Young at Heart (James Young album)

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

Young at Heart
Live album by
Released1966
Recorded1966, At the Ulster Group Theatre
GenreComedy
Length54:51
LabelEmerald Music
ProducerPeter Lloyd
James Young chronology
Young at Heart
(1966)
Young and Foolish
(1967)

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

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Side 1

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

Side 2

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  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

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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]

References

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  1. ^ McKinney, Andrew. "Album Info on Ourjimmy.com". Ourjimmy.com. Retrieved 5 April 2005.
  2. ^ "James Young - Vol 2 Box Set (4 Album Box Gift Set)". Emerald Music Online. Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2011.