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Australian singles chart:
Don’t Waste My Time entered the Kent chart on 19 January 1970 and peaked at #67.
Album:
The song is on Empty Rooms which entered the Kent album chart on 6 July 1970 and peaked at #6. A version also appeared on Live at The Marquee ’69 and as a bonus track on the 2001 reissue of John’s 1969 live album The Turning Point.
Songwriters:
John Mayall, Steve Thompson
Producer:
John Mayall
Record label of Australian release:
Polydor
Live version from The Turning Point reissue:
BONUS SONG BELOW – another single from the Empty Rooms album, Thinking of My Woman
Wikipedia:
John Mayall’s studio album Empty Rooms was a follow-up to the live album The Turning Point, released earlier the same year, 1970. It featured the same musicians: Jon Mark on acoustic guitar, Johnny Almond on saxophones and flute, and Stephen Thompson on bass. John Mayall sings, plays harmonica, guitars and keyboards (including a Moog synthesiser). The absence of a drummer leaves the rhythm rather fluid and the resulting sound is unusual, even for a John Mayall album.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empty_Rooms
As well as John’s solo and collaborative work, a significant part of his music career was with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers which he formed in 1963. The band with its various members continued on and off until his death in 2024. Past members include John McVie, Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Jack Bruce, Mick Fleetwood, Mick Taylor and a long list of other exceptional musicians. Cream and Fleetwood Mac are considered spin-offs from John’s band.
John Mayall’s biggest selling album in Australia was Empty Rooms and his highest charting single was Don’t Waste My Time. The only album by John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers to chart here was Bare Wires in 1969 (peaked at #15).
Lyrics:
Tell me woman
Who you’re with tonight
If you’re on your own
That’s all right
But if you don’t want me with you
Don’t waste my time with your jive
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BONUS SONG
Thinking of My Woman, also from the Empty Rooms album, entered the Kent singles chart on 12 October 1970 and peaked at #91. Songwriter: John Mayall.
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