The Very Best Of

Tracklist

• 1
  The Blacksmith and the Toffeemaker
  4:30
  5.0 ★
• 2
  The Lodger
  3:38
  5.0 ★
• 3
  Go Little Swale
  2:39
  5.0 ★
• 4
  The Ballad of Billy Kershaw
  4:35
  5.0 ★
• 5
  Lah-Di-Dah
  3:18
  5.0 ★
• 6
  The Hair of the Widow of Bridlington
  3:49
  5.0 ★
• 7
  It Was Only a Gypsy
  2:28
  5.0 ★
• 8
  Sister Josephine
  3:19
  5.0 ★
• 9
  Leopold Alcocks
  3:39
  5.0 ★
• 10
  Old Molly Metcalf
  3:44
  5.0 ★
• 11
  On Again! On Again!
  4:15
  5.0 ★
• 12
  Rain on the Mountainside
  2:44
  5.0 ★
• 13
  Bantam Cock
  2:50
• 14
  Miss World
  2:41
  5.0 ★
• 15
  To Do With You
  4:20
  5.0 ★
• 16
  The Poor Sod
  1:18
  5.0 ★
• 17
  I Stayed Off Work Today
  4:52
  5.0 ★
• 18
  The Kiss
  3:51
  5.0 ★
• 19
  The Brigadier
  3:05
  5.0 ★
• 20
  The Hole
  3:29
  5.0 ★
• 21
  The Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray
  3:03
  5.0 ★

More by Jake Thackray

Live Performance

Live Performance 2006

Jake in a Box

Jake in a Box 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 [12, 15, 18-19]
• David Flower
  assistant [4, 6, 11-12, 15, 18], recording [8, 13]
• Dick Abell
  guitar [4, 6, 11-12, 15, 18-19]
• Frank Horrox
  piano [1, 20]
• Geoff Love
  conductor [13]
• Ike Isaacs
  guitar [1, 20]
• Jake Thackray
  guitar [18, 21], vocal
• Norman Newell
  producer [1, 3-7, 9-13, 15, 18, 20-21]
• Peter Bown
  recording [1, 5, 8, 13, 20-21]
• Quentin Howard
  liner notes
• Roger Roger and His Orchestra
  instrument [21]
• Roger Webb’s Orchestra
  instrument [21], performing orchestra [5]
• Ron Hill
  recording [4, 6, 11-12, 15, 18]

Issues

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  The Very Best Of

  Digital Media
  1 March 2003
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  The Very Best Of

  Copy Control CD
  2003