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Other Music Projects

"An Authentic Seacoast Experience" - Various Artists

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Track 5 - "Scent of Roses" - Raylene Rankin

First CD Release: February 15, 2004
CD Identification: None
ISBN Number: None
CD Label: ECMA/MIANS Compilation

"Atlantic Blue" - Various Artists

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Track 4 - "Southeast Wind", performed by Raylene Rankin (written by Rita MacNeil) (Sound Clip)
Track 5 - "Eyes of Margaret", performed by Kevin Evans (written by John Morris Rankin)

First CD Release: June 2000
CD Identification: 1001-2.
ISBN Number: None
CD Label: Sony Music, CBC

"Atlantic Decade - 10 Years of East Coast Music" - Various East Coast Artists

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Track 1 - "Orangedale Whistle" - The Rankin Family (from Fare Thee Well Love) (Song Clip)

First CD Release: February 1, 1998
CD Identification: 02 50759
ISBN Number: 6-27915-07592-5
CD Label: Tidemark Music and Distribution Ltd.

"Atlantic Heart - Maritime Women in Song" - Various East Coast Female Artists

Track 1 - "Gillis Mountain" - The Rankin Family (featuring Raylene Rankin)

First CD Release: June 1, 2005
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CD Label: Stephen MacDonald Productions

"Atlantic Standards" - Various East Coast Artists

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Track 5 - "North Country" - The Rankin Family

First CD Release: May 30, 2006
CD Identification: WTVD 63175
ISBN Number: 8 25646 31752 3
CD Label: Wea/Warner

"Atlantic Standards 2" - Various East Coast Artists

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Track 1 - "Fare Thee Well Love" - The Rankin Family
Track 8 - "Morning Bound Train" - Jimmy Rankin

First CD Release: May 24, 2007
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CD Label: Wea/Warner

"Atlantic Standards Christmas" - Various East Coast Artists

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Track 2 - "Do You Hear What I Hear" - Heather, Cookie and Raylene Rankin

First CD Release: November 6, 2007
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CD Label: Wea/Warner

"Atlantic Standards Christmas" - Various East Coast Artists

  Track 2 - "Do You Hear What I Hear" - Heather, Cookie and Raylene Rankin

First CD Release: November 6, 2007
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CD Label: Wea/Warner

"Beolach" - Beolach

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Track 2 - features "Hull's Reel", written by John Morris Rankin
Track 6 - features "Senator's Reel", written by John Morris Rankin
Track 10 - features "Freddy's Reel", written by John Morris Rankin

First CD Release: July 2001
CD Identification: BM001
ISBN Number: 7 76127 15722 3
CD Label: Independent

"The Bedroom Tapes" - Carly Simon

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Track 2 - "So Many Stars" - Cookie, Heather and Raylene Rankin (Background vocals and vocal solos on outro) (Song Clip)
Track 4 - "Scar" - Cookie, Heather and Raylene Rankin (Background vocals)
Track 5 - "Cross the River" - Cookie, Heather and Raylene Rankin (Background vocals)
Track 7 - "Actress" - Cookie, Heather and Raylene Rankin (Background vocals)
Track 8 - "I'm Really the Kind" - Cookie, Heather and Raylene Rankin (Background vocals)

First CD Release: May 16, 2000
CD Identification: 07822-14627-2
ISBN Number: 0 7822-14627-2 3
CD Label: Arista Records Ltd.

"Best of The East Coast Countdown - Volume 1"

 

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Songlist:

1. Sunburn - Gordie Sampson

2. Where Am I Going? - Matt Mays

3. Justified (One More Reason) - Crush

4. High Low - Nathan Wiley

5. Butterfly - Jimmy Rankin

6. Over You - Barry Canning

7. Beauty - Shaye

8. Run Aground - Steven Bowers

9. The New Highway - Dave Gunning

10. The Best Things - Sons of Maxwell

11. Work Out Fine - Joel Plaskett Emergency

12. Summer Nights - Gary Beals

First CD Release: 2004
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CD Label: Brickyard Entertainment

"Bird in the Nest" - Guelph Youth Singers

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Track 8 - "Fare Thee Well Love" written by Jimmy Rankin

First CD Release: April 18, 1998
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CD Label: SRI

"Bound for Movin' On" - Various Canadian Artists

 

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Track 11 (Disc 2) - "You Feel The Same Way Too" - The Rankins

First CD Release: September 11, 2001
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A retrospective of Canadian country music, this double cd set spans 50 years of recorded music and contains over 40 tracks making it the quintessential collection of Canadian country.

"Cape Breton By Request" - Various Artists

 

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Track 2 - "Rise Again" - Performed by Raylene Rankin
Track 6 - "You'll Be Home Again" - Performed by Cookie & Heather Rankin & Doris Mason
Track 9 - "Fare Thee Well Love" written by Jimmy Rankin, performed by Fiona MacGillivray

First CD Release: June 19, 2001
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CD Label: Tall Ships Trading Company

"CapeBretonFiddleMusicNOTCALM" - Howie MacDonald & Ashley MacIsaac

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The Rankins "Other" Fiddler - Sound Clip

First CD Release: April 2001
CD Identification: HMDCD456
ISBN Number: 7 7859-11430-4 7
CD Label: Independent

"The Cape Breton Summertime Revue Collection 1986-1990" - Soundtrack / Various Artists

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Track 1 - "Brothers in the Saddle" - Heather and Cookie Rankin
Track 4 - "Boys Be Happy" - Cookie and Heather Rankin
Track 5 - "Space Available/Cornelia's Reel" - Cookie and Heather Rankin
Track 6 - "Home Again" - Cookie Rankin
Track 11 - "Shirley, Shirley" - Heather Rankin

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CD Identification: SMPCD-1003
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CD Label: Stephen MacDonald Productions

"The Ceilidh Trail" - Howie MacDonald

 

The Rankins "Other" Fiddler

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"Celebrate Canada!" - Various Canadian Artists

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Track 10 - "You Feel The Same Way Too" - The Rankin Family (from Endless Seasons) (Song Clip)

First CD Release: July 1, 1996
CD Identification: CDSP 4558
ISBN Number: 0-0000-3500-9
CD Label: Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.

"Celtic Tenors" - The Celtic Tenors

 

Track 5 - "Fare Thee Well Love" - written by Jimmy Rankin

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CD Identification: CDC5570482
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CD Label: EMI Classics

"Celtic Tides" - Various Artists

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Track 1 - "An Innis Aigh" - The Rankin Family with the Chieftains (from Fire in the Kitchen) (Song Clip)

First CD Release: 1998
CD Identification: PUTU 141-2
ISBN Number: 188526566-2
CD Label: Putumayo World Music

"Christmas At Home" - Various Artists

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Track 1 - "Do You Hear What I Hear?" - Heather, Cookie and Raylene Rankin (from Do You Hear...Christmas with Heather, Cookie and Raylene Rankin) (Song Clip)

First CD Release: November 1999
CD Identification: 7243 5 22382 2 4
ISBN Number: 7 24352 23822 4
CD Label: EMI Music Canada

"CMT Canada 96" - Various Artists

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Track 16 - "You Feel The Same Way Too" - The Rankin Family (from Endless Seasons) (Song Clip)

First CD Release: September 3, 1996 (Canada)
CD Identification: 74321 40603 2
ISBN Number: 7 43214 06032 2
CD Label: BMG Music Canada Inc.

"CMT 97" - Various Artists

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Track 14 - "Forty Days and Nights" - The Rankin Family (from Endless Seasons) (Song Clip)

First CD Release: September 2, 1997
CD Identification: 7243 8 21253 2 7
ISBN Number: 7-24382-12532-7
CD Label: EMI Music Canada

"CMT 99" - Various Artists

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Track 11 - "Movin' On" - The Rankins (from Uprooted) (Song Clip)

First CD Release: November 10, 1998
CD Identification: 74321-62708-2
ISBN Number: 7 42316 27082 8
CD Label: EMI Music Canada

"Coal Fire In Winter" - Men of the Deeps


 

Track 1 - "Tramp Miner" - written by Jimmy Rankin

First CD Release: 
CD Identification: 02 506600
ISBN Number: 7 76575 06002 1
CD Label: Atlantica Music

"Come With Me Into The Fields" - Anita Curran

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Track 3 - "Fare Thee Well Love" - written by Jimmy Rankin

First CD Release: August 27, 1997
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"A Compilation" - Natalie MacMaster

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John Morris Rankin plays Piano & Synth throughout the CD.   He plays Bass on tracks 5, 8 and 12.

First CD Release: December 10, 1996 (Four on the Floor 1989, Road to the Isle 1991)
CD Identification: CD 16561
ISBN Number: 7 06301 65612 9
CD Label: Warner Music Canada

"The Dance Last Night" - Howie MacDonald

 

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Cover Design by Jimmy Rankin

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CD Identification: HMD123
ISBN Number: 7 7859-11300-2 3
CD Label: Independent

"Dear & Kind" - Lilly of the West

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Track 3 - "Gillis Mountain" - written by Raylene Rankin
Track 7 - "Blue Eyed Suzie" - written by John Morris Rankin

First CD Release: December 15, 1999
CD Identification: MK No 6460
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CD Label: Lilly of the West

"Exposed" - Lions Gate Chorus

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Track 1 - "Fare Thee Well Love" - written by Jimmy Rankin

First CD Release: February 2000
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"Far Cry From Leaving" - Terry Kelly

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Track 3 - "The Rhyme and the Reason" - co-written by Jimmy Rankin
Track 10 - "Angel Wings" - co-written by Jimmy Rankin

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"Fire in the Kitchen" - The Chieftains

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Track 2 - "An Innis Aigh" - The Rankins (Song Clip)

First CD Release: June 16, 1998
CD Identification: 09026 63133-2
ISBN Number: 0 9026-63133-2 7
CD Label: Unisphere Records (BMG Music)

"First Hand" - Mairi Rankin

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Track 11 - "Hey Johnny M - this slow air was written for the late John Morris Rankin, an amazing musician and composer of some of the best tunes around"
Track 12 - features "Freddy's Reel" and "Hull's Reel", written by John Morris Rankin 

First CD Release: August 2001
CD Identification: 0250951
ISBN Number: 6 27915 09512 1
CD Label: Independent

"Folkalizing" - Amabile Choirs of London, Canada

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Track 12 - "Fare Thee Well Love" - written by Jimmy Rankin

First CD Release: November 1999
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"Forerunner" - The Cottars

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Track 4 - "Atlantic Blue" - Jimmy Rankin appears on background vocals

First CD Release: January 2006
CD Identification: 1166170642
ISBN Number: 0 11661-7064-2 2
CD Label: Rounder Records

"Glencoe Hall" - Buddy MacMaster

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John Morris Rankin plays the Piano throughout the album

First CD Release: 1991
CD Identification: BM-91
ISBN Number: 7 7513 20019 4 1
CD Label: Buddy MacMaster (Independent)

"Glencoe Station" - John Allan Cameron

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Track 8 - "Roving Gypsy Boy" - written by Jimmy Rankin

First CD Release: March 26, 1996
CD Identification: 02 77567 50549 21
ISBN Number: 7 76575 05492 1
CD Label: Duckworth Distribution Ltd.

"Hearing Voices" - William Ackerman

 

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Track 6 - "Walk with Me" - featuring Heather Rankin on lead vocals (song clip)
Track 11 - "Beneath The Tree" - featuring Heather Rankin on lead vocals (song clip)
Track 14 - "River" - featuring Heather Rankin on lead vocals (song clip)

First CD Release: October 23, 2001
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CD Label: BMG / Windham Hill

"Heart Behind the Bow" - Kimberley Fraser

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Track 9 - "Lord John Campbell" - includes Hull's Reel composed by John Morris Rankin

First CD Release: 2000
CD Identification: KFCD-001
ISBN Number: 7 76127 12452 2
CD Label: Independent

"The Heart of Cape Breton: Fiddle Music Recorded Live Along The Ceilidh Trail" - Various Artists

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Track 1 - Brenda Stubbert, fiddle; Richard Wood, piano; Brian Doyle, guitar. Ceilidh Trail School concert. My Great Friend John Morris Rankin (Brenda Stubbert) / The Flax in Bloom / A Northside Reel

Track 11 - Kinnon Beaton, fiddle; Betty Beaton, piano. Brook Village hall dance. Michael Rankin's Reel (John Morris Rankin/Ole Sound Productions, Ltd., SOCAN) / Pretty Marion / Wesley Gillis Reel (Kinnon Beaton) / The Marquis of Tullybardine / The Black Cock's Will / Colonel Thornton / Over the Isles to America / Johnny Muise's Reel (Jerry Holland / Fiddlesticks Music Pub., SOCAN) / Tom Rae (Dan R. MacDonald) / Brenda Stubbert's Reel (Jerry Holland/Fiddlesticks Music Pub., SOCAN) / The Weasel (John Morris Rankin/Ole Sound Productions Ltd., SOCAN) 9:02

First CD Release: February 26, 2002
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CD Label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

"Highlights of Guinness Celebration of Irish Music" - Various Artists

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Track 10 - "Mo Run Geal Dileas" - The Rankin Family

First CD Release: 1996
CD Identification: 4798122
ISBN Number: 7 24347 98122 7
CD Label: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation

"The Hanging Garden" - Soundtrack / Various Artists

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Track 7 - "Sir James Baird" - The Rankin Family (from Grey Dusk of Eve)

First CD Release: November 4, 1997
CD Identification: 7 2438 44908 2 9
ISBN Number: 7 2438-44908-2 9
CD Label: Nova Scotia Limited (EMI Music Canada)

"Here in the Moonlight" - John Chiasson

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Track 8 - "Misty" - Duet with Raylene Rankin

First CD Release: September 15, 1997
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ISBN Number: 6 27915 07282 5
CD Label: Fedora Records

"Howie MacDonald & His Cape Breton Fiddle" - Howie MacDonald

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Howie's first album, Now Available on CD!

Re-release of the 1985 album with guest musicians: John Morris Rankin on piano and Sandy MacDonald on guitar. Recorded: October 28th, 1985

First CD Release: November 2001
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CD Label: Independent

"In Between Dances" - Canadian Artists in Aid of Breast Cancer Research

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Track 14 - "Sir James Baird" - The Rankin Family (from Grey Dusk of Eve)

First CD Release: 1995
CD Identification: ACD 1431
ISBN Number: 0 5736-21431-2 8
CD Label: Attic Productions Ltd.

"In Jig Time" - Brenda Stubbert

 

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Track 1 - Includes "The Weasel" composed by John Morris Rankin

First CD Release: July 1995
CD Identification: CECD001
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CD Label: Celestial Entertainment

"Into The West" - Soundtrack / Various Artists

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Track 2 - "Fare Thee Well Love" - The Rankin Family (from Fare Thee Well Love)

First CD Release: October 1, 1994
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"Just Relax - Tranquil Tunes from Cape Breton" - Howie MacDonald

 

The Rankins "Other" Fiddler

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"Kindle" - Kindle

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Track 7 - features "Hull's Reel", written by John Morris Rankin
Track 10 - features "Jack Daniels", written by John Morris Rankin

First CD Release: July 2001
CD Identification: None
ISBN Number: 6 42640-7470-2 2
CD Label: Independent

"Live and Lively" - Howie MacDonald

Track 6 - Bellmoral Highlanders March / Blair Drummond Strathspey / Traditional Reel / The Way to Mull River - composed by John Morris Rankin

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CD Identification: 02 77657 50231 25
ISBN Number: 7 7657 50231 2 5
CD Label: Duckworth Distribution Ltd.

"Magic of Christmas" - Various Artists



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Track 14 - "Children Go Where I Send You" - Heather, Cookie & Raylene Rankin

First CD Release: 2004
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CD Label: Creber Music Corporation

"The Minnie Sessions Volume 2" - Scott MacMillan

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Track 1 - "The Big Pig Jigs" - Jimmy Rankin on Rhythm Guitar
Track 7 - "Minnie Adams' House" - Jimmy Rankin on Guitar
Track 13 - "The Wicker Man" - written by Jimmy Rankin and featuring him on Guitar and Vocals

First CD Release: November 11, 1997
CD Identification: 02 50736
ISBN Number: 6 2791-50736-2 4
CD Label: Tamarac Records

"Mist Covered Mountains" - Denis Ryan

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Track 2 - "Tiree Love Song" - Raylene Rankin on background vocals
Track 7 - "Mist Covered Mountains of Home" - Raylene Rankin on background vocals

First CD Release: 1991
CD Identification: 02 77042 40228 26
ISBN Number: 7 70424 02282 6
CD Label: Duckworth Distribution / Atlantica Music / EMI Music Canada

"Mixed Menu" - The Kitchen Crew

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Track 16 - "Fare Thee Well Love" - written by Jimmy Rankin

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"Moods II - a Contemporary Soundtrack" - Various Artists

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Track ? - "Fare Thee Well Love" - The Rankin Family (from Fare Thee Well Love)

First CD Release: 1997
CD Identification: 8213432
ISBN Number: 7-2438-21343-2-9
CD Label: ?

"MuchMoreMusic" - Various Artists

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CD 2 - Track 8 - "Maybe You're Right" - The Rankins (from Uprooted) (Song Clip)

First CD Release: September 29, 1998
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"Music of a Thousand Nights" - Rita MacNeil

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Track 8 - "This I Surely Know" - duet with Raylene Rankin (Song Clip)

First CD Release: October 28, 1997
CD Identification: 7243 856328 2 2
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CD Label: EMI Music Canada

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