Performance · Production
Junior Murvin
Jamaica • d. 2013-12-02
Junior Murvin is credited on 422 releases across 90 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1976–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
422
Pressings credited
90
Albums
6
Decades active
259
In collections
Biography
Junior Murvin (born Murvin Junior Smith, circa 1946 – 2 December 2013) was a Jamaican reggae musician. He is best known for the single "Police and Thieves", produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry in 1976.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
422 releases · 90 albums · active 1976–2025
- Performance · 545
- Production · 17
Studios: The Black Ark · Mutato Muzika · The Palladium, NYC · Music Mountain Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Clash
1977
Super Ape
1976
The Story Of The Clash (Volume 1)
1988
The Royal Tenenbaums (Original Soundtrack)
2001
Police & Thieves
1977
Hits Back
2013
Clash On Broadway
1991
Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels (Soundtrack From The Motion Picture)
1998
King Scratch - Musical Masterpieces From The Upsetter Ark-ive
2022
This Is Reggae Music Vol 3
1976
The Essential Clash
2003
The Longest Barrel Ride
1998
Arkology
1997
Build The Ark
1990
The Clash 5 Studio Album LP Set
2013
Reggae Greats
1985
Muggers In The Street
1984
Bad Man Possee
1982
Black Ark In Dub
1981
Rockers (Original Soundtrack Recording)
1979
Police And Thief
1976
Colombia Colly
1976
Burn Down The Suburbs
2022
Sound System
2013
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- The Clash
- Junior Mervin
- Dubversive
- The Upsetters
- Seeed
- Luciano (2)
- Lee Perry
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