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'A Pocketful Of Rain' is a four (quaternary) album project by UK songwriter Jon Hollins charting the cycle of adventures and misadventures of an alchemist called Hugo Odkirke. It is in four parts and spans 5,000 years. The mystery cycle comes to an action-packed and startling conclusion in a screenplay called 'The 52 Steps' (110 mins).
A Pocketful Of Rain - Quaternary
Part 1: The Life And Times Of Hugo Odkirke
Part 2: Mugged Hare; The Life And Times Of Amelia Jones
Part 3: Quel-Quel
Part 4: Bird Deities
Part 1 has been recorded as a series of demos which are below. Fable Lake and Flies are the best recordings but they're basically all guides of varying quality and performance. NB: download the longer tracks to hear the whole track.
A Pocketful Of Rain - Part 1 - The Life And Times Of Hugo Odkirke
by Jon Hollins
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Fable Lake
[3:50]
The story of Sam Bland and the Gothic Box. Recorded by The Mirrors, May 1994.
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City Of Gold
[17:56]
Odkirke's epic travels through the ancient cities of the world. Recorded by The Mirrors, 1995.
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The Man Of The Crowd
[5:11]
Wandering through late 19th century Paris, Odkirke is seen and followed by famous American gothic writer Edgar Allen Poe. Poe follows Odkirke all night and later writes a story called 'The Man Of The Crowd'. Odkirke is the city wanderer. Recorded by Mando Juba, 1997. Cassette 8 track.
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Pray For The Rain
[4:45]
In a moment of epiphany Odkirke realises his futile city wanderings and yearns to return home. Recorded by Jon Hollins, 2004.
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Innisfree
[20:10]
Odkirke's journey back to sanity as he returns to his homeland to face his dark deeds. Inspired by the poem 'Innisfree' by W B Yeats. This is a very rough and ready bedroom demo recorded by Jon Hollins in October 1992 on a cassette 4 track.
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Flies
[10:15]
Odkirke has come full circle, he's home, but unless he puts right what he's done wrong all will have been for nothing. Recorded by Battenburg Pig in 1995 and featuring a great Rhodes end solo from Barney Williams.
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This is the proposed front cover for 'Life and Times.' It's by the well loved Samuel Palmer
and perhaps depicts Odkirke sometime before the English Civil War.
We can use this image provided we pay the fees.
'A Cornfield By Moonlight With The Evening Star'
by Samuel Palmer circa 1830, copyright The British Museum
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