''Jake in a Box'' is a 4-CD box set retrospective of the songs of
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, hi ...
, recorded by
EMI
EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 201 ...
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 links
Review at High Hat
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Jake Thackray albums
2006 compilation albums
Albums produced by Norman Newell
EMI Records compilation albums