Canada's cherished songstress Anne Murray is ushering in the old with the new, releasing a collection of classic songs using the latest dual-sided CD technology.

The regular format CD of Murray's 34th album, I'll Be Seeing You, is already out in stores, but the two-sided version, which can be played on DVD players and has extended video and computer content, is expected to hit the shelves in mid-December.

The 15-song collection features hits from the early 20th century through to the mid-1940s, As Time Goes By and Over The Rainbow.

"I've had this in the back of my head for years and years and years to do an oldies album, and my voice is very well-suited to these songs," Murray told Canada AM.

"Sometimes I think I was born in the wrong era, but these songs are like falling off a log for me. So it was a natural."

With a recording career that has spanned nearly 40 years, Murray has paved the way for other successful female Canadian artists including Celine Dion, Shania Twain and Alanis Morissette.

In 1969, the singer released her second album, This is my Way, which went gold in the U.S., propelled by the hit song, Songbird.

"Well, I have said before that I kind of feel like a proud mother because when I started, the music industry in Canada was -- well, it was in its infancy, and I've watched it grow," said Murray, who holds several distinctions including being awarded the Companion of the Order of Canada as well as being inducted in the Country Music Hall of Fame.

However, one of the highlights for the veteran performer was when she recorded a duet, Let There be Love with her daughter, Dawn, who was thrust in the spotlight with her public struggle with anorexia.

"I wasn't the least bit nervous and she's great at taking direction and it wasn't a mother and daughter thing at all. It was strictly business."