Don't Waste It Explained
| Don't Waste It |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons |
| Cover: | Don't_Waste_It_by_Jo_Jo_Zep.jpg |
| Released: | 18 February 1977 |
| Recorded: | 1976 |
| Genre: | Southern rock |
| Label: | Oz Records |
| Producer: | Ross Wilson |
| Chronology: | Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons |
| Next Title: | Whip It Out |
| Next Year: | 1977 |
Don't Waste It is the debut studio album by Australian band Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons. Released in February 1977, the album peaked at number 37 on the Australian Kent Music Report.
Band member Joe Camilleri later reflected saying "The first Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons album was a heart-breaking experience. We had so much energy live, but I didn’t know how to capture that in the studio."[1]
Personnel
- Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons
- Joe Camilleri — tenor and alto saxophones, vocals; lead vocals (tracks 1, 3-6, 10)
- Jeff Burstin — lead guitar
- Wayne Burt — rhythm guitar, vocals; lead vocals (tracks 2, 7, 9)
- John Power — bass, vocals; lead vocals (track 8)
- Gary Young — drums
- Additional personnel
- Ross Wilson — percussion, backing vocals
- Adrian Paine — percussion
- Peter Jones — vibraphone
- Pat Wilson — backing vocals (track 9)
Notes and References
- Web site: biography. The Black Sorrows. 24 October 2017.
- Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. St Ives, NSW. 1993. 156. 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
