No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: Pere Ubu.

[Pere] Ubu’s music was never going to be accessible enough to reach an American mass market that had scorned the pop sensibilities of the Ramones and Television. Dub Housing and The Modern Dance passed largely without comment, outside the established havens of Cleveland and New York. Ubu’s primary market was England, where Rough Trade had provided the groundwork by distributing the Hearthan [label] singles, and where Ubu managed two tours in April and November of 1978, both critically acclaimed and well attended. Ironically, despite directly benefiting from the climate established by the English New Wave, Thomas has nothing but contempt for England’s punk exponents.

David Thomas: Punk to us was an alien thing. It wasn’t what we were doing. We weren’t doing loud, thrashing, anti-social, adolescent music. We saw ourselves as being more mature than that, more serious than that. We were embarrassed to be associated with the punk movement. We had done that three years earlier, four years earlier. We were doing the same thing in Rocket from the Tombs, but we had passed that stage and I hate to see things regress ’cause we were very serious about pushing music forward. You hate to see things cycle back which is what they always do.

— Clinton Heylin, From the Velvets to the Voidoids: The Birth of American Punk Rock.

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THE FIRST SET

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

Pat Thomas — “Yesu San Bra” — The Rough Guide to African Disco

Davie Allan & The Arrows — “Moondawg ’65” — Devil’s Rumble: The Davie Allan & The Arrows Anthology

Ersen — “Cakmagicak” — Turkish Freakout: Psych-Folk Singles 1969-1980

Bill Allen & The Backbeats — “Please Give Me Something” — The Roots of Psychobilly

The La Playa Orchestra — “Olvidate De Mi” — Boogaloo Pow Wow: Dancefloor Rendez-Vous In Young Nuyorica

Pere Ubu — “Waiting for Mary” — Cloudland

Susan Cadogan — “Dub It” — Clocktower 45rpm

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Ennio Morricone — “Twist Delle Zitelle” — I Malamondo OST

THE SECOND SET

Gene Walker And His Combo — “Empire City” — Blunderbuss: Scattershot Sleaze 58-67

Dur-Dur Band Int. — “Duurka” — The Berlin Session

The Equals — “Green Light” — Greatest Hits

Les Abranis — “Id Ed Was” — Amazigh Freedom Rock 1973–1983

The Loving Machines — “The Loving Machine” — Ho-Dad Hootenanny Too!

Joe Gibbs & The Professionals — “Bionic Encounter” — Majestic Dub

The Yardbirds — “Happenings Ten Years Time Ago” — Ultimate!

Goblin — “La Via Della Droga” — Beretta 70: Roaring Themes From Thrilling Italian Police Films 1971-80

Nolan Strong & The Diablos — “Mind Over Matter” — Dirty Boogie: The Fortune Records Story

THE THIRD SET

Los Dandy’s — “Normal Nomás” — Lindo Amorcito

Ron Nagle — “Marijuana Hell” — Bad Rice

Teresa Khoo & Her Five Notes — “You Don’t Know, Baby” — Singapore Nuggets: The Ladies

The Undecided? — “Make Her Cry” — Garage Punk Unknowns Vol.1

Shorty The President — “Control Dub” — DJ Jamaica: Inna Fine Dub Style

The Squires — “Do Be Oo Be Wop Wop” — Ai! Si! Si!: Mambo & Latin Flavoured Rhythm & Blues

Kassav’ — “Lagué Moin” — Lagué Moin

Abstracts — “The Beard” — Las Vegas Grind Vol. 7

THE FINAL SET

The Revolutionaries — “Kunta Kinte Version One” — Drum Sound: More Gems from Channel One Dub Room 1974-1980

The Necessaries — “You Can Borrow My Car” — Spy 45rpm

Afrosound — “Una Abeja En El Semáforo” — The Afrosound Of Colombia Vol. 2

Martha & The Vandellas — “(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave” — Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971

Afida Es & the Siglap Boys — “Jangan Goda” — Pop Yeh Yeh: Psychedelic Rock from Singapore and Malaysia 1964-1970 Vol. 1

Wire — “A Question Of Degree (Single Version)” — 154

Jimmy Sabater — “Times Are Changin’” — I Gotta New Dance

Jimmy Castor Bunch — “E-Man Par-Tay” — Maximum Stimulation

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Brigitte Bardot & Serge Gainsbourg — “Je T’aime…Moi Non Plus [1967 Original Version]” — Brigitte Bardot: Best of BB

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Pictured: Joseph Kabasele a.k.a. Le Grand Kalle.

For lovers of Congolese music, zeal in support of their favourite band was no vice. Like the athletes and spectators at a Saturday afternoon football match, musicians and their fans formed allegiances of great passion. As younger players emerged and new bands formed, music lovers appraised them with reference to their more established competitors. Nearly everyone was a critic, and the continual debate gave rise to the notion of stylistic schools. A new group might be said to follow the African Jazz school or the O.K. Jazz school.

These distinctions were drawn, for the most part, on comparisons between each group’s singers and guitarists. Among the singers, Joseph Kabasele reigned without peer. He was a chanteur de charme, a charm singer in the fashion of Tino Rossi. Kabasele’s voice evoked feelings of passion and sentimentality that Congolese music lovers found irresistible. Congolese singers followed the Kabasele school even if they wanted to sing in O.K. Jazz.

— Gary Stewart, Rumba on the River: A History of the Popular Music of the Two Congos.

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THE FIRST SET

Archie Bell & The Drells—”Let’s Groove” — Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia

El Rego Et Ses Commandos — “Vimado Wingnan” — Legends Of Benin: Afro-Funk, Cavacha, Agbadja, Afro-Beat 1969-1981

The Clee-Shays — “Dynamite” — High School Rumble Vol. 1: 18 Explosive 50’s/60’s Instrumentals

Kazi Aniruddha — “Aao Twist Karen” — Bollywood Steel Guitar

Small Faces — “Baby Don’t You Do It” — From The Beginning

Big Joe — “Trying To Wreck” — Original Foundation Deejays

Little Beaver — “Funkadelic Sound” — Miami Funk Vol. 2

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

The Mad Hatters — “Just Won’t Leave” — Teenage Shutdown Vol. 9: Teen Jangler Blowout!

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Paula Tsui — “Kung Fu Back Again” — Taiwan & Singapore Disco

THE SECOND SET

Gene Walker And His Combo — “Empire City” — Blunderbuss: Scattershot Sleaze ‘58-‘67

Kamal Ahmed & Nahid Akhtar — “Aesh Kiye Jaa Subh-O-Shaam” — Disco Dildar

Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant — “Truck Driver’s Ride” — Swingin’ on the Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Vol. 2

Apagya Show Band — “Mumunde” — Afro-Beat Airways: West African Shock Waves (Ghana & Togo 1972-78)

The Golliwogs — “Fight Fire” — Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968

Joe Gibbs & the Professionals — “No Man’s Version” — 100 Years of Dub

The Creation — “Making Time” — Mod Anthems: Original Northern Soul, R’N’B & Ska Classics

Dara Puspita — “Puyaili (Thai Folk Song)” — 1966-1968

The Cadillacs — “Holy Smoke Baby” — Dangerous Doo-Wop 2

Pedro Migul y sus Maracaibos — “Arroz con Coco” — Gozalo! Bugalu Tropical Vol. 2

THE THIRD SET

T. Rex — “Is It Love?” — T. Rex

Ja-Man All Stars — “Poor Man Skank” — In The Dub Zone

Albert Collins — “Cookin’ Catfish” — 20th Century 45rpm

Los Ahijados — “Sigue Afincando” — Disco de Oro

The Searchers — “Wow Wow Baby” — Gee Whiz: The Class Records Story 1956-1962

Who (Ngubani) — “Switch No. 1” — Afro Funk Explosion: Motherload From The Motherland

Pere Ubu — “Nonalignment Pact” — The Modern Dance

Mustafa Özkent Ve Orkestrasi — “Dolana Dolana” — Bosporus Bridges: A Wide Selection Of Turkish Jazz And Funk 68-78

THE FINAL SET

The Pop Group — “She Is Beyond Good and Evil” — Y

Grand Kalle & African Team — “Valentina Valentino” — Afrolatin Via Kinshasa

Iggy & the Stooges — “Shake Appeal [Iggy Pop Mix]” — Raw Power

A.M. Deballot — “Wudu” — SAT 45rpm

Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces — “Go Ahead And Burn” — Early Rappers: Hipper Than Hop — The Ancestors Of Rap

Junior Delgado — “Downs” — Dance A Dub

Nina Simone — “Funkier Than A Mosquito’s Tweeter” — It Is Finished

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Pan Ron — “Jombang Jet” — Dengue Fever presents Electric Cambodia

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Pictured: The Raybeats.

Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino sought to revitalize the hardboiled style with his upcoming film, to which he had given the working title Black Mask (after a popular pulp mystery magazine). He conferred with two friends about the music he would use in it. One of them, a devout surf music chronicler named Chuck Kelley, suggested injecting some early instro-surf classics and made Tarantino a compilation tape. Tarantino, who seems to have believed at the time that surf music began and ended with the Beach Boys, accepted the tape — and the challenge. Over the years, rumors surfaced that Tarantino was listening to this tape of surf instrumentals in an Amsterdam hashish den when he envisioned the entire plot of [Pulp Fiction]. In fact, the script for the film had been floating around Hollywood since the early ’90s.

— Kent Crowley, Surf Beat: Rock’n’Roll’s Forgotten Revolution.

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THE FIRST SET

Rose Royce — “Fire In The Funk” — Stronger Than Ever

Afro National — “Push Am Forward” — African Experimentals (1972-1979)

The Raybeats — “The Calhoun Surf” — Guitar Beat

Baksey Cham Krong — “B.C.K.” — Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll

The Underdogs — “Don’t Pretend” — Friday At The Hideout: Boss Detroit Garage 1964-67

The La Playa Orchestra — “Olvidate De Mi” — Boogaloo Pow Wow: Dancefloor Rendez-Vous In Young Nuyorica

Question Mark & The Mysterians — “Girl (You Captivate Me)” — Action

King Tubby — “Girl I Want to Dub You” — Dub Too Much Vol. 3

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Kip Tyler & The Flips — “She’s My Witch” — Godfathers Of Psychobilly

THE SECOND SET

Remi Kabaka — “Sure Thing” — Son of Africa

The Equals — “Green Light” — Greatest Hits

Bossa 70 — “Si Voce Pensa” — Peruvian Funk

Billy Preston — “Shotgun” — Vampisoul: In Search of the Cool

Los Escorpiones — “Igual Me Da” — Chicha for The Jet Set

Dave & the Detomics — “Detomic Orbit” — Instro Inferno 7: Action Planet!

Boris Gardiner & The Love People — “Darkness” — Trojan Reggae Rarities Box Set

Whitefield Brothers — “Buster” — In The Raw

Ira Maya Sopha — “Kawanku” — Indonesia Pop Nostalgia: Pan-Indonesian Pop, Folk, Instrumentals & Children’s Songs 1970s-1980s

The Mar-Keys — “Last Night” — In The Beginning: The Mod Story

THE THIRD SET

Carlos Hayre y Su Orquesta — “Me Gusta Boogaloo” — Ritmo Salvaje! Vol. 1 : Latin And Salsa Rhythms From Peru

Roxy Music — “Both Ends Burning” — Siren

Ros Sereysothea, Sinn Sisamouth And Friends — “Enjoy Now While You’re Young” — Cambodian Psych-Out

Ron Nagle — “Marijuana Hell” — Bad Rice

Gussie Clarke & The Revolutionaries — “Hot Steppers” — Dread At The Controls Dub

Favourite Sons — “Walkin Walkin Walkin” — A Slight Disturbance In My Mind: The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds Of 1966

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

THE FINAL SET

The Torquays — “Journey To The Stars” — A Date With …

4 Étoiles — “Luila” — 4 Stars

Television — “In World” — Television

Raphael Green & Dr. Alimantado — “Rasta Train (Previously Unreleased Alternate Mix)” — Arkology Reel II: Dub Shepherd

Jimmy Mcquade & The Unique Echos — “Booga-Ka-Do” — Downtown Soulville! 24 Solid Blasts Of 60s Soul

Michi Sarmiento — “Suena Ahora” — Aqui Los Bravos! The Best Of Y Su Comba Bravo 1967-77

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Dr. John — “Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya [mono]” — Gris-Gris

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Pictured: King Tubby.

Like most of Glen Brown’s productions, ‘Tubbys At The Control’ was mixed by King Tubby at his home studio at 18 Dromilly Avenue, Waterhouse. The tiny space was not a recording studio in the conventional sense, nor was Tubby an actual producer until the late 1980s. His bedroom studio was never large enough for rhythms to be created in full, but the space was gradually converted into a sound manipulation unit complete with a machine to cut acetates.

‘Tubbs is an innovator,’ says ‘Prince’ Philip Smart, engineer at the studio for much of the mid-1970s. ‘He didn’t buy his first console, he built it – built the chassis and everything, put all the components together. That’s what he used to use first, until he bought the MCI console from Dynamics, their studio B. It was just that room he had at first. You have a carport, and then the carport is a bedroom and a bathroom, so him turn the bathroom into the voice room and the bedroom into the control room, and he had his repair shop in another little house in the back. His main income was building amplifiers and winding transformers, because he had contracts for hotels that needed transformers for stabilizing the current. The music was an addition, because he had the sound and he always wanted to make his own dubs, so that’s how he started: he bought the dub machine to cut his own dubs.’

— David Katz: Solid Foundation: An Oral History of Reggae.

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THE FIRST SET

Honey Cone — “The Truth Will Come Out” — Backbeats – Detroit Gold: 70s Soul Grooves from The Motor City

Rob — “Boogie On” — Funky Rob Way

Five More — “Avalanche” — The Surf Creature Vol. 3

The Joe Cuba Sextet — “Asi Soy” — Wanted Dead Or Alive (Bang! Bang! Push, Push, Push)

Plas Johnson & His Orchestra — “Downstairs” — Boom-A-Lay: Exotic Blues & Rhythm Vol. 7

King Tubby’s & Santic All Stars — “One Heavy Duba” — Harder Shade Of Black

The Coasters — “Run Red Run” — 50 Coastin’ Classics

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

IT’S MADISON TIME…

The Cramps — “Like A Bad Girl Should” — Big Beat from Badsville

THE SECOND SET

La Logia Sarabanda — “Todos O Ninguno” — Guayaba

Funkadelic — “I Got A Thing, You Got A Thing, Everybody’s Got A Thing” — Funkadelic

Los Destellos — “Constelacion” — The Roots Of Chicha 2: Psychedelic Cumbias From Peru

Jimmy McCracklin — “Let’s Do It (The Chicken Scratch)” — R&B Humdingers: Twenty Two Greasy Groovers Vol. 13

Prince Jammy — “Wreck Up A Version” — Dub Gone Crazy: The Evolution of Dub at King Tubby’s 1975-1979

Frank Zappa — “Alley Cat” — The Lost Episodes

Kalyanji Anandji — “Bluff Master (Title Music)” — Bombshell Baby of Bombay: Vol. 2 Bouncin’ Nightclub Grooves from Bollywood Films 1959-1972

Those Rogues — “Wish I Could See You Again” — Wyld Canada Vol. 4: Rotten To The  Core

Man City Lion — “Tid Lom Ta Lai (Drinking Whiskey Until I’m Blurred)” — Thai Pop Spectacular 1960s–1980s

The Kirkbys — “It’s A Crime” — A Slight Disturbance In My Mind: The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds Of 1966

THE THIRD SET

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo — “Ne Te Fâche Pas” — Cotonou Club

Eugene Church & the Fellows — “Pretty Girls Everywhere” — The Complete Story of Doo Wop Volume 10: 1958

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

Paul Bearer & The Hearsemen — “I’ve Been Thinking” — Teenage Shutdown, Vol. 10: The World Ain’t Round, It’s Square!

Teresa Khoo & Her Five Notes — “You Don’t Know, Baby” — Singapore Nuggets: The Ladies

Dennis Coffey — “Ride Sally Ride” — Absolutely The Best Of Dennis Coffey

Coupé Cloué — “Mango” — Maximum Compas From Haiti

Abstracts — “The Beard” — Las Vegas Grind Vol. 7

THE FINAL SET

Los Papacitos — “Jazzy” — Panama! 2: Latin, Calypso & Funk On The Isthmus 1967-77

Howard Werth — “Obsolete” — Dangerhouse 45rpm

Soonthorn Sujaridchan — “DRUNK: Wasted” — Thai Funk ZudRangMa Vol. 2

Wire — “A Question Of Degree” — 154

Nyboma et L’Orchestre les Kamalé — “Doublé Doublé” — Doublé Doublé

The Satellites — “You Ain’t Sayin’ Nothin’” — Gee Whiz: The Class Records Story 1956-1962

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David Crosby — “Laughing” — If I Could Only Remember My Name

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Pictured: The Slits.

That spring, the Slits recorded ‘FM’, whose storyline found the group so bathed in media that they surrendered their humanity to electronics. ‘My head is like a radio set,’ sang Ari over a background simultaneously experimental and threatening, ‘my nightmares don’t project my dreams.’ At the song’s end, the group record a sweep over the radio band: out of the atmospherics comes the Union Gap’s paedophiliac song ‘Young Girl’.

It is hardly surprising that the music industry was not ready for a cosmopolitan group of aggressive, politicized females: without a strong manager, with a mixture of outrage and preciousness, the Slits withdrew even further. ‘The blokes in the record companies are not the sort you would associate with, totally naff human beings, and there you are trying to deal with them,’ says Albertine. ‘We got offered contracts quite early, and we didn’t want them.’

— Jon Savage, England’s Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock and Beyond.

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THE FIRST SET

The Gibson Brothers — “Cuba” — Ministry Of Sound: Anthems Disco

Pat Thomas — “Yesu San Bra” — The Rough Guide to African Disco

Dynamics — “Later On” — Strummin’ Mental! Part 2: Raw, Crude, Instrumental R & R!

Ersen — “Cakmagicak” — Turkish Freakout: Psych-Folk Singles 1969-1980

The Detroit Cobras — “Boss Lady” — Life, Love and Leaving

Joe Gibbs & The Professionals — “Majestic Dub (Swing Easy Dub)” — Majestic Dub

The Dave Clark Five — “No Stopping” — Instrumental Album

Teun-Jai Boon Praraksa — “Ha Fang Kheng Kan” — Siamese Soul: Thai Pop Spectacular Vol. 2

IT’S MADISON TIME…

John Cale — “Mary Lou” — The Island Years

THE SECOND SET

Los Holys — “Psicodelico Desconocido” — Sons Of Yma: A Collection of Peruvian Garage and Instrumental Bands from the ’60s!

The Slits — “Vindictive” — The Peel Sessions

Eduardo Morales y Su Requinto — “Muevase Vecina” — Ecuatoriana: El Universo Paralelo de Polibio Mayorga 1969​-​1981

The Riot Squad — “Anytime “ — British Mod Sounds Of The 1960s

Elvis Phuong — “Bài Ca Ngông (The Crazy Song)” — Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974

Live Wires — “Scrambled Eggs” — Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things: Rare and Unissued Virginia Garage 1964-1967

King Tubby — “Invasion” — Dub From The Roots

Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers — “Dripper’s Boogie” — Dr. Boogie Presents Bear Traces: Nugget’s from Bob’s Barn

Amadou Balaké — “Aminata Du Thé” — The Original Sound Of Burkina Faso

THE THIRD SET

The Controllers — “You Ain’t Fooling Me” — In Control

Machito — “St. Louis Blues” — Cuba in America 1939-1962

The Buzz — “You’re Holding Me Down” — Joe Meek: The Alchemist of Pop: Home Made Hits & Rarities 1959-1966

Pier’ Rosier & Gazolinn’ — “Obsession” — Console Mwen

Andre Williams & His Orchestra — “Sweet Little Pussycat” — Movin’ On With… Andre Williams: Greasy And Explicit Soul Movers 1956-1970

Figen Han — “Haydi Bastırrr” — Saz Beat Vol. 3: Turkish Rock, Funk, And Psychedelic Music Of The 1960s And 1970s

James Brown — “Since You Been Gone” — Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang

THE FINAL SET

The Revolutionaries — “Kunta Kinte Version One” — Drum Sound: More Gems from Channel One Dub Room 1974-1980

The Velvettes — “Needle In A Haystack” — Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971

Laxmikant Pyarelal — “Theme Music” — Bollywood Bloodbath: The B-Music of the Indian Horror Film Industry

Jack Bruce — “You Burned the Tables on Me” — Harmony Row

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

Young-Holt Unlimited — “Give It Up” — The Definitive Young-Holt Unlimited

Super Mambo 69 — “Sweeper Soul” — Afro-Rock Vol. 1

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Lou Reed — “Kicks“ — Coney Island Baby

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Pictured: Kid Creole & The Coconuts.

What drew young men, and even some women, to the zoot suit? Most historical studies depict the zoot suit as a “street style,” devised by those whose experience of racial discrimination and prejudice led them to create distinctive sartorial responses to their situation. In these accounts, the zoot suit took flight in the streets and dance halls of Harlem and made a transcontinental leap to the barrios of Los Angeles. There, the social isolation of poor black youth and pachucos from the mainstream of American life not only created a subcultural space where a new aesthetic could flourish but also gave stylishness a political charge, making it a symbol of opposition and resistance. Although this interpretation has become axiomatic in discussions of youth of the 1940s, it rests on problematic assumptions about minority communities, the closed nature of subcultures, the direct relationship between style and politics, and most important, the consciousness and motives of those who wore extreme fashion.

— Kathy Peiss, Zoot Suit: The Enigmatic Career of an Extreme Style.

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THE FIRST SET

Dennis Coffey — “If You Can’t Dance To This” — Live Wire: The Westbound Years 1975-78

Ofege — “Adieu” — Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-Rock & Fuzz Funk in 1970s Nigeria

The Torquays — “Hopscotch” — A Date With …

Kalyanji & Anandji — “Title Music” — The Bombay Connection Vol. 2:  Bouncin’ Nightclub Grooves From Bollywood Films 1959-1972

Voice — “The Train To Disaster” — Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire & Beyond 1964-1969

The Aggrovators and King Tubby’s — “Caretaker Dub” — Jackpot Dub: Rare Dubs From Jackpot Records 1974-1976

Harvey & the Phenomenals — “Soul & Sunshine” — Midwest Funk

Vichan Maneechot — “Dance Dance Dance” — Thai Beat A Go Go Vol. 1: Groovy 60’s Sounds from the Land of Smile!

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Mr. C & Funck Junction — “Hot Butter ‘n All – Part 2” — Funky Crimes

THE SECOND SET

Belbao — “Casablanca Shuffle” — Habibi Funk: An Eclectic Selection Of Music From The Arab World

The Moroccos — “Morocco Chant” — Ai! Si! Si!: Mambo & Latin Flavoured Rhythm & Blues

Joe Gibbs & The Professionals — “Bionic Encounter” — Majestic Dub

The Pretty Things — “Come See Me” — The EP Collection…Plus

Los Saicos — “Salvaje” — ¡Demolición! The Complete Recordings

The Only Ones — “Another Girl, Another Planet” — The Only Ones

Charles Amoah — “Sweet Vibration” — Sweet Vibration

Kid Creole And The Coconuts — “Endicott” — In Praise Of Older Women And Other Crimes

THE THIRD SET

The Psychedelic Aliens — “Gbe Keke Wo Taoo” — Psycho African Beat

The Silence — “Cold On Me” — Rare Mod Vol. 1

Los Cañeros — “La Buenita” — Trujillo, Perú 1971-1974

Twistin’ Kings — “Congo Part 2” — Jungle Exotica Vol. 2     

Vaudou Game — “Tata Fatigue” — Otodi

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band — “Dirty Blue Gene II” — The Brown Star Sessions

Nico Fidenco — “Sweet Disco Funky” — La Via Della Prostituzione

THE FINAL SET

Eman El Bahr Darwish — “Mahsobko Endes (El Arwam)” — Sharayet El Disco: Egyptian Disco & Boogie Cassettes 1982-1992

The Four Sounds — “Mama Ubangi Bangi” — Blowin’ Through Yokohama!

Sly & The Revolutionaries with Jah Thomas — “White Rum” — Black Ash Dub

Jimmy Bryant — “Ha-So” — Ecco-Fonic 45rpm

The Swallows — “La Ngomber” — Java-Java: Indonesia Screaming Fuzz Vol. 1

Bohannon — “The Stop And Go” — Stop & Go

Sonido Verde de Moyobamba — “Pañuelo de Seda (Versión Sonido Verde)” — Homenaje a Polibio Mayorga Vol. 6

The Marvelettes — “I’ll Keep Holding On” — 20 Original Mod Classics

Orlando Julius with the Heliocentrics — “In the Middle” — Jaiyede Afro

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Willie Weems & The Outlaws — “Snuff Time” — Las Vegas Grind! Vol. 6

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Pictured: The Modern Lovers.

Another odd rock band that had yet to release a record resurfaced in January, when the Modern Lovers played the Townhouse Theatre, a tiny, eighty-eight-seat venue at 120 West Forty-fourth Street near Times Square. Jonathan Richman, age twenty-two, now had a ghost of a mustache, the sort that would inspire a fifteen-year-old to rooster-strut around the schoolyard. He sang a churning, thrilling, electric-guitar-driven number that resembled the Velvet Underground’s “Sister Ray,” with a heady, nasal voice, all adolescent passion and clogged nostrils…

But they still couldn’t get a record out. They’d earned enough label interest to bankroll demos produced by John Cale in ’72, which eventually became the posthumous debut The Modern Lovers. “Roadrunner,” “Pablo Picasso,” and “She Cracked” are noisy, propulsive, proto-punk rock ’n’ roll rooted in the Velvets. But Richman was mercurial, and his interests were now shifting toward quieter, faux-naïf songs with titles like “Hey Mr. Insect.” He’d recorded another, somewhat gentler set of demos in late ’73 with the California producer Kim Fowley, but labels remained baffled, and by the time of the Townhouse gig, the band was falling apart.

— Will Hermes, Love Goes To Buildings On Fire.

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THE FIRST SET

The Glitter Band — “Makes You Blind” — Disco 75

Livy Ekemezie — “Night Party” — Friday Night

The Coffin Daggers — “Stella Vista” — War Of The Surf Guitars!

Cymbals — “午前8時の脱走計画 (This Is What You Want, But This Is What You Get)” — Anthology **

Small Faces — “What’Cha Gonna Do About It” — From The Beginning

The Soul Sisters — “Wreck a Buddy” — Trojan Box Set: X-Rated Box Set

The Rock-A-Hulas — “Soraya Lou” — Hot, Cool & Fun 45rpm EP

Annette Pinto — “Love Me Baby” — Charas Babu

Ricki & The Rikatones — “Whiplash” — Running Wild 1

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Gene Page — “Movin’” — Blacula OST

THE SECOND SET

Ersen — “Metelik” — Ersen

The Ovations — “Pop Me Too” — Ho-Dad Hootenanny Too!

John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett — “Cheryl’s Going Home” — John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett

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

Whitefield Brothers — “Rampage” — In the Raw

Chopstick Sisters — “Good Companion” — Taiwan & Singapore Disco

Reparata & The Delrons — “Panic” — Girl Zone!

Fela Ransome-Kuti & His Koolalobitos — “Mi O Mo” — Lagos Baby 1963-1969

Kit Kats — “That’s the Way” — Phil’s Spectre Vol. 3: Third Wall of Soundalikes

THE THIRD SET

Joe Gibbs & The Professionals — “Free The Children” — African Dub All-Mighty Chapter 4

The Hully Gully Boys — “Yabby!” — Jungle Exotica Vol. 1

Plearn Promdan — “Kosok Tee Det” — Thai? Dai!: The Heavier Side of the Luk Thung Underground

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

Henri Guedon — “Douce” — 10 Ans De Musique Caraïbe

Kid Creole & the Coconuts — “Latin Music” — Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places

Tito Chicoma y Su Orquesta — “El Baile Yeye A Go-Go” — ¡Gózalo! Bugalú Tropical Vol. 5

THE FINAL SET

Orchestre Shika-Shika — “Diabanza (La Gallina Java)” — Piconema: East African Hits On the Colombian Coast

The Modern Lovers — “I Wanna Sleep In Your Arms” — The Modern Lovers

Afrosound — “Una Abeja En El Semáforo” — The Afrosound Of Colombia Vol. 2

Eddie Bonds — “Slip, Slip ,Slippin’ In” — The Roots Of Psychobilly

Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators — “King Tubby Dub” — Slates, Plates & Acetates: Soul Groovers, Funky Dubs & Tight Reggae

Piano Slim — “Whammy In The Gizmo” — ‘Black’ Rock ‘n’ Roll – Savage Kick Vol. 3

Cheo Marquetti Y Su Conjunto — “Baila Ahora” — Region Matancera

Johnny Watson — “looking back” — Shakin’..Black (R&B Special)

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Terenchem — “Jeritan Cinta” — Those Shocking Shaking Days: Indonesia Hard, Psychedelic, Progressive Rock and Funk 1970-1978

** Thanks to Bob Brainen.

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Pictured: The Treniers.

The Trenier twins, Claude and Clifford, were born in Mobile, Alabama, on July 14, 1919, the third and fourth children brought into this vale of jive by Denny and Olivia Trenier, whose spawn eventually numbered ten. It was a musical family. Denny Trenier, in between ejaculations, played the baritone horn with the Excelsior Band, one of the legendary marching and funerary brass groups in the deep South; Olivia played piano; and their children took to the rhythm at a tender age…

Claude Trenier: “I remember we were playing the Riptide in Wildwood, New Jersey, in the summer of 1950. Bill Haley had a cowboy band, the Saddlemen, that played right across the street from us. He used to come in and watch us. He asked us what we called the music we were playing. And we told him. Hell, we told him.”

— Nick Tosches, ‘The Treniers: Their God Wore Shades,” from Unsung Heroes of Rock’n’Roll.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 367 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

Marvin Gaye — “I Don’t Have to Get High to Do It (Instrumental)” — Let’s Get It On

Charles Amoah — “Shake Your Body To The Beat” — Sweet Vibration

The Torquays — “Shake ‘n’ Stomp” — A Date With …

Los Iguales — “El Sonido de Los Mirlos” — Chicha for The Jet Set

Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles — “I Sold My Heart To The Junkman” — Any Day Now: The Quality Records Story

I Roy — “Wap’n Bap’n” — Crisus Time – Extra Version

Wire — “Mr Suit” — Pink Flag

Xiu-Zhu Wu — “Flying Leaps In My Heart” — Taiwan & Singapore Disco

Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band — “The Intro And The Outro” — Gorilla

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Jonathan Richman — “Vampiresa Mujer” — Her Mystery Not of High Heels and Eye Shadow

THE SECOND SET

Bill Doggett — “Honky Tonk Popcorn” — King Funk: Rare, Fast & Hard. 24 Essential Funk Cuts From The Label That Gave Birth To The Music

Orchestra Harlow — “Freak Off” — El Exigente

Blue Ash — “Abracadabra (Have You Seen Her)” — No More, No Less

Pier’ Rosier & Gazolinn’ — “Fresh” — Déchiré

Small Faces — “Sha La La La Lee” — From The Beginning

Super Borgou de Parakou — “Baba L’oke Ba’wagbe” — African Scream Contest 2: Benin 1963​-​1980

Don Gardner — “My Baby Likes To Boogaloo” — Whip It On ‘Em

Samai Onwong — “Ruk Thung Na (Love The Rice Fiddle)” — Luk Thung! The Roots Of Thai Funk: Zudrangma Vol. 3

Ramones — “Judy Is A Punk” — Ramones

THE THIRD SET

El Haru Kuroi — “Jaqui” — Sabung

The Rainbows — “Balla Balla” — CBS 45rpm

Baris Manço — “Ben Bilirim” — Hava Narghile: Turkish Rock Music (1966-1975)

The Treniers — “Squeeze Me” — Cool It Baby

Kalyanji-Anandji — “Rafoo Chakkar” — Bollywood Funk: 15 Funk-Fuelled Grooves From The Bollywood Classics

Frank Floyd — “Rock A Little Baby” — Stompin’ 18

Freedom Family — “Ayentsoo” — Ayentsoo

THE FINAL SET

Counts — “Bills” — What’s Up Front That – Counts

Asiko Rock Group — “Everybody Get Down” — Lagos Disco Inferno

Jewel King — “3 X 7 = 21” — Rhythm ‘N’ Blues Vol. 1

The Revolutionaries — “Dutch Man” — Dutch Man Dub

Playboys — “Jungle Fever” — Strummin’ Mental!

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

The Mothers of Invention — “Soft-Sell Conclusion” — Absolutely Free [Mono]

Chip and Dave — “Seventh Round” — A New Kind Of Mambo Vol 16: Showstoppin’ Bugaloo

June Bateman — “Possum Belly Overalls” — Twistin’ Rumble!! 5

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Harumi — “Talk About It” — Harumi

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Pictured: Jack Nitzsche.

Jack Nitzsche, who had not seen Phil [Spector] in years, showed up unannounced at the front gate late in 1979. Nitzsche had blossomed during and after working with Phil—he produced, among many others, Bobby Darin, Rick Nelson, and Jackie DeShannon, and recorded four solo albums; one, St. Giles Cripplegate, in 1972, utilized the London Symphony Orchestra. Nitzsche had been in the thick of the seventies’ soft-rock wave, co-producing Neil Young’s first LP and producing and writing for Young’s backup band Crazy Horse, for a time joining the band on the road as their pianist. He also produced the Neville Brothers and the first two Mink Deville albums. Branching out into films, he scored the Mick Jagger movie Performance, then The Exorcist and One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest. However, Nitzsche was in a bad way now. Recently he had been arrested for assaulting his girlfriend, actress Carrie Snodgress, who said that Nitzsche, in a drunken rage, raped her with the barrel of a gun, kicked and beat her, and threatened to shoot her and her small child.

Seeing Nitzsche, Phil thought he was scary. Rather than let him in, Phil leaned out of an upstairs window and was said to have aimed a gun at his onetime arranger and ordered him off the grounds. Nitzsche fled back down La Collina Drive and into a wasteland of his own misery, but the real question about Phil Spector now was whom if anyone he would welcome inside that dark house.

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

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 366 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

McFadden & Whitehead — “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now” — Ministry Of Sound: Anthems Disco

Buari — “Iro Le Pa” — Buari

The Teemates — “Walk Don’t Run ’64” — Lost Legends Of Surf Guitar, Vol. 4: Shockwave!

The Melodians — “I Will Get Along Without You” — Trojan Rocksteady Box Set

Johnny Kidd & The Pirates — “I Want That [mono]” — The Classic And Rare

Erkin Koray & Ter — “Hor Görme Garibi” — Hava Narghile: Turkish Rock Music 1966-1975

The Seeds — “Pushin’ Too Hard” — Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968

Dr Ezat Abou Ouf & El Four M — “Genoun El Disco” — Sharayet El Disco: Egyptian Disco & Boogie Cassettes 1982-1992

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Moses Longpiece — “Slide Her Under The Door” — Lux and Ivy’s Favorites Vol. 6

THE SECOND SET

Al Massrieen — “Hatgeni Tani” — Habibi Funk 006: Modern Music

The Real Kids — “Reggae Reggae” —The Real Kids

Thái Thanh — “Bừng Sáng (Dawn)” — Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974

Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs — “Ain’t Gonna Move” — The MGM Singles 1965-1973

Beaujour Et Ses Diables Du Rythme — “Ti Té Ya” — Antilles Méchant Bateau

The Undertones — “Male Model” — The Undertones

Usha Iyer — “Love Me” — Charas Babu

Davie Allan and The Arrows — “The Young World” — Devil’s Rumble: The Davie Allan & The Arrows Anthology

Riz Ortolani — “Ragazze E Marinai” — Mondo Cane OST

THE THIRD SET

Captain Beefheart — “I’m Gonna Booglarize You Baby” — The Spotlight Kid

Pérez Prado — “Perfidia” — Pérez Prado: The Greatest Hits

Savoys — “Blo Jangs” — Las Vegas Grind Vol. 7

Grace Lee & The Stylers — “Each And Every Flower” – Singapore Nuggets: The Ladies

Pere Ubu — “Street Waves” — The Modern Dance

The Peace — “Black Power” — Black Power

Reigning Sound — “If You Can’t Give Me Everything” — Too Much Guitar

Phillip Smart & The Aggravators — “Night Angel Dub” —Phillip Smart Meets The Aggravators At King Tubby’s

THE FINAL SET

The Flirtations — “Nothing But A Heartache” — Sounds Like The Flirtations

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

The Velvet Underground — “I Heard Her Call My Name” — White Light/White Heat ’68 [Mono]

Pier’ Rosier et son Groupe Gazoline — “Carément News” — Pier’ Rosier et son Groupe Gazoline

The Five Americans — “Slippin’ And Slidin’” — Teenage Shutdown Vol.1: Jump, Jive & Harmonize

Juaneco Y Su Combo — “Linda Nena” — Masters Of Chicha 1

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Jack Nitzsche — “Opening Titles” — Cutter’s Way OST

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