Album
Police & Thieves
1977 · Reggae
9 collectors on Gatefold own this
Police & Thieves is a Reggae album by Junior Murvin, originally released in 1977. On Gatefold: 39 pressings tracked, owned by 9 collectors.
About
On <i>Police & Thieves</i>, Junior Murvin’s falsetto is as arresting and celestial as his hero Curtis Mayfield’s, but the resemblance doesn’t end there. Like Mayfield, the singer takes an unstinting look at his country’s fraught socio-political landscape. On the title track (famously covered by The Clash), Murvin prods the police state with a velvet glove—and gets away with it. Lee Perry’s musical backdrop is a modern-art masterpiece in its own right, using hallucinatory effects to render familiar instruments nearly unrecognizable.
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Tracklist
- 1Roots Train3:43
- 2Police & Thieves4:04
- 3Solomon3:56
- 4Rescue Jah Children4:45
- 5Tedious4:41
- 6False Teachin'4:06
- 7Easy Task3:48
- 8Lucifer3:13
- 9Workin' in the Cornfield3:47
- 10I Was Appointed3:52
Sound DNA
- Reggae
- Roots Reggae
- warm
- soulful
- tropical
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
This issue has no catalogue number on top right of back cover, no label rim text.
Title on front cover & spine: Police & Thieves
Title on centre labels: Police And Thieves
On back cover:
Recorded at Black Ark Studios Kingston Jamaica
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- "Deadly" Headley BennettHORNS
- Boris GardinerBASS
- Cedric MytonVOCALS
- Errol NelsonKEYBOARDS
- George FaithVOCALS
- Herman MarquisHORNS
- Junior MurvinVOCALS
- Richard "Dirty Harry" HallHORNS
- Robert JohnsonGUITAR
- Winston WrightKEYBOARDS
- DillingerFEATURING
9 collectors on Gatefold own this · 39 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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