Toots & the Maytals -- Funky Kingston

   As far as I'm concerned Funky Kingston is one of the best records to come out of the whole Reggae scene.  Now there is one little problem I have with, maybe not this record, but rather Jamaican music.  Many of us put on our Reggae hats in the summer while doing yuppie seasonal activities, enjoying our luxuries, thinking isn't this the greatest music to, for example, lounge in a pool on air mattress or sit on a dock with friends enjoying drinks?  And it is, isn't it?  But i can't help feeling guilty thinking of who and what this music was actually made for.  Just look at the cover of this record, ahh their smiling faces, but what's in the background, that's the shanty town, where living is hard, and albums like these can make life a little easier for all it's inhabitants.  Lets all think twice when playing one of Jamaica's finest!