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I’ve just received my copy of the DVD. All I can say is congratulations to everyone who helped to bring this release about. Absolutely brilliant from end to end. If ever there was a single item that justifies the existence of the Jake Thackray Project, this is it. I can’t thank you enough. 🙂
All the best
Graham
Quality is always worth promoting. I hang around musicians and music listeners a lot in my line of work. I promote Jake Thackray to each person I meet, and I alway get a very positive response. Whether this amounts to increased sales or will eventually inspire large scale action to be fans of this man I couldn’t say; free will being what it is and all that.
Voltaire dealt with optimism in 1762, so did Mr. Thackray in one or two numbers of his. It’s a slippery little philosophy to say the least. Jake also had a couple of things to say about the types who promote large scale action (The Bull, anyone?).
People have other priorities nowadays in this instant gratification world, and music as a whole has lost the reputation it once enjoyed even 20 years back. The problems of a few fans wanting more material of an English chansonnier don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world.
I suppose what I’m trying to say is lets be happy what we’ve got. At least the majority of the stuff is still available as well as great unexpected bonuses like the brilliant DVD provided by this place.
Going back to the Beeb, if a DVD is wanted that much perhaps one of the smaller labels could be persuaded to licence the material and put it out. Blind enthusiasm won’t cut it though, they’ll want to see numbers before they lift a finger.
I’ll quit this topic now before I become the forum’s very own slough of despond. What I will say to the original topic though is that the Live at the Unicorn DVD is singularly brilliant, you need it, you’ll love it, buy it in droves, or I’ll send the boys around. In fact, buy two so that you can watch it in stereo.
Send one to Stephen Fry, he promotes anyone who loves the English Language. Now if anyone can spread the word about Jake… :whistle:
Have a great weekend, what’s left of it. 🙂
Best wishes to all.
Agreed. Get the man’s music on the Proms is what I say.
Slap an chanson label on it, include some Brassens and away you go.
Hi Hugh
Well fan societies tend to put a postive spin on their numbers. 👿 Let’s be honest, Jake fans are so endanged we should have an enclosure at Durrells.
As for the BBC, they will do what you like provided you throw enough money at them 🙂 How much does their material cost per broadcast minute? :whistle:
I doubt if the BBC fans they will ever put out a DVD of Jake off their own bat because (as you have indicated) the audience isn’t there to make the project viable. I like this state of affairs as much as you do by the way, but there it is. I’d like a Jake BBC DVD, I’d also like world peace.
Mr. Thackray is not a popular man. Word of mouth isn’t working. A quick look at Amazon.co.uk will show the official EMI CD’s now being sold very cheaply. This is not altruism to us lot:They just can’t shift the stock. I shudder to think of the Beyonce/Thackray ratio out there…
I would personally like to see the BBC post some decent quality videos up on their site of people like Jake. It would cost very little to them to do, and might even make a couple of quid for the Beeb as a sideline. At the moment we are slaves to the whims of the people who post on YouTube with all the attendant copyright grief.
God, that was a depressing post. I’m going to have to do better than that around here… :blush:
I finally managed between obligatory Christmas stuff to spend the time a release like this deserves. An evening in fact. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.
Again, very many thanks to all involved who rescued this (dare I say) unique document.
I suspect posterity is very much in your debt.
Merry Xmas once again
Graham 🙂
My copy also arrived today. Thanks for all of your hard work to bring this DVD about.
First impressions tends toward the DVD being a realease for ‘hard-core fans’ rather than an staright introduction to Jake, nontheless ‘Our Dog’ is worth the price of admission alone.
I’m really looking forward to savouring this in one go this evening.
Thanks again to everyone concerned.
All the best for Christmas and 2010.
Graham High 🙂
Sorry I’m late to the postings, but can I just add my thanks to all of the organisers and participants in the Jakefest for making it such a good night out.
The show was great fun, everyone was extremely open and friendly, the compare was perfect, the Jack Daniel’s wasn’t watered down :blink:, and the venue was about 15 minutes from my house.
What more could you ask for? B)
A warm and irreverant tribute to an outstanding artist.
For those who have seen the ‘Bantam Cock’ you tube click, I’m the eejit in the front row in the red T shirt.
Thank you everyone. Hope to see you all at the next.
All the best
Graham 🙂
Post edited by: gjh269, at: 2008/07/31 21:55
