My Ma bought me a Jake Thackray CD for Christmas the year before last, I can't remember what it's called (it's at home, I'm at work).

As a Jake Thackray fan of many years standing I was appalled at it's quality of production. It appeared to be a fairly old recording the great man himself singing as well as ever, but with orchestral backing that seemed to have been 'laid' over the top of the original sound track. Totally out of character

It sounds terrible, completely ruining Jake's excellent (as ever) performance. This is not the way I want to remember one of my heroes, and probably the most entertaining performers I have ever had the pleasure of listening to.

If a 'Best of Jake Thackray' or whatever CD is produced, I sincerely hope it will be of Jake and his guitar only. Surely that is how Jake would have liked his songs to be remembered.

John