The Ballymena Cowboy

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

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.

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