The Legion Sessions is a live

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 EP

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 by Canadian

Canada

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 folk rock band Great Lake Swimmers

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, released in September 2009.

Prior to the release of their 2009 album Lost Channels

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, the band rented a Royal Canadian Legion

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 hall to record a number of live renditions of songs from the album.

Throughout the year, individual videos from the session were posted to Internet video sites such as YouTube

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 and Vimeo

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, as well as being made available for sale from iTunes

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. The full performance was subsequently released as an EP on iTunes in September 2009, and was released to other online music retailers on October 20. A limited edition CD was also released in 2010 in conjunction with Record Store Day

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.

Track listing

1. "Palmistry"
2. "Everything Is Moving So Fast"
3. "Pulling on a Line"
4. "Concrete Heart"
5. "She Comes to Me in Dreams"
6. "The Chorus in the Underground"
7. "Stealing Tomorrow"
8. "Still"
9. "New Light"