No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: John Cale.

After the commercial failure of Vintage Violence and Church of Anthrax, I figured that I wouldn’t mess around with rock and roll any more, that I would do straight classical music. Yet the first thing I did when I went into the studio was put down a song called ‘King Harry’ which is sort of reggae — I love that music. Anyway, there is rock and roll on The Academy in Peril, but I don’t know where it stands. It has three rock and roll pieces: ‘King Harry’, ‘Days of Steam’, and ‘The Philosopher’. Ron Wood played slide guitar on ‘The Philosopher’. I really dove into this album and tried to approach it the same way I had approached the Nico albums, with a lot of overdubbing. This took a long time.

— John Cale & Victor Bockris, What’s Welsh for Zen

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FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE...

The Commodores — “Slippery When Wet” — Caught In The Act

Ephraim Uzomechina Nzeka — “Zombie” — African Disco: Deep Disco From 1970’s Africa

The Huaraches — “Breakfast of Challengers” — Curl Up With The Huaraches

Dara Puspita — “Pip Pip Yeah” — 1966-1968

Split Rivitt — “Soul Limbo” — Time! Gentlemen! Pub Rock Rhythm ‘N’ Grooves: Classic Cuts and Rarities 1974-1982

U‐Roy — “Back Stabbing” — The Lost Album — Right Time Rockers

LaVern Baker — “Voodoo Voodoo” — Mod: The Early Years Vol. 1

Grupo Atlantic — “Mi Vida Es Para Ti” — Sonideras Peruanas: Cumbias & Guarachas Limpias

IT’S MADISON TIME…

The Cramps — “God Monster” — Big Beat From Badsville

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Morphine — “Test-Tube Baby / Shoot’m Down” — Good

The Law & The Sandy — “Paradise In Bangkok” — Thai Beat A Go Go Vol. 3: Groovy 60’s Sounds from the Land of Smile!

Mickey Hawks And The Night Raiders — “Screamin’ Mimi Jeanie” — Profile 45rpm

Ebo Taylor & Apagya Showband — “Tamfo Nyi Ekyir” — Life Stories: Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980

Carl Henderson — “That Girl” — Eccentric Northern Soul

Gregory Isaacs — “Set the Captives Free” — Soon Forward

The Detroit Cobras — “Right Around the Corner” — Life, Love and Leaving

Malavoi — “A Si Paré” — Le Meilleur de Malavoi

The Yardbirds — “I Ain’t Done Wrong” — Ultimate!

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Oriental Brothers International — “Tax Drive” — Afro Psych: Journeys Into Psychedelic Africa 1972 – 1977

The Equals — “Baby Come Back” — Greatest Hits

Nisar Bazmi & Runa Laila — “Oh My Darling” — Disco Dildar 

Wynonie Harris — “Sittin’ on It All the Time” — Bloodshot Eyes: King Records Best Of 1947-1955 

Dennis Bovell — “Zion Dubb” — Dub 4 Daze

Marvin Gaye — “’T’ Plays It Cool” — Trouble Man: 40th Anniversary Expanded Edition

Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band — “Clear Spot” — Clear Spot

Los Kintos — “Kintos Instrumental” — Gózalo! Bugalu Tropical Vol. 4

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Andre Williams — “Going Down To Tijuana” — Mr. Rhythm

Meridian Brothers — “Delirio” — Los Suicidas

The Spiders — “A-1 In My Heart” — Rumba Doowop ’56

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

Zu Zu Blues Band — “Zu Zu Man” — A&M 45rpm

Tommy McCook & The Agrovators — “King Tubby Dub” — King Tubby Meets The Agrovators at Dub Station

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

John Cale — “The Philosopher” — The Academy In Peril

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Pictured: Slinger Francisco, a.k.a. The Mighty Sparrow.

He loved the flash, style, and humor of the Black players and valued them highly as “running partners” and customers. In his speech, dress, and body movements Eddie imitated the Black manner and was good enough at it to be accepted by the players as a “crazy dude,” a “bad motherfucker” who had “plenty, plenty, plenty soul.” He ran the place as he damn well pleased, which invariably led to trouble with the police.

Eddie was committed to partying and “acting crazy” as a way of life. Attempts by other club owners to get him to “clean up his place” (translation: “get rid of the niggers”) were greeted by him with total contempt. He antagonized police, other club owners, and anyone else he considered “square,” and reveled in his own defiant stance. After two in the morning, when bars are supposed to be clear of patrons, he would lock the door, draw the curtains, and party with the players, laughing, loud-talking, snorting cocaine, and serving drinks after hours. When he particularly felt like letting off steam he would take out one of two pistols he kept for the purpose and blast a few holes in the wall. After a few years, the wall panels were thoroughly perforated.

— Richard & Christina Miller, Black Players: The Secret World of Black Pimps.

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FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE...

Tavares — “It Only Takes A Minute” — In The City

Mad Man Jaga — “Hankuri” — Nigeria Afrobeat Special: The New Explosive Sound in 1970’s Nigeria

Link Wray And The Raymen — “Ace Of Spades (Alternate Take)” — Mr. Guitar

Kanong Krung — “Teungjai Bunpraruksa” — Thai? Dai!: The Heavier Side of the Luk Thung Underground

Peppy Prince — “Work, Man Work” — Heartattack! 1954-1965 Wild & Crazy L.A. R&B, Vol. 2

The Carltons — “Better Days” — Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry Presents Better Days: The Jamaican Upsetter Singles 1971 Chapter II

The Neon Boys — “That’s All I Know (Right Now)” — Shake To Date

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Chocolate Fudge Express — “Down the Line” — Turf 45rpm

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Ricardo Marrero & the Group — “Babalonia” — Welcome to the Party

Hasil Adkins — “Let’s Slop Tonight” — Chicken Walk

U-Roy — “Rock For I” — African Roots

Small Faces — “The Journey” — Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake

Dur-Dur Band — “Dooyo” — Volume 5

Tommy Smith Jr. Trio — “Cold Slaw” — Las Vegas Grind! Volume 6

Amor Indio — “Amor Indio” — Chicha for the Jet Set

Anita Ward — “Ring My Bell (Single Version)” — Songs of Love

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

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Damn Sam the Miracle Man and the Soul Congregation — “Smash” — Damn Sam the Miracle Man and the Soul Congregation

Tabou Combo — “Dans La Vie” — Haïti

The Para-Monts — “Come Go with Me” — Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground

Mighty Sparrow — “Sell The Pussy” — Volume Two

Mary Ann Fisher — “Wild As You Can Be” — Rock’n Roll Dance Party Volume Two

The Peace — “This Is The Time Now” — Black Power

The Gap Band — “Bad Girl” — Magicians Holiday

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Errol Brown & The Revolutionaries — “Trinity In Dub” — Medley Dub

Flat Duo Jets — “Theme” — Introducing Flat Duo Jets

K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas — “Awisa” — K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas

Suicide (Alan Vega and Martin Rev) — “Fast Money Music” — Suicide (Second Album)

Jay Mitchell — “Funky Fever” — Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay

Red Prysock — “2 Point 8” — Handclappin’ Foot Stompin’ Rock N’ Roll: 30 Booting Platters from the King of the Honking Tenor Sax 54-59

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

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Flo & Eddie — “Come To My Rescue Webelos” — Columbia 45rpm

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Pictured: Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti.

Saturday, when Fela presented his ”Comprehensive Show” complete with the Egypt 80 dancers and an enormous, ritual conical “cigar” presumably filled with marijuana and various native herbs, was also mainly a dance night, with the most diverse audience of the week; listeners traveled from all over Lagos and beyond to enjoy the music. For some attendees, a visit to the Shrine, with its marijuana smoking, go-go dancers, and anti-government lyrics, was an act of social rebellion in itself. Others came to engage, examine, or debate Fela’s political philosophy. Still other visitors were content merely to enjoy the music, irrespective of its political sentiments. Each show concluded at dawn with Fela pausing before the shrine in the rear of the building. With intense flames leaping into the air, the “Chief Priest of Shrine” paused flanked by two young male attendants to salute his ancestors and Pan-Africanist heroes, before returning home as the rest of Lagos awakened with the dawn.

— Michael E. Veal, Fela: The Life and Times of an African Musical Icon.

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FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE...

First Choice — “Armed & Extremely Dangerous” — Philly Freedom: 70s Dance Floor Anthems From The City Of Brotherly Love

The Ogyatanaa Show Band — “Disco Africa” — Ghana Soundz Vol. 2: Afro-Beat, Funk and Fusion in 70’s Ghana

Laika & The Cosmonauts — “A Night In Tunisia” — Zero Gravity

Azam Shaik — “Naam Ke Nawab / Dance Music” — Early Pakistani Dance Music Vol. 1 (From Original 7″ Soundtracks 1967-1975)

The Chuck Miller Trio — “Hopahula Boogie” — Dr. Boogie Presents Bear Traces: Nugget’s From Bob’s Barn 

Jackie Mittoo — “30-60-90” — Impact! Rare And Unreleased Reggae, Funk & Soul From The Vaults Of Impact! and Randy’s Records

Pace Makers — “Travelin’ Time” — Clock 45rpm

Pan Ron — “Don’t Speak” — Dengue Fever presents Electric Cambodia

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Daniele Patucchi — “Orgia Al Castello” — Library of Sound Grooves: Erotic Vibrations & Bossa Moods from the Italian Cinema (1966-1973)

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Bobby Williams — “Let’s Jam” — Funky Super Fly

Los Belkings — “Let Me” — Instrumental Waves (1966 – 1973)

Morphine — “Thursday” — Cure For Pain

The Nitty Gritty Sextet — “Dixie’s Mambo” — The Nitty Gritty Sextet

Jerry Green — “I Finally Found The Love I Need” — Personal Space: Electronic Soul 1974-1984

The Agrovators — “Dunza Dub” — Kaya Dub

Silvertones — “Get It” — Mad Mike Monsters: A Tribute To Mad Mike Petrovich Vol. 1

Los Darts — “Pregunto” — Sons Of Yma: A Collection of Peruvian Garage and Instrumental Bands from the ‘60s!

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Eloise Laws — “Tighten Him Up” —Backbeats: Detroit Gold – ‘70s Soul Grooves From The Motor City

Malavoi feat. Paolo Rosine — “Tout’ Je Pa Je” — Le Meilleur de Malavoi

Fleetwood Mac — “Coming Your Way” — Then Play On

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

Brown Bombers & Soul Partners — “Just Fun” — All Night Long: Northern Soul Floor Fillers

Dave Robinson — “My Homeland (Extended)” — Junior Byles & Friends: 129 Beat Street Ja-Man Special 1975-1978

The Selective Service — “Green Onions” — Main Line 45rpm

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Swingin’ Stars Orchestra — “Jam Jam” — Sofrito 45rpm

Blue Stars — “I Can Take It” — Decca UK FreakBeat Scene

I-Roy & The Ebony Sisters — “Let Me Tell You Boy” — Quad Star Revolution 1

The Ontarios — “Lover’s Mambo” — Ai! Si! Si!: Mambo & Latin Flavoured Rhythm & Blues

Fela Kuti — “Buy Africa” — Fela’s London Scene 

The Sonics — “Have Love Will Travel” — Here Are The Sonics!!!

Zia — “Kofriam” — Pomegranates: Persian Pop, Funk and Psych of the 60’s and 70’s

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Frank Ifield — “I Remember You” — The Best of Frank Ifield

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Pictured: The late Terry Reid.

The hall was filling and I was beginning to wonder if I’d find a place to sit when Michael Lydon came over with two tickets down front, stage left. We found our places in the press of youth, some in little pullover sweaters, some hairy mountain freaks, all seeming gentle. The Bob Dylan song on the public address system ended, a fraternity-brother voice boomed Welcome and introduced the first act, Terry Reid, one week shy of his twenty-first birthday, who looked gentler than anybody. Though he never arrived, Terry and his trio had been for the past year or so the coming thing in English blues. But his act seemed not to move this crowd, who may not have known that English blues bands were supposed to play and scream as loud as possible. Knees pressing into my back, a girl in a sorority blazer sat beside a boy with short, neat hair and a tan sports jacket. I was seated on the aisle; to my right were three pretty girls in three sizes, each with dark hair and dark eyes.

As Terry screamed “I Got a Woman,” the girls, Spanish-blooded, told me they were sisters: one fourteen, one twenty, and as Terry, with one blue spot on him and his flat-top guitar, introduced a song called “Bunch Up, Little Dogies,” the third sister, too cute to be a minute over seventeen, a little guerrilla in the battle to see who will wear a crown, came to my side, and I began to see what the tour was about. When we are young, innocent, and ignorant, and we look and smell good, all that is required is a little rhythm—what could be more revolutionary, more troublemaking, than bringing rhythm to the scent of the classroom? We looked at each other, our heads, our hair touching in the crowd, and clasped hands, her skin soft as you might expect, nearly any seventeen-year-old is soft, but not every one is so serious and quiet.

— Stanley Booth, The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones.

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FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE...

Love Unlimited Orchestra — “Bring It On Up” — The Best of Barry White’s Love Unlimited Orchestra

C.S. Crew — “Love Is Peace” — Funky Pack

The Surfers — “Widget” — Surf Guitars Rumble Vol. 1

Waiphot Phetsuphan — “Mia Chaa (My Darling)” — Thai Beat A Go Go Vol. 2: Groovy 60’s Sounds from the Land of Smile!

Jimmy Myers & Tex Regan — “Pretty Baby Rock” — Ultra Rare Fortune & Hi-Q

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

M. Frog ( a.k.a. Jean Yves Labat) — “We Are Crazy (Instrumental Version)” — M. Frog

IT’S MADISON TIME…

The Combinations — “ Voodoo” — Carrie 45rpm

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Derrick Harriott — “Brown Baby” — Soul Jazz Records presents Disco Reggae Rockers

Eddie Bo & The Soul Finders — “Hook and Sling” — Gettin’ Soulful 

Ray & His Court — “Lo Sabia” — Cookie Crumbs: A Funk Anthology

The A-Bones — “Button Nose” — The Life Of Riley

African Fiesta , Nico , Rochereau — “Bisengo Na Capitale” — Makila Eyina Nzoto

Roger Ruskin Spear — “My Goodness How (Or The Revolutionar New Concrete Mixer Show)” — Unusual

Les Vikings D’haïti — “Mariella” — Cé Pas Magie

Pere Ubu — “Moss Covered Boondoggle” — Trouble On Big Beat Street

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Lloyd & Glen — “Mini-Skirt & Go Go Boots” — Work Your Soul: Jamaican 60s & Northern 1966-74

Jury — “Who Dat?” — Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire & Beyond 1964-1969

Combo Los Galleros — “Tabaco Mascao” — Cumbia Cumbia 2: La Epoca Dorada de Cumbias Colombianas

The Skeletons — “Crazy Country Hop” — Rockin’ Bones

Saied Khalifa — “Igd Allooli (The Pearl Necklace)” — Two Niles To Sing A Melody: The Violins & Synths Of Sudan

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

King Tubby & Augustus Pablo — “King Tubby’s Borderline Dub” — Dub Chill Out

The Express — “Wastin’ My Time” — Fuzz-Tone Shakedown

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Rob — “More” — Funky Rob Way

The Rialtos — “Like Thunder” — Beat From Badsville Vol. 2

Majid Soula — “Ay Iheqqiyen” — Chant Amazigh 

NRBQ — “I Want You Bad” — …At Yankee Stadium

Dr. Alimantado — “I Shall Fear No Evil” — Best Dressed Chicken In Town

Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band — “Suzy Murder Wrist” — The Spotlight Kid Outtakes

Sadistic Mika Band — “Picnic Boogie” — Sadistic Mika Band

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Terry Reid — “Stay With Me Baby” — Terry Reid

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Pictured: Kishore Kumar.

The Hindi film industry aspired to the dazzle and glamour of Hollywood, but its antecedents lay elsewhere, in epic Hindu pageantry, where tales of misbehaving gods would be interrupted by intervals of singing and dancing that had little to do with the story. In what came to be known as Bollywood, they’d hit the ‘pause’ button on the plot line a half-dozen times during a film and treat the audience to a lavish production number with actors lip-synching voices clearly not their own. From the start in the 1940s, Hindi film music had always been a hodge-podge: Bengali and Punjabi folk tunes backed by lush Hollywood strings with jazz (take another bow, Benny Goodman), Latin, country & western, surf guitar and the Twist all thrown in over the years and delivered with a vague nod in the direction of India’s own classical traditions. Over time, Western beats began crowding out local rhythms. On Bombay sound stages, writers, actors, directors, composers and musicians from all regions and religions collaborated in the construction of a cultural behemoth that, with its powerful blend of familiar and foreign (mostly US) styles, slowly suffocated local folk music.

— Joe Boyd, And the Roots of Rhythm Remain: A Journey Through Global Music.

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FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE...

Bettye Swann — “When The Game Is Played On You” — Crème De La Crème Two: More Philly Soul Classics And Rarities From The Vaults Of Atlantic, Atco And Warner Bros. Records 1970-1980

Joe Kemfa & Aura — “Jungle Magic Music” — Jungle Juice

The Original Surfaris — “Surfari” — Bombora!

Charif Megarbane — “The Invisible Cut” — Hawalat = حوالات

The Raves — “Mother Nature” — Beyond The Calico Wall

Charanjit Singh — “Yahan Nahin Kahoongi” — Instrumental Film Tunes

The Seeds — “No Escape” — Raw & Alive

Errol Brown — “Stealing Version (aka Thief in the Night Version)” — The Treasure Dub Albums Collection

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Messer Chups — “Christopher Lee vs. Bruce Lee” — Spook-O-Rama

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

5 Gentlemen — “LSD 25 Ou Les Métamorphoses De Margaret Steinway” — Riviera 45rpm

The Rhythm Rockers — “Teenagers’ Party” — Desperate Rock ‘N’ Roll Vol. 14

Winston Edwards — “Big Daddy Amin” — Natty Locks Dub

Buzzcocks — “Breakdown” — Spiral Scratch EP

Kalyanji & Anandji feat. Anand Prayag & Chorus — “Pretty Pretty Priya” — Bombshell Baby Of Bombay

The Undertones — “True Confessions (Keyboard Version)” — The Undertones

Fumaça Preta — “Toda Pessoa” — Fumaça Preta

The Dore Strings — “Gone With The Wind Is My Love” — Double Cookin’: Classic Northern Soul Instrumentals

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

Detroit Sex Machines — “The Funky Crawl” — Soul Fire Box Set

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Mike Ibrahim & The Nite Walkers — “Chock Chock Kundong” — Steam Kodok : 26 A-Go-Go Ultrarities from the 60’s Singapore & Southeast Asia Underground

The Kinks — “You Shouldn’t Be Sad” — Kinda Kinks [mono]

The Golden Ring حلقهطلایی — “Tulips” — Iranian Styled 60’S Garage & Other Exotic Sounds

Jimmy Castor Bunch — “TR-7” — Maximum Stimulation

Ralph Robles — “Taking Over” — We Got Latin Soul

The Only Ones — “Lovers Of Today” — Vengeance 45rpm

Debra Keese & The Black Five — “Travelling” — The Black Ark Years: The Jamaican 7”s

Rosco Gordon — “Tummer Tee” — Stompin’ 29

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Dennis Bovell — “Train To Dubville” — Wise Music In Dub

Talking Heads — “Found a Job” — More Songs About Buildings and Food

Pamelo Mounk’a — “Affaires de Coeur” — Propulsion!

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

Kishore Kumar — “Aaya Sanam Aaya Deewana Tera” — Charas Babu

Mike Heron — “Warm Heart Pastry” — Smiling Men With Bad Reputations

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Latin Playboys — “Manifold de Amour” — Latin Playboys

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Pictured: Wynonie Harris & band.

We know that rock ‘n’ roll was not a human invention, that it was the work of the Holy Ghost. When, in an article called “Women Won’t Leave Me Alone,” published in the October 1954 issue of Tan, Wynonie Harris bragged that he “started the present vogue of ‘rocking’ blues tunes,” he failed to mention the Holy Ghost, who had chosen Harris to serve him in his work. But Wynonie Harris was like that. Not even the Holy Ghost Hisself was safe from the unmoving sword of Harris’s arrogance.

…Eight years later, when I was trying to ascertain how old Wynonie Harris had been when he died, Ralph Bass advised, “Whatever age he was when he died, just double it. That’s the way that motherfucker lived. Every minute, every blessed minute.” Those are good closing words; but better still are those words with which Wynonie Harris closed that story he wrote on the eve of his descent into oblivion: “I don’t mix the Lord with the Devil. They are the two I’m most afraid of. As long as I’m with the Devil, I’m going to shake him down for everything, every dime I can get.”

— Nick Tosches, “Wynonie Harris: The Man Who Shook Down The Devil” from Unsung Heroes of Rock’n’Roll.

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FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE...

The Isley Brothers — “People Of Today” — Harvest For The World

Jo Tongo — “Stand Up Now” — Sa Discossa

The Majestics — “Big Noise At Makaha” — The Surf Creature Vol. 3

Wulomei — “Takoradi” — Edna Martinez Presents Picó: Sound System Culture From The Colombian Caribbean

The Sorrows — “Ypotron” — Looking Back: Mod, Freakbeat & Swinging London Nuggets

The Aggrovators — “Channel One Feel It” — Jackpot 45rpm 

The Cocktail Cabinet — “Breathalyser” — Instro-Hipsters a Go-Go! Vol.1

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Fantastic Epic’s — “Fun & Funk Part II” — Tories 45rpm

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Pedro Jairo Garces — “Fajardo’s Charanga” — The Afrosound Of Colombia Vol. 3

James Holloway — “A La Carte” — Las Vegas Grind! Vol. 1

Lloydie Slim & The Agrovators — “Dub Wise (Mr. Lee)” — Roots from the Record Smith In Dub

Public Image Ltd. — “Attack” — First Issue

Napo De Mi Amor — “Kissakpiou” — Togo Soul 2

Open Mind — “Magic Potion” — Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire & Beyond 1964-1969

Terry & The Bunnys — “Black Carnation” — Now It’s Eleki Time

Eddie Hazel — “Unkut Funk” — Jams From The Heart EP

Sinn Sisamouth, Ros Serey Sothea, Pan Ron & Dara Chom Chan — “Maok Pi Naok (Where Are You From?)” — Cambodian Rocks

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Aquatones — “She’s The One For Me” — Dangerous Doo-Wop 4

Los Belkings — “Séptima Patrulla” — Instrumental Waves

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

Judy Teng — “Looking For Love” — Taiwan & Singapore Disco

Roxy Music — “Angel Eyes” — Manifesto

The Aay Jays — “Mizra Ki Dhun” — Pakistan: Folk And Pop Instrumentals 1966-1976

Wynonie Harris — “Good Morning Judge” — Jump Mr. Blues 1945-1950

Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra — “Che Che Cole” — Government Magic

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

4″ Be 2” — “Ummbaba” — Island 12” 45rpm

The Upsetters — “Tedious Dub” — Police & Thieves

Flat Duo Jets — “Torpedo” — Introducing Flat Duo Jets

Pamelo Mounk’a & les Bantous de la Capitale — “Nora Mensah D’Adjame” — Pamelo Mounk’a & les Bantous de la Capitale

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

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

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

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Pictured: Mark Volman & Howard Kaylan (a.k.a. The Phlorescent Leech & Eddie).

[Former Turtles vocalists] Mark [Volman] and Howard [Kaylan] had known [Frank] Zappa for years – the Turtles had appeared on the same bill with the Mothers at the Trip and the Whisky and they saw the Mothers play the Garrick on several occasions and visited Frank at the Charles Street apartment in New York. Jim Pons, bass player with the Turtles (also shortly to join the Mothers) was a friend of [Zappa’s wife] Gail’s from her pre-Zappa days on the Strip. Not only that, but Kaylan was Herb Cohen’s cousin. Herb gave them tickets for the Zubin Mehta concert and afterwards they went backstage. Zappa told them: ‘I’m putting a new band of Mothers together. We’re going to go to Europe . . . we’re gonna play a bunch of shows and then we’re gonna make a movie. Are you interested?’ For Mark and Howard it was a brilliant solution to their problems.

Mark Volman said at the time: ‘We bring a lot of commerciality to the Mothers and Frank brings us a lot of jump-off points for heavy satire.’ Mark and Howard sang their own hits on stage and parodied them as part of Frank’s show – a remarkably unselfish contribution considering the Turtles had six US Top 20 hits between 1965 and 1969, including Dylan’s ‘It Ain’t Me Babe’ and their biggest ‘Happy Together’, while Zappa had none. Frank clearly relished the fact that on the inside sleeve of Freak Out! he had quoted the Turtles’ manager Reb Foster saying: ‘I’d like to clean you boys up a bit and mould you. I believe that I could make you as big as the Turtles.’ Now he had the Turtles in his band – no doubt a further example of what Zappa called ‘conceptual continuity.’

— Barry Miles, Frank Zappa.

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FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE...

Eddie Kendricks — “Chains” — He’s A Friend

Grotto — “Wait No Hurry” — Wait No Hurry

Messer Chups — “Sparking Blood” — Spook-O-Rama

Haramiler — “Çamlıca Yolunda” — Turkish Delights

The Drivers — “Smooth, Slow & Easy” — Rumba Doowop ’56

The Versatiles with Gibson’s All Stars — “Push It In” — Explosive Rock Steady

Frankie St. John & The Starfires — “She’s Long And Tall” — Boston Rockabilly Vol. 2

Ray Barretto — “Together” — El Barrio: The Ultimate Collection Of Latin Boogaloo, Disco, Funk & Soul

The Triumphs — “Burnt Biscuits” — 75 MODern Sounds

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Igo Kantor — “Cherry & Raquel” — Russ Meyer’s: Good Morning… And Goodbye! / Cherry, Harry & Raquel / Mondo Topless OST

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Hamad Kalkaba — “Astadjam Dada Saré” — Hamad Kalkaba And The Golden Sounds 1974-1975

The Imps — “Uh Oh” — The Roots Of Psychobilly

Abelardo Carbonó — “Quiero a Mi Gente” — El Maravilloso Mundo de…

Nelson Riddle — “Route 66 Theme” — Route 66 & Other TV Themes

Chirai Chaiyata, Sawanee Pattana — “You Should Die By Bullets” — Thai Funk – ZudRangMa

The Who — “Mary Anne With The Shaky Hands” — The Who Sell Out [Mono Version]

Joseíto Mateo — “Ahora Sí Hay Melao” — Mambo Calypso

The Bystanders — “Yellow, Mellow Hardtop” — Savvy Sugar: The Pure Essence Of West Coast Rock & Roll

Pier’ Rosier & Gazolinn’ — “Jou Male Pani” — Déchiré

Bunker Hill — “The Girl Can’t Dance” — Lookey Dookey!

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Black Cats — “Sueno Magico” — Ayahuasca:  Cumbias Psicodélicas Vol. 1

The Girlfriends — “My One and Only, Jimmy Boy” — Phil’s Spectre Vol. 3: Third Wall of Soundalikes

Sapan Jagmohan — “Sote Sote Adhi Rat” — Bollywood Bloodbath: The B-Music of the Indian Horror Film Industry

The Electric Banana — “Walking Down The Street” — Blows Your Mind

Skin, Flesh & Bones — “Skin Dub” — Dub In Blood

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

Afro National — “Jokenge” — African Experimentals (1972-1979)

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

Los Holy’s — “Holy’s Psicodelicos” — Back To Peru Vol. 1: The Most Complete Compilation of Peruvian Underground ’64-’74

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Bappi Lahari — “Everybody Dance With Me” — Psych Funk Sa-Re-Ga!

The Phlorescent Leech & Eddie — “I Been Born Again” — The Phlorescent Leech & Eddie

Manu Dibango — “African Battle” — Africafunk: The Original Sound Of 1970’s Funky Africa

Larry Williams & Johnny Watson — “Nobody” — Two For The Price Of One

Gregory Isaacs — “Crofs” — Slum In Dub

Was (Not Was) — “Wheel Me Out” — Ze 12” 45rpm

Graham De Wilde — “Export International Jingle 1” — International Business (KPM Library)

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Black Sabbath — “Supertzar” — Sabotage 

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Pictured: Haruomi Hosono.

[Tengo] went home, went to bed, and dreamed. He hadn’t had such a vivid dream in a very long time. He was a tiny piece in a gigantic puzzle. But instead of having one fixed shape, his shape kept changing. And so—of course—he couldn’t fit anywhere. As he tried to sort out where he belonged, he was also given a set amount of time to gather the scattered pages of the timpani section of a score. A strong wind swept the pages in all directions. He went around picking up one page at a time. He had to check the page numbers and arrange them in order as his body changed shape like an amoeba. The situation was out of control. Eventually Fuka-Eri came along and grabbed his left hand. Tengo’s shape stopped changing. The wind suddenly died and stopped scattering the pages of the score. “What a relief!” Tengo thought, but in that instant his time began to run out. “This is the end,” Fuka-Eri informed him in a whisper. One sentence, as always. Time stopped, and the world ended. The earth ground slowly to a halt, and all sound and light vanished.

When he woke up the next day, the world was still there, and things were already moving forward, like the great karmic wheel of Indian mythology that kills every living thing in its path.

— Haruki Murakami, 1Q84.

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FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE...

O’Jays — “Put Your Hands Together” — Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia 

Sookie — “Choco Date” — African Disco Experimentals (1974 to 1978)

The Intrepides — “Golash” — The Surf Creature

Claudio y su Combo — “Como Sea” — Edna Martinez Presents Picó: Sound System Culture From The Colombian Caribbean

Misty Bonner — “I Can’t Sit Still” — Atlanta 45rpm

Pat Kelly — “Workman Song” — Trojan Mod Reggae Box Set Vol. 2

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

Charif Megarbane — “Chou Ostak” — Hawalat = حوالات

MC5 — “The Pledge Song” — Power Trip

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich — “Hold Tight” — Fontana 45rpm

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Action 13 — “More Bread to the People” — Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-Rock & Fuzz Funk in 1970s Nigeria

Moe Koffman Quartet — “Koko Mamey” — Jubilee 45rpm

Farrokzhad — “Avazekhan Na Avaz” — Sedayeh Del: Funk, Psychedelia And Pop From The Iranian Pre-Revolution Generation

Cannibal & The Headhunters — “Land Of 1000 Dances” — Land Of 1000 Dances

El Combo Cienaguero — “Fiesta De Cueros” — Cumbia Cumbia Cumbia!!! Vol. 2

The Only Ones — “Trouble In The World” — Baby’s Got A Gun

Malavoi — “Ti Nain L’en Morue” — Mano Césaire Et La Formation Malavoi: La Naissance De La World Music Antillaise En 1969

The Egyptians — “Party Stomp” — Las Vegas Grind! Vol. 4

Bunny Lee & The Aggrovators — “Shalin Temple Dub” — Super Dub Disco Style

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Coati Mundi — “Que Pasa / Me No Pop I (12′ Mix)” — Ze/Island 12” 45rpm

Magazine — “Shot By Both Sides” — Virgin 45rpm

Erkin Koray — “Sevdigim” — Mechul: Singles & Rarities

The Modern Lovers — “Dignified & Old” — The Modern Lovers

African Stone ( a.k.a. Dennis Bovell) — “Choose Me (12″ Mix)” — The Dubmaster: The Essential Anthology

Fleetwood Mac — “Tell Me All The Things You Do” — Kiln House

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Latin Quarters — “Mira Mira” — Red Bird 45rpm

San Remo Golden Strings — “Get Ready” — A Cellarful of Motown! Vol. 3

Jo Tongo — “Dig It Babe (Part 2)” — African Funk Experimentals (1968-1982)

Pink Floyd — “Arnold Layne” — The First 3 Singles

The Techniques — “Gambling” — Techniques In Dub

Young-Holt Unlimited — “Wack Wack” — The Definitive Young-Holt Unlimited

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Haruomi Hosono & Tadanori Yokoo — “Hum Ghar Sajan” — Cochin Moon

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Pictured: Les Shupa Shupa D’Haiti.

…Eighteenth-century Haiti became a hellish outpost, marked by avarice, brutality and White fear at being so outnumbered. It was also a pleasure-loving land where younger sons sent off to make their fortunes tried to recreate the château life of home. Decadence requires a soundtrack, and African musicians were pressed into service to play the English ‘country dances’ (contredanses) that were so popular with the French aristocracy. The history of popular music sparkles with styles born out of failed attempts at mimicry. Brits trying to play American rock ’n’ roll created something fresh, as did Jamaicans imitating New Orleans rhythm and blues, to name but the most obvious and recent of countless examples. In providing the music for French dances, Africans in Haiti planted the seeds of what we now call ‘Latin music’.

— Joe Boyd, And the Roots of Rhythm Remain: A Journey Through Global Music.

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FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE...

Terry Collins — “Action Speaks Louder (Than Words)” — Crème De La Crème Two: More Philly Soul Classics And Rarities From The Vaults Of Atlantic, Atco And Warner Bros. Records 1970-1980

Brigth Engelberts And The B.E. Movement — “Get Together” — Tolambo Funk

The Huaraches — “Three Up, Three Down” — Curl Up With The Huaraches

Atomic Forest — “Mary Long” — Psych Funk Sa-Re-Ga!

Milk ‘n’ Cookies — “Tinkertoy Tomorrow” — Milk ‘n’ Cookies 

Combo Los Galleros — “Suena La Timba” — Cumbia Cumbia Cumbia!!! Vol. 1

Broncs — “TKO” — Cleveland Confidential

Emy Jackson & Blue Comets — “Namida No Go Go” — Nippon Girls 2: Japanese Pop, Beat & Rock’n’roll 1965-70

Lorrie And Larry Collins — “Whistle Bait” — Wild Streak Vol. 2

IT’S MADISON TIME…

John Cale — “Chicken Shit” — Animal Justice EP

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Ogyatanaa Show Band — “Ageisheka” — Ghana Soundz: Afro-Beat, Funk & Fusion In ’70s Ghana

The Saints — “No Time” — (I’m) Stranded

Errol Brown & The Revolutionaries — “The Gun Court Dub” — Dub Expression

Morphine — “Honey White” — Yes

Tono y sus Sicodelicos — “La Peinadora” — Mr. Boogaloo

Sonics Band — “Second Avenue” — Beehive Breaks

Les Shupa Shupa D’Haiti — “Baterie Shupa” — Disques Debs International: Volume 1

Laika & the Cosmonauts — “The Avengers” — Laika Sex Machine

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Trio Select — “Qui Li Bois” — Plein Caille

Reigning Sound — “Stormy Weather” — Time Bomb High School

Los Kintos — “Linda Rosita” — Los Kintos, Vol 3

Wire — “Map Ref. 41ºN 93ºW” — Nine Sevens

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

Dobie Gray — “Out On The Floor” — Move On Up: The Very Best Of Northern Soul

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

The King’s Ransom — “Shame” — Teenage Shutdown, Vol. 9: Teen Jangler Blowout!

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Franco & Orchestra OK Jazz (feat. Sam Mangwana) — “Où Est Le Sérieux?” — Classic Titles aka African Classics

The Feelies — “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey” — Rewind

Ros Serey Sothea — “Jam 10 Kai Thiet (Wait 10 More Months)” — Cambodian Rocks

Split System — “On The Edge” — Split System 45rpm

Los Megatones De Lucho — “Yo Se Que Tú” — Color de Trópico Vol. 3 

Ohio Players — “Streakin’ Cheek To Cheek” — Skin Tight

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Bunny Wailer — “Dream Land” — DubD’sco Vol. 1

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