403. Security by Thane Russell 1966

As Little Murders got bigger back in the early 80s we got offered a lot more support gigs with bigger bands often out in the suburbs. City gigs were ours unless the band was bigger, from interstate, or overseas. Some bands were leftover relics from before punk came along and we thought all the rubbish would be swept away. However some of the bands predated punk but were still bloody good. One of those bands were Jo Jo Zep who were a great pub rock band that managed to have a bunch of hit singles. 

Their first single was Security in 1976. Back when I  had just started going to gigs by Sports Last Chance Cafe and Bleeding Hearts at rooms like the Tiger Lounge.
One night we supported them at the Oxford Hotel which was one of our usual haunts. Opposite RMIT on Swanston Street before they closed it to traffic. Big room with good vibes. That night Jo Jo Zep played the song "Security" They really knocked the socks off it. The Saints had recently covered it too but I set out to hunt down the original. This hunt took a long time and I found it on cassette first on this album called "Hard To Get Hits" compiled by Glenn A. Baker.  And what an original. It's all dirty, the drums crash, and the guy screams for Security.  And this was a hit in Australia! Number 4 in Melbourne from a time when states had their own charts.

Yeah in the end I got the record. It's brilliant.