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I cut this in Nashville where I cut "Harvest", but much later in late '74. It is from the unreleased album "Homegrown", sort of a sequel to Harvest.
Neil Young
Decade liner notes
1977
Spin: Maybe the star of Bethlehem wasn’t a star at all?
NY: It’s like that feeling, what are you going to believe in?
Neil Young
Spin Magazine
June 1988
In ‘Star of Bethlehem,’ Ben sang with Emmylou at her house in LA, the track (with my live vocal) already recorded in Nashville for the ‘Homegrown’ album in 1974.
NYA - Album of the Week - American Stars & Bars
November 20, 2019
| Session Date: | December 13, 1974 |
|---|---|
| Studio: | Quadrafonic Sound Studios, Nashville, TN |
| Produced by: | Elliot Mazer |
| Recording type: | Studio |
| Mono/Stereo: | stereo |
| Length: | 2:42 |
| Musicians: | Neil Young: vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica Ben Keith: Dobro, vocals Tim Drummond: bass Karl T. Himmel: drums Emmylou Harris: vocals |
Available on:
American Stars 'N Bars
Neil Young
Released: 1977-05-27
Side 2 Track 1
Decade
Neil Young
Released: 1977-10-28
Side 4 Track 7
Decade - German LP
Neil Young
Released: 1977-10-28
Side 4 Track 23
American Stars 'N Bars - DVD-A
Neil Young
Released: 2004-04-13
Track 6
Chrome Dreams
Neil Young
Released: 2023-08-11
Track 3
| Session Date: | December 13, 1974 |
|---|---|
| Studio: | Quadrafonic Sound Studios, Nashville, TN |
| Produced by: | Neil Young & Elliot Mazer |
| Recording type: | Studio |
| Mono/Stereo: | stereo |
| Length: | 2:45 |
| Notes: | Alternate mix (I can't hear the difference) |
| Musicians: | Neil Young: vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica Ben Keith: dobro, vocals Tim Drummond: bass Karl T. Himmel: drums Emmylou Harris: vocals |
Available on:
Homegrown
Neil Young
Released: 2020-06-19
Side 2 Track 5
Neil Young Archives Vol. II 1972-1976
Neil Young
Released: 2020-11-20
Disc 7 - Homegrown (1974-1975) Track 90
| Session Date: | March 1, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Studio: | House/Trancas, Malibu, CA |
| Produced by: | Neil Young & Tim Mulligan |
| Recording type: | Studio |
| Mono/Stereo: | stereo |
| Length: | 2:07 |
| Notes: | previously unreleased version |
| Musicians: | Neil Young: vocal, acoustic guitar Nicolette Larson: vocal Linda Ronstadt: vocal |
Available on:
Neil Young Archives Vol. III 1976-1987
Neil Young
Released: 2024-09-06
Disc 4 - Snapshot In Time (March to December 1977) Track 12
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