Funk Amidst the Food Riots

The mid-1970s were a gloomy time in Polish history, even by that long-accursed nation's standards. Government-mandated price increases on essential goods led to a series of violent protests, which were quelled in typically brutal fashion. To paraphrase a certain Shogun Assassin quote made famous on GZA's Liquid Swords, it was a bad time for Warsaw.

But it was also a wonderful time to be a Polish funk musician, thanks to the benevolence of the state-owned Polskie Nagrania Muza record label...