[Billthedrill]

RIP. I recall him listed simply as "Mr. Acker Bilk" on the covers of the albums I saw.

For younger FReepers, an "album" is a "record album". A record was a vinyl disk with squiggly lines on it that could be played on the eponymous "record player". Sort of like a big CD.

For even younger FReeperd, a "CD" was... ;-)

[the scotsman]

LOL

And that strange thing you hear in old songs is called a ‘melody’.

[Squawk 8888]

Even more trivia: It was called an “album” because a 78rpm disc could only hold one song on each side, so music collections were sold in albums.

[Albion Wilde]

an "album" is a "record album". A record was a vinyl disk with squiggly lines on it that could be played on the eponymous "record player". Sort of like a big CD....

LOL!

Ah yes, before there was Kenny G, there was Acker Bilk. RIP.

[exit82]

For younger FReepers, an "album" is a "record album". A record was a vinyl disk with squiggly lines on it that could be played on the eponymous "record player". Sort of like a big CD.

Here's to 33 and a third!

Reminds of me of the first Austin Powers movie when he tries to play a CD on a record player, after being frozen for thirty years.