4x CD

Jake in a Box

Compilation by Jake Thackray

Released 1 January 2006

Tracklist

CD 1
1
Lah-Di-Dah
3:18
5.0 ★
2
Country Bus
3:59
3
The Cactus
3:27
4
Scallywag
4:33
5
The Black Swan
3:06
6
Jumble Sale
3:38
7
The Little Black Foal
3:09
8
Personal Column
4:03
9
Ulysses
4:46
10
The Statues
3:45
11
The Last Will & Testament of Jake Thackray
3:03
5.0 ★
12
Remember Bethlehem (The Intake School Carol)
3:08
13
Joseph
3:32
14
La Di Da (Tra La La)
3:18
15
Le Cygne Noir
3:07
16
Country Girl
3:34
17
Family Tree
3:22
18
Sophie
3:00
19
Worried Brown Eyes
3:43
20
On the Shelf
3:22
21
Salvation Army Girl
2:54
22
The Blacksmith and the Toffee-Maker
4:28
5.0 ★
CD 2
1
The Hole
3:44
5.0 ★
2
Caroline Diggeby-Pratte
3:07
3
Grandad
3:28
4
Mrs. Murphy
2:54
5
One-Eyed Isaac
2:30
6
The Nurse
2:07
7
The Castleford Ladies Magic Circle
2:27
8
Leopold Alcocks
3:40
5.0 ★
9
The Policeman's Jig
2:35
10
The Shepherdess
2:40
11
Pass Milord the Rooster Juice
2:59
12
The Vicar's Missus
2:33
13
The Ladies Basic Freedom Polka
3:15
14
My Roly Poly Girl
3:08
15
My Pipe My Boots and My Lord
3:56
16
The Kirkstall Road Girl
2:45
17
Freda
4:58
18
The Lodger
3:59
19
Bantam Cock
2:51
20
Fine Bay Pony
2:48
21
The Singer
2:04
22
The Girl With the Fragile Eyes
2:55
23
Go Little Swale
2:39
5.0 ★
24
Jolly Captain
3:33
25
Isabel Makes Love Upon National Monuments
3:34
CD 3
1
Brother Gorilla (Le Gorille)
2:54
2
The Girl in the Window
2:52
3
It Was Only a Gypsy
2:31
5.0 ★
4
Old Molly Metcalfe
3:45
5.0 ★
5
Sister Josephine
3:23
6
Lullaby
1:11
7
Country Boy
2:55
8
Country Boy (single)
3:40
9
The Prisoner
3:20
10
On Again! On Again!
4:15
5.0 ★
11
To Do With You
4:22
5.0 ★
12
The Ballad of Billy Kershaw
4:34
5.0 ★
13
The Rain on the Mountainside
2:46
5.0 ★
14
Isabella (Marinette)
1:43
15
I Stayed Off Work Today
4:52
16
The Kiss
3:53
5.0 ★
17
The Poor Sod
1:18
18
The Hair of the Widow of Bridlington
3:51
5.0 ★
19
Over to Isobel (Je Rejoindrai Ma Belle)
2:04
20
The Brigadier
3:05
21
Joseph
2:46
22
Famous People
2:07
23
The Gravedigger
3:57
24
Family Grave (demo)
3:44
25
Little Thomas Haverly
1:38
CD 4
1
The Little Black Foal
3:06
2
Ulysses
3:48
3
Scallywag
4:08
4
Jumble Sale
2:57
5
I've Been Left on the Shelf
3:20
6
The Blacksmith and the Toffee-Maker
4:13
7
The Cactus
3:19
8
Lah-Di-Dah
2:52
9
Country Bus
3:16
10
Family Tree
2:26
11
The Statues
3:16
12
The Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray
2:34
13
Greasy Joan (One Eyed Isaac)
2:20
14
Dog
2:13
15
Grandad
3:04
16
Isabella
1:33
17
Salvation Army Girl
2:39
18
Isobel
2:19
19
Slowly Our Eyes
2:37
20
Sophie
2:59
21
The KG Girl (The Kirkstall Road Girl)
2:20
22
The Nurse
1:37
23
The Shepherdess
2:26
24
Remember Bethlehem
3:23
25
Joseph
9:33

More by Jake Thackray

The Very Best Of

The Very Best Of 2003

Live Performance

Live Performance 2006

The Jake Thackray Project

The Jake Thackray Project 2002

Lah-Di-Dah

Lah-Di-Dah 1991

Jake Thackray and Songs

Jake Thackray and Songs 1981

On Again! On Again!

On Again! On Again! 1977

Release credits

Alan Williams
bass [11, 13, 16]
David Flower
assistant [10-21], recording [19, 24-25]
Dick Abell
guitar [10-21]
Frank Clarke
bass [1.19, 2.2]
Frank Horrox
piano [2.1-7, 2.9, 1.16-22]
Geoff Love
arranger [8], conductor [3.5, 3.8, 1.2, 1.4, 1.7, 2.19, 2.24-25]
Ike Isaacs
guitar [1.16-22, 2.1-7, 2.9]
Jake Thackray
guitar [1.3, 1.5, 1.8-11, 1.14-15, 3.16, 4.1-25], vocal
Norman Newell
producer [3.1-6, 3.10-21, 1.1-22, 2.1-25]
Peter Bown
recording [2.1-7, 2.9, 2.19, 2.24-25, 1.1-22]
Roger Roger and His Orchestra
instrument [11]
Roger Webb’s Orchestra
instrument [11], performing orchestra [1, 9]
Ron Hill
recording [10-21, 24]

Issues

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(Combined release view)
J
Jake In A Box (The EMI Recordings 1967-1976)
4x Digital Media
1 January 2006
J
Jake in a Box
4x CD
17 April 2006