***NOW AVAILABLE ON LIMITED GOLD VINYL!!! Police & Thieves is a Roots Reggae classic by JUNIOR MURVIN originally released in 1977 which was recorded by LEE "SCRATCH" PERRY (who also wrote or co-wrote many of the songs) at his legendary Black Ark Studios with THE UPSETTERS. The title song was memorably covered by The Clash in a very different arrangement than Murvin's. Perry's imaginative and groundbreaking production surrounded Junior's falsetto vocals and the musicians in a dense, echo heavy, spaced out sound to create one of the great songs, and albums, of the roots era.