Released 1970 Genre Comedy Label Emerald Music Artist James Young | Recorded 1970 Length 33:28 Producer Peter Lloyd Release date 1970 | |
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Similar James Young Sings Uls, The Very Best of James Yo, Behind the Barricades | ||
The Ballymena Cowboy is the seventh comedy album released by Northern Irish comedian and actor James Young.
Contents
The album cover features a picture taken by Stanley Matchett. The cover features a photograph of Young holding a lasso and dressed as a cowboy. Beside him a woman is dressed as an Indian and holds a tomahawk. The back cover features a picture of Young taken in 1969 on a visit to Canada along with a silhouette of a scene from the Old West . In the picture Young is seen sitting on a wagon with Sam, The Record Man.
Side 1
- The Ballymena Cowboy - 3:52
- A Hairy Tale: 2:42
- There's a Lounge Bar in The Town - 2:26
- On Derry's Walls - 3:08
- Stormont Pudding - 2:09
- Bingo Crazy - 3:01
Side 2
- Boom - 1:49
- I'm A Private Detective - 1:46
- The Cherryvalley Debutramp - 2:50
- U.L.S.T.E.R. - 2:09
- Sixty Years From Now - 2:14
- A Party Political Broadcast - 4:52
Re-Release
Emerald Music re-released the album in 2001. The album was made available separately or in a boxset with The Very Best of James Young.
Re-Release Order
The re-release features the same tracks as the original release but in a different order. The re-release features tracks in the following order:
- The Ballymena Cowboy
- Boom
- There's a Lounge Bar In The Town
- On Derry's Walls
- Stormont Pudding
- Bingo Crazy
- A Hairy Tale
- I'm A Private Detective
- The Cherryvalley Debutramp
- U.L.S.T.E.R.
- Sixty Years From Now
- Party Political Broadcast