''A Prairie Home Album'' is an album from the

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radio show. It features items written for the early days of the program, when it was a morning show broadcast from

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in St. Paul, MN.

Track listing

Side One #Six A.M. :55#O Father Dear Why (Gagne) :55#That Sound Friends :45#

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( Foley) :20#When I Was a Boy :33#Mom Angel ( Keillor/Raygor) :45 Side Two #Breakfast Hymn (Will L. Thompson, 1879) :58#Joy to the World & Time for a Word :00#My Mailbox Is Empty (Gagne) :50#The Timber Wolf (Gagne/Hinkley) :55#Hobo's Meditation (Rodgers) :40#On the Road ( Keillor) :20

Personnel

* Garrison Keillor: Vocal * Bill Hinkley: guitar and vocal harmony and fiddle ("Joy to the World") * Judy Larson: guitar ("O Father Dear Why" and " Joy to the World") and vocal harmony * Stephen Gammell: guitar and vcal ("Old Shep" and "Hobo's Meditation") * Jon Pankake: fiddle ("The Timber Wolf") * Tom Ardnt, Larry P. Gagne, Slim Graves: vocal harmony ("Mom Angel")

Production

* "That Sound Friends" recorded at

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* "Old Shep", "Hobo's Meditation" and "Time for a Word" recorded at St. Paul Arts & Science Center * "Breakfast Hymn" recorded at Henry Schoolcraft State Park on the

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* All others recorded at the studios of

* Album cover: Barbara and Patrick Redmond * Technical direction by David Carlton Felland * Engineering assistance from D. Michael Shields, Jerry Vanek, and David Rassmussen Garrison Keillor albums 1979 compilation albums Radio program compilation albums {{US-radio-show-stub