Customer Reviews
disappointing - By: freewheeling frankie, 31 Dec 2007 
While Junior Murvin's impressive falsetto is as good as ever on this, he's not such an expressive singer that he could sing the proverbial phone book - given one of Henry "Junjo" Lawes's less focused productions & a fairly uninspired bunch of songs, he turned out a very disappointing album, especially the title track which is an embarrassingly bad remake/sequel of his best-known song, Police And Thieves.
Junior Murvin - Muggers in the Street - By: Wee Jock Poo Pong McPlop, 05 Nov 2007 
Junior Murvin is of course best known for his massive hit from 1976 - `Police & Thieves' with his falsetto vocal, produced by Lee Perry, that was later to be covered by The Clash. But Junior Murvin had more than one string to his bow & was anything but a one-hit wonder.
The superb `Muggersin The Street' was originally releasedin 1984 & produced by Henry "Junjo" Lawes. It was the first of two albums that Greensleeves released by Murvin. The second being the Prince Jammy-produced set `Apartheid' that arrived two years later.
Originally known as Junior Soul, he started his recording careerin the mid 1960's recording for producers Sonia Pottinger & Derrick Harriott amongst others, before changing his name & hooking up with Lee Perry a decade later to record the mammoth `Police & Thieves' album which was released on Island Records. He went on to record for Joe Gibbs & Mikey Dread before landingin the pre digital dancehall erain 1984 with the albumin question - `Muggers In The Street'. After the 1986 `Apartheid' album he recorded tracks for King Tubby, Bobby Digital &in more recent times, recorded with some UK & European based labels & producers as well as trying his hand at self-production. He still tours the US, Canada & Europe & has a huge fan base whenever he performs.
At last `Muggers In The Street' is now released on CD (at mid-price) for the very first time & has been digitally re-masteredin a lovingly presented digi-pack, featuring the original artwork.
Produced by Henry "Junjo" Lawes, recorded at Channel One studios, backed by the Roots Radics & backing vocals from Al Campbell & Tony Tuff.
