Police and Thieves
~ Recording by Junior Murvin
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.2 | Police and Thieves | 3:55 | Junior Murvin | Police and Thieves | Junior Murvin | Album |
| Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group) | ILPS 9499 |
| 1.3 | Police and Thieves | 3:53 | Junior Murvin | Rockers | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Mango Records | MLPS 9587 |
| 1.3 | Police and Thieves | 3:53 | Junior Murvin | Rockers | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Mango Records | ILPS 9587 |
| 1.3 | Police and Thieves | 3:53 | Junior Murvin | Rockers | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group) | 200 925 |
| 1.8 | Police and Thieves | 3:54 | Junior Murvin | Groove Yard | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Mango Records | CCD9849 |
| 1.3 | Police & Thieves | 3:53 | Junior Murvin | Rockers | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Mango Records | 162-539 587-2 |
| 1.2 | Police and Thieves | 3:55 | Junior Murvin | Police and Thieves | Junior Murvin | Album |
| Mango Records | 162-539 499-2 |
| 1.3 | Police & Thieves | 3:53 | Junior Murvin | Rockers | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Mango Records | 8461202 |
| 1.4 | Police & Thieves | 3:55 | Junior Murvin | Island 40, Volume 5: 1972-1995: Reggae Roots | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group) | 314-572 486-2 |
| 1.14 | Police and Thieves | 3:56 | Junior Murvin | Ultimate Collection | Lee “Scratch” Perry | Album + Compilation |
| Hip‐O Records | 314 541 301-2 |
| 1.2 | Police and Thieves | 3:55 | Junior Murvin | Police and Thieves | Junior Murvin | Album |
| Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group) | RRCD 57/546779-2 |
| 1.20 | Police & Thieves | 3:55 | Junior Murvin | Roots Reggae Essentials | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.1 | Police & Thieves | 3:56 | Junior Murvin | Reggae: I Am King | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.15 | Police and Thieves | 3:57 | Junior Murvin | Social Classics Volume 2: Dread Meets Punk Rockers Uptown | Don Letts | Album + Compilation |
| Heavenly Recordings | HVNLP 33CD |
| 2.25 | Police and Thieves | 3:58 | Junior Murvin | Young, Gifted & Black, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Trojan Records | TJDDD006 |
| 1.3 | Police and Thieves | 3:53 | Junior Murvin | Rockers | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group) | 314-586-153-2 |
| 2.25 | Police and Thieves | 3:59 | Junior Murvin | Young Gifted and Black: 50 Classic Reggae Hits! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Trojan Records | TJDDD006 |
| 1.2 | Police and Thieves | 3:53 | Junior Murvin | Police and Thieves | Junior Murvin | Album |
| Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group) | 440 063 078-2 |
| 1.3 | Police & Thieves | 3:53 | Junior Murvin | Rockers | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Mango Records, Palm Pictures | PALMCD 2115-2 |
| 1.10 | Police and Thieves | 3:53 | Junior Murvin | After the Sunset | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-83766-5 |
| 1.10 | Police and Thieves | 3:53 | Junior Murvin | After the Sunset | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 83766-2 |
| 1.10 | Police and Thieves | 3:53 | Junior Murvin | After the Sunset | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
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| 1.11 | Police & Thieves | 3:54 | Junior Murvin | Reggae: The Essential Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Essentials | ESNDCD238 |
| 1.2 | Police and Thieves | 3:53 | Junior Murvin | Police and Thieves | Junior Murvin | Album |
| Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group) | UICY-6856 |
| 2.2 | Police and Thieves | 3:56 | Junior Murvin | 100 Hits: Reggae | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 100 Hits | DMG 100 024 |
| 2.6 | Police and Thieves | 3:55 | Junior Murvin | War Ina Babylon: An Island Reggae Anthology | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Island Music (Island Music Ltd.) | 5318331 |
| 2.6 | Police and Thieves | 3:55 | Junior Murvin | War Ina Babylon: An Island Reggae Anthology | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group) | 06007-5320357-6 |
| 2.7 | Police and Thieves | 3:53 | Junior Murvin | Island Life: 50 Years of Island Records | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group) | 5318821, 5318822, 8318820 |
| 1.10 | Police and Thieves | 3:53 | Junior Murvin | After the Sunset | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack | |||
| 2.4 | Police & Thieves | 3:53 | Junior Murvin | Made in Jamaica | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| 1.10 | Police and Thieves | 3:54 | Junior Murvin | Reggae Vibrations | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.15 | Police & Thieves | 3:56 | Junior Murvin | NME: Smile Jamaica | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group) | NME 010 |
| 1.8 | Police and Thieves | 3:54 | Junior Murvin | 96° in the Shade | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Mango Records | CCD 9843 |
Relationships
| engineer and producer: | Lee “Scratch” Perry (aka The Upsetter) |
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| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Island Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company known by this name from 1962‐05‐08 to 1999‐03‐29, and since 2014‐06‐25) |
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| recorded at: | The Black Ark in Kingston (Kingston Parish), Jamaica |
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| part of: | Fuck tha Police: 20 Songs Against Police Brutality (number: 11) (order: 11) |
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| recording of: | Police and Thieves |
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Related works
Police and Thieves
| writer: | Junior Murvin Lee “Scratch” Perry (aka The Upsetter) |
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| later parody versions: | 63 |
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