The Ballymena Cowboy

The Ballymena Cowboy is the seventh comedy album released by Northern Irish comedian and actor James Young.

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.

Track listing

Side 1

1. The Ballymena Cowboy - 3:52
2. A Hairy Tale: 2:42
3. There's a Lounge Bar in The Town - 2:26
4. On Derry's Walls - 3:08
5. Stormont Pudding - 2:09
6. Bingo Crazy - 3:01

Side 2

1. Boom - 1:49
2. I'm A Private Dectective - 1:46
3. The Cherryvalley Debutramp - 2:50
4. U.L.S.T.E.R. - 2:09
5. Sixty Years From Now - 2:14
6. 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^[1].

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:

1. The Ballymena Cowboy
2. Boom
3. There's a Lounge Bar In The Town
4. On Derry's Walls
5. Stormont Pudding
6. Bingo Crazy
7. A Hairy Tale
8. I'm A Private Detective
9. The Cherryvalley Debutramp
10. U.L.S.T.E.R.
11. Sixty Years From Now
12. Party Political Broadcast

References