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Transatlantic Years | |
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Compilation album by Billy Connolly | |
Released | 2001 |
Genre | Folk music, comedy |
Label | Sanctuary |
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.
Track listing
CD One
- "Everybody Knows That" (with the Humblebums, 1969)
- "Little Blue Lady" (with the Humblebums, 1969)
- "Saltcoats at the Fair" (with the Humblebums, 1969)
- "Silk Pyjamas" (with the Humblebums, 1969)
- "Why Don't They Come Back to Dunoon?" (King, Connolly) (with the Humblebums, 1969)
- "Cruisin'" (with the Humblebums, 1969)
- "A Little of Your Time" (live, with the Humblebums, 1970)
- "Glasgow Central" (Devers, Padmore, Connolly) (live, 1972)
- "Good Love" (live, 1972)
- "McGinty" (live, 1972)
- "Near You" (live, 1972)
- "Oh, Dear" (Trad., Connolly) (live, 1972)
- "Song for a Small Man" (live, 1972; believe to be about Connolly's best friend Danny Kyle)
- "Stainless Steel Wellies" (introduced by Connolly as "Govan Dunne Blues") (live, 1972)
- "Telling Lies" (live, 1972)
- "The Donkey" (live, 1972)
- "Winchburgh Junction" (Trad. Arr. Connolly) (live, 1972)
- "If It Wasnae for Your Wellies" (Trad. Arr. Connolly) (live, 1972)
- "Talkin' Blues (What's in a Name)" (live, 1974)
- "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.
- "Glasgow Accents"
- "9½ Guitars" (Mills)
- "Marie's Wedding"
- "The Music Teacher"
- "Campbell's Farewell to Redcastle" (Trad. Arr. Connolly)
- "Soldier's Joy" (Trad. Arr. Connolly)
- "Marie's Wedding" (Trad. Arr. Connolly)
- "Harry Campbell and the Heavies"
- "Harry Campbell and the Heavies"
- "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise" (Seitz, Lockhart)
- "Nobody's Child" (Connolly)
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- "A Life in the Day of"
- "Glasgow Central" (Devers, Padmore, Connolly)
- "Leo Maguire's Song" (Maguire)
- "The Crucifixion"
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- "The Jobbie Wheecha"
- "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" (Blair, Robertson)
References
Billy Connolly | |
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"World Tours" |
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"Musical Tours" |
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