''The Ballymena Cowboy'' is the seventh
comedy album released by the
Northern Irish comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing
Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and entertaining events or situations while the person or a ...
and
actor James Young.
The album cover has a picture taken by Stanley Matchett Young holding a
lasso and dressed as a
cowboy
A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose from the '' vaquer ...
. Beside him, a woman is dressed as an
Indian and holds a
tomahawk. The back cover has a picture of Young taken in 1969 on a visit to
Canada along with a
silhouette of a scene from
the Old West
''The Old West'' is a series of books about the history of the American Old West era, published by Time-Life Books from 1973 through 1980. Each book focused on a different topic specific for the era, such as cowboys, American Indians, gamblers ...
. In the picture, Young is seen sitting on a
wagon with
Sam, The Record Man.
Track listing
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. It was made available separately or in a
boxset with ''
The Very Best of James Young
''The Very Best of James Young'' is the twelfth comedy album released by Northern Irish comedian and actor James Young and the third to be released posthumously.
The album cover features a collage of pictures taken by Stanley Matchett for Yo ...
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Re-release order
The re-release has the same tracks as the original but in a different 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
References
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1970 albums
James Young (comedian) albums