The Very Best of Jake Thackray
| The Very Best of Jake Thackray | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by Jake Thackray | ||||
| Released |
1975 (LP) 2003 (CD) | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Producer | Norman Newell | |||
| Jake Thackray chronology | ||||
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The Very Best of Jake Thackray is a compilation album by Jake Thackray, released by EMI on LP in 1975, and with a different track list on CD in 2003. It was produced by Norman Newell.
LP track listing
All tracks written by Jake Thackray, except where noted.
| Side 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Lah-Di-Dah" (from The Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray) | ||
| 2. | "Country Bus" (from The Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray) | ||
| 3. | "Worried Brown Eyes" (from Jake's Progress) | ||
| 4. | "The Cactus" (from Live Performance) | ||
| 5. | "Jolly Captain" (from Bantam Cock) | ||
| 6. | "Caroline Diggeby-Pratte" (from Jake's Progress) | ||
| 7. | "Brother Gorilla (Le Gorille)" (from Bantam Cock) | Georges Brassens/Thackray | |
| 8. | "Sophie" (from Jake's Progress) | ||
| 9. | "Personal Column" (from The Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray) | ||
| 10. | "The Castleford Ladies Magical Circle" (from Jake's Progress) | ||
| Side 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Jumble Sale" (from The Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray) | |
| 2. | "Family Tree" (from Live Performance) | |
| 3. | "Isabel Makes Love Upon National Monuments" (from Bantam Cock) | |
| 4. | "Ulysses" (from The Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray) | |
| 5. | "Bantam Cock" (from Bantam Cock) | |
| 6. | "Miss World" (from Live Performance) | |
| 7. | "The Statues" (from The Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray) | |
| 8. | "Grandad" (from Jake's Progress) | |
| 9. | "Leopold Alcox" (from Live Performance) | |
| 10. | "The Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray" (from The Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray) | |
CD track listing
All tracks written by Jake Thackray, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Blacksmith and the Toffee-Maker" (from Jake's Progress) | Adapted by Jake Thackray from a story by Laurie Lee | |
| 2. | "The Lodger" (from Live Performance) | ||
| 3. | "Go Little Swale" (from Bantam Cock) | ||
| 4. | "The Ballad of Billy Kershaw" (from On Again! On Again!) | ||
| 5. | "La-Di-Dah" (from The Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray) | ||
| 6. | "The Hair of the Widow of Bridlington" (from On Again! On Again!) | ||
| 7. | "It Was Only a Gypsy" (from Bantam Cock) | ||
| 8. | "Sister Josephine" (from Bantam Cock) | ||
| 9. | "Leopold Allcocks" (from Live Performance) | ||
| 10. | "Old Molly Metcalfe" (from Bantam Cock) | ||
| 11. | "On Again! On Again!" (from On Again! On Again!) | ||
| 12. | "Rain on the Mountainside" (from On Again! On Again!) | ||
| 13. | "Bantam Cock" (from Bantam Cock) | ||
| 14. | "Miss World" (from Live Performance) | ||
| 15. | "To Do With You" (from On Again! On Again!) | ||
| 16. | "The Poor Sod" (from On Again! On Again!) | ||
| 17. | "I Stayed off Work Today" (from On Again! On Again!) | ||
| 18. | "The Kiss" (from On Again! On Again!) | ||
| 19. | "The Brigadier" (from On Again! On Again!) | ||
| 20. | "The Hole" (from Live Performance) | ||
| 21. | "The Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray" (from The Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray) |
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