Acker Bilk - The Absolutley Essential Collection (2014)

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.

Tracklist:

CD1

01. Stranger On The Shore
02. Summer Set
03. Gravier Street Blues
04. Over In The Gloryland
05. My Old Kentucky Home
06. Gettysburg March
07. Careless Love
08. Swing Low Sweet Chariot
09. All The Girls Go Crazy
10. East Coast Trot
11. Darkness On The Delta
12. St. Philip Street Breakdown
13. Breeze
14. Postman's Lament
15. King Joe
16. Bye And Bye
17. El Albacino
18. Under The Double Eagle
19. C.R.E. March (Wings)
20. Blaze Away

CD2

01. That's My Home
02. Travellin' Blues
03. Delia Gone
04. Gladiolus Rag
05. Willie The Weeper
06. Dardanella
07. Franklin Street Blues
08. Easter Parade
09. Marching Through Georgia
10. Shine
11. Louisian-i-ay
12. In A Persian Market
13. I'm Going Home
14. Ory's Creole Trombone
15. Tiger Rag
16. Cushion Foot Stomp
17. Run Come See Jerusalem
18. Carry Me Back To Virginny
19. Old Comrades March
20. Higher Ground

CD3

01. Buona Sera
02. Gotta See Baby Tonight
03. Creole Jazz
04. Jump In The Line
05. Frankie And Johnny
06. Goodnight Sweet Prince
07. Lullaby
08. Stars And Stripes Forever
09. Perdido Street Blues
10. Papa Dip
11. Mean To Me
12. My Heart Belongs To Daddy
13. Gospel Train
14. Maryland March
15. Greensleeves
16. Go Tell It On The Mountain
17. My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
18. Take My Lips (Meravigliose Labbra)
19. Stomp Off Let's Go
20. Lonely