tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post2905925432660251054..comments2024-03-27T16:39:43.522+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Acker Bilk: Stranger on the ShoreJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-9013303643107311262014-10-20T22:27:06.707+01:002014-10-20T22:27:06.707+01:00Stranger On The Shore was indeed as described in t...Stranger On The Shore was indeed as described in the Wikipedia article.I believe I watched both series and enjoyed them but the only specific incident I recall was a political one - Penelope the English daughter,is a CND supporter who gets herself arrested and,under the influence of a left-wing clergymen intent on prison himself,has to be talked out of refusing to pay a fine by a kindly judge.Can't remember what the French girl's take on all this was.<br /><br />Taste Of Honey was a separate hit for Bilk a year later,an American composition attached to the Broadway version of the British play.A hit for Bilk in early 1963,the Beatles covered the American lyrical version on their first album, one of the ways in which they managed to make the album a clever blend of the familiar and the very new.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-55961616606564054642014-10-20T20:33:56.555+01:002014-10-20T20:33:56.555+01:00According to Wikipedia the B-side was "Take M...According to Wikipedia the B-side was "Take My Lips" - not one of the tracks on the family EP.Jonathan Calderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-29977183576853542442014-10-19T22:13:32.872+01:002014-10-19T22:13:32.872+01:00Wasn't the B side "A Taste of Honey"...Wasn't the B side "A Taste of Honey"? Or was that another single? I can't remember.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11717309322729778838noreply@blogger.com