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.

On Again! On Again!
Studio album by
Released1977
GenreFolk
LabelEMI
ProducerNorman Newell
Jake Thackray chronology
The Very Best of Jake Thackray
(1975)
On Again! On Again!
(1977)
Jake Thackray and Songs
(1983)
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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 are 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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