It's Great to Be Young (album) explained

It's Great to be Young
Type:Live
Artist:James Young
Cover:James_Young_It's_Great_to_Be_Young.jpg
Released:1968
Recorded:1968, At the Ulster Group Theatre
Genre:Comedy
Length:54:36
Label:Emerald Music
Producer:Peter Lloyd
Prev Title:Young and Foolish
Prev Year:1967
Next Title:James Young's 4th
Next Year:1969

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

  1. Meet James Young - 6:54
  2. Carpenter Crimmond - 4:03
  3. Living in Hope - 6:59
  4. The Ould Blackman - 2:38
  5. Romeo and Juliet - 11:22

Side 2

  1. The Chambermaid - 13:22
  2. The Feud - 7:21
  3. At Tte Labour Exchange - 2:40
  4. 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). The album was marketed as James Young: Ireland's Greatest Comic Legend Volume 2.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: James Young - Vol 2 Box Set (4 Album Box Gift Set). Emerald Music Online. 15 December 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120427093734/http://www.emeraldmusiconline.com/catalogue/59/. 27 April 2012.