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Part One: Stones Breathed
     1. Long Lost Friend (cobweb'ed version)
     2. Leafwalker
     3. Footprints of a Ghost Girl
     4. My Ghost
     5. Through the Trees (a prophecy)
     6. The Song of the Last
     7. Footprints Filled with Rain
     8. Treehugger / Decay
     9. The Unbinding String (epistle to Prydwyn)
Part Two: Stones Gathered
     10. Listen, Listen (agape mix)

     11. Osiris
     12. On that Long Ago Lazy Day
     13. Dark Globe
     14. Golden Hair
     15. Man Should Surrender
Part Three: Stones Cast
     16. The Heart and Star of Sacred Memory
     17. The House Carpenter
     18. The Lantern of the Greening Light

Stone Breath's history leads one through a overgrown and sometimes difficult forest path. From the Syd Barrett-meets-Donovan acid delicacy of the first album, "Songs of Moonlight and Rain;" to the shaded leaves of the second album, "A Silver Thread to Weave the Seasons;" through the mystical folk of the third, "Lanterna Lucis Viriditatis;" to the COB-like Middle Eastern-meets-Appalachia darkness of their fourth, "The Silver Skein Unwound." Sometimes quiet and sparse, sometimes with earthen, thick, tangled drones, Stone Breath has been singing their songs to God and the Green Wood since 1995. Besides their four albums, they have also recorded a number of eps, unreleased songs, compilation tracks, live appearances, and cover songs. The best of this non-album material from the years 1995-2002 is compiled here.

"The Long Lost Friend: a patchwork" is divided into three parts. The first, 'Stones Breathed,' are original songs which never made it onto albums. These include an unreleased track from a deleted 1995 cassette; songs from vinyl eps; and songs from compilations. The second part, 'Stones Gathered,' are all cover songs including pieces written by Syd Barrett, Clive Palmer, Donovan, Pailhead and more. The third part, 'Stones Cast,' is a live-on-air broadcast recorded in 2002 at WMBR in Boston capturing the band in performing 2 originals and the traditional favorite, "House Carpenter."

Stone Breath began with Timothy the Revelator in 1995, with help of his wife, Alison. Prydwyn joined in 1997. Sarada joined in 1999. Stone Breath also employs the occasional help of: RA Campbell (Spiritloop) and Erik Wivinus (Skye Klad, Salamander, Barlow/Petersen/Wivinus) and on these recordings are further augmented by: Matt Zaun.

Stone Breath reviews:
Timothy "The Revelator" Renner doesn't claim to be the "indisputable master" of his genre. He needn't do so, since his vision is so strong and lucid that the music is its own testimony. Every Stone Breath album has been stronger than the last, yet this fourth opus leaps beyond even such promising precedent, establishing Renner, Prydwyn and Sarada as avatars of a truly singular folk-magic consciousness. Their silver skein, wound with threads of Gnostic Christian dogma, Green Man myth, Egyptian mysticism, Gaian lore and the all-conquering spirit of love, gets brighter every day. Gil Gershman reviewing "The Silver Skein Unwound" on fakejazz.com (#1 album pick for 2003)

"...Renner forces the listener to absorb the mystical and frequently allusion-filled lyrics. Lyrics that one could spend hours demystifying the various stories and images conjured, but unlike many lyrically heavy albums, they actually work in conjunction with a strong musical backing to create a full fledged album of cracked genius that occupies a strange and wonderful place all of its own. Todd Burns reviewing "The Silver Skein Unwound" for stylusmagazine.com

"Stone Breath brings us closer to our inner selves with their lyrics, autoharps, and banjos Very earthy, very spiritual - all wrapped in a ghostly consciousness [or unconsciousness if that's your thing]." "Unsung Hero" magazine

"Stone Breath, from the wilds of rural Pennsylvania, have long been at the forefront of the contemporary acid folk scene, combining dark ancient sounding folk drones with the pure light generated by the post-Incredible String Band generation. Anyway, they have a new single, Green Shrouds for Dead Gods/Green Swaddling for Gods Reborn, and it is gorgeous. Using banjo, harmonium, jaw harp, glasstamboura, bull fiddle, and vocals, the duo create more moss-draped mystery than you'd need to hide an army of Clive Palmer robots. And even though there is a distinct Christly content at times, the way these guys roll out their sound just about obliterates that move's inherent discomfort for atheist listeners. Byron Coley on "Green Shrouds for Dead Gods..." 7" ep in "The Wire" magazine.

Stone Breath audiography:
"Strange Familiars" 7" ep, 1996
"Songs of Moonlight and Rain" CD, 1997
"A Silver Thread to Weave the Seasons" CD, 1998
"The Silence of a Million Tongues" 7" ep (with Fit & Limo), 2000
"Lanterna Lucis Viriditatis" CD, 2000
Terrastock 5 7" ep/boxed set (with Sonic Youth, Bardo Pond, Charalambides), 2002
"Green Shrouds for Dead Gods, Green Swaddling for God Reborn" 7" ep, 2003
"The Silver Skein Unwound" CD, 2003
"The Long Lost Friend: a patchwork" CD, 2004

related:
Mourning Cloak "Stargazer" 7" ep, 1995
Mourning Cloak "In Dreams You See" CD, 1996
Mourning Cloak "Beyond" CD, 1999
Green Crown "Washed in Her Blood" CD, 1998
The Spectral Light & Moonshine Firefly Snakeoil Jamboree "Scarecrow Stuffing" CD, 1999
The Spectral Light & Moonshine Firefly Snakeoil Jamboree "The Gravvediggers Lament and the Unquiet Dead" 3" CDr, 2003
The Spectral Light & Moonshine Firefly Snakeoil Jamboree "Burning Mills" CD, 2004
The Spectral Light & Moonshine Firefly Snakeoil Jamboree "Burning Mills"/"Scarecrow Stuffing" 2LP, 2004
Timothy the Revelator "Songs for a Sacred Memory" CDr, 2000
Timothy the Revelator "Bless this Path" miniCDr, 2002
Timothy the Revelator/Dead Raven Choir/Furisubi CDr, 2002
Prydwyn "At the Feet of Mary Mooncoin" CD, 1998
Belladonna Bouquet "The Scarlet Ceremonies" CDr, 2000
Breathe Stone "Hex Thistle" CD, 2003
Breathe Stone/the does "Sleep Deprivation Blues" CDep, 2003

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