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Young At Heart (James Young Album)
''Young at Heart'' is the first comedy album released by Northern Ireland, Northern Irish comedian and actor James Young (comedian), James Young. The album cover features a picture taken by Stanley Matchett of Young painting a ship at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. The back cover features Liner notes, sleeve notes and a poem written for Young by John Knipe. The original album release credited the writing of material to Young, however the material was written by Young's regular sketch writers Knipe and John McDonnell (playwright), John McDonnell. Track listing Side 1 # Meet James Young - 9:24 # TV Commercial - 11:53 # The Year 2001 - 5:23 Side 2 # I Loved a Papish - 9:08 # A Boy Finds Out The Facts - 3:49 # Slum Clearance - 4:02 # On the Hunt - 7:54 # Why I am Here - 3:15 Re-release Emerald Music re-released the album in 1999 in a four-disc boxset to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Young's death. The album was boxed with three of Young's other comedy albums ('' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Young (comedian)
James Alexander Young (23 May 1918 – 5 July 1974), better known as Jimmy Young or simply Our Jimmy, was an Irish actor and comedian born in Ballymoney and brought up in Belfast. He performed on stage and television. His comedy records sold over a quarter of a million copies. His stage shows are most closely associated with the Group Theatre, where his one man show gained a listing in the ''Guinness Book of Records'' as the longest running in the world. He also toured extensively across Ireland, Canada and the United States. He is best remembered for the characters in his sketches, which uniquely reflected the character of the people of Belfast. These included " Orange Lily", "The Lady from Cherryvalley", and "Derek the Window Cleaner" from the BBC Radio Ulster series '' The McCooeys''. He was also one of the first comedians to confront the Troubles in his material, while still appealing to both sides of the divided community. A blue plaque in his memory is displayed at his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liner Notes
Liner notes (also sleeve notes or album notes) are the writings found on the sleeves of LP record albums and in booklets that come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or the equivalent packaging for cassettes. Origin Liner notes are descended from the program notes for musical concerts, and developed into notes that were printed on the inner sleeve used to protect a traditional 12-inch vinyl record, i.e., long playing or gramophone record album. The term descends from the name "record liner" or "album liner". Album liner notes survived format changes from vinyl LP to cassette to CD. These notes can be sources of information about the contents of the recording as well as broader cultural topics. Contents Common material Such notes often contained a mix of factual and anecdotal material, and occasionally a discography for the artist or the issuing record label. Liner notes were also an occasion for thoughtful signed essays on the artist by another party, often a sympathetic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Young's 4th
''James Young's 4th'' is the fourth comedy album released by Northern Irish comedian and actor James Young. The album cover features a picture taken by Stanley Matchett of Young shaving. The back cover features sleeve notes by John Knipe. Track listing Side 1 # Meet James Young – 11:38 # The Farmer Wants A Wife – 5:47 # Boys and Girls Come Out to Play – 4:40 # The Builder – 5:33 Side 2 # Balmoral Ball – 5:40 # The Letter – 5:55 # Wee Davy – 5:10 # The Waitress – 8:03 # This is Us – 2:21 Re-Release Emerald Music re-released the album in 1999 in a four CD boxset to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of Young's death. The album was boxed with three of James Young's other comedy albums ('' Young at Heart'', '' James Young Sings Ulster Party Pieces'' and ''It's Great to Be Young ''It's Great to Be Young'' is a 1956 musical Technicolor comedy film about a school music teacher, starring Cecil Parker and John Mills. Plot Mr Dingle (John Mills) seeks to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Young Sings Ulster Party Pieces
''James Young Sings Ulster Party Pieces'' is the fifth comedy album released by Northern Irish comedian and actor James Young. The album cover features a picture taken by Stanley Matchett of Young busking outside the Ulster Group Theatre. Amongst those Young is seen busking at his business partner Jack Hudson. Unlike Young's previous albums which featured recordings of sketches from his live shows, this album was a studio recording featuring songs written by and for Young. Track listing Side 1 # Clyde Valley - 3:34 # Gerry's Walls - 5:07 # Me Da - 5:14 # Non Sectarian Football Team - 2:14 # I'm the Only Catholice (On The Linfield Team) - 2:41 # Changed Times - 2:47 Side 2 # We're All Ecumenical Now - 5:43 # I Protest - 2:23 # Civil Rioteers - 2:18 # Jimmie, The Belfast Folk Singer - 4:13 # The Wrong Fut - 3:23 # Big Aggie's Man - 3:03 Singles * I Protest / I’m the only Catholic (on the Linfield Team) * The Wrong Fut / The BBC Investigate * Gerry's Walls / Smithfiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's Great To Be Young (album)
''It's Great to be Young'' is the third comedy album released by Northern Irish comedian and actor James Young. The album cover features a picture taken by Stanley Matchett of Young in drag seated on a bench in the grounds of the City Hall, Belfast. The back cover features sleeve notes by Young. Track listing Side 1 # Meet James Young - 6:54 # Carpenter Crimmond - 4:03 # Living in Hope - 6:59 # The Ould Blackman - 2:38 # Romeo And Juliet - 11:22 Side 2 # The Chambermaid - 13:22 # The Feud - 7:21 # At The Labour Exchange - 2:40 # The Critic - 5:25 Re-release Emerald Music re-released the album in 1999 in a four-disc boxset to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Young's death. The album was boxed with three of Young's other comedy albums ('' Young at Heart'', ''James Young Sings Ulster Party Pieces'' and ''James Young's 4th ''James Young's 4th'' is the fourth comedy album released by Northern Irish comedian and actor James Young. The album cover features a picture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxset
A box set or (its original name) boxed set is a set of items (for example, a compilation of books, musical recordings, films or television programs) traditionally packaged in a box and offered for sale as a single unit. Music Artists and bands with an extremely long and successful career often have anthology or "essential" collections of their boxes of music released as box sets. These often include rare and never-before-released tracks. Some box sets collect previously released boxes of singles or albums by a music artist, and often collect the complete discography of an artist such as Pink Floyd's ''Oh, by the Way'' and ''Discovery'' sets. Sometimes bands release expanded versions of their most successful albums such as Pink Floyd's ''Immersion'' box set versions of their ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' (1973), ''Wish You Were Here'' (1975) and ''The Wall'' (1979) albums. Pink Floyd have also released ''The Early Years 1965–1972'' box set which features mostly unreleased mater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McDonnell (playwright)
Austin McDonnell was an Irish playwright and journalist. McDonnell worked as a Television criticism, television critic on ''The Sunday Press''. As a playwright his work is most closely associated with the Ulster Hall, Ulster Group Theatre, Belfast, where he wrote a string of successful comedy plays in the 1960s and 1970s in association with the actor and comedian James Young (comedian), James Young. Life and career McDonnell was born in Kilsaran, County Louth, Co. Louth. McDonnell, and his wife Patti, lived in Dublin where he worked as a journalist and playwright. In 1961 McDonnell wrote ''All the King's Horses (play), All the King's Horses'', which was performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. The story is a Farce, farcical one in which an eccentric Irish woman dies and leaves her fortune to her two nephews. One is a Republic of Ireland, Southern Irish Irish republicanism, Republican and the other is a Northern Irish Orange Order, Orangeman. To inherit the fortune they must spend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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