| Step Lively | ||||
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| Released | September 1981 | |||
| Genre | Rock, pop, Blues Rock | |||
| Label | WEA, Columbia | |||
| Producer | Peter Solley | |||
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Step Lively is a reissue of Hats Off Step Lively , the fifth studio album by Australian blues/rock band Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons. The album was released in North America and Europe in September 1981.
Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons released their fifth studio album Hats Off Step Lively in Australia in August 1980. The album peaked at number 17 on the Australian Kent Music Report. [1] The band began touring internationally including performances in The Bottom Line club in New York, and at the Montreux Jazz & Blues Festival. Increased tensions within the group led to members Gary Young and John Power leaving the band by June 1981. [2] The album was released in September 1981, but with the band no longer together, the album was not promoted and was a commercial failure.
In 2007, band member Joe Camilleri said "We could have done it if we'd kept punching, but the band actually disintegrated, basically, looking back, because we were too tired. We should have just taken a year off. But what happened was we were right at the end of the period when, in order to flog a record in the States, you were virtually out promoting the one you had out the year before. So it was a totally asynchronous situation. We were having to dig into what we viewed as archives when we went out of the country." [3]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
Carly Darling from Billboard said; "On the group's second US album, Step Lively, the infectious sound staked out on last year's Screaming Targets is honed and refined." adding "The listener is in for one of the hottest sleeper albums of the year"... "From the heavy metal/funk rave-up of "Sweet Honey Sweet" and the Latin tinge of "Too Hot" to the summer breeze effervesces of "P.T", Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons create their own persona." Darling commented that all of the songs are of the "boy meets girl/boy loves girl" variety, but each are "handled in their own way" but added "for sheer good time grace, nothing on the album beats "Puppet on a String". [5]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "But It's Alright" | J.J. Jackson, Pierre Tubbs | 2:53 |
| 2. | "Sweet Honey Sweet" | Joe Camilleri, Jeff Burstin, Tony Faehse | 3:42 |
| 3. | "Tighten Up" | Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse | 3:22 |
| 4. | "All I Wanna Do" | L. Cook | 3:04 |
| 5. | "Fool Enough" | Wayne Burt | 3:32 |
| 6. | "P.T" | Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse | 3:40 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Gimme Little Sign" | Alfred Smith, Joe Hooven, Jerry Winn | 2:35 |
| 2. | "Keep It Up" | Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse | 3:46 |
| 3. | "Too Hot" | Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse | 2:33 |
| 4. | "Puppet on a String" | Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse | 3:30 |
| 5. | "Rudy" | Camilleri, Burstin, Faehse | 4:33 |
| 6. | "Rub Up, Push Up" | Justin Hinds | 3:05 |
Joseph Vincent Camilleri, 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 Zep & The Falcons' highest-charting single was "Hit & Run" from June 1979, which peaked at #12; Jo Jo Zep's "Taxi Mary" peaked at No. 11 in September 1982; and The Black Sorrows top single, "Chained to the Wheel", peaked at No. 9 in March 1989.
The Black Sorrows are an Australian blues rock band formed in 1983 by mainstay vocalist Joe Camilleri, who also plays saxophone and guitar. Camilleri has used various line-ups to record 17 albums, with five reaching the top 20 on the ARIA Albums Charts: Hold on to Me, Harley and Rose, Better Times, The Chosen Ones - Greatest Hits and Lucky Charm. Their top 40 singles are "Chained to the Wheel", "Harley + Rose" and "Snake Skin Shoes".
Peter Solley is an English musician and record producer. He has recorded with Eric Clapton, Al Stewart and Whitesnake as well as producing records for Ted Nugent, Oingo Boingo, Motörhead, The Romantics, Jo Jo Zep, Peter Frampton, The Sports, Wreckless Eric and many others.
Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons are an Australian blues and rock band that features the singer, songwriter and saxophonist Joe Camilleri. The band was active in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and had several Australian chart hits including "Hit and Run", "Shape I'm In" and "All I Wanna Do". The Falcons dissolved in 1981 and the group's biggest Australian hit, 1982's "Taxi Mary", as well as the New Zealand top ten hit "Walk on By", were both credited simply to "Jo Jo Zep". In 1983, Camilleri and other members of the Falcons formed the Black Sorrows.
Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons were an Australian Blues, rock and R&B band. The band released eight studio albums. The band were included into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2007.
For the AC/DC song of the same name, see Highway to Hell.
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.
"So Young" is a pop song written by Joe Camilleri, Jeff Burstin and Tony Faehse and recorded by Australian blues, rock and R&B band Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons. The song was the group's fifth single, released in September 1978 as the lead single from a 12" EP also entitled So Young (1978).
So Young is a mini-album by Australian blues, rock and R&B band Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons. Released in November 1978. The Album peaked at number 80 on the Australian Kent Music Report. "Soon You'll Be Gone" charted on the UK Indie Singles Charts at #35.
Let's Drip Awhile is the second live album by Australian blues and rock band Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons and released early in 1979. The album peaked at number 85 on the Australian Kent Music Report in July 1979. It was the band's final release on Oz Records.
Screaming Targets is the fourth studio album by Australian pop rock band Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons. The album was the band's first via Mushroom Records. Released in July 1979, the album peaked at number 13 on the Australian Kent Music Report, becoming the band's first top twenty album. The album was released with a limited edition bonus record featuring songs recorded live at Sentimental Bloke Hotel, Bombay Rock, Melbourne, April 1979.
"Shape I'm In" is a pop song written by Joe Camilleri, Jeff Burstin and Tony Faehse and recorded by Australian blues, rock and R&B band Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons. The song was released in October 1979 as the second single from the band's fourth studio album Screaming Targets (1979).
"All I Wanna Do" is a pop song written by Lilley/Cook and recorded by Australian blues, rock and R&B band Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons. The song was released in April 1980 as the lead single from the band's fifth studio album Hats Off Step Lively (1980).
Hats Off Step Lively is the fifth studio album by Australian blues/rock band Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons. The album was released in August 1980 and peaked at number 17 on the Australian Kent Music Report, becoming the band's second top twenty album. The band toured the album across Australian throughout August and September 1980.
"Puppet on a String" is a pop song written by Joe Camilleri, Jeff Burstin and Tony Faehse and recorded by Australian blues, rock and R&B band Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons. The song was released in July 1980 as the second single from the band's fifth studio album Hats Off Step Lively (1980).
"I Will Return" is a pop song written by Joe Camilleri, Jeff Burstin and Tony Faehse and recorded by Australian blues, rock and R&B band Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons. The song was released in October 1980 as the third and final single from the band's fifth studio album Hats Off Step Lively (1980).
Cha is the seventh studio album by Australian band Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons, but first and only to be credited as Jo Jo Zep. It is also the final studio album by the band until Ricochet in 2003. The album was released in November 1982 and peaked at number 28 on the Australian Kent Music Report. David Nichols called Cha primarily a "latin-based dance record".
Dexterity is the sixth studio album by Australian blues/rock band Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons. The album was released in July 1981 and peaked at number 92 on the Australian Kent Music Report.
The Sound of Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons is the first greatest hits album by Australian Blues, rock and R&B band, Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons.
The Best of Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons is a greatest hits album by Australian Blues, rock and R&B group, Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons. It was released in July 2007 to coincide with announcement of the group's ARIA Hall of Fame induction.
