''Don't Waste It'' is the debut

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by Australian band

Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons are an Australian blues and rock band that features the singer, songwriter and saxophonist Joe Camilleri (aka "Jo Jo Zep"). The band was active in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and had several Australian chart hits i ...

. Released in February 1977, the album peaked at number 37 on the Australian

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. Band member

Joe Camilleri Joseph Vincent Camilleri, (born 21 May 1948) aka Jo Jo Zep or Joey Vincent, is a Maltese Australian singer-songwriter and musician. Camilleri has recorded as a solo artist and as a member of Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons and The Black Sorrows. Jo Jo ...

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."

Track listing

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)

Charts

References

1977 debut albums Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub