No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: Black Uhuru.

Computer Paul remembers that Channel One was also one of the earliest studios to introduce the use of electronic instruments such as synthesizers and electronic drums (Syndrums) into Jamaican music: “Channel One with Sly [Dunbar] dem, them go put a lot of synth sounds into drumming. So it change the whole feel, ’cause we were just used to kick, snare, and hi-hat. They brought in Syndrums and synthesizers.” In fact, Sly and Robbie [Shakespear]’s increasing electronic work at Channel One would set the stage for their emergence as the Taxi Gang, one of Jamaica’s top production teams from the early 1980s. Their experiments would culminate in their production of the vocal trio Black Uhuru, which was marked by a hard, urban and thoroughly electronic sound that expanded Channel One’s vision in a manner consistent with the cutting edge of engineering and sound processing in England and America.

— Michael E. Veal, Dub: Soundscapes & Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae.

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FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE...

Sister Sledge — “Lost in Music” — Ministry of Sound: Anthems Disco

Jo Bisso — “Give It Up” — African Disco Experimentals (1974 to 1978)

Freddy & the Heartaches — “Womp Womp” — Strummin’ Mental!

Super Combo — “Patience” — Dédié à Nos Amis De La Guyane

Aardvarks — “I’m Higher Than I’m Down” — Scream Loud!!! The Fenton Records Story

Zou Juan Juan — “Zou Juan Juan Sings The Disco” — Taiwan & Singapore Disco

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

King Tubby & The Observers — “Dub 68” — Tubby’s Want The Channel: Dubbing With The Observer 1976-1978

IT’S MADISON TIME…

The Dynamic Batmen — “The Joker Laughs” — Malamondo 7

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Girma Beyene — “Yebeqagnal” — Ethiopiques Vol. 8: Swinging Addis

Ayshea — “Farewell” — Harvest 45rpm

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

Dennis Coffey — “Live Wire” — Live Wire (The Westbound Years 1975-78)

Chuito Velez con su Orquesta & Adalberto Santiago — “A Kilo Traigo” — John Armstrong Presents The Nuyorican Funk Experience

Neu! — “Super” — Neu! 2

Black Uhuru — “Who’s In The Tomb” — Raiders Of The Lost Dub

Larry and The Blue Notes — “In And Out” — Fort Worth Teen Scene Vol. 3

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Wganda Kenya — “Bayesa” — Quantic presents Tropical Funk Experience

The Moonglows — “Chickie Um Bah” — Twistin Rumble Vol. 9

Mballa Bony — “Mezik Me Mema” — Cameroon Garage Funk 1964 – 1979

Keith Courvale — “Trapped Love” — The Roots Of Psychobilly

Errol Brown and the Revolutionaries — “Forward Dub” — Tip Top Dub

Wire — “Dot Dash” — Chairs Missing

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

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Drivers — “Stutterin’ Johnny” — Drive 45rpm

Gnonnas Pedro & His Dadjes Band — “Azo Nkplon Doun Nde” — Roi De L’Agbadja Moderne 1974-1983

The Whatnauts — “World” — Reaching For The Stars

Gus Brendel Group — “Take A Shake” — Nymphomania 2: More Sexy European GoGo Music from the 60’s

The Rolling Stones — “Poison Ivy” — Decca 45rpm

Ja-Man All Stars — “Half Ounce” — In The Dub Zone

The Velvet Underground — “Run Run Run” — Peel Slowly and See

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Michael Hurley — “I Paint A Design” — Watertower

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Pictured: Los Pirañas.

I introduced Johnny to Betty. He was suave, Latin­-esque. He huddled with Betty in a booth, making diagrams in the air with his hands: I go from here, you come from there. They went onstage and did some steps. Johnny spun her around. He threw her down and picked her up. Betty was a cheerleader, she got it. He counted off “Hernando’s Hide­away” — a pop tango for straight-­life moms and pops. Johnny gave it the twist — a domestic scene from the dark side of town. The man is aroused, the woman is coy. He slaps her around a little just to get a mood going. He preens, checks his attitude. They embrace, they dance, she stabs him in the crotch with a big prop knife. Olé, thank you ladies and gentlemen, especially you, ladies.

— Ry Cooder, ‘Kill me, por favor’ from Los Angeles Stories.

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FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE...

People’s Choice — “Jam Jam Jam (All Night Long)” — Philadelphia International Records: 40th Anniversary

Geraldo Pino — “African Hustle” — Boogie Fever

The Ghastly Ones — “Target: Draculon” — Target: Draculon

Los Pirañas (y Don Ramón) — “Educados por Condorito” — Una Oportunidad Más De Triunfar En La Vida

Heinz with The Wild Boys — “Big Fat Spider” — Too Far Out: Beat, Mod & R&B From 304 Holloway Road (1963-1966)

Charanjit Singh — “Hey Mujhe Dil De” — Instrumental Film Tunes

Apple — “The Otherside” — Point Me at the Sky: 15 Flashbacks to the Golden Age of British Psych

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Manfred Hübler & Siegfried Schwab — “The Lions and the Cucumber” — Vampyros Lesbos: Sexadelic Dance Party

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Javi P3z Orquesta — “El Safari” — Pulp Fusion 10: Africa Funk

Kim Garri & The Rhythm Kings — “Big Bad Wolf” — Kim Fowley: Lost Treasures From The Vaults Vol. 3 1959-1969  King of the Creeps

Lloyd Coxsone — “Untitled Dub” — Presenting the Coxsone Affair

The Ravins — “Your Love Is What I Want” — Dave Hamilton’s Detroit Dancers

Nico Fidenco — “Lady Surprise” — La Via Della Prostituzione

The Seeds — “Satisfy You” — Raw & Alive

Cortijo Y Su Combo Con Ismael Rivera — “Moliendo Café” — ¡Saoco! Vol. 2: Bomba, Plena & the Roots of Salsa in Puerto Rico 1955-1967

The Skeletons — “Play With My Mind” — Waiting

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

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Eyes Of Blue — “Supermarket Full Of Cans” — The Mod Scene

Tappa Zukie &  Prince Philip Smart — “Beautiful Dub” — Tappa Zukie In Dub aka Tapper Zukie in Dub

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

Ryco Jazz — “La Juventud” — Congo Revolution: Afro-Latin / Jazz & Funk – Sounds from the Two Congos 1957-1973

The Undertones — “Billy’s Third” — The Undertones

Sroeng Santi — “Crazy Same Same” — Thai Funk ZudRangMa Vol. 2

The Flamingos — “Jump Children (Vooit Vooit)” — Rock The Joint

Ennio Morricone — “Driving Decoys” — Danger: Diabolik

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Funkadelic — “Hit It and Quit It” — Music for Your Mother

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

The Triumphs — “Lovin’ Cup” — Teenage Shutdown Vol. 10: The World Ain’t Round, It’s Square!

Les Vikings D’haiti — “Crase Marinade” — An Allé Ti Fi

The Ideals — “Go Get A Wig” — Jump And Shout!

Errol Brown and the Revolutionaries — “Love Dub” — Tip Top Dub

The Modern Lovers — “Modern World” — The Modern Lovers

Martin López Y Sus Estrellas — “Pimpollito” — Cocinando

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

The Ivor Cutler Trio — “Shop Lifters” — Ludo

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Pictured: The New York Dolls.

Chuck Berry and Chicago blues are both components of The Rolling Stones, of course, and most people, on first exposure to the New York Dolls, took them as Stones copyists. ‘My first impressions were that they were the early Stones in strippers’ clothes,’ Bowie recalled. ‘Fabulous early R&B sound, but much sloppier and more vital.’ Writing in Melody Maker, Richard Williams pinpointed it more precisely as the Stones between Aftermath and Between the Buttons, especially songs like ‘Stupid Girl’, in which Jagger sang somewhere between sneer and snarl. The Dolls’ groove likewise found the place between swagger and stagger: if the Stones were a car, then the Dolls had one wheel missing and veered constantly on the edge of careening off the road completely.

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

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Sons of Robin Stone — “Got to Get You Back” — Crème de la Crème: Philly Soul Classics & Rarities

Ernest Honny — “Kofi Psych” — Essiebons Special 1973 – 1984: Ghana Music Power House

The Original Surfaris — “Delano Soul Beat” — Bombora!

Dominique Panol — “Come On Baby” — Mizik Maladi: Disques Debs International Vol. 3

The Bob Seger System — “Lucifer” — Mongrel

Vaudou Game — “Retard” — Fintou

Family — “Peace Of Mind” — Music In A Doll’s House

Doctor Alimantado — “West Man Skank” — House of Singles

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Ray Sanders and Friend — “Karate” — The Big Itch 4

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Sinn Sisamouth — “Navy A Go Go” — Cambodian Nuggets

The Mighty Hannibal — “Get in the Groove” — Beat Surrender! (15 Mod and Northern Soul Floor Fillers)

Kazi Arindam — “Mere Liye Too Bani” — Bollywood Steel Guitar

James Brown — “She’s The One” — Motherlode

Congo Ashanti Roy — “Hail The Words Of Jah” — Rastafari: The Dreads Enter Babylon 1955-83

Ronnie Allen — “Juvenile Delinquent” — Teen-Age Riot!

Ivo Nilakreshna — “Ka Huma” — Padang Moonrise: The Birth of the Modern Indonesian Recording Industry ⋆ 1955-69

The Little Darlings — “Easy To Cry” — Beat Freak Volume 5

The Funkees — “Acid Rock” — Dancing Time: The Best Of Eastern Nigeria’s Afro Rock Exponents 1973-77

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Cramps — “Mojo Man from Mars” — Fiends of Dope Island

Willie Colon — “Che Che Cole” — Cosa Nuestra

The Exciters — “Tell Him” — Tell Him: The Ultimate History Of Rock ‘n’ Roll Collection

The Prophets Allstars — “Chant Down Babylon Version” — Deeper Roots Pt. 2

Prince George — “Wrong Crowd” — 24 Highlights from Blackpool Mecca’s Highland Room: The Golden Era

The Immortals — “Hot Tears” — African Funk

Pulsallama — “The Devil Lives In My Husband’s Body” — Y 12” EP

Dengue Fever — “Hold My Hips” — In The Ley Lines

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Gun Club — “Jack on Fire” — Fire of Love

Regalado — “Pinoy Funk” — Ayo Ke Disco: Boogie, Pop & Funk from the South China Sea 1974-88

The Moonglows — “Chickie Um Bah” — Most of All: The Singles A’s and B’s

Dennis Bovell — “Smouche” — Optimo 12” EP

Roxy Music — “All I Want Is You” — Country Life: The Fourth Roxy Music Album

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

New York Dolls — “Pills” — New York Dolls

Salma Agha — “Chumma Chumma” — Charas Babu

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

A Band — “Lowly Worm” — Nancy 45rpm

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Pictured: Junie Morrison & friend.

As we got ready to go back into the studio as Funkadelic, we added some new personnel. The most important arrival at that time was Junie Morrison. Junie had been one of the cornerstones of the Ohio Players,.. Junie was one of the main songwriters during that period, responsible for hits like “Funky Worm.” Junie… was known around the music world as a brilliant guy capable of doing almost anything: writing, arranging, playing keyboards, preparing a band for a tour.

Junie was a fascinating person to work with. He could do it all, and if you weren’t careful, he would…Just because you can play all the instruments doesn’t mean that you should… Junie wasn’t the only one in danger of disappearing into the solitary-genius bag, of course. Sly had been like that before him. Prince would be like that after him. Even with them, there was a danger: if you don’t go back to a group environment now and then, you start to lose your juice. With Funkadelic, he put himself back in the group environment, and it started to pay dividends immediately.

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

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Frantique — “Strut Your Funky Stuff” — Philly Freedom: 70s Dance Floor Anthems From The City Of Brotherly Love

Chris Mba — “Funky Situation” — Brand New Wayo: Funk, Fast times, & Nigerian Boogie Badness 1979–1983

The Daywins — “Heartbeat” — Kim Fowley – Lost Treasures from The Vaults 1959-69 Vol. 2: Another Man’s Gold

Los Pirañas — “Pateando Culos” — Una Oportunidad Más De Triunfar En La Vida

Soft Machine — “Feelin’ Reelin’ Squeelin’” — Point Me at The Sky: 15 Flashbacks to the Golden Age of British Psych

The Studio Sound — “Give Me Some More” — Soul Power Funky Kingston 2: Reggae Dancefloor Grooves 1968-74

Kip Tyler & The Flips — “Jungle Hop” — Born Bad Vol. Three

IT’S MADISON TIME…

B.W. Souls — “Marvin’s Groove” — The Sound Of Funk Volume Two: Serious 70’s Heavyweight Rarities

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Uppers International — “Aja Wondo” — Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight to Ghana 1974-1983

The Hitch-Hikers — “Dog Fight” — Wolf Call!

Super Jazz des Jeunes — “Maddam Fre Cabrol” — Saturday Night In Port-au-Prince

Art — “I Think I’m Going Weird” — Supernatural Fairy Tales

The Upsetters — “Vamp A Dub” — Arkology Reel I: Dub Organiser

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

Los Kenya — “Omelembe” — Siempre Afro-latino

Cuby And The Blizzards — “Your Body Not Your Soul” — Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire & Beyond 1964-1969

Bunny Girls — “Why That Person?” — Beautiful Rivers and Mountains: The Psychedelic Rock Sound Of South Korea’s Shin Joong

Annette Poindexter & Pieces Of Peace — “Mama” — An Alternate History Of Popular Music

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

African Brothers & King Tubby — “Teach Them Dub” — The African Brothers Meet King Tubby in Dub

Junie Morrison — “Surrender” — Suzie Super Groupie

Ignace de Souza & The Melody Aces — “Asaw Fofor” — African Scream Contest 2: Benin 1963​-​1980

Eddie & The Hot Rods — “Get Across To You” — Teenage Depression

Ali Kocatepe — “Yeni Bir Dünya ‘74” — Saz Beat Vol. 3: Turkish Rock, Funk, And Psychedelic Music of the 1960s and 1970s

Andre Williams & His Orchestra — “Soul Party A Go-Go” — Movin’ On With… Andre Williams: Greasy And Explicit Soul Movers 1956-1970

Johnny Colon & Orchestra — “Canallon” — Boogaloo Blues

The Detours — “Who Do You Love” — Atco 45rpm

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Sohail Rana — “Badal Aur Bijli” — Disco Dildar

Penny Peeps — “Model Village” — Acid Drops, Spacedust & Flying Saucers

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

The Stooges — “Real Cool Time” — The Stooges

Orchestre Safari Sound — “Garba” — Zanzibara 11 (Congo in Dar: Dance No Sweat 1982-1986)

Sun Ra — “The Golden Lady” — The Nubians of Plutonia

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Ennio Morricone & The Sorrows — “Pioggia sul Tuo Viso” — Come Imparai Ad Amare Le Donne OST

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Pictured: Hany Mehana and friend.

Having arrived in Egypt 600 years too late to see one of the Seven Wonders of the World – the Pharos lighthouse – I felt I couldn’t leave without seeing one that still exists – the Pyramids. I had always presumed they were in the middle of nowhere, marooned in the desert. In fact they are within five minutes’ walk of apartment blocks in the suburb of Giza. My first view of them is from a traffic jam on Pyramids Road. The 4,600-year-old apex of the Great Pyramid pokes up from behind a block of flats. My first full-frontal view of the Pyramids provokes an heretical comparison with the slag-heaps which used to litter the South Yorkshire countryside where I grew up. They had the same solid bulk, shape and immovable presence. Once free of the straggling suburb we are straightaway in desert. There’s no transition through savannah and scrubland, like in the geography books. The city ends, the desert begins, and it goes on until you reach Morocco. The dustiness of Cairo is explained. Every time a wind blows it dumps thousands of tonnes of desert on the city.

Closer now to the Pyramids and they are awesome. The blocks of sandstone at their base are twice as high as the small children playing around them. The structures rise serene and powerful above us, preserving an unmoving dignity, like great beasts surrounded by insects. Coaches ferry out an endless stream of human insects, deposit them at a tightly packed vantage point where they are assailed by camel-mongers, postcard salesmen, purveyors of trinkets and all the other free market forces which have ripped off tourists at this very spot for hundreds, if not thousands of years.

— Michael Palin, Around The World in Eighty Days

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Crown Heights Affair — “Dreaming A Dream” — Disco 75

Orchestre Super Borgou de Parakou — “Dadon Gabou Yo Sa Be No.2 (Afro Beat Dendi)” — The Bariba Sound 1970-1976

The Rockaways — “Normee” — Strummin’ Mental! Vol. 4

The Upsetters — “Thunder Ball (Take 1)” — Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry Presents Soulful I: The Jamaican Upsetter Singles 1969-1970

Alan Dean & His Problems — “Thunder & Rain” — Too Far Out: Beat, Mod & R&B From 304 Holloway Road (1963-1966) (Joe Meek’s Tea Chest Tapes)

Asha Bhosle — “Dukh Bhare Din” — The Rough Guide to Bollywood Legends: Asha Bhosle

The Saints — “One Way Street” — (I’m) Stranded

IT’S MADISON TIME…

William Tasker — “European Women Really Know How to Take Care of a Man” — SuperVixens OST

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Los Pájaros — “Shake It Baby” — Color de Trópico Vol. 3

Roxy Music — “Whirlwind” — Siren

Orchestre Tropicana d’Haiti — “Foufoune” — Yolande

The Trashmen — “Bird Dance Beat” — The Big Hits of Mid-America: The Soma Records Story 1963-1967

Zaenal Combo — “Kaden Sadje” — Padang Moonrise: The Birth of the Modern Indonesian Recording Industry ⋆ 1955-69

Eddie Parker – “I Need a True Love” — Jack Ashford Just Productions Vol. 2

Jah Woosh — “Albert Classau” — We Chat You Rock (Two DJ Clash)

Jack & The Rippers — “Heart Attack” — Concussion!!! 18 Gougin’ Instrumentals 1958-1965

Maha — “Orkos” —Orkos

Jack Lancaster & Robin Lumley — “Duck Escape” — Peter and the Wolf

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

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

The Treasures — “Hold Me Tight” — Phil Spector Wall of Sound Vol. 6: Rare Masters 2

Willi Williams — “Universal Dub” — Messenger Man

Chuck Dallas — “Good Show But No Go” — Dr. Boogie Presents 26 Deranged and Smokin’ Cool Cats: The Rocketing Rise and Fast Decline Of A Music Form Called Rockabilly 1954-1959 (2008)

Chicha Libre — “Danza del Millonario” — Canibalismo

Jóhann Jóhannsson — “Rokkstig” — Dís

Tippie Washington — “Natural Man” — 1st Annual Inner-City Talent Expo (1972)

Setha — “Dteuu” — Thai Pop Spectacular 1960s–1980s

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Family — “Love Is A Sleeper” — A Song For Me

Wuta-May — “Devance Ngai” — Ole La Vie

Lee Tracy & Isaac Manning — “Girl You Always Talking” — Is It What You Want

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

The Rolling Stones — “19th Nervous Breakdown” — Singles Collection: The London Years

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Holger Czukay — “Persian Love” — Movies

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Pictured: The Who (circa 1966).

The Who were a new kind of group, not for the traditional female audience, but for a new constituency of disenfranchised and often volatile young men. For [Who guitarist Pete] Townshend thought that mod was ‘an entirely male system. And what’s interesting is that this was running concurrently with Beatles gigs, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders gigs and Rolling Stones gigs, at which you would have a few mod girls and loads of silly women screaming their heads off. Who next week would be screaming about somebody else.

‘So the tone of the times was one of, not so much experimentation but … we are talking about a generational cusp here, there’s no question. What’s interesting is why at that point pop culture and everything else changed. The first manifestation of it was kids who were born in 1945 and getting to that age, and deciding that they want to enter manhood using a different set of semiotics. You grow up with people that have a fixed way of looking at their lives, and if it doesn’t work for you, you have no option but to redraw.’

— Jon Savage, 1966: The Year The Decade Exploded.

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

Reebop Kwaku Baah — “Zagapam” — Reebop

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

Earth & Stone — “Jah Will Cut You Down” — Rastafari: The Dreads Enter Babylon 1955-83

Gene Latter — “Sign On the Dotted Line” — Beat Surrender! 15 Mod and Northern Soul Floor Fillers

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

Rust — “You Thought You Had It Made” — Point Me at The Sky: 15 Flashbacks to the Golden Age of British Psych

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Riz Ortolani — “Life Savers Girl (a.k.a. More)” — Mondo Cane OST

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Quotations — “Imagination” — Beat from Badsville Vol. 2

Minh Xuân & Phượng Hoàng — “Mặt Trời Đen (Black Sun)” — Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974

Southern Culture on the Skids — “Lost Weekend” — Kudzu Records Presents…

King Tubby — “Perfidia Dub” — Explosive Dub

Roy Brown — “Hurry Hurry Babe” — The Roots of Punk Rock Music 1929-1962

Christophe — “Mo Parrain” — Soul Sok Séga: Séga Sounds from Mauritius 1973-1979

Orgone — “Swinging Grits” — Fuzzed Up

Alessandro Alessandroni — “Collata” — Industrial

The Who — “Pictures of Lily [Mono] — Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy

Apaslar — “Gilgamis” — Turkish Freakout: Psych-Folk Singles 1969-1980

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Counts — “Thinking Single” — What’s Up Front That-Counts

Asha Bhosle — “Teri Meri Yaari Badi Purani” — The Rough Guide to Bollywood Legends: Asha Bhosle

Johnny Jay — “Sugar Doll” — Beat from Badsville Vol. 1

Sadistic Mika Band — “Taifuuka” — Kurofune (Black Ship)

The Chapells — “Help Me Somebody” — Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground

Ray & His Court — “La Senorita Lola” — Cookie Crumbs: A Funk Anthology

The A-Bones — “The Bee” — The Life Of Riley

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

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The J.B.’s — “Gimme Some More” — Pass The Peas: The Best Of The J.B.’s

Orchestra African Fiesta — “Tozali Kozali” — Authenticité Vol.2

Benny Joy — “Button Nose” — Crash the Rockabilly Party

Morwell Unlimited Meets King Tubby — “Morpheus Special” — Dub Me

The Velvet Underground — “Foggy Notion” — VU

Koes Plus — “Pent Juri Hati (Heart Stealer)” — Dheg Dheg Plas Vols. 1 & 2

S.O.L.A.R. — “Faith For My Mind” — Faith For My Mind

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Nino Rota — “Ballando Con Raquel” — LSD Roma

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Pictured: Wynonie Harris.

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…

…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...

Teddy Pendergrass — “The More I Get The More I Want” — Philly Freedom: ‘70s Dance Floor Anthems From The City Of Brotherly Love

Segun Robert — “Big Race” — Brand New Wayo: Funk, Fast times, & Nigerian Boogie Badness 1979–1983

Wadadli Riders — “Brown Recluse” — Made In Antigua

R.D. Burman — “Dance Music (From Hare Rama Hare Krishna)” — Bollywood Funk: 15 Funk-Fueled Grooves From The Bollywood Classics

The Attack — “Freedom For You” — Point Me At The Sky: 15 Flashbacks to the Golden Age of British Psych

The Dynamites — “Joe” — Sound System International Dub LP

Space Man & The Rockets — “Cave Man Love” — Las Vegas Grind! Vol. 3

Pan Ron — “Why Follow Me” — Dengue Fever presents Electric Cambodia

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Alex Puddu — “Lady Lovesport” — The Golden Age of Danish Pornography 1970 -1974

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs — “Ring Dang Doo” — The MGM Singles 1965-1973

Los Kenya — “Hoculele No. 2” — Siempre Afro-Latino

Bobby Hebb — “Love, Love, Love” — Move On Up: The Very Best Of Northern Soul

Gazolinn” — “Ziktonik” — Le Bidongaz

Terry Philips — “Wild One” – Why Don’t You Smile Now: Lou Reed at Pickwick Records 1964-65

Ahmed Malek — “Casbah” — Musique Originale De Films: Deuxième Tome

Wynonie Harris — “Down Boy Down” — Bloodshot Eyes: King Records Best Of 1947-1955

Orkes Teruna Ria — “Tak Ton Tong” — Padang Moonrise: The Birth of the Modern Indonesian Recording Industry ⋆ 1955-69

The Gun Club — “Black Train” — Fire of Love

Reme Izabo’s Music Research — “The Same Man” — The World Ends: Afro Rock & Psychedelia In 1970s Nigeria

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Tappa Zukie &  Prince Philip Smart — “Rush I Some Dub” — Tappa Zukie In Dub aka Tapper Zukie in Dub

Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers — “One Track Mind” — L.A.M.F. (The Lost ’77 Mixes)

Eko — “Bowa’a Mba Ngebe” — Africa Airways Four: Disco Funk Touchdown 1976-1983

Ray Ellis & His Orchestra — “The Sheik” — Sounds of the Unexpected: Weird & Wacky Instrumentals from Pop’s Final Frontiers

Monguito Santamaria — “Work Out” — Hey Sister

Star Quake — “Don’t You Know I Love You (Part I)” — AOTN 45rpm

Los Huracanes — “Aún” — Algo Salvaje: Untamed ‘60s Beat and Garage Nuggets from Spain Vol. 1

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

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Samba Creole — “Caporal: Pas Dis Ça!” — Caporal: Pas Dis Ça!

Roxy Music — “Prairie Rose” — Country Life: The Fourth Roxy Music Album

Grand Kalle — “El Que Siembra Su Maiz” — Congo: Rumba On The River

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

Errol Brown — “Spinning Dub” — Dubb Everlasting

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

The Persuasions — “My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama” — Frankly A Cappella: The Persuasions Sing Zappa

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Pictured: Aderemi Kabaka.

The recording industry in Lagos needed an injection of something ni order ot get the- buzz back that had been missing since the early 1960s, before the war had started, and Fela was just the person to administer it.

In our times of the internet and worldwide, instant communication, it’s easy to forget how things were before the spread of ideas became instant, but when Fela and his band returned from California (where they’d been honing and revolutionising their sound for nearly nine months) he brought with him much of the feeling for experimentation and fusion that had exploded in the late 1960s in America. This was not mirrored in West Africa in any way in late 1969: the let-it-all-hang-out youth culture of Europe and America had not really made it there yet. Unbeknown to many Africans, American jazz, rock and soul musicians had begun looking to Africa and the wider world for new influences, and Fela realised that now was the time for Africa to respond. He believed passionately that what was needed in African music was a big dose of African culture, and that domestic music had become far too sterile in its approach and not African enough by any stretch.

— Miles Cleret, liner notes from Nigeria Afrobeat Special:The New Explosive Sound in 1970’s Nigeria.

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FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Spinners — “Are You Ready For Love (Single Version)” — Crème De La Crème Two: More Philly Soul Classics And Rarities From The Vaults Of Atlantic, Atco And Warner Bros. Records 1970-1980

Livy Ekemezie — “Holiday Actions” — Friday Night

Jack Nitzsche — “The Last Race (from “Death Proof”) — The Reprise Singles 1963-1965

Sonido Gallo Negro — “La Foca Cha Cha Chá” — Mambo Cósmico

Southern Culture on the Skids — “Tripping at the Admiral Benbow” — Kudzu Records Presents…

John Philips & The Steps — “Ayo Ke Disco” — Ayo Ke Disco: Boogie, Pop & Funk from The South China Sea 1974-88

Don & The Galaxies — “Sundown (Instrumental)” — Born Bad Vol. Eight

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Mr. D. & the Highlights — “Nose Full of White” — JAS 45rpm

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Watty Burnett — “Open The Gate” — Open The Gate

The Moroccos — “Muzik Megaton” — Greenstar 45rpm

Los Pakines — “Venus” — Super Disco Pirata: De Tepito Para El Mundo 1965​-​1980

Luther Davis Group — “To Be Free” — You Can Be A Star! Deep Disco and Crossover 70’s Soul from The Now-Again and Soul-Cal Vaults 1972-1982

Zaenal Combo — “Ampat Lima Dalam Djambangan” — Padang Moonrise: The Birth of the Modern Indonesian Recording Industry ⋆ 1955-69

The Hi-Lifes — “I’m Gonna Fight” — Why Don’t You Smile Now: Lou Reed at Pickwick Records 1964-65

Aderemi Kabaka — “Funky Lagos” — Roots Funkadelia

Lol Coxhill and The Welfate State — “Yet Another Legal OK” — Welfare State

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Guy Conquette — “Ping Pong” — Disques Debs International Volume 2: Cadence Revolution 1973-1981

The Rangers — “Mogul Monster” — Shiverin’ And Shakin’ Hop Rockers & Sleazy Instros  Pt. One 1958-1965

Nico Fidenco — “La Sposina” — Nuda: 21 Exciting Cuts from Italian Sexy Comedy Disco Scene (1975-1981)

Paul Gayton — “Hot Cross Buns” — Frolic Diner Pt. 1

Phương Tâm — “Đôi Tám (Double Eight)” — Saigon Surf Twist & Soul (1964-1966)

The Olympics — “Dance By The Light Of The Moon” — West Coast Sock Hop: The Arvee Records Story

King Tubby — “African Roots” — Dub from The Roots

The Yardbirds — “What Do You Want (Mono Mix)” — Roger The Engineer (a.k.a. Over Under Sideways Down)

Os Rebeldes — “Murder By Contact (Mozambique)” — Cazumbi: African Sixties Garage Vol. 1

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band — “Big Eyed Beans from Venus” — Clear Spot

Errol Brown and The Revolutionaries — “Socialist Dub” — Tip Top Dub

The Charts — “Oooba Gooba” — Las Vegas Grind! Vol. 4

Nyboma & Les Kamalé Dynamiques du Zaïre — “Madiana” — Pepe

I Marc 4 — “Slow Down” — Masoch Club Entertainment

Tito Puente — “Por La Manana” — The Complete 78s Vol. 1

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Pink Floyd — “In the Beechwoods (2010 mix)” — The Early Years: 1965–1972

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Then just as the [Roky] Erickson single appeared, so the Thirteenth Floor Elevators suddenly became a hip name to drop. First Television’s Tom Verlaine and Richard Hell raved about the group, even going so far as to perform ‘Fire Engine’, an Elevators original, as a kind of homage. Then Patti Smith, who always knew a good bandwagon when she jumped on one, immediately cited the group as ‘inspirational’. Cleveland’s Pere Ubu did likewise. All of a sudden, old long-deleted Elevators albums (there are four in all) were changing hands in London record stores for twenty pounds or more.

Erickson meanwhile was recording demos of new songs – he boasted of there being some three hundred to choose from – with titles like ‘Creature with the Atom Brain’, ‘I Walked with a Zombie’, ‘Mine Mine Mind’, ‘Bloody Hammer Dr Chane’, ‘Night of the Vampire’, ‘Don’t Shake Me Lucifer’, ‘I Think of Demons’ and ‘Bo Diddley was a Headhunted’. Tapes circulated around proved conclusively that the perverse brilliance of ‘Two Headed Dog’ was not a one-off. Like Syd Barrett’s, Erickson’s music expressed a state of sanity dangerously at odds with convention. While the likes of David Byrne and Richard Hell attempted to articulate the psychotic mentality through the craft of study and assimilation, Erickson was quite simply the real thing running rampant.

— Nick Kent, “The Bewildering Universe of Roky Erickson and his Two-Headed Dog,” from The Dark Stuff.

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FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Michael Jackson — “Get On The Floor” — Off The Wall

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

The Jokers — “Purple Crackle” — Strummin’ Mental!

Los Kenya — “Hoculele” — Siempre Afro-Latino

The Pretty Things — “Mr. Evasion” — Point Me At The Sky: 15 Flashbacks to the Golden Age of British Psych

Max Romeo — “My Jamaican Collie” — Trojan Ganja Reggae Box Set

Johnny “Guitar” Watson — “South Like West” — Okeh 45rpm

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Gert Wilden — “Dirty Boy” — Schulmädchen Report: Music from Sexy German Films 1968-1972

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Ndenga Andre Destin et Les Golden Sounds — “Yondja” — Cameroon Garage Funk 1964-1979

Unlimited Four — “Somebody Help Please” — Chanson 45rpm

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

The Squires — “Going All the Way” — Going All the Way with The Squires!

Matumbi — “Dub Planet” — Sufferer Sounds

The Fabulous Playboys — “Honky Tonk Woman” — Whip! Wobble & Grind! 1962-1964

Orchestre Tropicana — “Religion Tropic” — The Best of Tropicana Vol. 1

The 13th Floor Elevators — “13. Fire Engine {45 Version} [mono]” — The Psychedelic Sounds Of.. {Deluxe Edition}

Al Valdez — “Que Rico Sabor” — Gozalo! Bugalu Tropical Vol. 1

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Soul Machine — “Twitchie Feet” — Absolute Funk 1

Emy Jackson & Smashmen — “Namido No Heart” — Nippon Girls 2: Japanese Pop, Beat & Rock’n’roll 1965-70

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

Joseph Kabasele — “Table Ronde” — Le Grand Kallé: His Life, His Music – Joseph Kabasele and The Creation Of Modern Congolese Music

Ramones — “Rockaway Beach” — Rocket to Russia

Blue Rhythm Combo — “Sister Jeanie” — B.R.C’s Groove

James Brown — “Make It Good To Yourself (Interlude)” — Make It Funky (The Big Payback: 1971-1975)

King Tubby & The Aggrovators — “Crabbit Version” — Flashing Echo: Trojan In Dub 1970-1980

20/20 — “Yellow Pills” — 20/20

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Ros Sereysothea, Sinn Sisamouth And Friends — “Go-Go Dance” — Cambodian Psych-Out

Barbara Mason — “Give Me Your Love” — Strange Funky Games and Things

Remmy Ongala & Orchestre Super Matimila — “Arusi Ya Mwanza (A Wedding In Mwanza)” — Nalila Mwana

The Velvet Underground — “I Can’t Stand It” — VU

R.D. Burman — “Dance Music (from ‘Chandi Sona,’ 1976) — Jonny Trunk & Joel Martin Present Bollywood Funk Experience

The Whips — “Yes Master” — Dore 45rpm

Ennio Morricone — “Fiesta (Mariachis)” — Il Mercenario OST

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Julee Cruise — “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It…” — Winter Chill

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Pictured: Ginger Johnson.

Regarded by many admirers as the godfather of Afrobeat, Nigerian-born percussionist and bandleader George Folunsho ‘Ginger’ Johnson came to London in 1943 to join the British Merchant Navy, remaining in the city at the end of World War II. After playing with Ronnie Scott and the Edmundo Ros Orchestra, [Ginger Johnson] recorded for Melodisc in the mid-fifties, cutting some of the earliest African music made in Britain. By the middle of the following decade, Ginger — a mentor to the young Fela Kuti — and his band were part of the burgeoning London underground scene. A regular at the early Notting Hill Carnivals (footage on YouTube shows him performing on a float at the inaugural 1966 event), he took part in many of the capital’s psychedelic happenings…accompanying the Rolling Stones when they played ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ at Hyde Park. Disc & Music Echo hailed [Johnson’s African Party lp] as “hot, exciting music…ecstatic sounds, incredible African percussion and chants and freaky horns.”

— David Wells, liner notes from Deviation Street: High Times in Ladbroke Grove 1967-1975.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 428 of No Condition Is Permanent:

FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Major Harris Boogie Blues Band — “Each Morning I Wake Up” — Crème De La Crème Two: More Philly Soul Classics And Rarities From The Vaults Of Atlantic, Atco And Warner Bros. Records 1970-1980

T-Fire — “Will Of The People” — Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sound Of The Underground Lagos Dancefloor 1974-79

The Chevells — “Riptide” — It Came from the Beach: Surf, Drag and Rockin’ Instros

Chin Jie and Golden Melody Band — “Spring Wind Kisses My Face” — Singapore A-Go-Go Vol. 1

Sherman Evans with Cruz Ortiz and the Flames — “Looking for My Baby” — Souvenirs of the Soul Clap Vol. 3 

Van Shipley — ”Ghar Ki Murgi” — Bollywood Steel Guitar

The Gun Club — “Sex Beat” — Fire of Love

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Gene Page — “Blacula” — Blacula OST

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Noro Morales Quintet — “Saona” — Welcome to the Party

The Pop Group — “Snowgirl” — Y In Dub

Ahmadi Hassan — “Habibi (Mari Bersatu)” — Ayo Ke Disco: Boogie, Pop & Funk from The South China Sea 1974-88

Benny Joy — “I’m Gonna Move” — Crash the Rockabilly Party

The Aggrovators — “The Aggrevators Trap” — Jammies In Lion Dub Style

Eddie Kendricks — “Date With The Rain” — People…Hold On

Ezy & Isaac — “Got to Move” — Soul Rock

The Smoke — “No More Now” — Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire & Beyond 1964-1969

Santana V. — “Totensamba” — Hồ! #1 Roady Music from Viêtnam

Wire — “Once Is Enough (Demo)” — 154 (Special Edition)

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Los Mirlos — “Muchachita Del Oriente” — Cumbia Amazónica

Mande Dahl — “Ooh, I Dont Feel Nothin” — Rak N’ Rol Rickor’dinz 45rpm

Melih & Faruk & Serdar & Saygun — “Aynali Carsi” — Turkish One Hit Wonders (1967-1976)

Ronnie Dickerson — “What About Me” — Why Don’t You Smile Now: Lou Reed at Pickwick Records 1964-65

Ginger Johnson and His African Messengers — “Witchdoctor” — Deviation Street: High Times in Ladbroke Grove 1967-1975

Kevin Ayers — “Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes” — Whatevershebringswesing

Bullwackie’s All Stars — “Lonly Dub” — African Roots Act 2

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Tornados — “Telstar (Alternate Edit)” — Love and Fury: The Holloway Road Sessions 1962-1966 (Joe Meek’s Tea Chest Tapes)

Pamelo Mounk’a — “Samantha, Trésor Hindou” — Samantha

The Modern Lovers — “Government Center” — The Modern Lovers

Augustus Pablo Meets The Upsetter — “Vibrate On (Previously Unreleased Alternate Cut)” — Arkology Reel III: Dub Adventurer

Pink Floyd — “Lucifer Sam [mono]” — The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn [Mono]

Coupe Cloue — “Souvenir D’Enfance” — Maximum Compas from Haiti

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Prince La La — “Need You” — More Gumbo Stew: Original AFO New Orleans R&B

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