Junior Murvin: "Police & Thieves" Mango Records 1977 (MLPS 9499) Reggae Vinyl LP
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You are bidding on a Vinyl LP issue of the great Reggae artist, Junior Murvin: “Police & Thieves.” This LP was released on the Mango-Island Label, and was originally released in 1977. (MLPS 9499). This item appears to be from 1977. It is in great condition.
This LP contains excellent Reggae music, and you might know that the Clash covered one of the tracks, “Police & Thieves.” We purchased this item decades ago, played it (and enjoyed it!), and it has been sitting in our home (vertically) for the last few decades.
The LPs look great, and is in excellent condition. The cover is still in the original shrink wrap, with a slit on the side to allow for the removal of the LP. The original store pricing sticker still remains. The LP cover is in Excellent condition (See Photos).
Please remember that this album was well taken care of, but it was played as part of our record collection decades ago.
This item has been stored at room temperature, in a smoke free home. Please see photos of actual item being sold.
Junior Murvin: “Police & Thieves” (1977):
” 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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