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description: Benjamin Mink (born January 22, 1951) is a Canadian songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer best known as a longtime collaborator of Canadian singer k.d. lang. He plays several string instrum
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album: Foreign Exchange (Remastered)
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  date published: 1981-09-01
album: Foreign Exchange (Remastered)
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  date published: 1981-09-01
album: Alice
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  date published: 2009-01-01
album: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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  date published: 2009-06-02
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    subject of: OpenTimestamps Proof of Existence
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album: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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track: Losing It - Live R40 Tour
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  by artist: Rush
  by artist: Ben Mink
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  genre: progressive-rock
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  subject of: OpenTimestamps Proof of Existence
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track: A Thousand Kisses Deep (feat. Ben Mink)
track: Back to Black (feat. Ben Mink)

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A Thousand Kisses Deep (feat. Ben Mink)
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subject of: OpenTimestamps Proof of Existence
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Back to Black (feat. Ben Mink)
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subject of: OpenTimestamps Proof of Existence
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  date published: 2026-07-07T11:43:09Z
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