Saturday, 23 September 2023

Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons "Screaming Targets" 1979

In 1979, Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons signed with Mushroom Records after Oz Records had folded. By now, the songwriting was being looked after by Burstin, Camilleri, and Faehse working together as a trio, and Camilleri was the group's lone front man. As well, the group had included another musical direction: reggae...
...Meanwhile, Mushroom was eager to connect with the 'new wave' in England and brought over Peter Solley, an English producer and latter-day Procol Harum member, to produce another Mushroom artist, The Sports. One night Solley saw Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons perform, and on the strength of their new song, "Shape I'm In", asked to produce the group. The first single, "Hit and Run", from the album, Screaming Targets, was pop reggae and reached No. 12 on the charts in August 1979. Camilleri said he "never thought 'Hit and Run' would do anything but maybe the lick was infectious enough – though as a song it was a bit stupid – but it got us a deal all over the world. It was a wacky thing and all of a sudden we were away in a different arena". - wiki
traxfromwax:
1 Hit And Run 2 Don't Wanna Come Down 3 Katschara 4 Only The Loneley Heart 5 So Young 6 Close To The Bone 7 Shape I'm In 8 Trials And Tribulations 9 Thin Line 10 Open Hearted
Ripped from Vinyl by RYP with Audacity 3.2.3 : Thorens TD 318/Audio-Technica 95E - Yamaha A-S301 - Q Acoustics 3020i / Yamaha NS-SW050

2 comments:

RYP said...

Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons "Screaming Targets"
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Anonymous said...

Great memories... I remember watching the band on Australian TV when these songs came out... they still sound great. Thanks Ryp!