On Again! On Again!

On Again! On Again!
Studio album by Jake Thackray
Released 1977
Genre Folk
Label EMI
Producer Norman Newell
Jake Thackray chronology
The Very Best of Jake Thackray
(1975)The Very Best of Jake Thackray1975
On Again! On Again!
(1977)
Jake Thackray and Songs
(1983)Jake Thackray and Songs1983
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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 songs which Thackray translated/adapted English from the original French by Georges Brassens: "Isabella" (adapted from Brassens' "Marinette"), and "Over to Isobel" (adapted from Brassens' "Je Rejoindrai Ma Belle").

Track listing

All tracks written by Jake Thackray, except where noted.

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."On Again! On Again!" 4.15
2."To Do With You" 4.22
3."The Ballad Of Billy Kershaw" 4.34
4."The Rain On The Mountainside" 2.46
5."Isabella (Marinette)"Georges Brassens/Thackray1:43
6."I Stayed Off Work Today" 4:52


Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Kiss" 3:53
2."The Poor Sod" 1:18
3."The Hair of the Widow of Bridlington" 3:51
4."Over To Isobel (Je Rejoindrai Ma Belle)"Brassens/Thackray2:04
5."The Brigadier" 3:05
6."Joseph" 2:46

Personnel

  • Jake Thackray - vocals, guitar
  • Dick Abell - guitar
  • Alan Williams - bass
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