The Ballymena Cowboy

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

The Ballymena Cowboy
Studio album by James Young
Released	1970
Recorded	1970
Genre	Comedy
Length	33:28
Label	Emerald Music
Producer	Peter Lloyd
James Young chronology
Behind the Barricades (1970) The Ballymena Cowboy (1970) Very Much Live In Canada (1971)

The album cover has a picture taken by Stanley Matchett 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 has 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 Detective – 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. It was made available separately or in a boxset with The Very Best of James Young.

Re-release order

The re-release has the same tracks as the original but in a different 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