The Very Best of Jake Thackray

The Very Best of Jake Thackray
Greatest hits album by Jake Thackray
Released	1975 (LP) 2003 (CD)
Genre	Folk
Label	EMI
Producer	Norman Newell
Jake Thackray chronology
Bantam Cock (1972) The Very Best of Jake Thackray (1975) On Again! On Again! (1977)

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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 songs written and composed 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	Writer(s)	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 songs written and composed 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)

References

1. Allmusic review

External links

• LP track listing at jakethackray.com