Credited on the record as Ben San Nicholas.
Light From a Distance
Peace [San Francisco] GSC-2322 · San Francisco, California
- Artist
- Ben San Nicolas
- Credited on the record as
- Ben San Nicholas
- Title
- Light From a Distance
- Release
- Coming Home From Viet Nam / Light From a Distance
- Label
- Peace [San Francisco] # GSC-2322
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Ben San Nicolas
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — Song Poems
- "Light From a Distance". - Artist & songwriter: Ben San Nicholas. - Soldier's perspective. - Praying for me to come home, but I'm tired and disabled, I have to leave you.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Peace Records GSC-2322-B, "Golden State Custom Records", 665 Harrison Street, San Francisco, Calif.; "Light From a Distance" (Ben San Nicholas), 3:05, Guard Music (BMI). B-side of "Coming Home From Viet Nam". The label misspells the artist's surname: the family name is San Nicolas. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Vicente "Ben" San Nicolas, who wrote and recorded the song.