Transatlantic Years



Transatlantic Years is a double compilation album by Billy Connolly, released in 2001 on Sanctuary Records. It includes material recorded between 1969 and 1974, both with Connolly as a solo act and also as a member of the Humblebums, either with Gerry Rafferty or Tam Harvey (or, for a short period, both).

The liner notes include an anthology written by Shaun Stallard.

CD One

 * 1) "Everybody Knows That" (with the Humblebums, 1969)
 * 2) "Little Blue Lady" (with the Humblebums, 1969)
 * 3) "Saltcoats at the Fair" (with the Humblebums, 1969)
 * 4) "Silk Pyjamas" (with the Humblebums, 1969)
 * 5) "Why Don't They Come Back to Dunoon?" (King, Connolly) (with the Humblebums, 1969)
 * 6) "Cruisin'" (with the Humblebums, 1969)
 * 7) "A Little of Your Time" (live, with the Humblebums, 1970)
 * 8) "Glasgow Central" (Devers, Padmore, Connolly) (live, 1972)
 * 9) "Good Love" (live, 1972)
 * 10) "McGinty" (live, 1972)
 * 11) "Near You" (live, 1972)
 * "Oh, Dear" (Trad., Connolly) (live, 1972)
 * 1) "Song for a Small Man" (live, 1972; believe to be about Connolly's best friend Danny Kyle)
 * 2) "Stainless Steel Wellies" (introduced by Connolly as "Govan Dunne Blues") (live, 1972)
 * 3) "Telling Lies" (live, 1972)
 * 4) "The Donkey" (live, 1972)
 * 5) "Winchburgh Junction" (Trad. Arr. Connolly) (live, 1972)
 * 6) "If It Wasnae for Your Wellies" (Trad. Arr. Connolly) (live, 1972)
 * 7) "Talkin' Blues (What's in a Name)" (live, 1974)
 * 8) "The Short Haired Police Cadet" (Kingsley, Connolly, Blackburn) (live, 1974)

CD Two

 * All tracks recorded live in 1974 and written by Connolly, except where stated otherwise.


 * 1) "Glasgow Accents"
 * 2) "9½ Guitars" (Mills)
 * 3) "Marie's Wedding"
 * 4) "The Music Teacher"
 * 5) "Campbell's Farewell to Redcastle" (Trad. Arr. Connolly)
 * 6) "Soldier's Joy" (Trad. Arr. Connolly)
 * 7) "Marie's Wedding" (Trad. Arr. Connolly)
 * 8) "Harry Campbell and the Heavies"
 * 9) "Harry Campbell and the Heavies"
 * 10) "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise" (Seitz, Lockhart)
 * 11) "Nobody's Child" (Connolly)
 * 12) "A Life in the Day of"
 * 13) "Glasgow Central" (Devers, Padmore, Connolly)
 * 14) "Leo Maguire's Song" (Maguire)
 * 15) "The Crucifixion"
 * 16) "The Jobbie Wheecha"
 * 17) "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" (Blair, Robertson)
 * 1) "The Jobbie Wheecha"
 * 2) "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" (Blair, Robertson)