Police and Thieves (album) explained

Police and Thieves
Type:	Album
Artist:	Junior Murvin
Border:	yes
Released:	April 1977
Recorded:	Black Ark Studio, Washington Gardens, Kingston, Jamaica
Genre:	Reggae
Length:	37:59
Label:	Island
Producer:	Lee 'Scratch' Perry
Next Title:	Tedious
Next Year:	1978

Police and Thieves is an album by Junior Murvin and backing band the Upsetters, released in 1977.^{[1] [2]} Along with the Heptones' Party Time and Max Romeo's War Ina Babylon, this album is considered part of a Black Ark Lee 'Scratch' Perry-produced "holy trinity".^[3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Junior Murvin and Lee "Scratch" Perry; except where indicated

Original LP

1. "Roots Train"
2. "Police and Thieves"
3. "Solomon" (Murvin)
4. "Rescue Jah Children"
5. "Tedious"
6. "False Teachin" (Perry)
7. "Easy Task" (Murvin)
8. "Lucifer"
9. "Workin' in the Cornfield" (Perry)
10. "I Was Appointed" (Murvin)

2003 CD re-release

1. "Roots Train"
2. "Police and Thieves"
3. "Solomon"
4. "Rescue Jah Children"
5. "Tedious"
6. "False Teachin"
7. "Easy Task"
8. "Lucifer"
9. "Working in the Cornfield"
10. "I Was Appointed"
11. "Childhood Sweetheart" (Murvin)
12. "Bad Weed" (Discomix)
13. "Roots Train" (Discomix)
14. "Memories" (B-side of "Police and Thieves")
15. "Rasta Get Ready" (Curtis Mayfield's "People Get Ready")

Personnel

• Junior Murvin - vocals
• Cedric Myton, George Faith - vocals
• Robert "Billy" Johnson - guitar
• Boris Gardiner - bass
• Winston Wright, Errol "Tarzan" Nelson - keyboards
• "Dirty" Harry Hall, Herman Marquis, "Deadly" Headley Bennett - horns
• Dillinger - additional vocals on "Roots Train" discomix
• Tony Wright - cover illustration

Notes and References

1. Book: Hebdige . Dick . Subculture . 2013 . Taylor & Francis . 38.
2. Book: Hodges . Hugh . The Fascist Groove Thing: Thatcher's Britain in 21 Mixtapes . 2023 . PM Press.
3. News: Anderson . Rick . [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r103876|pure_url=yes}} Police and Thieves ]. . 2010-03-12.