JUNIOR MURVIN Police And Thieves LP MANGO MLPS 9499 STEREO 1977 Reggae Lee Perry
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JUNIOR MURVIN
Police And Thieves LP
MANGO MLPS 9499 STEREO 1977
Reggae • Lee Perry.
Condition is very nice except for some little scratches.
The cover has seen some shelfware and there is some previous sticker damage In the front and there’s an old sticker on the bottom right back
(see pics.)
Shipped with USPS Media Mail.
Questions are good
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eBay seller since 1997 • Shackwax
Tracklist
Roots Train
Police & Thieves
Solomon
Rescue Jah Children
Tedious
False Teachin'
Easy Task
Lucifer
Working In The Cornfield
I Was Appointed
AllMusic Review by Rick Anderson
This is one of those albums that winds up on just about every list of essential reggae recordings, and with good reason. Like Max Romeo's War Ina Babylon (which is equally essential, and can be considered a companion to this one), it was recorded under the auspices of Lee "Scratch" Perry at his legendary Black Ark studio, and is saturated with Perry's trademark dense, murky sound. Junior Murvin sings in a fierce and beautiful falsetto, a voice which lends a unique weight to such dark masterpieces as "Lucifer," "Roots Train," and the title track (which was later recorded by the Clash). Perry surrounds Murvin's voice with great washes of echo and reverb and keeps the tempos slow and intense, giving the album an almost Biblical feel. Ignore the goofy album art on some issues -- there is nothing lighthearted about any of these songs, nor is there a single wrong note or misplaced effect. There may be eight or ten perfect reggae albums in existence, and this is certainly one of them.
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