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by Pickering Pick

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Yuri's Dream 04:20
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Hair Shirt 04:38
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Ozymandias 05:13
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Cromwell 04:18
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Hitch Hiker 03:32
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Nocturne 03:16

about

On my 24th birthday I moved to California from England. We found a house in a small town beside a river just west of the Sierra Nevada mountains, and I bought a Tascam 4-track recorder, a tube preamp, and a Soviet-era small diaphragm condenser microphone.

Shortly afterwards I had a dream about Yuri Gagarin, and I started thinking about his peculiar Hero's Journey in the Jungian sense. With my limited equipment I started tracking a concept album about him, mostly using my acoustic and electric guitars, but also an ancient accordion I bought from a ocean-liner estate sale. I went at it enthusiastically, but the concept fell apart pretty quickly. Nevertheless, I identified strongly with Comrade Gagarin and his exploration of a new frontier, exploring as I was my own.

The album is deeply flawed but I still feel a burst of energy when I listen to some of the performances. I remember the feeling of sitting in that room in my old home, in my new country; the death of something old and the beginning of something new.

If you've heard it before, here it is again, gently remastered. If you've never heard it, I hope you get a kick out of it. It feels like a long time ago, but it was part of the journey that brought me to this place. Love and blessings.

xxx

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released February 12, 2004

All songs written and performed by Sam Pickering Pick. Produced by Pickering Pick in California, fall of 2003.

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