Acker Bilk

Love Album album for sale by Acker Bilk was released Jul 10, 1997 on the PICKW label. Love Album CD music contains a single disc with 16 songs.

60 track survey of one of the UKs most loved musicians, plying his trade throughout the 50s and early 60s. We open with his smash hit, on both sides of the Atlantic, Stranger On The Shore.

It is tempting to dismiss `Best Of' albums, especially when the musicians are well known and they have made many many recordings. However these 3 CDs really do stand out - starting Track 1 CD1 with `Stranger On The Shore' as the trad jazz number holding a record for the longest time in the charts - it's Acker's pension pot! This sets the scene for a further 60 tremendous tracks of good-time music from the `trad' boom in the late 1950s and 1960s. For fans of Chris Barber, Kenny Ball and Acker Bilk the listings confirm numerous favourites, and even newcomers are likely to recognise `trad' titles such as Barber's (Monty Sunshine really) `Petite Fleur', Ball's `Midnight In Moscow' and Bilk's `A Taste Of Honey'.

Roll back the years with three hours of infectious, joyful trad. It was the carefree sound of the British dance halls from the fifties into the sixties, and this collection brings together 63 original recordings by the great masters, including Chris Barber, Humphrey Lyttelton, Acker Bilk, Kenny Ball, George Melly, Ken Colyer and many more. It's impossible not to dance to these hep, happy tunes. All the tracks have been lovingly restored and digitally remastered to sound more vibrant than ever before.

5-CD set featuring 79 (mostly vocal) smooth jazz classics from legends such as Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Dean Martin, Peggy Lee, Nat 'King' Cole, Frank Sinatra, Jose Feliciano, Mel Torme, Astrud Gilberto, Nina Simone, Chet Baker, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Miles Davis and Billie Holiday.

Introducing "#1s - 60s," the first installment in the highly-anticipated '#1s' series. Dive deep into the golden age of music with this compilation of chart-topping sensations from the 1970s. This disc collection captures the spirit, innovation, and charm of a transformative decade. Expect to be transported back in time with iconic tracks that still resonate today.

Introducing "#1s - 60s," the first installment in the highly-anticipated '#1s' series. Dive deep into the golden age of music with this compilation of chart-topping sensations from the 1970s. This disc collection captures the spirit, innovation, and charm of a transformative decade. Expect to be transported back in time with iconic tracks that still resonate today.

Ian Wheeler was one of Trad Jazz's outstanding clarinet players yet remains something of an unsung hero. He first came to public notice as a member of Ken Colyer's Jazzmen which he joined in 1955 replacing Acker Bilk. This was what was known as Colyer's "Classic line-up". He had already developed a distinctive sound and superb inventiveness. He left Colyer to briefly form the Sims-Wheeler Vintage Jazz Band with trumpeter Ken Sims before being asked to join Chris Barber's band to replace the legendary Monty Sunshine. He was with Barber for 27 years. He took a brief break in the middle to co-lead Hefty Jazz with Keith Smith. This double-for-the-price-of-one compilation includes tracks with the various bands he played in plus a few projects he undertook. The musicians include Ken Colyer, Chris Barber, Rod Mason, Acker Bilk, Sammy Rimington and Dick Wellstood. Many of the tracks are previously unissued.