Rock of the Westies Rock of the Westies Rock of the Westies, released in October 1975, is the tenth studio album release for Elton John. As with "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy", "Rock of the Westies" debuted on the US "Billboard" 200 chart at No. 1, the only two albums at that time to have done so. It was less successful in the artist's home territory of the UK, where it reached No. 5 on the UK Albums Chart. Robert Christgau ranked it as No. 7 on his list of the best albums of 1975. The title is a play on the
The Ballymena Cowboy The Ballymena Cowboy The Ballymena Cowboy is the seventh comedy album released by Northern Irish comedian and actor James Young. The album cover features a picture taken by Stanley Matchett. The cover features a photograph of 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 features 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