''On Again! On Again!'' is the fourth studio album by

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 ...

. It was produced by

Norman Newell Norman Newell (25 January 1919 – 1 December 2004) was an English record producer and lyricist, 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 musicia ...

and released on LP by

EMI EMI Group Limited (formerly EMI Group plc until 2007; originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At t ...

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 ...

: "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 links

Track listing at jakethackray.com
{{Authority control Jake Thackray albums 1977 albums Albums produced by Norman Newell EMI Records albums