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, released in 1993 on

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. All of the tracks were released on previous albums by Stonehill (some of which remain unavailable on CD to this day), except "I Thirst For You," "Charlie the Weatherman," and the Acoustic Version of "Hope of Glory." These new tracks were recorded at The Green Room, with the Lost Dogs and

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producing. "This record is dedicated with love to the memory of John Mark Heard, who always told the true story."

Track listing

All songs written by Randy Stonehill except as otherwise noted.

Side one

# "I Thirst For You" – 5:49 # "Still, Small Voice" – 4:06 (from ''Celebrate This Heartbeat'') # "Rachel Delevoryas" – 3:19 (from ''Wonderama'') # "Bells" – 4:15 (from ''Love Beyond Reason'') # "Starlings" – 5:01 (from ''Return to Paradise'') # "Turning Thirty" – 3:46 (from ''Equator'') # "Coming Back Soon" – 4:46 (from ''Can't Buy a Miracle'')

Side two

# "Charlie the Weatherman" (Randy Stonehill,

) – 5:54 # "Sing in Portuguese" – 4:05 (from ''Wonderama'') # "Weight of the Sky" – 3:28 (from ''Return to Paradise'') # "Letter to My Family" – 4:35 (from ''Between the Glory and the Flame'') # "Christmas at Denny's" – 5:53 (from ''Return to Paradise'') # "Hope of Glory" (Acoustic Version) – 4:22 (original version from ''The Wild Frontier'')

Personnel

On "I Thirst for You" and "Charlie the Weatherman" * Randy Stonehill with Lost Dogs (

, Gene Eugene, Derri Daugherty and

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) * Rob Watson – keyboards *

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–

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on "Charlie the Weatherman" *

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– drums, percussion * Randy Stonehill, Derry Daugherty and Riki Michele – backing vocals

Production

* "I Thirst For You", "Charlie The Weatherman" and "Hope of Glory" produced by Terry Taylor. * Executive Producer – Mark Maxwell * Recorded by Gene Eugene * Additional engineering by Drew Aldridge * Recorded at the Green Room (

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). * Mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc (North Hollywood, California).

References

{{Randy Stonehill 1993 compilation albums Randy Stonehill albums