Light of the Stable (album)

Light of the Stable
Studio album by Emmylou Harris
Released	November 1979
Genre	Country, Christmas music
Length	30.20
Label	Warner Bros. / Rhino
Producer	Brian Ahern
Emmylou Harris chronology
Blue Kentucky Girl (1979)Blue Kentucky Girl1979 Light of the Stable (1979) Roses in the Snow (1980) 1992 alternative Cover 1992 album cover 2004 alternative cover 2004 album cover Roses in the Snow1980

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Light of the Stable is a Christmas album by Emmylou Harris. It was originally released in 1979 by Warner Bros. Records, but has since gone through several intervening releases. The 1992 Warner release was a remastered version of the original with a different album cover. The latest edition was released in 2004 by Rhino Records. It contains three newly recorded tracks in addition to remastered versions of the ten original tracks. Its cover came from the record sleeve of the original 45-rpm single version of "Light of the Stable" that was released in 1975. The title song featured harmony vocals from Neil Young, Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt.

Track listing

Original release

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Christmas Time's A-Coming"	Tex Logan	2:51
2.	"O Little Town of Bethlehem"	Phillips Brooks/Lewis H. Redner	3:40
3.	"Away in a Manger" (with Nancy Ahern)	Martin Luther/arr. Jonathan E. Spillman	2:37
4.	"Angel Eyes (Angel Eyes)"	Rodney Crowell	3:18
5.	"The First Noel"	Traditional	2:40

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Beautiful Star of Bethlehem"	Arthur L. Phipps	3:05
2.	"Little Drummer Boy"	Katherine Davis/Henry Onorati/Harry Simeone	4:02
3.	"Golden Cradle" (with Nancy Ahern)	Traditional/arr. Nancy Ahern	2:05
4.	"Silent Night"	Josef Mohr/Franz Gruber/arr. Brian Ahern	3:33
5.	"Light of the Stable"	Steven Rhymer/Elizabeth Rhymer	2:29

2004 expanded version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Christmas Time's A-Coming"	Tex Logan	2:51
2.	"O Little Town of Bethlehem"	Phillips Brooks/Lewis H. Redner	3:40
3.	"Away in a Manger" (with Nancy Ahern)	Martin Luther/arr. Jonathan E. Spillman	2:37
4.	"Angel Eyes (Angel Eyes)"	Rodney Crowell	3:18
5.	"The First Noel"	Traditional	2:40
6.	"Beautiful Star of Bethlehem"	Arthur L. Phipps	3:05
7.	"Little Drummer Boy"	Katherine Davis/Henry Onorati/Harry Simeone	4:02
8.	"There's a Light" (new track)	Beth Nielsen Chapman	2:54
9.	"Cherry Tree Carol" (new track)	Traditional/arr. Kate McGarrigle/Anna McGarrigle	3:33
10.	"Golden Cradle" (with Nancy Ahern)	Traditional/arr. Nancy Ahern	2:05
11.	"Silent Night"	Josef Mohr/Franz Gruber/arr. Brian Ahern	3:33
12.	"Man Is an Island" (new track)	Kate McGarrigle/Anna McGarrigle/Jane McGarrigle	4:45
13.	"Light of the Stable"	Steven Rhymer/Elizabeth Rhymer	2:29