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Compilation

Mr. Acker Bilk And His Paramount Jazz Band

The direct successor to an earlier Lake collection, Acker Bilk's Acker, Mr. Acker Bilk's Lansdowne Folio rounds up four tracks from A Golden Treasury of Bilk, a single, three previously unreleased numbers, and finally, a dozen more from the original Lansdowne Portfolio album. It's a gripping collection as well; though Bilk was certainly well on his way to embracing the pop mainstream by this time, and his ear for melody was certainly leaning toward the more popular end of things, still his stabs at Cole Porter's "My Heart Belongs to Daddy," the traditional "Lord Let Me in the Lifeboat," and "Go Tell It On the Mountain" are nothing if not rousing and, if Bilk's version of "Tishomingo Blues" has little of the drama of Ken Colyer's earlier Denis Preston-produced rendition of the same number, again one must remember the very different audiences that the two men were playing to. Very much a signpost for the slow demise of trad as a major power in the land, Mr. Acker Bilk's Lansdowne Folio is, nevertheless, a heartily enjoyable album. There's an utterly entertaining run through "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It," while a glimpse at the chart positions detailed within Mike Durham's (amusingly convoluted) liner notes reveals just how successful this new direction was for Bilk - "Buona Sera" and "That's My Home" were both U.K. Top Tens and "Frankie and Johnny" was Top 50, while his Top 30 take on "Stars and Stripes Forever" would be a welcome addition to any Fourth of July celebration.

All Music Guide