Very Much Live In Canada Explained

Very Much Live In Canada
Type:Live
Artist:James Young
Cover:Very Much Live In Canada.jpg
Released:1971
Genre:Comedy
Length:58:02
Label:Emerald Music
Prev Title:The Ballymena Cowboy
Prev Year:1970
Next Title:The Young Ulsterman
Next Year:1973

Very Much Live In Canada is the eighth comedy album released by Northern Irish comedian and actor James Young.

With his eighth album, Young abandoned the comic songs of his recent work and returned to the format of his earlier releases. Very Much Live in Canada features a mixture of sketches and serious monologues recorded in front of a live audience in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and features of mix of new material and new versions previously released material.

Track listing

Side 1

  1. Hello Toronto (Meet James Young) - 9:08
  2. Wee Davy - 5:01
  3. The Letter - 6:39
  4. The Matrimonial Agency - 8:27

Side 2

  1. The Drama Critic - 5:27
  2. Ecumenical Ball - 4:32
  3. The Belfast Working Man - 5:36
  4. The Engagement Ring - 4:29
  5. The Schoolboy (Wee Sammy) - 2:25
  6. Farewell To Canada - 3:22

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 (The Young Ulsterman, Behind the Barricades and Young and Foolish). The album was marketed as James Young: Ireland's Greatest Comic Legend Volume 1.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Emerald Music Section on James Young - Vol 1 . Emerald Music Online . 15 December 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120214010510/http://www.emeraldmusiconline.com/catalogue/58/ . February 14, 2012 .