Jake Thackray, "Lah-Di-Dah"

KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week we are in the England of 1967 for Jake Thackray's "Lah-Di-Dah", first released on his EMI debut LP, "The Last Will & Testimony of Jake Thackray"...

'No winter season would be complete round my home without the the sound of the satirical Yorkshireman, Jake Thackray - an acquired taste to be sure. As a kid, Jake would appear regularly on the more informed TV shows and at that time, I would have described him as a bit of a Northern Nut Job. I picked up a used compilation LP at a charity shop in the late 1980s and I've been listening ever since. Although for me he will always represent rural England, his biggest influence was in fact the French singer-songwriter George Brassens." - KV