Billy Connolly or "The Big Yin" (as he is affectionately known in his Scottish homeland) is one of Britain's best loved comedians, singers, actors and presenters.
The Ultimate Collection is a unique 3CD compilation containing a highly entertaining collection of his best stand-up comedy and songs; both as a solo artist and as a member of The Humblebums (the folk rock group that he co-founded with Tam Harvey and performed in alongside Gerry Rafferty in the mid 1960s through to the early 1970s).
It includes stand-up comedy classics such as The Crucifixion, The Jobbie Weecha!!!!/Please Help Me, I'm Falling and Marie's Wedding (Musical Appreciation) interwoven with solo comedy songs and The Humblebums sprightly folk-rock melodies; The Short Haired Police Cadet, Saturday Round About Sunday and Saltcoats at the Fair.
Whether you are a long-time fan of "The Big Yin" or new to his truly unique style of idiosyncratic and often off-the-cuff observational comedy, this 3CD collection of comedic songs, monologues and folk rock will have something for you all.
- 3CD
Tracklist:
CD 1:
1. Stainless Steel Wellies (Live)
2. Telling Lies (Live)
3. Everybody Knows That - The Humblebums
4. Talkin' Blues (What's In a Name) (Live)
5. Oh, Dear (Live)
6. Saturday Round About Sunday - The Humblebums
7. Nobody's Child (Live)
8. Song For a Small Man (Live)
9. Leo McGuire's Song (Live)
10. Cruisin' - The Humblebums
11. The Jobbie Weecha !!!! / Please Help Me, I'm Falling
CD 2:
1. If It Wasnae for Your Wellies
2. A Little of Your Time (Live)
3. A Life In the Day of / Glasgow Central (Live)
4. The Short-Haired Police Cadet
5. Silk Pyjamas - The Humblebums
6. Marie's Wedding (Musical Appreciation): The Music Teacher (Live)
7. Winchburgh Junction (Live)
8. The Donkey (Live)
9. My Apartment - The Humblebums
10. Glasgow Accents / Nine and a Half Guitars (Live)
CD 3:
1. Harry - The Humblebums
2. Near You (Live)
3. Little Blue Lady - The Humblebums
4. Harry Campbell and the Heavies / The World Is Waiting for Sunshine (Live)
5. Good Love (Live)
6. Saltcoats at the Fair - The Humblebums
7. McGinty (Live)
8. Why Don't They Come Back to Dunoon - The Humblebums
9. The Crucifixion (Live)