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On Again! On Again!
''On Again! On Again!'' is the fourth studio album by Jake Thackray. It was produced by Norman Newell and released on LP by EMI in 1977. The album is currently out of print, but its songs, digitally remastered, are included in the four-CD retrospective ''Jake in a Box''. It includes two English-language adaptations of songs by the French singer Georges Brassens Georges Charles Brassens (; 22 October 1921 – 29 October 1981) was a French singer-songwriter and poet. As an iconic figure in France, he achieved fame through his elegant songs with their harmonically complex music for voice and guitar and a ...: "Isabella" (adapted from Brassens' "Marinette"), and "Over to Isobel" (adapted from Brassens' "Je Rejoindrai Ma Belle"). Track listing Personnel *Jake Thackray - vocals, guitar *Dick Abell - guitar *Alan Williams - bass External linksTrack listing at jakethackray.com {{Authority control Jake Thackray albums 1977 albums Albums produced by Norman Newell EMI Records ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Thackray
John Philip "Jake" Thackray (27 February 1938 – 24 December 2002) was an English singer-songwriter, poet, humourist and journalist. Best known in the late 1960s and early 1970s for his topical comedy songs performed on British television, his work ranged from satirical to bawdy to sentimental to pastoral, with a strong emphasis on storytelling, making him difficult to categorise. Thackray sang in a lugubrious baritone voice, accompanying himself on a nylon-strung guitar in a style that was part classical, part jazz. His witty lyrics and clipped delivery, combined with his strong Yorkshire accent and the northern setting of many of his songs, led to his being described as the "North Country Noël Coward", a comparison Thackray resisted, although he acknowledged his lyrics were in the English tradition of Coward and Flanders and Swann, "who are wordy, funny writers". However, his tunes derived from the French ''chansonnier'' tradition: he claimed Georges Brassens as his greate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, music that is played on traditional instruments, music about cultural or national identity, music that changes between generations (folk process), music associated with a people's folklore, or music performed by custom over a long period of time. It has been contrasted with commercial and classical styles. The term originated in the 19th century, but folk music extends beyond that. Starting in the mid-20th century, a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music. This process and period is called the (second) folk revival and reached a zenith in the 1960s. This form of music is sometimes called contemporary folk music or folk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Newell
Norman Newell (25 January 1919 – 1 December 2004) was an English record producer, who was mainly active in the 1950s and 1960s. He was also the co-writer of many notable songs. As an A&R manager for EMI, he worked with musicians such as Shirley Bassey, Dalida, Claude François, Vera Lynn, Russ Conway, Bette Midler, Judy Garland, Petula Clark, Jake Thackray, Malcolm Roberts, Bobby Crush and Peter and Gordon. Newell was particularly known for his recorded productions of West End musicals. His songs have been covered by Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Celine Dion and Aretha Franklin. In 1999, Newell's song, "Portrait of My Love", originally recorded by Matt Monro in 1960, was honoured at the BMI Awards in London for having two million radio plays. Early life Newell was born in Plaistow, Essex (now part of Greater London) to a poor family. He aspired to be an actor, but expected to work for London Transport. During the Second World War, Newell befriended the variety performer Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Very Best Of Jake Thackray
''The Very Best of Jake Thackray'' is the name of two compilation albums by Jake Thackray, the first released on LP in 1975, and the second on CD in 2003. They were both released on EMI records and produced by Norman Newell Norman Newell (25 January 1919 – 1 December 2004) was an English record producer, who was mainly active in the 1950s and 1960s. He was also the co-writer of many notable songs. As an A&R manager for EMI, he worked with musicians such as Shir .... Although the two albums share the same title, their track lists greatly differ (with only five songs alike), and their covers each depict a different photograph of Thackray, albeit from the same photoshoot. The 1975 album features songs from all of Thackray’s albums released prior to that year, whereas the 2003 album was released after Thackray’s death and includes songs from 1977’s '' On Again! On Again!'', thereby providing a more complete retrospective of his career. 1975 album Track listing 2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Thackray And Songs
''Jake Thackray and Songs'' was a six-part television series recorded in 1980 and broadcast on BBC2 in 1981, in which Jake Thackray and guests performed songs live in a variety of venues. A live album of the same name, recorded at the Stables Theatre, Wavendon, Milton Keynes, as part of the sessions for the TV series, was released on LP by Dingle’s Records in 1981. All six episodes of the TV series still exist in the BBC archives with Thackray's performances and some of those of his guests released as a DVD in October 2014. The album remained out of print and circulation for some time, until it was released on Spotify in 2022. The programme and subsequent album featured three new songs: "The Remembrance", "One of Them”, a sombre ballad that condemns racism and bigotry, and "The Bull", a comedic critique of those in power. TV series *Programme 1 was broadcast on 6 January 1981. It featured Richard and Linda Thompson as guests, and Thackray performed "Family Tree", "The Hair of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as All-Music Guide by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake In A Box
''Jake in a Box'' is a 4-CD box set retrospective of the songs of Jake Thackray, recorded by EMI from 1967 to 1976. It includes his four studio albums, ''The Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray ''The Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray'' is the debut album by Jake Thackray. It was produced by Norman Newell in August 1967 and released on LP that year by EMI in the UK and Philips Records in the USA. The record company, unsure of how ...'' (1967), '' Jake's Progress'' (1969), '' Bantam Cock'' (1972) and '' On Again! On Again!'' (1977), and six singles, digitally remastered, plus outtakes from the ''Last Will and Testament'' sessions, and songs recorded for an abandoned album in 1970. Track listing External linksReview at High Hat {{Authority control Jake Thackray albums 2006 compilation albums Albums produced by Norman Newell EMI Records compilation albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Brassens
Georges Charles Brassens (; 22 October 1921 – 29 October 1981) was a French singer-songwriter and poet. As an iconic figure in France, he achieved fame through his elegant songs with their harmonically complex music for voice and guitar and articulate, diverse lyrics. He is considered one of France's most accomplished postwar poets. He has also set to music poems by both well-known and relatively obscure poets, including Louis Aragon ('), Victor Hugo (''La Légende de la Nonne'', ''Gastibelza''), Paul Verlaine, Jean Richepin, François Villon (''La Ballade des Dames du Temps Jadis''), and Antoine Pol (''Les Passantes''). During World War II, he was forced by the Germans to work in a labor camp at a BMW aircraft engine plant in Basdorf near Berlin in Germany (March 1943). Here Brassens met some of his future friends, such as Pierre Onténiente, whom he called ''Gibraltar'' because he was "steady as a rock." They would later become close friends. After being given ten da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Thackray Albums
Jake may refer to: Name * Jake (given name), including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Katrin Jäke (born c. 1975), German swimmer * Jake (gamer), American ''Overwatch'' player and coach Animals * Jake (rescue dog), a search and rescue dog in the United States * Jake, a young male wild turkey Slang * Jake, a slang term in the United States for Jamaica ginger extract * Jake, a slang term used in Discordianism to describe a prank, often celebrated on Jake Day * Jake, a slang term in the United Kingdom to call police Other uses * Allied reporting name of the Aichi E13A, a Japanese World War II reconnaissance floatplane * "The Jake," nickname of the Major League Baseball stadium once known as Jacobs Field, now Progressive Field * Jake the Alligator Man, an oddity on view in Long Beach, Washington * Jake / Bot2, one of the remotely operated vehicles used during the filming of the documentary ''Ghosts of the Abyss'' * ''Jake the Dog'', a character from the Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Albums
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Albums Produced By Norman Newell
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl long-playing (LP) records played at rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the popularity of the cassette reached its peak during the late 1980s, sharply declined during the 1990s and had largely disappeared dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
