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Stranger On The Shore - The Best Of by: Acker Bilk

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Publisher: Sanctuary
Release date: 26th February, 2008
Media: Audio CD

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Track List

• Stranger On The Shore
• The Windmills Of Your Mind
• Cavatina
• Magnificent Mog
• If
• Bilitis
• Amazing Grace
• For The Good Times
• Lazy Serenade
• The Shepherd's Song
• When I Need You
• Pescadores
• Aria
• As Time Goes By
• Love Letters
• Pachelbel Canon
• Skylark
• Autumn Leaves
• Love Said Goodbye (Theme From The Godfather Part 2)
• The First Of Spring
• Colours Of My Life
• Clair
• She's Leaving Home

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Rating: - acker bilk

delivered promptly sounds good enjoyed listening to the cd, a blast from the past this type of music is a pleasure to hear again.

Rating: - Stranger on the shore/ A taste of honey

Nunber 1 and 55 Weeks in the top 50 UK charts 1962 UK
First heard this on a open reel tape when it first came out, Acker Bilk`s original album the orchestra on this recording is the Leon Young String Chorale, was released 1962, Columbia on Vinyl,and Single(45rpm) and Open Reel formats and Producer was Dennis Preston, Engineer Adrian Kerridge recorded between 12th August and 8th November 1961 .... Released Atlantic Records on Atco records USA 1962 the first UK single to reach number 1 in America and UK
A Taste Of Honey was recorded 1963 along with Leon Young String Chorale on single only Allegro was on the flip side ...no album...
Stranger on the Shore.... just relax and enjoy this album

Rating: - What a Gentleman

Some years ago a man was sat at a bar having a quiet drink. He was approached by a local customer selling raffle tickets, it must be said without much success. He asked the stranger if he wanted a ticket. What's it for the stranger asked? A little boy who desperately needs an operation for cancer. What's the prize? said the stranger. A bottle of whisky was the reply. Hang on said the stranger and walked out of the pub. A few minutes later he returned with a striped waistcoat. Well try selling them for that instead he said - with my complements. The stranger was Acker Bilk and I was selling the tickets. It was at that moment I became a lifelong fan of Acker. Oh! I hear you ask what about the CD. If you like Acker you'll love it - If you love Acker you will have heard them all before and if you haven't heard Acker Bilk play give yourself a treat - you never know you may just like Trad Jazz if you give it a try.

Rating: - Old times with Aker....

So.. 'Stranger on the Shore' good compilation of Akers best, I loved him years back, and find that I still do, great stuff on here and I play it often, it will be staying on the I Pod.

Rating: - Warning - not the original recordings!

Stranger On The Shore - The Best Of

These are NOT the original Columbia recordings - the tracks were re-recorded by Acker in the 70's. Also the cover depicted on the Amazon page is NOT the correct cover for this CD! It's the cover from a release by Universal/Redial label of 2 original LPs by Acker from his Columbia days!

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