The Iron Stone | ||||
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Released | October 2006 | |||
Recorded | September 2005 | |||
Genre | Folk jazz • folk • jazz | |||
Length | 64:19 | |||
Label | ECM | |||
Producer | Steve Lake | |||
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The Iron Stone is an album released in 2006 by Robin Williamson. It is the third in a trio of Robin Williamson albums on ECM Records. "The Yellow Snake" and "The Iron Stone" are originally from the album Wee Tam and the Big Huge by The Incredible String Band, and "Verses At Ellesmere" and "Political lies" are from Ten of Songs .
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