Carlene Carter Fan Club: Music

Disc 4, Track #24 - "It Takes One To Know Me," written by Carlene Carter.

CMT.COM - August 11, 2005

CASH'S LEGACY COLLECTED IN NEW BOXED SET.
Four-CD Package Includes Several Previously Unreleased Songs.
The final treasure was a song called "It Takes One to Know Me." First, it appeared with no songwriter credit as a 1977 vocal demo by Cash, accompanying himself on guitar. A tape later found was a demo by the song's writer, Carlene Carter. Yet another tape yielded a rough of a vocal duet of the song by Cash and June Carter Cash over string section tracks. Ultimately, Johnny and June's son, John Carter Cash, produced a finished version of the song with backing vocals by his wife, Laura, and himself and a vocal by Carlene Carter. The result is well worth the effort.
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2006 Releases:

"It Takes One to Know Me" was later included on various CDs in 2006: closing Disc One of the 2-CD Johnny Cash collection "Personal File"; also closing "16 Biggest Hits" by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash (the import version is titled "Duets"); and Carlene's own new "pre-release" CD "Stronger," sold at her European concerts.