The Very Best of James Young

The Very Best of James Young
Compilation album by
Released2001
Recorded1966–1973
GenreComedy
Length1:57:54
LabelEmerald Music
James Young chronology
Forever Young
(1988)
The Very Best of James Young
(2001)

The Very Best of James Young is the twelfth comedy album released by Northern Irish comedian and actor James Young and the third to be released posthumously.

The album cover features a collage of pictures taken by Stanley Matchett for Young's previous albums The Young Ulsterman, Young at Heart, James Young Sings Ulster Party Pieces & Behind the Barricades.

The album is a compilation album featuring a mix of Young's sketches, serious monologues and comedy songs as well as material previously only available on his single releases.

Each volume of the album was made available separately or in a boxset with The Ballymena Cowboy.