s Mauritius

The Bar-Kays — “Knucklehead” — Sock It To ‘Em Soul: 60’s Club Soul Classics From The Vaults Of Atlantic Atco, Loma Reprise, Stax & Warner Bros. 1963-1968

Ersen — “Kara Yazi” — Love, Peace & Poetry: Turkish Psychedelic Music

Louisiana Red — “Seventh Son” — Shadrach And Boomstix!: Exotic Blues & Rhythm Vol. 9 & 10

Perez Prado — “Estoy Acabando” — Concierto Para Bongo

Roxy Music — “The Thrill Of It All” — Country Life

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

THE THIRD SET

The Five Blue Notes — “Somethin’ Awful” — Onda 45rpm

Tommy McCook & The Supersonics — “Many Questions” — Pleasure Dub

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

Hanan Bulu Bulu — “Alamy Wa Shagiya (My Pain And Suffering) [Live]” — Two Niles To Sing A Melody: The Violins & Synths Of Sudan

Incredible Casuals — “She’s Got Tony” — Your Sounds

Armando Sciascia — “Circuito Chiuso” — Psych Funk 101: A Global Psychedelic Funk Curriculum

The Barrino Brothers — “I’ll Take My Flowers Right Now” — The Detroit Funk Vaults: Funk & Soul from Dave Hamilton 1968-1979

Moncho Leña Y Los Ases Del Ritmo (con Mon Rivera) — “Bailando Plena” — ¡Saoco! The Bomba And Plena Explosion In Puerto Rico 1954-1966

The Versatones — “Tight Skirt Tight Sweater” — Beat From Badsville, Vol. 1

Sexteto Electronico Moderno — “Soul Limbo” — Sounds From The Elegant World: Groovy Night Club Music From Uruguay (1968-71)

THE FINAL SET

Sugar And Sweet — “Do The Dive” — ‘Black’ Rock ‘n’ Roll / Savage Kick Vol. 10

Rabbit’s & Carrot’s — “Las 4 Vulturas’ — Movers!

The Cramps — “Zombie Dance” — Songs The Lord Taught Us

Sarı Zeki — “Dom Dom Kurşunu” — Uzelli Elektro Saz (1976 – 1984)

BIg Walter & The Thunderbirds — “Watusi Freeze” — Rock’N’Roll Versus Rhythm And Blues

Verckys et l´Orchestre Vévé — “Oui Verckys” — Congolese Funk, Afrobeat & Psychedelic Rumba 1969-1978

The Rolling Stones — “Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)” — Goat’s Head Soup

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Houston & Dorsey — “Ebb Tide” — You’re Not From Around Here OST

Pictured: Lee Perry (r.) & The Upsetters.

Were you to look skyward while inside the Purple Bat Lounge, you could not help but note the similarity shared by the bar’s aged ceiling tiles and the hide of a dying animal. Pock-marked by random bullet holes, stained with smoke and bearing the affect of malign neglect by the bar’s owners, were that ceiling to speak of all that transpired beneath it, the reputations of many alive and dead would be sullied beyond repair. Mostly, we suspect, that ceiling would complain of its tiles being loosened by the 3 dozen (plus) tunes played by DJ’s Reeshard & Lee-Roy last Saturday evening. Click immediately below to hear whether this complaint is justified…

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 231 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

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

Segun Bucknor — “Dye Dye” — Who Say I Tire

Kiriae Crucible — “Salem Witch Trial” — Badger A-Go-Go

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

The Velvet Illusions — “Hippy Town” — Acid Head

Mehmet Pekün — “Dinle Arkadaş” — Saz Beat Vol. 3: Turkish Rock, Funk, And Psychedelic Music Of The 1960s And 1970s

The Pretty Things — “Rosalyn” — Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire & Beyond 1964-1969

The Swallows — “Bunga Berachnin” — Steam Kodok: 26 A-Go-Go Ultrarities from the 60’s Singapore & Southeast Asia Underground

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Freddie & The Hitch-hikers — “Sinners” — Sin Alley Vol. 2

THE SECOND SET

Los Camaroes — “Boo A Nun Muna” — A Journey Into Cameroonian Music

Kevin Ayers — “Didn’t Feel Lonely Till I Thought Of You” — The Confessions Of Dr. Dream And Other Stories

Afrosound — “Cachuca Bacana” — The Afrosound of Colombia Vol.1

The Young Generation — “Running Mod” — Local Customs: Downriver Revival

I-Mo-Jah / Phillip Fullwood — “Reorganize The Race (Marcus Say)” — Words In Dub

‘Frantic’ Johnny Rogers — “Sassy” — Granpa’s Gully Rock: 26 Dynamite R&B Gems Vol.4

Noppadol Duangporn — “Yaak” — Luk Thung! The Roots Of Thai Funk: Zudrangma Vol. 3

New York Dolls — “Pills” — New York Dolls

Joby Valente — “Disque La Rayé” — Disque La Rayé: 60’s French West-Indies Boo-boo-galoo

The Kinks — “I Took My Baby Home” — The Kinks [mono]

THE THIRD SET

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

John Cougar Mellencamp — “Authority Song” — Uh-Huh

Los Ovnis De Jorge Chambergo Porta — “Linda Colegiala” — Bailando Con Los Ovnis

Ike Turner & His Kings of Rhythm — “Trackdown Twist” — Ike’s Instrumentals

The Upsetters — “Future Dub” — Voodooism

Latin Playboys — “Same Brown Earth” — Latin Playboys

Abdou El Omari — “Zifaf Filfada” — Nuits D’été Avec Abdou El Omari (Red Album)

Brother JT — “T. Rex Blues” — The Svelteness of Boogietude

THE FINAL SET

Bootsy Collins — “Mug Push” — Ultra Wave

The Strangers — “Onye Ije” — Wake Up You! Vol. 1: The Rise & Fall Of Nigerian Rock Music, 1972-1977

Muvva ‘Guitar’ Hubbard — “Congo Mombo” — Dr. Boogie Presents Bear Traces: Nugget’s From Bob’s Barn

Jimmy Radway & The Fe Me Time All Stars — “Back To Africa” — Dub I

Suicide — “Johnny” — Suicide

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

The Googie Rene Combo — “Smokey Joe’s La La” — Sock It To ‘Em Soul: 60’s Club Soul Classics From The Vaults Of Atlantic Atco, Loma Reprise, Stax & Warner Bros. 1963-1968

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

The Jaguars — “Roundabout” — Epic 45rpm

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The Paris Sisters — “Lonely Girl” — Jack Nitzsche: His Restless Days

Pictured: Peter Cook & Dudley Moore.

They walked by the river, such as it was. A few hundred years ago and the Don had probably been a waterway worth a mention in the then town guide. But its trickle today was simply a means for ducks to get from one side of the overgrown village to the other. Joe did not feel duty-bound to respect his community. The gorgeous Regency terraces, wide streets and mansions set back from the roads behind ancient, high stone walls did nothing for him. The famous seats of learning disgusted him; education was an ‘out’ thing in his mind. The sedate way of life which attracted a steady flow of tourists to the town bored him rigid. The lack of discos, night places for kids and the ever-alert fuzz patrols only increased his boredom.

— Richard Allen, Mod Rule.

Tear gas lingered in the air outside the Purple Bat Lounge, forcing management to delay opening the bar’s Outdoor Patio™. Which put DJ Lee-Roy in a dour state but, broadcast professional that he claims to be, the dog & his co-host/minder/bail-bondsman Reeshard stepped up and entertained last Saturday evening’s crowd with nearly three dozen storming selections. Hear for yourself, simply by clicking on the big arrow immediately below…

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 230 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

Orgone — “Don’t Say Stop” — New You, Part 1

Akwassa — “Be Yourself (And Don’t Let Nobody)” — Africa Airways Six (Mile High Funk 1974-1981)

The Jaguars — “Jaguar” — Epic 45rpm

Claudio Veeraragoo — “Qui Fine Arrive” — Moris Zekler: Fuzz & Soul Sega From 70’s Mauritius

Hasil Adkins — “Peanut Butter Rock and Roll” — Peanut Butter Rock and Roll

Dennis Alcapone — “Forever Version” — Forever Version

The Emperors — “Karate [mono 45 rpm version]” — Penniman 45rpm

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Kenny Owen — “I Got The Bug” — Lux Lives

THE SECOND SET

Orchestre Elegance Jazz — “Ngalula Marthe” — Compilation Musique Congolaise 1962-1973

The Cramps — “The Mad Daddy” — File Under Sacred Music: Early Singles 1978-81

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

Vernon Harrel — “Slick Chick” — Twistin’ Rumble Volume Ten

Willie Colon — “Che Che Cole” — Cosa Nuestra

The Astors — “Candy” — Sock It To ‘Em Soul: 60’s Club Soul Classics From The Vaults Of Atlantic, Atco, Loma, Reprise, Stax & Warner Bros. 1963-1968

Chacalón Y La Nueva Crema — “Mala Mujer” — Chacalón Y La Nueva Crema

P.E. Hewitt Jazz Ensemble — “Bada Que Bash” — Spiritual Jazz: Esoteric, Modal + Deep Jazz From The Underground 1968-77

THE THIRD SET

Jack Ashford — “Las Vegas Strut [from Blackjack, 1978]” — Can You Dig It? The Music and Politics of Black Action Films 1968-75

Aura (Aspiritual Emanation) — “She Can Turn You Loose” — Spiritual Conection

Smacks — “Nobody Else Is Gonna Go” — Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things: Rare and Unissued Virginia Garage 1964-1967

The Revolutionaries — “Everywhere (Version)” — Roots From The Yard 45rpm

Gino Parks — “Same Thing” — That Cat Was Clean! The Mod Side Of Jazz

Bariş Manço — “Derule” — Turkish Delights: 26 Beat, Psych & Garage Ultrarities from Beyond the Sea of Marmara

Dave Davani Four — “The Jupe” — Capitol 45rpm

Riz Ortolani — “Decimazione Amanti” — Library Of Sound Grooves: Obscure Psychedelic Manuscripts From The Italian Cinema (1967-1975)

Joe Johnson — “Rattlesnake, Baby, Rattlesnake” — Jump And Shout!

Mister Lof — “La Main Noire” — Souvenirs Créoles Celini Vol. 4 – 21 Grands Succes Antilles 1964-1978

THE FINAL SET

The Stooges — “Loose” — Fun House

Chuito Velez — “Descarga” — Boogaloo Pow Wow: Dancefloor Rendez-Vous In Young Nuyorica

Lightnin’ Rod — “Four Bitches Is What I Got’ — Hustlers Convention

Fadoul — “Bsslama Hbibti” — Habibi Funk An Eclectic Selection Of Music From The Arab World

The Lushes — “Drunken Guitar” — Las Vegas Grind! Vol. 2: Louie’s Limbo Lounge

Linval Thompson — “Jam Down Rock” — Strong Like Samson Dub

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Peter Cook & Dudley Moore — “The L.S. Bumble Bee’ — Decca 45rpm

 

Pictured: James Brown.

The joint’s band drifted in and started tootling and blowing a few practice riffs on a bandstand beside the bar.

Single mud-kickers, black players and their interracial stables, started to park far-out pimpmobiles up and down the block. They peacocked into Pretty Phil’s all decked out in psychedelic threads.

Phil introduced me to the strangers. Many of the players I knew. The inside of my mitts were flaming from the palms I slapped. It was phantasmagoria. They wantonly danced to the funky band’s erotic pound. In the red-lit murk, there was the counterpoint bedlam of profane ribaldry as they loaded their skulls with cocaine and the bubbly. The mirrored globes revolving in the ceiling speckled their faces with flashing light. The meld of their perfumes was a near suffocating cloud. It was like Dante’s Inferno updated.

By four A.M. the joint was claustrophobic. I had gotten several ho licks and birthday wishes galore. But I felt lonely and blue, like a joker in a haunted house. I was in the basement of a pit. The superfox ho target hadn’t shown, and I was still just a welfare case of Phil’s.

— Icebeg Slim, Airtight Willie & Me.

Ordinarily, ‘themes’ don’t figure into No Condition Is Permanent. We document the atmosphere within the Purple Bat Lounge — a reality-averse zone in an especially bad part of downtown Detroit — on a given Saturday evening, whatever that might be, for better or worse. And that’s it. Having said as much, the events of the past fortnight couldn’t help but influence the most recent broadcast, and should our listeners detect as much in the evening’s playlist, so be it. Judge for yourself. It’s only a few pixels to the south of these words, awaiting your click…

 

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 229 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

The Impressions — “Make A Resolution (from Three The Hard Way, 1974)” — Can You Dig It? The Music and Politics of Black Action Films 1968-75

Blo — “Beware” — Chapters and Phases (The Complete Albums 1973-1975)

The Royaltones — “Black Lightning” — Sleazy Surf! Vol. 1

Culture — “Black Starliner Must Come” — Two Sevens Clash

Joe Simon & the Eugene Blacknells Band — “Just Like Yesterday” — Souvenirs of the Soul Clap Vol. 3

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

S.O.U.L. — “Tell It Like It Is” — Black & Proud: The Soul of the Black Panther Era Vol. 1

Marijata — “Black Beautiful Race” — Pat Thomas Introduces Marijata

IT’S MADISON TIME…

The Brothers of Hope — “Nickol Nickol” — Funky Crimes

THE SECOND SET

Bill Paul — “Am I Black Enough for You?” — 360 Degrees of Billy Paul

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

The Bobby Fuller Four — “I Fought The Law (mono version)” — Never To Be Forgotten

Yol Aularong & Liev Tuk — “Sou Slarp Kroam Kombut Srey” (Rather Die Under The Woman’s Sword)” — Cambodian Rocks

Link Wray And The Raymen — “Law Of The Jungle” — Mr. Guitar

Jah Lion & Junior Murvin — “Soldier And Police War” — Colombia Colly

Boris Policeband — “Tow Away” — New York Noise Vol. 3: Music From The New York Underground 1979-1984

Guido & Maurizio De Angelis — “New Special Squad” — Beretta 70: Roaring Themes from Thrilling Italian Police Films

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

THE THIRD SET

James Brown — “Soul Power Pts. 1 & 2” — Star Time: Soul Brother No.1

The Upsetters (& The Heptones) — “Serious Time (Dub)” — Party Time [Deluxe Edition]

Henry Flynt & The Insurrections — “Goodbye Wall St.” — I Don’t Wanna

The New Swing Sextet — “Revolucionando” — Monkey See, Monkey Do

Black Merda — “Cynthy-Ruth” — Black Merda

Peace — “Black Power” — Can’t You Hear Me? 70’s African Nuggets & Garage Rock from Nigeria, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

The Winners — “Cops And Rodders” — Boss Drag ’64

Duongdao And Chailai — “Mia Rai Duen” — Thai Pop Spectacular 1960s–1980s

Danny “Run Joe” Taylor — “You Look Bad” — Stompin’ 15

THE FINAL SET

Black Rock — “Yeah Yeah” — Chains & Black Exhaust

Jimmy Sabater — “Times Are Changing” — El Barrio: Sounds From The Spanish Harlem Streets

Sly & Family Stone — “Family Affair” — There’s a Riot Goin’ On

Kako Y Su Combo — “Cool Jerk” — Boogaloo Pow Wow: Dancefloor Rendez-Vous In Young Nuyorica

Wire — “Fragile” — Pink Flag

Fela Kuti — “Ako” — The ’69 Los Angeles Sessions

MC5 — “Over And Over” — High Time

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Marvin Gaye — “What’s Going On (Rhythm & Strings Mix)” — What’s Going On [2001 Deluxe Edition]

Pictured: Gil Scott-Heron.

Socrates didn’t have to look around to see the boarded-up businesses and stores; the poor black faces and brown faces of the men and women who didn’t have a thing. Iula’s diner and Tony’s garage were the only working businesses on that block.

And he hated bringing bottles and cans to the Ralph’s supermarket on Crenshaw. To get there he had to walk for miles pulling as many as three grocery carts linked by twisted wire coat hangers. And when he got there they always made him wait; made him stand outside while they told jokes and had coffee breaks. And then they checked every can. They didn’t have to do that. He knew what they took and what they didn’t. He came in twice a week with his cans and bottles and nobody ever found one Kessler’s Root Beer or Bubble-Up in the lot. But they checked every one just the same. And they never bothered to learn his name. They called him “Pop” or “old man.” They made him wait and checked after him like he was some kind of stupid animal.

— Walter Mosely, Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned

As doubtless you will note, with the merest gloss of what lies south of this sentence, still another stellar (given prevailing circumstances) Saturday night at the Purple Bat Lounge has been documented for your listening pleasure. Though ‘stellar’ might not be the most appropriate descriptor to quantify DJ Lee-Roy’s interaction with bartender/dominatrix LaWanda through much of the evening. It’s kind of a story. I’d say you had to have been there but now you can be, in the comparative safety of your own home. G’head, click down below and hear for yourself…

 

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 228 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

The Salsoul Orchestra — “Chicago Bus Stop” — The Anthology

The Sahara All Stars — “Take Your Soul” — Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sound Of The Underground Lagos Dancefloor 1974-79

Aki Aleong & The Nobles — “Body Surf” — The Surf Creature

The Aggrovators — “I & I Land” — Rockers Almighty Dub

The Mar-Keys — “The Dribble” — Stax 45rpm

La Logia Sarabanda — “Cajon De Castañas” — Movers!

IT’S MADISON TIME…

The Sonics — “The Witch” — Here Are The Sonics!!!

THE SECOND SET

Guitar Red — “Disco From A Space Show” — Personal Space: Electronic Soul 1974-1984

JK Mandengue — “Kosa Mba” — Africa Airways Six (Mile High Funk 1974-1981)

Flat Duo Jets — “Ooh My Head” — Safari

Susan Cadogan — “Dub It” — Clocktower 45rpm

The Small Faces — “My Mind’s Eye” — Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire & Beyond 1964-1969

Wild Fire — “Living On a String” — Tropical Disco Hustle

The Undecyded — “Make Her Cry” — Dearborn 45rpm

M. Ishak Dengan Five-55 — “Oh! Salina” — Let’s A Go-Go! Singapore And Southeast Asian Pop Scene 1964-69

Chuy Castro and His Orchestra — “Swahili Baby” — Baronet 45rpm

Les Loups Noirs — “Pele Rien” — Tanbou Toujou Lou: Meringue, Kompa Kreyol, Vodou Jazz & Electric Folklore from Haiti 1960-1981

THE THIRD SET

The Rascals — “See (Single Version)” — All I Really Need: The Atlantic Recordings (1965-1971)

Los Turistas Del Mantaro — “Agua Dulce” — Andina: Huayno, Carnaval And Cumbia – The Sound Of The Peruvian Andes 1968-1978

Ohio Untouchables — “Your Love Is Real” — Hot Stuff

The Organization — “Smokey Feeling” — Hugo Mendez Presents Tropical Funk Experience: Island Jump Up – Caribbean Funk, Soul, Reggae, Calypso and Afro Grooves 1968-1975

Bee Bee Queen w/Teacho’s Orch. — “Wanna Be Loved (All Nite Long)” — I Hate Cherries: Serious ’50s Female Jivers

Winston ‘King’ Cole — “Black Magic Woman” — Impact! Rare And Unreleased Reggae, Funk & Soul From The Vaults Of Impact! And Randy’s Records

The Contours — “Whole Lotta Woman” — In The Beginning: The Mod Story

Salah Ragab — “Egypt Strut” — Welcome To The Party

Wire — “Options R” — Pink Flag

THE FINAL SET

Gasper Lawal — “Kita-Kita” — Ajomasé

Angie — “Peppermint Lump” — Stiff 45rpm

Very Be Careful — “La Furgoneta” — Escape Room

The Rolling Stones — “You Better Move On” — The Rolling Stones

Prince Far I — “Things Nuh Bright” — Silver And Gold

The Sidewinders — “Jaguar” — Greasy Rock ‘N’ Roll Vol. 2

Chai Muansing — “Pee Koe Pee Ork (Ghosts Come And Go)” — Thai Beat A Go Go Vol. 2: Groovy 60’s Sounds from the Land of Smile!

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Gil Scott-Heron — “Whitey On The Moon’ — Small Talk At 125th & Lenox

Pictured: The Treniers.

The Choke was a Pachuco invention. The Pachucos were what we called kids who spoke with Mexican accents whether they were Mexican or not and who lived real lives. The Choke looked like a completely Apache, deadly version of the jitterbug only you never thought of the jitterbug when you watched kids doing the Choke. There was no swing in the Choke, it was staccato. It was Pachuco, police-record, L.A. flamenco dancing.

It was all done on the heels.

And the knees, unlike in the dirty boogie, were irretrievably glued together. The arms, instead of being swung were just, when not being used for some split-second-clue maneuver, forgotten about. So the arms fell where they might, as though they belonged to a dead person. The shoulders were hunched up and never relaxed once during the dance so the contrast between the dead arms and the hunched shoulders was kind of sinister like the villain in the movie smiling with a knife in his hand.

— Eve Babitz, Eve’s Hollywood

Immediately below these pixels lies the key to experiencing yet another Saturday night at the Purple Bat Lounge, that most frabjous spot in a decidedly vorpal neighborhood. Get down with your bad self, and click now…

 

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 227 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

Rose Royce — “You’re A Winner” — Greatest Hits

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

The Challengers — “Satan’s Theme” — Lost Legends Of Surf Guitar Vol. 3: Cheater Stomp!

Orchestra Harlow — “Freak Off” — El Exigente

The Cramps — “Jungle Hop” — Psychedelic Jungle

Gianni Marchetti — “Night In Saigon” — Library Of Sound Grooves: Obscure Psychedelic Manuscripts From The Italian Cinema (1967-1975)

The Chimes — “Zindy Lou” — Rumba Doowop ’55

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Ike Turner & the Kings of Rhythm — “Thinking Black” — Funky Crimes

THE SECOND SET

Orchestre Negro Success — “Nakota Zebola” — Les Merveilles Du Passé

Love — “Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark And Hilldale” — Forever Changes

Los Dandy’s — “Tu Cucu” — Lindo Amorcito

The Shells — “Whiplash” — Souvenirs of the Soul Clap Vol. 2

Gharbi Sadok & Georges Garzia — “Lala Tibki” — Habibi Funk An Eclectic Selection Of Music From The Arab World

Idle Race — “Hurry Up John” — Idle Race

Rockers All Stars — “Peaceful Man Dub” — Augustus Pablo Presents Rockers International Vol. 1

Curley & The Jades — “Boom Stix” — The Madness Invasion Vol. 2

Life — “2001” — West Indies Funk 3

THE THIRD SET

Hot Chocolate — “You Sexy Thing” — Super Hits Of The 70’s: Have A Nice Day Vol. 15

Mario Ortiz All Star Band — “Güiro y Pandereta” — ¡Saoco! The Bomba and Plena Explosion in Puerto Rico 1954-1966

The Ebonettes — “Wild Man Walk” — Beat From Badsville Vol. 1

Unknown — “Unknown” — Cambodian Cassette Archives: Khmer Folk and Pop Music Vol. 1

The Treniers — “Rockin’ Is Our Bizness” — Go! Go! Go! A Proper Introduction To The Treniers

Bossa 70 — “Si Voce Pensa” — Peruvian Funk

Reigning Sound — “You Got Me Hummin’” — Too Much Guitar

Mieko Hirota — “Nagisa No Tenshi” — Nippon Girls 1: Japanese Pop, Beat & Bossa Nova 1966-70

Bob Haggart & Ray Bauduc — “Big Noise From Winnetka” — Rumba Jazz 1919-1945: A History Of Latin Jazz & Dance Music From The Swing Era

The Chosen Few — “Collie Stuff” — Darker Than Blue: Soul From Jamdown 1973-1980

THE FINAL SET

Les Loups Noirs — “Pile Ou Face” — Haiti Direct: Big Band, Mini Jazz & Twoubadou Sounds 1960-1978

Keetie & The Kats — “Way Out” — Dancehall Stringbusters Vol. 2

Kazi Aniruddha — “Main Hoon Pyar Tera” — Bollywood Steel Guitar

Thunderclap Newman — “Holllywood Dream (Instrumental)” — Hollywood Dream

The Congos — “Fisherman” — Heart Of The Congos

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The Pretty Things — “Grass” — Parachute

Pictured: The Flying Burrito Bros..

I don’t know how Mick and Ronnie and little Mick moved so fast, but they disappeared, leaving me with Jo and Charlie Watts, the world’s politest man. I tried to move him through the sea of sleeping bags, wine bottles, dogs, bodies, and hair. Like a mule in quicksand, he didn’t want to go forward, didn’t want to go back. “Come on, Charlie,” I would say. “Just step right on them, they don’t mind, they can’t feel a thing.” The ones who were conscious and moving about said, “Hello, Charlie,” and Charlie smiled hello…

“He’s really very nice, you know,” Charlie said to me, talking about Gram. “I’ve been talkin’ to him about San Francisco, and the hippies and all that, and he’s got standards, he goes just so far and no farther. And when that girl came in, he stood up just naturally without thinking about it.”

— Stanley Booth, The True Adventures Of The Rolling Stones

Due south of these words lies the key to recreating last Saturday night at The Purple Bat Lounge, nearly 3 dozen tunes’ worth of it, in the comparative safety of your own home. The latter is probably looking a bit over-familiar by this point, so why not change the atmosphere and your mind while you’re at it?  Just click on the little arrow…

 

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 226 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

Love Unlimited — “Under the Influence of Love” — Under the Influence of Love Unlimited

Edikanfo — “Something Lefeh-O” — The Pace Setters

The Tornadoes — “Scalping Party” — Lost Legends Of Surf Guitar, Vol. 4: Shockwave!

Tita Duval Y El Nuevo Ritmo De Bobby Rey — “Batukacuto” — The Afrosound Of Colombia Vol. 2

Frank Scott — “She Said” — Las Vegas Grind Vol. 7

Sharhabeel Ahmed — “Irkos Farfesh” — Habibi Funk: An Eclectic Selection Of Music From The Arab World

Fleetwood Mac — “The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown)” — Then Play On

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Dave Barker — “Prisoner Of Love” — I Am The Upsetter

THE SECOND SET

T.Rex — “Beltane Walk” — T.Rex

Aura (Aspiritual Emanation) — “Ariya” — Spiritual Conection

The Fleshtones — “Cara-Lin” — Blast Off

Los Llamas — “Siboney” — Si Para Usted Vol. 2: The Funky Beats Of Revolutionary Cuba

Count Five — “Psychotic Reaction” — Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era

The Upsetters — “Version Train (aka Roots Train Dub)” — Police And Thieves (Deluxe Edition)

Dick Dale & The Del-Tones — “Del-Tone Rock” — Godfathers Of Psychobilly

Pier’ Rosier & Gazolinn’ — “Man Dé Partance” — Gazolinn’

THE THIRD SET

The Instrumentals — “Chop Suey Rock” — Mad Mike Monsters: A Tribute To Mad Mike Petrovich Vol. 1

Charlie Palomares Y Su Yuboney — “Vives Boogaloo” — Gozalo! Bugalu Tropical Vol. 1

The Cramps — “Dr. Fucker M.D. (Musical Deviant)” —  Fiends Of Dope Island

Franco & OK Jazz (feat. Vicky, Edo & Célestin) — “Ok Jazz Makila Mabe” — Classic Titles Aka African Classics

The Flying Burrito Brothers — “Lazy Days” — Burrito Deluxe

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

The Dovers — “The Third Eye” — 30 Seconds Before The Calico Wall

Françoise Hardy — “Je Veux Qu’il Revienne” — The Vogue Years

ESG — “It’s Alright” — A South Bronx Story

Lisandro Meza (Feat. Los Corraleros De Majagual) — “La Burrita De Eliseo” — Rey Sabanero Del Acordeon: Folclor Costeño De Colombia

THE FINAL SET

The Feelies — “Forces at Work” — Ork Records: New York, New York

Coco Lagos Y Sus Orates — “Coco’s Descarga” — Ritmo Caliente

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

King Tubby & Prince Jammy — “Higher Ranking” — Dub Gone 2 Crazy: In Fine Style 1975-1979

The Velvet Underground — “Beginning to See the Light” — The Velvet Underground [mono]

Gomidas Band — “(Title Unknown)” — I Remember Syria

The Rockin’ R’s — “Nameless” — Infamous Instro-Monsters Of Rock ‘n’ Roll Vol. 1

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Colin Blunstone — “Say You Don’t Mind” — One Year