Light of the Stable (album)

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Light of the Stable
Studio album by Emmylou Harris
Released	1979, 1992, 2004
Genre	Country, Christmas music
Length	30.20
Label	Warner Bros. Records / Rhino Records
Producer	Brian Ahern
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1]
Emmylou Harris chronology
Blue Kentucky Girl (1979) Light of the Stable (1979) Roses in the Snow (1980)

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.

1992 album cover:

2004 album cover:

[edit] Track listing

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)
9. "Cherry Tree Carol" [new track] (Traditional/arr. Kate McGarrigle/Anna McGarrigle)
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)
13. "Light of the Stable" (Steven Rhymer/Elizabeth Rhymer) - 2:29

v • d • e Emmylou Harris Studio albums Gliding Bird • Pieces of the Sky • Elite Hotel • Luxury Liner • Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town • Blue Kentucky Girl • Light of the Stable • Roses in the Snow • Evangeline • Cimarron • White Shoes • The Ballad of Sally Rose • Thirteen • Angel Band • Bluebird • Brand New Dance • Cowgirl's Prayer • Wrecking Ball • Red Dirt Girl • Stumble into Grace • All I Intended to Be Live albums Last Date • At the Ryman (with The Nash Ramblers) • Spyboy Compilations Profile: Best of Emmylou Harris • Profile II: The Best of Emmylou Harris • Duets • Songs of the West • Portraits (3 disc set) • Anthology (2 disc set) • The Very Best of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches and Highways • Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems (4 disc set + dvd) Collaborations With Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt: Trio • Trio 2 • With Linda Ronstadt: Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions • With Mark Knopfler: All the Roadrunning • Real Live Roadrunning Films and videos Live at the Ryman • Spyboy - Live from the Legendary Exit/In • Real Live Roadrunning (DVD - with Mark Knopfler)