Bantam Cock

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Bantam Cock
Studio album by Jake Thackray
Released 1972
Genre Folk
Label EMI
Producer Norman Newell
Jake Thackray chronology
Live Performance
(1971)		 Bantam Cock
(1972)		 The Very Best of Jake Thackray
(1975)
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Bantam Cock is the third studio album by Jake Thackray. It was produced by Norman Newell and released on LP by EMI in 1972. Musical direction was by Geoff Love. The album is currently out of print, but its songs, digitally remastered, are included in the 4 CD retrospective Jake in a Box.

The song "Bantam Cock" has been covered by Fred Wedlock, The Corries, Alex Beaton and Jasper Carrott. "Sister Josephine" has been covered by The Clancy Brothers, The Barron Knights, Colcannon and Robbie O'Connell. "Old Molly Metcalfe" has been covered by Tony Capstick and The Witches of Elswick. "Brother Gorilla" is Thackray's English translation/adaptation of the French song "Le gorille" by Georges Brassens.

Track listing

All tracks written by Jake Thackray, except where noted. 

Side 1
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Bantam Cock"    2:51
2. "Fine Bay Pony"    2:48
3. "The Singer"    2:04
4. "The Girl with the Fragile Eyes"    2:55
5. "Go Little Swale"    2:39
6. "Jolly Captain"    3:33
7. "Isabel Makes Love Upon National Monuments"    3:34
Side 2
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Brother Gorilla (Le Gorille)"  Georges Brassens/Thackray 2:54
2. "The Girl in the Window"    2:52
3. "It Was Only a Gypsy"    2:31
4. "Old Molly Metcalfe"    3:45
5. "Sister Josephine"    3:23
6. "Lullaby"    1:11

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