Jake's Progress (album)

Jake's Progress
Studio album by Jake Thackray
Released	1969
Recorded	Abbey Road Studios, April 1969
Genre	Folk
Label	EMI
Producer	Norman Newell
Jake Thackray chronology

Jake's Progress is the second album by Jake Thackray. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios, produced by Norman Newell, and released on LP by EMI in 1968. The album is currently out of print, but its songs, digitally remastered, are included in the 4 CD retrospective Jake in a Box, which also includes alternate versions of eight of the songs – "Left on the Shelf" (in the first person, rather than, as on the album, the third), "The Blacksmith and the Toffee-Maker", "Family Tree", "One-Eyed Isaac", "Grandad", "Salvation Army Girl", "Sophie" and "Nurse" – recorded during the sessions for The Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray in 1967. "The Blacksmith and the Toffee-Maker" was adapted by Thackray from a story from Laurie Lee's Cider with Rosie.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jake Thackray.

Side 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Country Girl"	3:34
2.	"Family Tree"	3:22
3.	"Sophie"	3:00
4.	"Worried Brown Eyes"	3:43
5.	"On the Shelf"	3:22
6.	"Salvation Army Girl"	2:53
7.	"The Blacksmith and the Toffee-Maker" (based on a story by Laurie Lee)	4:29

Side 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Hole"	3:44
2.	"Caroline Diggeby-Pratte"	3:07
3.	"Grandad"	3:28
4.	"Mrs. Murphy"	2:54
5.	"One-eyed Isaac"	2:30
6.	"Nurse"	2:07
7.	"The Castleford Ladies Magic Circle"	2:27

Personnel

Jake Thackray - vocals, guitar
Frank Horrox - piano
Ike Isaacs - guitar
Frank Clarke - bass
Geoff Love - musical supervision

References

Jake's Progress at AllMusic

External links

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[1] Jake's Progress at AllMusic