Young at Heart (James Young album) explained

Young at Heart
Type:Live
Artist:James Young
Cover:James_Young_Young_At_Heart.jpg
Released:1966
Recorded:1966, At the Ulster Group Theatre
Genre:Comedy
Length:54:51
Label:Emerald Music
Producer:Peter Lloyd
Next Title:Young and Foolish
Next Year:1967

Young at Heart is the first comedy album released by Northern Irish comedian and actor James Young.

The album cover features a picture taken by Stanley Matchett of Young painting a ship at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. The back cover features sleeve notes and a poem written for Young by John Knipe.[1]

The original album release credited the writing of material to Young, however the material was written by Young's regular sketch writers Knipe and John McDonnell.

Track listing

Side 1

  1. Meet James Young - 9:24
  2. TV Commercial - 11:53
  3. The Year 2001 - 5:23

Side 2

  1. I Loved a Papish - 9:08
  2. A Boy Finds Out The Facts - 3:49
  3. Slum Clearance - 4:02
  4. On the Hunt - 7:54
  5. Why I am Here - 3:15

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 (It's Great to Be Young, 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.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: McKinney. Andrew. Album Info on Ourjimmy.com. Ourjimmy.com. 5 April 2005.
  2. 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.