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The CD-era has proved that just about anything that can be reissued will be. This double-CD collection of Glaswegian comedy minstrel Billy Connolly is a curious collection of material from the years 1969 to 1974. Besides the amazingly irritating and stupidly smarmy liner notes by Shaun Stallard, who attempts to somehow encapsulate Connolly's daft and deft sense of humor in written words, the music here is mostly very fine. The tracks from Connolly's first bands, The Humblebums, and the The Humblebums (with Gerry Rafferty), are documented here with a few cuts, but are generally short-changed by the vast amount of material from his solo recordings: Open up the Door, Billy Connolly Live, and Solo Concert. In fact, the latter album is issued in its entirety here, comprising the last track of Disc One, and all of Disc Two. With Connolly, what you hear is what you get, and this collection will do little to reveal anything other than the in-your-face idiosyncratic humor of a self-styled outsider. This is for the fanatics only.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Billy Connolly, Performance, MainArtist
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Billy Connolly, Composer - The Humblebums, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Billy Connolly, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Billy Connolly, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Billy Connolly, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Billy Connolly, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1970 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Billy Connolly, Composer, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Billy Connolly, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Billy Connolly, Composer, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Billy Connolly, Composer, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Billy Connolly, Composer, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Billy Connolly, Composer, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Billy Connolly, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Billy Connolly, Composer, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Billy Connolly, Composer, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Billy Connolly, Composer, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Billy Connolly, Arranger, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Billy Connolly, Composer, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1974 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Billy Connolly, Composer, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1974 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Billy Connolly, Composer, Performance, MainArtist - Chris Kingsley, Composer - Chris Dowden, Composer
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1974 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
DISC 2
Gordon Mills, Composer - Billy Connolly, Composer, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1974 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Traditional, Composer - Billy Connolly, Composer, Arranger, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1974 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Eugene Lockhart, Composer - Billy Connolly, Performance, MainArtist - Ernest Seitz, Composer
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1974 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Billy Connolly, Composer, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1974 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Billy Connolly, Composer, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1974 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Leo McGuire, Composer - Billy Connolly, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1974 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Billy Connolly, Composer, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1974 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Donald Robertson, Composer - Billy Connolly, Composer, Performance, MainArtist - Hal Blair, Composer
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1974 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Album review
The CD-era has proved that just about anything that can be reissued will be. This double-CD collection of Glaswegian comedy minstrel Billy Connolly is a curious collection of material from the years 1969 to 1974. Besides the amazingly irritating and stupidly smarmy liner notes by Shaun Stallard, who attempts to somehow encapsulate Connolly's daft and deft sense of humor in written words, the music here is mostly very fine. The tracks from Connolly's first bands, The Humblebums, and the The Humblebums (with Gerry Rafferty), are documented here with a few cuts, but are generally short-changed by the vast amount of material from his solo recordings: Open up the Door, Billy Connolly Live, and Solo Concert. In fact, the latter album is issued in its entirety here, comprising the last track of Disc One, and all of Disc Two. With Connolly, what you hear is what you get, and this collection will do little to reveal anything other than the in-your-face idiosyncratic humor of a self-styled outsider. This is for the fanatics only.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 28 track(s)
- Total length: 02:32:54
- Main artists: Billy Connolly
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Transatlantic
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Folk
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2001 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
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