These are early demos of the Noir album. These are newer songs by Dark Company. All of the songs on the Noir album were written in 2009 and we hope to bring you the finished version soon.

This album is under construction. These are the alpha mixes and there is much work still to be done. We thought you might like a sneaky preview into Dark Company’s future. These songs will be updated as new mixes become available.

Dark Company: Noir (alpha mixes)

Flicker is... the flame in your heart.

“A picture is worth a thousand words. Well, there is a picture in you. And not even a thousand words can describe it.” – Maharaj Ji.

At Least 1000 Words is Flicker's first album.

Project directed by George Davies.

Recorded at The Old Mill Studios, Silverton; Clark's Cottage, West Putford; and Chiseldon House, Exeter.
Recording assistants: Dan Davies, Greg Daniels and Tim Boswell.

Engineered, produced, mixed and mastered by Dave Danielli, assisted by George Davies.
Remastered at Wud Records Studio One (uk) 2012.
Remastered again at Wud Records Studio One (EU) August 2023.

Originally released 31st July 2002.
First re-release 12th May 2012.
Second re-release 1st September 2023.

Copyright © 2023 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 2002 Explicit Music.

Flicker Personnel: George Davies and Dave Danielli.
Extra musicians: Lucy Welsman (cello, piano), Emma Williams (flute). 

Photography: Cliff Smith and The Hubble Telescope.
Graphic design by Wud Records.

Album download package includes the artwork for a CD jewel case backing tray and a double-sided four page CD card insert, all of which you can preview in Flicker's gallery at Wud Records here: http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/gallery

For tracks which list The Plank amongst its instruments:
The Plank is an old, heavy and mighty Antoria jazz bass. It has many customisations and is always tuned very low, mostly B-E-A-D. It has pylon wires and battleship chains for strings.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words
https://www.redbubble.com/people/flickermusic/shop
https://www.facebook.com/flickermusic
https://twitter.com/flickermusic
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
https://linktr.ee/flickermusic

Music is the language of the soul. It has a huge vocabulary, and you have to make up the meaning yourself. Perhaps that’s why people love it so much.

Orignally there to be 18 tracks on At Least 1000 Words. At the time of the album’s release, CDs were limited to 74 minutes. This required some things to be edited back quite brutally. One track, It Starts Right Here, was dropped entirely and shuffled along to open Flicker’s second album, HappySad.

It Starts Right Here would have been the opening track on Side Two of the album, as it were, or track number nine, sliding in between Welcome to the Family and Blown Away. One Place was originally slated to appear between Aeroplane and Serendipity.

Side One of the album is made up of musical pieces that were created before November 2000. Side Two consists of pieces composed from November 2000 onwards.

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Flicker: At Least 1000 Words

Wud Records Archives Sampler.

This section of Wud Records is where we have put the music and memories of glorious bands from days gone by. These bands are no longer heard live, but this is a place where their wonderful songs can live on and be enjoyed. We created these pages because we are fans of these bands. This material is not owned by us but by independent individuals and companies.

The main purpose of the archive pages is to pay homage to other bands that we have known and loved over the years. We have always felt it to be a terrible shame that there are so many bands that write great original material who simply disappear without trace after they split up and it is no longer possible to ever hear any of those songs again. Perhaps we can go a small way to rectify this issue.

We would love to be able to host more music, photos, video, stories... of all of the bands already in our Archives. If you have any recordings that might be usable, please, please - contact us by email: archive@wudrecords.co.uk

If you wish to comment or if you would like to submit your material to this section, please email: archive@wudrecords.co.uk to do so. Applications will be considered on merit.

Should you happen to own the rights to the material we have published here and would prefer it to be removed, we shall do as you wish. Traffic figures can be supplied upon request.

We are very interested in giving exposure to the following bands. If you have any recordings of them, or indeed any of the other acts that are already in the Wud Records archives, please contact archive@wudrecords.co.uk:

* Midriff (Plymouth c. 1999-2001) – Chris Brian (guitar/vocals), Simon Patel (bass), Lee Ireland (drums)

* Free Barrabas (Torbay c. 2000-01) – Steve Sowden (guitar/vocals), ??? (bass), ??? (drums)

* Swamp Thing (Brixham c. 1988-90) – Marston Hawkins (bass, vocals), Rodney (uberwiddlesome guitar), ??? (drums)

* The Sicillians (Drewsteignton c. 1986-8) – ??? (vocals, guitar), Dave Costello (lead guitar, bass), Pete Bravo (bass, trumpet), Tim Peirce (lead congas), Tim Irons (drums)

* The Vibration Doctors (Sidmouth c. 1985-8) – Rick Austin (bass/vocals/didjeridoo), ??? (guitar/vocals), ??? (drums)

* Rough Cut (Ipplepen c. 1988-90) – ??? (guitar/vocals). ??? (guitar/vocals), ??? (bass), ??? (drums)

This particular compilation has just one song from each of the bands in our Archives. That song may change from time to time and may not be entirely representative or typical of that band's creativity.

Listen to more of our Archive bands here: http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives

Follow Wud Records on all your favourite websites: https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

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These are the Top 20 Most Played Tracks from Wud Records at SoundCloud in 2024.

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20 Most Played Tracks of 2024

Our combined Top 10 tracks for October 2025 collated from SoundCloud, Bandcamp, HearThis, Audiomack, Audius, iTunes, YouTube and other streaming services. But not spotify!
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https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/wud-records-october-2025-top-ten-published-at-soundcloud/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/soundcloud-charts/october-2025/
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https://hearthis.at/wud-records-hm/
https://audiomack.com/wud-records
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October 2025 Top Ten Tracks

Freight Train / Pains, by Pok the Bard.
Album: Anthology

FREIGHT TRAIN / PAINS
Freight train coming in from the east
Where it's going is where I care the least
Whispered messages that I did not hear
Take me to the place that my body needs
I don't know what's happening
I hope I can eat today

Judge and all his courtiers looking down upon me
They say: this is the cripple that wants to be free
He says we owe it to him, it's in his heritage
Wants to know when we're going to let him out of his cerebral cage
Justice should be seen to
Let's put him away

Well thank God for that
They've split the scene
I was beginning to think I was lost
Gotta get back into normal living
Plug in that TV screen
Gonna pull myself together
Gonna have a cool bourbon on ice
After all things like that don't occur
Think of the children
It ain't nice

Listen son you've had you're fun
Don't go acting on the run
Stop wasting time around here
You want to live, you want to give
You want to cut above the rest
Go on out and get it
To the top

Some people say I left my soul riding on that freight train
I'm inclined to agree
It has affected my whole brain
Don't listen to authorities that claim they've sussed it all
Keep on driving on your own track
Take care they don't make you fall
Take care they don't make you fall
Take care they don't make you fall
Take care they don't make you fall
Don't let the bastards grind you down
Take care they don't make you fall
Take care they don't make you fall

Music and lyrics by Simon Miller.
Copyright © 1983 Pok Songs/Explicit Music.

This arrangement by Pok and Maxx Damage.

Recorded, engineered, produced and mastered at Wud Records Studio One, uk, 26th April 2017.
Remixed and remastered at Wud Records Studio One, Central Europe, April 2025.

Performers:
Pok: acoustic guitar, electric guitars, vocals
Maxx Damage: bass

Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.

Fun Facts:
The freight train described in this song is the exact same train as the one described in Cunning and Tricks, another song on the Anthology album.
One of Pok’s very early songs, this one was mined from his book Golden Temple and the Laughing Sun during an outbreak of archeology.
The entire song was recorded and produced very quickly one day, when other things had actually been planned.
As the whole thing went fast, there was still time for those other things.
Sven was not available on that day, so there are no drums.
The acoustic guitar is George's Yamaha, fitted with 9-guage electric strings.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/pok/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/pok/anthology/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/freight-train-pains
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/pok-bard/anthology/freight-train-pains
https://www.youtube.com/@poktv6148/videos
https://www.facebook.com/pokthebard
https://pookofpok.blogspot.com/
https://pokthebard.uk/
https://linktr.ee/pokthebard

Anthology

Freight Train / Pains

Pok: Freight Train / Pains

Fooog'z Bloooz, by Pok the Bard.
Album: Anthology

Music by Simon Miller/George Davies.
Copyright © 1982 Pok Songs / Explicit Music.

Recorded at Wud Records Studio One, exeter, uk, 2013.
Remixed and remastered at Wud Records Studios, Central Europe, 2025.

Performers:
Pok - guitars
Maxx Damage - bass
Sven Stiglund - drums

Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.

The Anthology songs are the early compositions of Pok and friends, who were also known as The Masters of Drone.

Fooog'z Bloooz started out as a riff, which might have existed as far back in time as the days of Achilles Heel. Certainly it existed in the days of Fooog Dinboffin and the Release.

This version took that riff and expanded upon it just a little. Fooog'z Bloooz was recorded very quickly, to preserve the magic of its re-creation and development.

Its original release date on Bandcamp was 12th May 2013. This, the remixed and remastered version, was completed on 22nd March 2025.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/pok/
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/pok-bard/anthology
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/anthology
https://www.facebook.com/pokthebard
https://pokthebard.uk/
https://linktr.ee/pokthebard
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

Fooog'z Bloooz

Pok: Fooog'z Bloooz

The Lecher by Pok the Bard.
Album: Anthology

THE LECHER
Lecher crawls, his fingers groping
Skinny hands and eyes like fire
Don’t you just want to know him?
Really, I don’t think you wanna try!
He’s the lecher
He’s the lecher

Lecher crawls, his fingers groping
Skinny hands and eyes like fire
Don’t you just want to know him?
Really, I don’t think you wanna try!
He’s the lecher
He’s the lecher

Lyrics by Simon Miller.
Music by Simon Miller / George Davies.

Copyright © 1982 Pok Songs / Explicit Music.

Performers:
Pok the Bard – voice, guitars
Maxx Damage – bass
Sven Stiglund – drums

This arrangement by Pok, Maxx Damage and Sven Stiglund.
Also creditworthy: Dick White, Roy Brimblecombe.

Recorded, engineered and produced at Wud Records Studio One, Exeter, 2012.
Remixed and remastered at Wud Records Studio One, Central Europe, 2024.

Originally released February 2012.
First re-release July 2013.
Second re-release June 2024.

Copyright ℗ 2024 Wud Records.

Fun Facts:
* The Lecher is in the glorious key of E major.
* The tempo is 88 BPM with a 12/8 feel.
* The Lecher is one of the oldest songs in the Wud Records pantheon of awesome music.
* The Lecher was composed by Pok in the music rooms at The King's Grammar School, Ottery St Mary in the spring of 1982.
* This song was included in the repertoire of Achilles Heel.
* The Lecher is, in essence, a truly great riff enhanced by some jamming.
* Pok plays all of the guitar parts on Betty the Bastard, a Tokai SG with a mean streak.
* We invite the listener to listen out for the place where Pok doesn't play any notes at all and just makes some delightfully lecherish scratchy noises on the strings.
* The Lecher was the first song that was finished for Pok's Anthology album.
* It is no longer certain which ‘lecher’ in particular this song was about.
* It was for certain one or more of the teachers at the aforementioned King’s Grammar School.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/pok/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/pok/anthology/
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/pok-bard/anthology/lecher
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-lecher
https://linktr.ee/pokthebard

The Lecher

Pok: The Lecher

Young Light by Pok the Bard.
Album: Anthology

YOUNG LIGHT
When I'm close to you like this
What is it that I miss
Always takes so many years
And meanwhile your conscience sneers
To be always there
Always there
To be always there
Always there

Silver dust is in your hair
You can become aware
You can tell a sunset by the way she moves her eyes
You can't catch the wind but you sure can try
You can try
Try
You can try
You can try

Young light
Young light
You will always be turned on for me
Young light
I can hear you calling me
You will always be turned on
For us...

Music and lyrics by Simon Miller.
This arrangement by Pok, Fedax Si-Hulmin, Maxx Damage and Sven Stiglund.

Copyright © 1983 Pok Songs / Explicit Music.

Performers:
Pok the Bard - vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo
Fedax Si-Hulmin - electric guitar, piano
Maxx Damage - bass
Sven Stiglund - cymbals

Recorded and engineered at Wud Records Studio One, Exeter, January 2013, then October 2016 and March 2017.
Remixed, produced and remastered at Wud Records Studio One, Central Europe, 2024.

Originally released 19th January 2013.
First re-release 24th March 2024.

Copyright ℗ 2024 Wud Records.

Fun Facts:
* Young Light was composed in the summer of 1983.
* The song is dedicated to the memory of the inspiration that Mark Drower brought.
* It is in the key of G major.
* There have been many versions of this song over the years, and this is the only one with a banjo.
* Pok happened to have brought a banjo along on the occasion when this song was recorded and it seemed like a fun idea to include it.
* Fedax came up with the little melodic motif on the piano and guitar in the "always there" and "you can try" sections many years previously.
* There is no particularly discernable tempo.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/pok/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/pok/anthology/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/young-light
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/pok-bard/anthology/young-light
https://www.youtube.com/@poktv6148/videos
https://www.facebook.com/pokthebard
http://pookofpok.blogspot.com/
https://linktr.ee/pokthebard

Young Light

Pok: Young Light

Summer '83, by Pok the Bard.
Album: Anthology

SUMMER '83
Did you ever get around
Smoking posies in the round
Did you ever get to see
The rainbow effect left on me

Can we be
Can we see
Do we always have to sit in this uncomfortable position
Is it more than we could ask for
I don't know
I'll ask my Ma

Will we ever get out of here
Will we ever see those same old faces
Will we ever finish our mission
To the sun

Music and lyrics by Simon Miller.
Copyright © 1983 Pok Songs/Explicit Music.

This arrangement by S. Miller/G. Davies.

Recorded and engineered at Wud Records Studio One, Exeter, 2012.
Mixed and mastered at Wud Records Studio One, Exeter, 16th January 2013.
Remixed and remastered at Wud Records Studio One, Central Europe, September 2025.

Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.

Performers:
Pok the Bard – vocals, guitars, banjo
Maxx Damage – bass
Zak Black – synths

Fun Facts:
Summer '83 was almost called To The Sun.
This song is a short song in the key of G with a surprise for the unwary listener!
It was composed during the course of the 1983 Sidmouth International Folk Festival, in the campsite on Peak Hill.
The intro chords are G - C - D - C.
The first verse chords are G - D - C, resolving to Fmaj - D7 - G7.
The next section is Ebmaj7 - F - Fm - Em7 - A7.
The end is Am - Dsus - D, ending on G - D - A no 3rd.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/pok/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/pok/anthology/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/summer-83
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/pok-bard/anthology/summer-83
https://www.youtube.com/@poktv6148/videos
https://www.facebook.com/pokthebard
http://pookofpok.blogspot.com/
https://linktr.ee/pokthebard
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

Summer '83

Pok: Summer '83

The Sidewalk Song by Pok the Bard.
Album: Anthology

THE SIDEWALK SONG
Well I don’t care what you’re wearing
No, I really don’t give a damn
Just tell me where you’ve been, boy
Cos I don’t know where I am
And the sun don’t shine for you, it shines for me

“G!!!”

Well I don’t care what you’re wearing
No, I really don’t give a damn
Just tell me where you’ve been, boy
Cos I don’t know who I am
And the sun don’t shine for you, it shines for me

Well I don’t care what you’re wearing
No, I really don’t give a damn
Just tell me where you came from
Cos I’m lost in strawberry jam
And the sun don’t shine for you, it shines for me

(Improvised)
Walking down the road almost every day
I see the people and they’re coming my way
I see their eyes and they’re looking at me
Do you see them
Do you see me
I love you too
Do you love me
I know you
Do you know me
I say whooo!

I see them walking almost every day
See them walking and they’re coming my way
I see their eyes and they’re looking at me
You can’t kid me that you are free, no
You can’t kid me that you’re free
And the sun don’t shine for you it shines for me

Well I don’t care what you’re wearing
No, I really don’t give a damn
Just tell me where you’ve been, boy
Cos I don’t know who I am
And the sun don’t shine for you, it shines for me
And the sun don’t shine for you, it shines for me
And the sun don’t shine for you, it shines for me

Music and lyrics by Mark Drower / Simon Miller.

Copyright © 1982 MGD Music/Pok Songs/Explicit Music.

Performers:
Pok the Bard – voices, lead and rhythm guitars
Fedax Si-Hulmin – rhythm guitar, shaker, woodblock
Maxx Damage – bass, maracas, cowbell
Sven Stiglund – drums, guiro, bongos, congas

This arrangement by Pok, Fedax Si-Hulmin, Maxx Damage and Sven Stiglund.

Pok’s guitars and voices recorded at Wud Records Studio One, Exeter, 2017.
Everything else recorded at Wud Records Studio One, Central Europe, 2023-4.
Engineered, mixed, produced and mastered at Wud Records Studio One, Central Europe, 2024.

Copyright ℗ 2024 Wud Records.

Fun Facts:
* The Sidewalk Song is in the glorious key of E major.
* The tempo is 120 BPM, or allegro moderato if you will.
* The Sidewalk Song is one of the oldest songs in the Wud Records pantheon of awesome music.
* It is full of the bombastic swagger of a young person who sees the world and its exciting possibilities beginning to open up.
* The Sidewalk Song was first composed by Pok and Mark Drower and performed by Now.
* This song was also included in the repertoire of Lemming Meringue and Wud, with Ken adding his own special flare to proceedings.
* The Sidewalk Song in essence is a very simple song, with just four chords – E7, A7, G and D.
* Pok, panned to the right, plays Betty the Bastard, a Tokai SG with a mean streak, and handles all of the lead breaks as well as the rhythm.
* Fedax plays rhythm guitar on Nicodemus and is panned to the left.
* During the breakdown, Fedax plays the clean riff in the centre and Pok is double tracked, left and right, for some guitar wizardry.
* There is a shout of “G!!!”, as became traditional, to warn everyone that the first G of the song was approaching.
* There are three definitive combinations of E7 and A7 on the guitars which you can read about at the Explicit Music website (see below).
* The improvised vocal section was never performed quite the same twice.
* Pok used a classic recording of Mark Drower singing during a 1982 Now session for his vocal improvistaion template.
* Maxx uses distortion on his bass from after the breakdown section to the end.
* Sven, Maxx and Fedax overdubbed their percussion parts, which Sven arranged.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/pok/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/pok/anthology/
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/pok-bard/anthology/the-sidewalk-song
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-sidewalk-song
https://linktr.ee/pokthebard

The Sidewalk Song

Pok: The Sidewalk Song

She's Beautiful, by Pok the Bard.
Album: Anthology

SHE’S BEAUTIFUL
Well she’s walking with a sultry air
Golden feather stuck in her hair
Oh me oh my with her wake going by
It occurred to me that I might fly
And these things going on inside my brain
Won’t stop they only refrain
Only refrain
Only refrain

See the world open before you
It may even appal you
Step back before you fall you
Cos you got a road to travel
A road to travel
A road, yeah

I said she’s beautiful
Wanna make her mine
I said she’s beautiful
And she’s blowing my mind

See the world open before you
It may even appal you
Step back before you fall you
Cos you got a road to travel
A road to travel
A road, yeah

I said she’s beautiful
Want to make her mine
I said she’s beautiful
And she’s blowing my mind

Magnet thighs and peacocks' eyes
Devil in an angel’s disguise
My body's in a frozen sweat
I don't think that she's seen me yet
She's chili hot and full of lust
A case of look but don’t touch
Look but don’t touch
Look but don’t touch

See the world open before you
It may even appal you
Step back before you fall you
Cos you got a road to travel
A road to travel
A road
Yeah you got a road

I said she’s beautiful
Wanna make her mine
I said she’s beautiful
And she’s blowing my mind

Music and lyrics by Simon Miller.
Copyright © 1982 Pok Songs/Explicit Music.

This arrangement by Pok, Fedax Si-Hulmin, Maxx Damage and Sven Stiglund.

Performers:
Pok the Bard – lead vocal, electric guitars
Fedax Si-Hulmin – electric guitars, backing vocals
Maxx Damage – bass
Sven Stiglund – drums

Recorded at Wud Records Studio One, Exeter, 2017.
Fedax's solo and Sven's drumming recorded at Wud Records Studio One, Central Europe, 2025.
Engineered, mixed, produced and mastered at Wud Records Studio One, Central Europe, August/September 2025.

Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.

Fun Facts:
She's Beautiful is one of Pok's oldest songs.
He composed it when he was still at school.
It was inspired by seeing a girl he knew and admired whilst waiting for a bus at exeter bus station.
The earliest versions go all the way back to Now in 1982.
The tempo varies between 66 and 122 BPM the key is A major.
The rhythm guitar parts are both played using Marsha, which had new strings.
The Ice Maiden, which Fedax would have played, was in need of attention on the day.
Pok is on the right channel and Fedax the left.
Pok's lead guitar is played on Nicodemus.
Fedax takes an eight-bar solo on the Ice Maiden, based on his little solo in the Cander version.
This particular version of She's Beautiful is based upon the Laughing Sun version from Cander, which is regarded as the definitive version.
The Cander version is here: https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/shes-beautiful
She's Beautiful was a song in the works for Alchemeon's set, but never made it to a recording before they disbanded.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/pok/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/pok/anthology/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/shes-beautiful-2
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/pok-bard/anthology/shes-beautiful
https://www.youtube.com/@poktv6148/videos
https://www.facebook.com/pokthebard
http://pookofpok.blogspot.com/
https://linktr.ee/pokthebard
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

She's Beautiful

Pok: She's Beautiful

Astronomy by The Bastard Sons of Dennis with Dave Danielli.
Album: Cruelty to Blues

Astronomy is a cover song.
Originally released by Blue Öyster Cult on their 1974 Secret Treaties album.

Music: J. Bouchard, A. Bouchard.
Lyrics: S. Pearlman.

Copyright © 1974 Columbia Music.

This arrangement by The Bastard Sons of Dennis.
Inspiration drawn mostly from the 1974 Secret Treaties studio album.

Chuck would often introduce this song by telling the crowd that it was famously covered by Metallica. "We wrote it of course! Cough ahem..."

A few artistically tasteful variations on the original have been made for this version.

One of the composers, Joe Bouchard, listened to it and granted his royal seal of approval.

Both Derek (panned right) and Chuck (panned left) take solos during the song.

Astronomy was often the final song of a live set from The Bastard Sons of Dennis.

Performers:
Derek Broom - vocals, guitar
Chuck Palmer - guitar, vocals
Dave Danielli - bass
Len Denier - keys

Recorded and engineered at Wud Records Studio One, exeter uk.
Bass recorded in north devon, October 2023.
Keys recorded at Wud Records Studio One, Central Europe, February 2025.
Produced, mixed and mastered by George Davies 2025.

See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Treaties
https://blueoystercult.fandom.com/wiki/Astronomy
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/the-bastard-sons-of-dennis/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cruelty-to-blues
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cosy-lube-turtle
https://linktr.ee/bastardsonsofdennis
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

Cruelty to Blues

Astronomy

BSoD + D²: Astronomy

Then Came the Last Days of May by The Bastard Sons of Dennis with Dave Danielli.
Album: Cruelty to Blues

Then Came the Last Days of May is a cover song.
Originally released by Blue Öyster Cult on their 1972 eponymous album. 

Music and lyrics: D. Roeser.

Copyright © 1972 Columbia Music.

This arrangement by The Bastard Sons of Dennis.
Inspiration drawn from the versions on the 1972 eponymous Blue Öyster Cult studio album, and the 1975 live BOC album On Your Feet Or On Your Knees.

Then Came the Last Days of May was always a tremendously popular Bastard Sons of Dennis song. It was one of the first songs the duo ever performed, appearing in the duo's first ever live performance at The Angel in Exeter.

The lyrics are a true story. This song was composed by Donald 'Buck Dharma' Roeser, guitarist and vocalist of Blue Öyster Cult, after three friends of his from Stony Brook University in New York were murdered in a drug deal that went very wrong.

Derek would often change the word 'truck' in the line "Now and then a truck" to 'duck'. This was always hilarious, with his exemplary comic timing.

Ducks became something of a theme for The Bastard Sons of Dennis. Fans would often bring their own toy ducks along to shows.

Occasionally Chuck's lips wouldn't be moist enough to perform the little whistle that comes at the end of his solo. This was also very funny. Check would just end up blowing and puffing and shrugging in a comical way.

The whistle actually comes from the 1970s uk sitcom The Goode Life. The character Tom Goode would often give this little whistle. Exactly where Tom took it from remains largely mysterious.

Blue Öyster Cult perform this song in the key of E minor. The Bastard Sons of Dennis transposed it to A minor.

The tempo increase after the first verse was Derek's suggestion. It was a very good one.

Performers:
Derek Broom - vocals, guitar
Chuck Palmer - guitar, vocals, whistle
Dave Danielli - bass

Recorded and engineered at Wud Records Studio One, exeter uk.
Bass recorded in north devon, October 2023.
Produced, mixed and mastered by George Davies 2025.

See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Treaties
https://genius.com/Blue-oyster-cult-then-came-the-last-days-of-may-lyrics
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/the-bastard-sons-of-dennis/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cruelty-to-blues
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cosy-lube-turtle
https://linktr.ee/bastardsonsofdennis
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

Here is a live version of The Bastard Sons of Dennis performing Then Came The Last Days Of May:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXYOrrKuTE0

Then Came the Last Days of May

BSoD + D²: Then Came the Last Days of May

Seven Screaming Diz-Busters by The Bastard Sons of Dennis with Dave Danielli.
Album: Cruelty to Blues

Seven Screaming Diz-Busters is a cover song.
Originally released by Blue Öyster Cult on their 1973 Tyranny and Mutation album. 

Music and lyrics: A. Bouchard, J. Bouchard, D. Roeser, S. Pearlman

Copyright © 1973 Columbia Music.

This arrangement by The Bastard Sons of Dennis.
Inspiration drawn from the Tyranny and Mutation and On Your Feet Or On Your Knees versions.
Recorded at 195 BPM. 

This song was always tremendously popular when performed live. There is a video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M93gHi3DNFM

The crowd were so noisy that the band couldn't hear a note they were playing and had to hope for the best.

Performers:
Derek Broom - vocals, guitar
Chuck Palmer - guitar, vocals
Dave Danielli - bass

All of Derek's parts were salvaged from scratch tracks.

Derek's parts recorded and engineered at Wud Records Studio One in Exeter UK 2015.
Chuck's parts recorded and engineered at Wud Records Studio One in Central Europe 2020.
Dave's parts recorded in north devon, uk, September 2023.
Produced, mixed and mastered by George Davies at Wud Records Studio One, central Europe 2025.

See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_and_Mutation
https://blueoystercult.fandom.com/wiki/7_Screaming_Diz-Busters
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/the-bastard-sons-of-dennis/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cruelty-to-blues
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cosy-lube-turtle
https://linktr.ee/bastardsonsofdennis
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

Seven Screaming Diz-Busters

BSoD + D²: Seven Screaming Diz-Busters

Dominance and Submission by The Bastard Sons of Dennis with Dave Danielli.
Album: Cruelty to Blues

Dominance and Submission is a cover song.
Originally released by Blue Öyster Cult on their 1974 Secret Treaties album.

Lyrics: S. Pearlman
Music: E. Bloom, A. Bouchard

Copyright © 1974 Columbia Music.

This arrangement by The Bastard Sons of Dennis.
Inspiration drawn from the Secret Treaties and Extra Terrestrial Live versions.
Recorded at 164 BPM.

During a live Bastard Sons of Dennis performance, there would be a bit of chat, such as thanks to the venue and sound guy and personel introductions, after the guitar solo and before the "Dominance", "Submission" section.

In the long pauses before "It will be time!", Derek and Chuck would spin their guitars upside down. Stuck on the back of Chuck's guitar was a large sign that read "Throw panties now!", and on the back of Derek's was a similar sign that read "If no panties, bras!"

Very few undergarments were ever actually tossed onto the stage, apart from on one occasion when somebody had brought a big bag full of old knickers and distribued them to the audience. Both the stage and the band were covered in them!

Performers:
Derek Broom - vocals, guitar
Chuck Palmer - guitar, vocals
Dave Danielli - bass

Recorded and engineered at Wud Records Studio One 2011-2017.
Bass recorded October 2023.
Produced, mixed and mastered by George Davies at Wud Records Studio One, central Europe 2025.

See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Treaties
https://blueoystercult.fandom.com/wiki/Dominance_and_Submission
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/the-bastard-sons-of-dennis/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cruelty-to-blues
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cosy-lube-turtle
https://linktr.ee/bastardsonsofdennis
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

Dominance and Submission

BSoD + D²: Dominance And Submission

Wear a Feather in Your Hat by Pok the Bard.
Album: Anthology

WEAR A FEATHER IN YOUR HAT
Well we came across some Indians, they were sitting in our road
And with careful words we offered peace and them our weapons showed
They made it and said that they sought a man with such purple skin
If we had him there on board they’d scalp and do us in
“It’s a long time since I saw such a man,” I said and they replied
“OK, go on, you tell the truth. I can see it in your eyes.”

Later on our road there was a boulder in our path
Meg the man said “What can we do? No way can we get past.”
I steamed a bit and thought a bit and said “This man tells the truth.”
So I gave up being leader and sat down to pick my tooth
Meg took on the role and quickly had it sussed
With forty pounds of dynamite the rock he did bust

Soon the cook was heard to cry: “There is no more water left in here! –
I am making a casserole and the pot is boiling dry.”
So I threw a coin up into the air, said: “This one I’ll try.”
A few words from the good old book and rain fell from the sky
“What was the other choice you had?” they asked and I replied
“I don’t want to answer that now. Now let me out, I want to pass.”

Vainly nightfall does its bit and we rattle on in dark
Toothy starts a-singing, he says it’s for a lark
Unfortunate for him it wakes something to cause his demise
A stowaway that was on board pokes his head outside
Toothy gets a fright and falls down and dies
What was more was still to come – at night, colour lies

Of the four of us left on the bus – Mook, Meg, Mog and I
Not one of us did realise until the sun did rise
That the new man who’d spent the night explaining who he was and where he’d been
Had a case of the most purple skin we’d ever seen
We whistled nervously ’til mid-afternoon
Then Meg saw a bunch of Redskins, I fell down in a swoon

Round about that time an eagle flies on down
Says we gotta wrap it up here before we reach the next town
So he does a bit of act shifting, messes around with our scene
The Indians become a film projection on a Hollywood film screen
What a pity they had to go like that, we could have made some friends
The purple man smiles, disappears, and leaves a feather where he’s been

Get up, stand up, be yourself, wear a feather in your hat
If you truly believe in yourself you will remember that
When you see your light a-coming, and come to you it will
Expose yourself to its full rays and just soak up your fill
You can be so lonely or you can be amazed
Take my advice my friend and wear a feather above your face

Get up, stand up, be yourself, wear a feather in your hat
If you truly believe in yourself you will remember that
When you see your light a-coming, and come to you it will
Expose yourself to its full rays and just soak up your fill
You can be a man of wud or you can go insane
Take our advice my friend and wear a feather above your brain

Music and lyrics by Simon Miller.
Copyright © 1985 Pok Songs / Explicit Music.

This arrangement by Pok, Maxx Damage and Sven Stiglund.

Performers:
Pok the Bard – voices, lead and rhythm acoustic guitars
Maxx Damage – bass
Sven Stiglund – drums, percussion

Pok’s guitars and voices recorded at Wud Records Studio One, Exeter, 2017.
Everything else recorded at Wud Records Studio One, Central Europe, 2024.
Engineered, mixed, produced and mastered at Wud Records Studio One, Central Europe, 2024.

Originally released 4th March 2024.

Copyright ℗ 2024 Wud Records.

Fun Facts:
See Explicit Music link below.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/pok/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/pok/anthology/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/wear-a-feather-in-your-hat
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/pok-bard/anthology/wear-a-feather-in-your-hat
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/laughing-sun/indeed-1985/
https://www.youtube.com/@poktv6148/videos
https://www.facebook.com/pokthebard
http://pookofpok.blogspot.com/
https://linktr.ee/pokthebard

Wear a Feather in Your Hat

Pok: Wear a Feather in Your Hat

She's as Beautiful as a Foot by The Bastard Sons of Dennis with Dave Danielli.
Album: Cruelty to Blues

She's as Beautiful as a Foot is a cover song.
Originally released by Blue Öyster Cult on their 1972 eponymous album. 

Music and lyrics: A. Bouchard, A. Lanier, R. Meltzer.

Copyright © 1972 Columbia Music.

This arrangement by The Bastard Sons of Dennis.
Inspiration drawn from the 1972 eponymous Blue Öyster Cult studio album.

The percussion instrument at the beginning of this recording is an old disused CPU fan and its various danglesome janglesome appendages.

Chuck would tune his guitar to DADGAD for this interpretation of this song.

She's as Beautiful as a Foot was sometimes used to open longer Bastard Sons of Dennis performances.

Derek takes the solo at the beginning.

Performers:
Derek Broom - vocals, guitar, percussion
Chuck Palmer - guitar
Dave Danielli - bass

Recorded and engineered at Wud Records Studio One, exeter uk.
Bass recorded in north devon, November 2023.
Produced, mixed and mastered by George Davies 2025.

See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_%C3%96yster_Cult_(album)
https://genius.com/Blue-oyster-cult-shes-as-beautiful-as-a-foot-lyrics
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/the-bastard-sons-of-dennis/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cruelty-to-blues
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cosy-lube-turtle
https://linktr.ee/bastardsonsofdennis
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

She's as Beautiful as a Foot

BSoD + D²: She's as Beautiful as a Foot

Teen Archer by The Bastard Sons of Dennis with Dave Danielli.
Album: Cruelty to Blues

Teen Archer is a cover song.
Originally released by Blue Öyster Cult on their 1973 Tyranny and Mutation album.  

Music and lyrics: E. Bloom, D. Roeser, R. Meltzer

Copyright © 1973 Columbia Music.

This arrangement by The Bastard Sons of Dennis.
Inspiration drawn from the 1973 studio album Tyranny and Mutation.

Chuck tunes his guitar to a drop-D for the arrangement by The Bastard Sons of Dennis.

The short drum break on the original version is approximated by a brief outbreak of guitar clonkery.

Performers:
Derek Broom - vocals, guitar, percussion
Chuck Palmer - guitar, whoop, percussion
Dave Danielli - bass

Recorded and engineered at Wud Records Studio One, exeter uk.
Bass recorded in north devon, November 2023.
Produced, mixed and mastered by George Davies 2025.

See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_%C3%96yster_Cult_(album)
https://genius.com/Blue-oyster-cult-teen-archer-lyrics
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/the-bastard-sons-of-dennis/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cruelty-to-blues
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cosy-lube-turtle
https://linktr.ee/bastardsonsofdennis
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

Teen Archer

BSoD + D²: Teen Archer

The Subhuman by The Bastard Sons of Dennis with Dave Danielli.
Album: Cruelty to Blues

The Subhuman is a cover song.
Originally released by Blue Öyster Cult on their 1974 Secret Treaties album. 

Music: E. Bloom
Lyrics: S. Pearlman

Copyright © 1974 Columbia Music.

This arrangement by The Bastard Sons of Dennis.
Inspiration drawn from the versions on the 1974 Secret Treaties studio album, and the 1975 live BOC album On Your Feet Or On Your Knees.

The Subhuman was one of The Bastard Sons of Dennis's most progressive songs. Chuck would tune his guitar to a drop-D for the interpretation.

This particular version owes much to the wonderful live On Your Feet Or On Your Knees recording, where guitarist Donald Roeser demonstrates his absolute mastery of the melodic minor.

Within this cover there is a lot of guitar soloing. It is all highly definitive and would be performed more-or-less identically by The Bastard Sons of Dennis every time. Both Chuck and Derek take solos.

Performers:
Derek Broom - vocals, guitar
Chuck Palmer - guitar
Dave Danielli - bass

Recorded and engineered at Wud Records Studio One, exeter uk.
Bass recorded in north devon, November 2023.
Produced, mixed and mastered by George Davies 2025.

See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Treaties
https://genius.com/Blue-oyster-cult-subhuman-lyrics
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/the-bastard-sons-of-dennis/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cruelty-to-blues
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cosy-lube-turtle
https://linktr.ee/bastardsonsofdennis
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

There is a live video of The Bastard Sons of Dennis performing The Subhuman. Due to some disruption when an audience member fell against the camera person, it comes in two parts.

Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg3CUkfi_pI
Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf_WC3DAdTw

The Subhuman

BSoD + D²: The Subhuman

Wings Wetted Down by The Bastard Sons of Dennis with Dave Danielli.
Album: Cruelty to Blues

Wings Wetted Down is a cover song.
Originally released by Blue Öyster Cult on their 1973 Tyranny and Mutation album. 

Music and lyrics: A. Bouchard, J. Bouchard.

Copyright © 1973 Columbia Music.

This arrangement by The Bastard Sons of Dennis.
Inspiration drawn from the 1973 Tyranny and Mutation album.

Wings Wetted Down is a truly wonderful song, often overlooked. The craftsmanship of its composition by the legendary Bouchard brothers is masterful.

This version is in G# minor. The chord progressions are so beautifully constructed, with a minor second A major and a 'devil's interval' flattened fifth chord of D major providing a gloriously satisfying twist.

Both Chuck and Derek take solos. Derek's is an addition that is not found on the original version.

Wings Wetted Down was always a very popular live song. It was performed on many occasions by The Bastard Sons of Dennis and introduced by the band with a cryptic and comical description.

Performers:
Derek Broom - vocals, guitar
Chuck Palmer - guitar, vocals
Dave Danielli - bass

Recorded and engineered at Wud Records Studio One, exeter uk.
Bass recorded in north devon, February 2024.
Produced, mixed and mastered by George Davies 2025.

See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_and_Mutation
https://genius.com/Blue-oyster-cult-wings-wetted-down-lyrics
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/the-bastard-sons-of-dennis/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cruelty-to-blues
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cosy-lube-turtle
https://linktr.ee/bastardsonsofdennis
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

Wings Wetted Down

BSoD + D²: Wings Wetted Down

Redeemed by The Bastard Sons of Dennis with Dave Danielli.
Album: Cruelty to Blues

Redeemed is a cover song.
Originally released by Blue Öyster Cult on their 1972 eponymous album. 

Music and lyrics: A. Bouchard, A. Lanier, H. Farcas, S. Pearlman.

Copyright © 1972 Columbia Music.

This arrangement by The Bastard Sons of Dennis.
Inspiration drawn from the version on the eponymous Blue Öyster Cult studio album.

Redeemed was always a tremendously popular Bastard Sons of Dennis song. It was one of the first songs the duo ever performed live.

It was added to their repertoire for one of their first ever shows, which happened to be just before Christmas. They would describe Redeemed as their Christmas song, even if it was the middle of summer.

The count-in for a live performance was "One, one," or two other random numbers. This was due to the rather odd amount of beats at the beginning.

The guitars in this version were both recorded live at the same time in Wud Records Studio One. The vocals were added afterwards, and the bass a long time later.

Performers:
Derek Broom - vocals, guitar
Chuck Palmer - guitar, vocals
Dave Danielli - bass

Recorded and engineered at Wud Records Studio One, exeter uk.
Bass recorded in north devon, June 2024.
Produced, mixed and mastered by George Davies 2025.

See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_%C3%96yster_Cult_(album)
https://genius.com/Blue-oyster-cult-redeemed-lyrics
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/the-bastard-sons-of-dennis/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cruelty-to-blues
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cosy-lube-turtle
https://linktr.ee/bastardsonsofdennis
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

Redeemed

BSoD + D²: Redeemed

Don't Let It Pass You By, by Pok the Bard.
Album: Anthology

DON'T LET IT PASS YOU BY
Don’t let the times go slow Mama
Just let them ride on easy
It’s happening
It’s happening

Don’t let the blues fool you Mama
Just let them pass you by
That’s what they’re there for
That’s what they’re there for

Open up your heart and let it all go
Cos you know sometimes you just gotta let it all flow

And all those times there in your head
Was only there to compensate
All the while the way was waiting
You just had to grab a hold of the way
All today
Of the way
In that sway

And what is today is never tomorrow
And who is gone may only follow
Take hold of my hand til the morning comes
New dawn come when you wake up
When you wake up
When you wake up

Don’t let the times go slow Mama
Just let them ride on easy
It’s happening
It’s happening

Don’t let the blues fool you Mama
Just let them pass you by
That’s what they’re there for
That’s what they’re there for

Open up your heart and let it all go
Cos you know sometimes you just gotta let it all flow

And all those thoughts there in your brain
Was only there to compensate
Cos all the while the way was waiting
You just had to grab a hold of the way
Of today
Of the way
Caught In the sway

And what is today is never tomorrow
And who is gone may only follow
Take hold of my hand til the morning comes
New dawn comes when you wake up
When you wake up
When you wake up

Music and lyrics by Simon Miller.

Copyright © 1985 Pok Songs / Explicit Music.

This arrangement by Pok, Fedax Si-Hulmin, Josh Reynes, Maxx Damage and Sven Stiglund.

Pok’s guitars and voices recorded at Wud Records Studio One, Exeter, 2017.
Everything else recorded at Wud Records Studio One, Central Europe, 2023-4.
Engineered, mixed, produced and mastered at Wud Records Studio One, Central Europe, 2024.

Copyright ℗ 2024 Wud Records.

Performers:
Pok the Bard – lead vocal, lead and rhythm guitars
Fedax Si-Hulmin – guitar, backing vocals
Josh Reynes – organ, synths
Maxx Damage – bass
Sven Stiglund – drums

Fun Facts:
* Don’t Let It Pass You By begins with a cute little instrumental in the key of A major.
* This section introduces the string section and keys, there are no drums.
* Pok plays a rhythm track on Marsha panned to the right throughout the song and a clean sounding lead track panned down the centre, also on Marsha.
* Fedax plays chords on the Ice Maiden panned left, and Maxx’s bass and Josh’s DSK B3x are also present.
* Fedax uses a patch on the Neural DSP Quad Cortex called Brit 2203, scene 1, and the Ice Maiden’s bridge pickup in humbucker configuration to conform with the original Laughing Sun interpretation.
* Once the intro is done, the key changes to E major and the feel becomes a hard blues rock vibe.
* The tempo for the song is 144 BPM, or allegro vivace.
* Don’t Let It Pass You By has a lyric that delivers a very strong and positive message.
* The whole song is upbeat and has a real feelgood factor about it.
* Don’t Let It Pass You By was composed by Pok in 1985 and the earliest version was performed by Laughing Sun.
* It was also performed by the Spacegoats during their brief Electric Elves incarnation, some of which you can hear in the Archives section of the Wud Records website.
* The synth that sounds a little like the EDP Wasp is the Kriminal Twilight synth, which is freeware, and you can learn more about it here: https://rekkerd.org/kriminal-releases-twilight-vsti/.
* There is also a pad called fullonpad from the Polly8te by Osiris, which you can find here: https://sites.google.com/site/osirissynths/Home/synth-page

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/pok/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/pok/anthology/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/dont-let-it-pass-you-by-2
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/pok-bard/anthology/dont-let-it-pass-you-by
https://www.youtube.com/@poktv6148/videos
https://www.facebook.com/pokthebard
http://pookofpok.blogspot.com/
https://linktr.ee/pokthebard

Don't Let It Pass You By

Pok: Don't Let It Pass You By

Before the Kiss a Redcap by The Bastard Sons of Dennis with Dave Danielli.
Album: Cruelty to Blues

Before the Kiss a Redcap is a cover song.
Originally released by Blue Öyster Cult on their 1972 eponymous album. 

Music and lyrics: A. Lanier, M. Krugman, D. Roeser, S. Pearlman.

Copyright © 1972 Columbia Music.

This arrangement by The Bastard Sons of Dennis.
Inspiration drawn from the versions on the eponymous Blue Öyster Cult studio album and the live 1975 On Your Feet Or On Your Knees album.

Before the Kiss a Redcap was a tremendously popular Bastard Sons of Dennis song. It was one of the first songs the duo ever performed live, and was performed more frequently than any of their other songs. Derek would usually change the "Conry's Bar" lyric to the name of whatever venue the duo were playing in.

Performers:
Derek Broom - vocals, guitar
Chuck Palmer - guitar, vocals
Dave Danielli - bass

Recorded and engineered at Wud Records Studio One, exeter uk.
Bass recorded in north devon, September 2024.
Produced, mixed and mastered by George Davies 2025.

See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_%C3%96yster_Cult_(album)
https://genius.com/Blue-oyster-cult-before-the-kiss-a-redcap-lyrics
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/the-bastard-sons-of-dennis/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cruelty-to-blues
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cosy-lube-turtle
https://linktr.ee/bastardsonsofdennis
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

Before the Kiss a Redcap

BSoD + D²: Before the Kiss a Redcap

I Don't Care Now by George.
From Volume II Side B of the Band of Georges.

Music and lyrics by G. Davies.
Composed 21st January 1983, 9:15 to 10:30.

Recorded June 1986.
Mixed October 1986.
Lifted from cassette March 2025.

Copyright © 1983 Explicit Music.
Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.

Fun Facts:
As this song was being recorded it seemed to grow in stature from something that was pretty ordinary to something that was actually pretty good.
It is a song of healing, fortitude and moving on.
The key is E major.
This was the very first time that George had recorded two-handed tapping.
Several months previously a girl who George was deeply fond of had been forced to move hundreds of miles away due to a new parental job.
When the advent of social media many years later allowed them to get in touch again, it turned out the young lady in question was also devastated by the sudden move.
I Don't Care Now was never added to the repertoire of any band and remained a piece of personal therapy.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-ii-side-b/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

Volume II Side B

I Don't Care Now

Band of Georges: I Don't Care Now

Wish You Were Here by George.
From Volume III Side B of the Band of Georges.

Music and lyrics by G. Davies.
Composed 4th December 1983, 1:30 - 2:45am.

Recorded July 1986.
Mixed October 1986.
Lifted from cassette March 2025.

Copyright © 1983 Explicit Music.
Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.

Fun Facts:
This is a curious song full of rather esoteric chords.
It was attempted by Laughing Sun in 1985 but never became a part of their live set.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-iii-side-b/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

Volume III Side B

Wish You Were Here

Band of Georges: Wish You Were Here

Too Many Times by George.
From Volume III Side B of the Band of Georges.

Music and lyrics by G. Davies.
Composed 2nd May 1983, 11:15am to 11:43am.

Recorded July 1986.
Mixed October 1986.
Lifted from cassette March 2025.

Copyright © 1983 Explicit Music.
Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.

Fun Facts:
This song was written the day after That's No Way to Pay a Bodyguard and Two Timer.
It is in the key of E minor.
George's Dad liked the guitar in this one.
We were surprised at how long it was.
There was some sort of accident with a playback, a live track and a punch pedal somewhere in the middle.
It was never performed by a band.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-iii-side-b/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

Too Many Times

Band of Georges: Too Many Times

Losing Your Grip by George.
From Volume V Side A of the Band of Georges.

Music and lyrics by G. Davies.
Composed 6th May 1985.

Recorded August 1986.
Mixed November 1986.
Lifted from cassette May 2025.

Copyright © 1985 Explicit Music.
Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.

Fun Facts:
Losing Your Grip was part of the set of Wud.
Each of the three verses was written for a different person.
Played live, George would turn the Electric Mistress on and off.
All the knobs were turned up to the maximum.
In this version, he didn't like the click it made, so it was used in the Tascam 244's auxilliary channel.
This was a stereo channel but the effect was only in mono, so the results are a bit strange.
Some of the song is in 6/8 and some is in 4/4, so the Boss Dr Rhythm had to be turned on and off at appropriate moments.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-v-side-a/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

Volume V Side A

Losing Your Grip

Band of Georges: Losing Your Grip

Take It or Leave It by George.
From Volume V Side B of the Band of Georges.

Music by G. Davies and K. Staple.
Lyrics by G. Davies.
Composed 8th June 1985, 5:45 - 6:30am.

Recorded February 1987.
Mixed March 1987.
Lifted from cassette May 2025.

Copyright © 1985 Explicit Music.
Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.

Fun Facts:
Take It or Leave It is a song in G major.
It was performed by Wud.
Ken came up with the last ten notes of melody on the acoustic at the very end.
Take It or Leave It became something of a campfire favourite for some of George's female friends.
It was written early in the morning, probably after returning home from a night of crazies.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-v-side-b/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

Volume V Side B

Take It or Leave It

Band of Georges: Take It or Leave It

Song for Hannah by George.
From Volume VI Side A of the Band of Georges.

Music and lyrics by G. Davies
Composed circa 14th October 1985.

Recorded November 1986.
Mixed April 1987.
Lifted from cassette May 2025.

Copyright © 1985 Explicit Music.
Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.

Fun Facts:
Song for Hannah was written for someone who became friends with the Wud posse in the summer of 1985.
She arrived from Cheltenham and lived in the flat above Gaia's Restaurant in Fore Street.
A few months later she moved to Brighton and formed a band called Pan.
This is a song in A major.
It was never performed by a band.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-vi-side-a/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

Volume VI Side A

Song for Hannah

Band of Georges: Song for Hannah

It's Just a Game by George.
From Volume VI Side A of the Band of Georges.

Music and lyrics by G. Davies
Composed 18th October 1985, finished 04:04am.

Recorded November 1986.
Mixed April 1987.
Lifted from cassette May 2025.

Copyright © 1985 Explicit Music.
Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.

Fun Facts:
It's Just a Game was written during the days of Laughing Sun.
An extremely odd situation was starting to unfold.
This went way beyond the normal entropy which followed the closing of a cycle of good fortune.
It's Just a Game is a song of esoteric chords and key changes.
Some of these chords went on to form the basis of the song Lullaby, which came later.
The Electric Mistress is set to the 'red' setting, as used for the song Planets.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-vi-side-a/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

It's Just a Game

Band of Georges: It's Just a Game

Light My Fire by George.
From Volume VIII Side A of the Band of Georges.

Music and lyrics by G. Davies.
Composed 26th December 1986, 09:30 pm to 10:30 pm approx.

Recorded March 1987.
Mixed April 1987.
Lifted from cassette July 2025.

Copyright © 1986 Explicit Music.
Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.

Fun Facts:
Light My Fire is a song in B minor written on Boxing Day.
The electric guitar sounds like a first take.
With hindsight, the fire was very much lit and blazed out of control.
This song was never performed by a band.
It has remained unheard up until its release on SoundCloud.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-viii-side-a/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

Volume VIII Side A

Light My Fire

Band of Georges: Light My Fire

Red Lights by George.
From Volume VIII Side B of the Band of Georges.

Music and lyrics by G. Davies.
Composed circa April 1987.

Recorded August 1987.
Mixed September 1987.
Lifted from cassette July 2025.

Copyright © 1987 Explicit Music.
Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.

Fun Facts:
Red Lights has no specific date other than 1987.
George believes April might be a good guess for when it was written.
This song uses the Boss DR 220A drum machine.
It became a part of the set of Rough Terrain, although they didn't play it very often.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-viii-side-b/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

Volume VIII Side B

Red Lights

Band of Georges: Red Lights

I Pass You By by George.
From Volume IX Side A of the Band of Georges.

Music and lyrics by G. Davies.
Composed 24th July 1987, 8:00 - 8:50pm.

Recorded May 1991 to August 1991.
Mixed August 1991.
Lifted from cassette August 2025.

Copyright © 1987 Explicit Music.
Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.

Fun Facts:
I Pass You By was composed in July 1987 at 19 Haldon Road, Exeter.
It was inspired by the beautiful train journey from Exeter to Torquay.
This journey was George's occasional commute during that summer.
The sound of the train at the start was recorded one evening using two mics and an open window at 63 King Street, Exeter.
That particular property was very close to the main London to Penzance railway line.
It was probably the sound of a British Snail, er, Rail, Intercity 125.
Programming the Boss DR 220A drum machine probably took a long time.
I Pass You By was never included in the set of any band.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-ix-side-a/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

Volume IX Side A

I Pass You By

Band of Georges: I Pass You By

Ocean And by George.
From Volume IX Side A of the Band of Georges.

Music and lyrics by G. Davies.
Composed July 1987.

Recorded December 1987 to April 1991.
Mixed May 1991.
Lifted from cassette August 2025.

Copyright © 1987 Explicit Music.
Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.

Fun Facts:
We cannot find any paperwork or lyrics for Ocean And.
George believes it was composed in late June or early July 1987.
It was composed on the bass with a delay pedal, rather than on guitar like nearly all of George's other songs.
Ocean And was written at 19 Haldon Road, Exeter.
This was during the days of Rough Terrain.
It was also around the same time that Lizzy and Dave moved into the flat on the top floor.
After that, the whole house became like a real life version of the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Ocean And was briefly considered for addition to the Rough Terrain repertoire, but never was.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-ix-side-a/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

Ocean And

Band of Georges: Ocean And

Frustration Song by George.
From Volume IX Side A of the Band of Georges.

Music by G. Davies/J. Peirce.
Lyrics by G. Davies.
Composed 26th August 1987, 03:00 - 03:56pm.

Recorded May 1991 to August 1991.
Mixed August 1991.
Lifted from cassette August 2025.

Copyright © 1987 Explicit Music.
Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.

Fun Facts:
Frustration Song was composed at 19 Haldon Road, Exeter.
George wrote it after a period of frustration.
He had been in a relationship with a girlfriend who liked him to do absolutely nothing for long periods of time.
As a person who was always active, he found this very difficult.
It is written on the lyric sheet "A song for" and then the name of the girlfriend.
This was the most reggae song he had ever written up to this point.
The bassline was the creation of Jerry from Rough Terrain.
One of the voices was recorded with the tape slowed down to give the voice a different sound.
The distorted lead guitar is plugged directly into the portastudio. rather than using a mic and a guitar amplifier, to give it that distinct tone.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-ix-side-a/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

Frustration Song

Band of Georges: Frustration Song

Medicine Man by Dark Company. from the album Old Hands.

* Work in progress *

~ Composers ~
Lyrics: P. Greatorex
Music: G. Davies/P. Greatorex

~ Performers ~
PJ Speed - vocals
Zak Black - guitar
Barry Bridges - guitar
Maxx Damage - bass
Sven Stiglund - drums

Copyright © 2015 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1990 D & G Music.

MEDICINE MAN
I woke up in a dream
I dreamed I could not be seen
I walked around without a sound
Amongst the dead below the ground
Selling life in tiny jars

I was a medicine man
With eyes the colour of sand
With tricks and Styx and 6-6-6
I strode across the land

It was a place I knew
Enchantments grew there too
Where gravestones talked and corpses walked
And inside the night demons stalked
Pulling down the stars

I was a medicine man
With eyes the colour of sand
With tricks and Styx and 6-6-6
I strode across the land

In silence people spoke
Their mouths made out of smoke
Their thoughts they stirred into weird words
And all they said they knew I heard
Saying “Oh too fast too far”

I was a medicine man
With eyes the colour of sand
With tricks and Styx and 6-6-6
I strode across the land

You gotta understand, understand
I am a medicine man, medicine man
You gotta know that I could show
The path on which they could come and go
Which way the river was going to flow
All these things they were just so
Cos I’m a medicine man, medicine man
Cos I’m a medicine man, medicine man
Cos I’m a medicine I’m a medicine
I’m a medicine man,
Medicine man

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/old-hands
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/old-hands/medicine-man
twitter.com/#!/Dark_Company
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/

Email: darkcompany@wudrecords.co.uk

Old Hands

Medicine Man

Dark Company: Medicine Man (alpha mix)

*** Work In Progress / Demo ***

Code Red by Dark Company
Album: Noir

Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex.
Recorded, engineered and mixed at Wud Records Studio One, Exeter.

Copyright © 2015 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 2009 The Dark Brothers / Explicit Music.

Performers:
PJ Speed - vocals
Zak Black - guitars
Maxx Damage - bass
Sven Stiglund - drums

CODE RED
I do like I do like I would for you
Would you do the same for me?
I didn’t lie when I said they’re here
That they were plain was to see
Just depends on the way you look
Just depends on your mind
They blend in with any crowd
It’s all done by design

Well I do like I do like I could for you
Could you do the same for me?
I was told it was years ago
Someone set them free
But careful who you choose to tell
Careful who you say it to
They can find a knowing mind
They’ll come with the psycho crew

I do like I do like I would for you
Would you do the same for me?
I do like I do like I would for you
Would you do the same for me?

I do like I do like I would for you
Would you do the same for me?
I didn’t lie when I said they’re here
That they were plain was to see
Just depends on the way you look
Just depends on your mind
They blend in with any crowd
It’s all done by design

Fun Facts:
This is a song in the key of D minor.
We shall be editing it down a bit as it is too long.
Just about everything except the vocals is first take.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/noir/
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/noir/code-red
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/

Email: darkcompany@wudrecords.co.uk

Noir

Code Red

Dark Company: Code Red (alpha mix)

*** Work In Progress / Demo ***

Change the Light by Dark Company
Album: Noir

Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex.
Recorded, engineered and mixed at Wud Records Studio One, Exeter.

Copyright © 2015 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 2009 The Dark Brothers / Explicit Music.

Performers:
PJ Speed - vocals
Zak Black - guitars
Maxx Damage - bass

CHANGE THE LIGHT
History’s blistered with mountains of lies
The Earth is buried under easy skies
But I’ve seen demons look round the sun
I’ve seen badlands and too many guns

War torn stories with scenes of the dead
Both sides fighting, rules are not read
But I know different from what they are told
It’s all for one master and his hold on gold

I know too much about the rulers and ruled
And vaccinations kids get in the schools
Someday someone will knock on my door
But it won’t be my blood soaking the floor

Stone aged stones walked the Earth
The sunlight sighed and went in reverse
Now look around, what is it you see
The thaw has started but it’s not for free

The sphinx it bowed down the sky
Lowering its head with blazing eyes
It kissed the few and caught up man
We gotta break free while we surely can

Fun Facts:
Change the Light is a song about the legend of the Nephilim, a fascinating topic which you can read more about starting here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephilim
You might also like to read a bit more about the Easter Island statues.
We're not very keen on vaccinations - vaccine damage in young children is considered normal - or is it?
This song speaks of the truth, and by that we recommend you investigate things such as The Chords of Lust, The Gemstones Papers, The Trilateral Commision and so on.
There are no drums!
Sven said it sounded great just like it is and it didn't need any and the rest of the band agreed.
The key is A major with a good glug of mixolydian.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/noir/
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/noir/change-the-light
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/

Email: darkcompany@wudrecords.co.uk

Change the Light

Dark Company: Change the Light (alpha mix)

*** Work In Progress / Demo ***

Cable Guy by Dark Company
Album: Noir

Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex.
Recorded, engineered and mixed at Wud Records Studio One, Exeter.

Copyright © 2015 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 2009 The Dark Brothers / Explicit Music.

Performers:
PJ Speed - vocals
Zak Black - guitars
Maxx Damage - bass
Sven Stiglund - drums, percussion

CABLE GUY
Dead heads in livid lead
Marching through your life
Ad queens like living dreams
Waving a carving knife
Soldier boys with lethal toys
Going off to war
Flags and bags and teary eyes
They won’t be home no more

You gotta be a patriot
You gotta lock and load
Invade the heathens’ bitter lands
Do what you’ve been you’re told
Do what you’ve been you’re told, yeah
Do what you’ve been you’re told
Invade the heathens’ bitter lands
Do what you’ve been you’re told

Bugging phones living drones
Break in to your place
Secret mics on kiddies’ trikes
Men hear with no face
The ones in black they stand at the back
Shadows nothing more
Each time you strike a keyboard
They’re marking up the score

You gotta be a patriot
You gotta lock and load
Invade the heathens’ bitter lands
Do what you’ve been you’re told
Do what you’ve been you’re told, yeah
Do what you’ve been you’re told
Invade the heathens’ bitter lands
Do what you’ve been you’re told

Nursery rhymes in better times
Wound their wonder tight
Now the young their songs are sung
About how to kill and fight
Faceless corporations
Feed endless credit choice
Entice you in the “Debt Set”
Before you’ve got a voice

You gotta be a patriot
You gotta lock and load
Invade the heathens’ bitter lands
Do what you’ve been you’re told
Do what you’ve been you’re told, yeah
Do what you’ve been you’re told
Invade the heathens’ bitter lands
Do what you’ve been you’re told

You gotta be a patriot
You gotta lock and load
Invade the heathens’ bitter lands
Do what you’ve been you’re told
Do what you’ve been you’re told, yeah
Do what you’ve been you’re told
Invade the heathens’ bitter lands
Do what you’ve been you’re told

Fun Facts:
This song is in the key of E minor.
The lyrics were written about a friend of Pete's who had a satellite TV system installed and then, soon after, saw on his new system the guy who had installed it shown on the national news, having been arrested on terrorism charges.
The notorious speech from Donald Rumsfeld was a perfect fit.
The idea for the instrumental sections came very suddenly a few days after the rest of the song had been recorded and were captured as quickly as possible before they vanished back into the ether again.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/noir/
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/noir/cable-guy
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/

Email: darkcompany@wudrecords.co.uk

Cable Guy

Dark Company: Cable Guy (alpha mix)

*** Work In Progress / Demo ***

All Julian's Parties by Dark Company
Album: Noir

Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex.
Recorded, engineered and mixed at Wud Records Studio One, Exeter.

Copyright © 2015 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 2009 The Dark Brothers / Explicit Music.

Performers:
PJ Speed - vocals
Zak Black - guitars
Maxx Damage - bass
Sven Stiglund - drums

ALL JULIAN’S PARTIES
Perfection of selection
Tears the barriers down
I walk inside my head
Through a dark and mystic town
No-one greets my footsteps
No-one shouts my name
But noise I hear from somewhere near
And ideas become a game

I’m part of a party
That got lost in the ‘burbs
I wandered to the bright lights
Hoping to be heard
No-one knows my face
No-one says a word
But there’s a way to the break of day
Even though it sounds absurd

Distant divas’ calling
Bring wolves to the feast
They wait for the bones of love
And catch the scraps of meat
No-one seems to care
No-one writes it down
But I’ve got a ticket for the subway
And I’m leaving without a sound

Perfection of selection
Tears the barriers down
I walk inside my head
Through a dark and mystic town
No-one greets my footsteps
No-one shouts my name
But noise I hear from somewhere near
And ideas become a game

Fun Facts:
This is a song in the key of A, with a distinctly phrygian feel.
Pete wrote the lyrics for Julian, who wanted - so very much - to just... be.
The twin lead guitars are first take sketches to demonstrate they should exist.
They both jam in different octaves so they don't overlap too much.
Sven had a hip-hop head on when he recorded this and the drums are great, if in need of a little tidying up.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/noir/
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/noir/alarm-clock
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/

Email: darkcompany@wudrecords.co.uk

All Julian's Parties

Dark Company: All Julian's Parties (alpha mix)

*** Work In Progress / Demo ***

Alarm Clock by Dark Company
Album: Noir

Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex.
Recorded, engineered and mixed at Wud Records Studio One, Exeter.

Copyright © 2015 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 2009 The Dark Brothers / Explicit Music.

Performers:
PJ Speed - vocals
Zak Black - guitars
Maxx Damage - bass
Sven Stiglund - drums

ALARM CLOCK
Deftly sold I am told
Phases of light living
In sea shells fossil bells
And the tolling of their ringing
Well - deep sea divers run to check
And find it is a precious wreck
Of sirens and their singing

Ohh-hoh! Waking from the dream
Ohh-hoh! Seeing what it means
Ohh-hoh! Waking from the dream
Ohh-hoh! Seeing what it means

Gaily clad land has had
Rolling sunlight spilling
In the trees I see keys
That unlock stories telling
We rushed out to catch the dawn
Just to see the sky get torn
And the clouds with water filling

Ohh-hoh! Waking from the dream
Ohh-hoh! Seeing what it means
Ohh-hoh! Waking from the dream
Ohh-hoh! Seeing what it means

Called to arms a soldier’s charms
Goes to frontline fighting
He is told the medal’s gold
But it’s just the lighting
All at once he seeks to ask
Whether that his given task
Is killing that exciting

Ohh-hoh! Waking from the dream
Ohh-hoh! Seeing what it means
Ohh-hoh! Waking from the dream
Ohh-hoh! Seeing what it means

Fun Facts:
This song is in the key of Fm.
Most of what you can hear was recorded first take.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/noir/
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/noir/alarm-clock
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/

Email: darkcompany@wudrecords.co.uk

Alarm Clock

Dark Company: Alarm Clock (alpha mix)

Another Star in the Sky by Flicker.
Album: At Least 1000 Words

Music by G. Davies/D. Danielli/L. Welsman.

Performers:
George: guitars, keys, synths, percussion
Dave: Plank, drums
Lucy: cello

Project directed by George Davies.

Drums recorded at Clark’s Cottage, West Putford, North Devon.
Strings, synths and percussion recorded at Chiseldon House, Exeter.
Stratocaster solos recorded by Dan Davies.

Engineered, mixed, produced and mastered by Dave Danielli.
Remastered at Wud Records Studios (uk) 2012.
Remastered again at Wud Records Studios (EU) August 2023.

Originally released 31st July 2002.
First re-release 12th May 2012.
Second re-release 1st September 2023.

Copyright © 2023 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 2000 Explicit Music. 

Fun Facts:
* Another Star in the Sky is dedicated to George’s father, who passed away around the time of its creation.
* He never heard it.
* In the evening of the day when Mr Davies senior died, the sky was cloudy and only one star could be seen.
* Another Star in the Sky was almost named Another Scar in the Sty due to an outburst of mispronunciation.
* This would have been appropriate in some ways, because George (bass) and Dave (drums) were playing in a kick-ass folk band called Pyg at the same time.
* Pyg’s live performances could be a bit hit-or-miss, due to some of the dynamics within the band.
= Some of Pyg’s songs can be heard in the Archives section of the Wud Records website.
* Another Star in the Sky is based around the acoustic guitar part.
* It is in 6/8 time at a sedate 75 BPM.
* The key is G# minor, and it ends on a B major.
* Lucy’s cello copies the acoustic’s melody.
* George’s son Dan helped with the recording of the Stratocaster solos.
* Dan took up playing guitar that day and has now become a fabulous and accomplised player.
* No real horn players could be found at the time, so those parts were played using MIDI.
* The horn parts are actually quite amusing and rather scrappy.
* One of the guitar parts was made by setting the old Marshall to the most horrible sound possible, with maximum overdrive, presence and treble, and no mid or bass.
* The idea for this came from a track by Tindersticks, called Vertrauen II, from their second album.
* Dave was wincing as if to say “This just isn’t gonna work!”
* The part was dropped back in the mix and treated to a little reverb and it was “just right”.
* The idea for the simple yet distinct piano came from a piece George used to play on piano as a boy of about nine.
* It was from Forest Fantasies by Walter Carroll.
* Full details here: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words/another-star-in-the-sky

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/at-least-1000-words/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/another-star-in-the-sky
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words
https://www.discogs.com/release/17114565-Flicker-At-Least-1000-Words
https://www.redbubble.com/people/flickermusic/shop
https://twitter.com/flickermusic
https://www.instagram.com/wudrecords/
https://www.facebook.com/flickermusic
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/pyg-2/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
https://linktr.ee/flickermusic

At Least 1000 Words

Another Star in the Sky

Flicker: Another Star in the Sky

Serendipity by Flicker.
Album: At Least 1000 Words

Music by G. Davies/D. Danielli.

Performers:
George: guitars, synths
Dave: Plank, drums

Project directed by George Davies.

Drums recorded at Clark’s Cottage, West Putford, North Devon.
Strings and synths recorded at Chiseldon House, Exeter.

Engineered, mixed, produced and mastered by Dave Danielli.
Remastered at Wud Records Studios (uk) 2012.
Remastered again at Wud Records Studios (EU) August 2023.

Originally released 31st July 2002.
First re-release 12th May 2012.
Second re-release 1st September 2023.

Copyright © 2023 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1999 Explicit Music. 

Fun Facts:
* After George returned from the Czech Republic to the uk, it was not long before he became involved in the music scene again.
* One of the bands he worked with at that time was Search Party.
* George’s role was sound engineer and manager.
* Soon afterwards the band was signed to indie promotors Masswick.
* Search Party were a favourite band of the party scene from around 1997 onwards.
* Serendipity was inspired by a Search Party song called One Direction
* Serendipity was composed in honour of the band Search Party and their wider entourage.
* A search may lead to serendipity, after all.
* A little Search Party material is available to be heard in the Archives section at the Wud Records website.
* George didn’t have any of the lead guitar part worked out until the record button was pressed.
* Dave’s astonished face when he heard it for the first time was a picture!
* He scratched his head and said “Wow, that’s a completely different tune to the one I thought it was!”
* The backwards acoustic guitar was a substitute for an acid trumpet, a player for which could not be found.
* The lead at the start is handled by Nicodemus with the acoustic and the Ice Maiden doing the rhythm.
* After a time, the electric guitars swap roles.
* The swoopier lead and high notes moves to the Ice Maiden while Nicodemus takes the heavier rhythm.
* The ‘verses’ are an F# major chord rooted on the second fret, with the B and hi-E strings open, then E minor.
* Chords involving fretted notes with harmonics are F#11 and E minor.
* Although Serendipity starts in the key of F# (the very first note is E), it ends on a B minor.
* The tempo is a determined 136 BPM.
* Full details here: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words/serendipity

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/at-least-1000-words/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/serendipity
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words
https://www.discogs.com/release/17114565-Flicker-At-Least-1000-Words
https://www.redbubble.com/people/flickermusic/shop
https://twitter.com/flickermusic
https://www.instagram.com/wudrecords/
https://www.facebook.com/flickermusic
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/search-party/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
https://linktr.ee/flickermusic

Serendipity

Flicker: Serendipity

Aeroplane by Flicker.
Album: At Least 1000 Words

Music by G. Davies/D. Danielli/P. Jones/L. Welsman.

Performers:
George: guitars
Dave: Plank, drums, synth, keys
Lucy: cello

Samples:
thewavplace.com

Project directed by George Davies.

Drums recorded at Clark’s Cottage, West Putford, North Devon.
Strings, percussion and synths recorded at Chiseldon House, Exeter.

Engineered, mixed, produced and mastered by Dave Danielli.
Remastered at Wud Records Studios (uk) 2012.
Remastered again at Wud Records Studios (EU) August 2023.

Originally released 31st July 2002.
First re-release 12th May 2012.
Second re-release 1st September 2023.

Copyright © 2023 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1996 Explicit Music. 

Fun Facts:
* Aeroplane is a guitar piece in a non-standard tuning – DADFCE.
* A man called Hum showed George this tuning at party in Exeter in about 1994 or 1995.
* Lovely as it was, George found it very hard to write something within its confines until late 1996.
* Aeroplane was the first tune George wrote upon moving to Prague, near the Pražského Povstání metro station.
* He says “There wasn’t too much else to do when I first got there, with just an acoustic and the World Service for company.”
* Phil the Fiddle played some lovely soaring thermals during the frequent Doctor Watson performances on Karlov Most.
* When it was time to record Aeroplane, no fiddle player was available.
* Lucy stepped in and did much the same kind of thing on her 150-year-old blonde cello, which shook the whole room with its magnificence.
* George drew inpiration for this piece from his first ever flight, looking down on London and the clouds for the first time.
* He describes the flight as “being on this big metal thing that I couldn’t possibly lift, held in the sky with magic.”
* Aeroplane is dedicated to Jana “Sweet Jane” Koubova, who helped with the Czech language and was George’s first native Czech friend.
* Full details here: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words/aeroplane

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/at-least-1000-words/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/aeroplane
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words
https://www.discogs.com/release/17114565-Flicker-At-Least-1000-Words
https://www.redbubble.com/people/flickermusic/shop
https://twitter.com/flickermusic
https://www.instagram.com/wudrecords/
https://www.facebook.com/flickermusic
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
https://linktr.ee/flickermusic

Video of George playing the acoustic guitar part, with out-takes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuJayOjRlfc

Aeroplane

Flicker: Aeroplane

Week Five by Flicker.
Album: At Least 1000 Words

Music by G. Davies/D. Danielli.

Performers:
George: guitars, samples
Dave: bass, dums, djembe, clave, EDP Wasp 

Samples:
The Prague Metro 1997

Project directed by George Davies.

Drums recorded at Clark’s Cottage, West Putford, North Devon.
Strings, percussion and synths recorded at Chiseldon House, Exeter.

Engineered, mixed, produced and mastered by Dave Danielli.
Remastered at Wud Records Studios (uk) 2012.
Remastered again at Wud Records Studios (EU) August 2023.

Originally released 31st July 2002.
First re-release 12th May 2012.
Second re-release 1st September 2023.

Copyright © 2023 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1996 Explicit Music. 

Fun Facts:
* Week Five is a tune that George wrote around the time of his TESOL course in the spring of 1996.
* It was a four week course, so Week Five is all the stuff that happens to you as a teacher after completing that initial course of training.
* The sound of the train was recorded on the cassette recorder George hauled around Prague for teaching.
* He left it running on a journey from his room at the Hotel Opatov to the office of his school, English House, in Albertov, in order to capture some ambient sounds of the city.
* Week Five is essentially a two-chord tune – F# minor and E.
* The tempo is 135 BPM.
* There are five ‘verses’ to Week Five, one for each week.
* As the piece progresses, each ‘verse’ becomes a little more intense than the previous one.
* The fourth and fifth verses are slightly longer than the first three.
* The fourth week involved a great deal of work, so that deserved an extra few bars.
* The fifth week represents the rest of one’s life after the course is finished, which hopefully is longer than four weeks.
* Week Five is dedicated to the guinea-pig students at Sidmouth International School in Spring 1996 – Sandi, Tammi, Keiko, Myrtle and Dilek, and tutor Vincent, as well as the other trainees, tutors and students.
* A little credit must go to Adi Celestine for defining the ending.
* In a perfect world this tune would have been 5:05 minutes in length.
* 505 was the number of the night bus, or the “magic bus”, that would take George back to Opatov after a night of revelry in Prague.
* The acoustic guitar rhythm gives the tune a train-ish vibe.
* The percussion and latin feel were intended to make the piece appear more cosmopolitan.
* Due to lack of space on the CD, the soundscape at the beginning was drastically curtailed.
* This was a shame as it took ages to make the panning and editing just right.
* Pražského Povstání was chosen because that metro station was very close to where George lived to begin with, before moving out to Opatov.
* Full details here: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words/week-five

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/at-least-1000-words/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/week-five
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words
https://www.discogs.com/release/17114565-Flicker-At-Least-1000-Words
https://www.redbubble.com/people/flickermusic/shop
https://twitter.com/flickermusic
https://www.instagram.com/wudrecords/
https://www.facebook.com/flickermusic
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
https://linktr.ee/flickermusic

Week Five

Flicker: Week Five

Farsight by Flicker.
Album: At Least 1000 Words

Music by G. Davies/D. Danielli/G. Barbe/N. Board.

Performers:
George: guitars, synths, keys, samples
Dave: bass, drums, samples 

Samples:
Maharaj Ji, Jonathan Agnew, stinsv.com

Project directed by George Davies.

Drums recorded at Clark’s Cottage, West Putford, North Devon.
Strings recorded at Chiseldon House, Exeter.

Engineered, mixed, produced and mastered by Dave Danielli.
Remastered at Wud Records Studios (uk) 2012.
Remastered again at Wud Records Studios (EU) August 2023.

Originally released 31st July 2002.
First re-release 12th May 2012.
Second re-release 1st September 2023.

Copyright © 2023 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1995 Explicit Music.

Fun Facts:
* Farsight is the oldest piece on the album At Least 1000 Words.
* It is a piece that George wrote around March 1995, during the days of The Ug Brothers.
* Any recordings of the original have been lost to the vortices of time and the land of refugee cassettes – the Tape Void, as the Ug drummer Graham used to call it.
* Originally there were words for it too.
* These lyrics described the kingdoms of the mind, those inner spaces, places and temples; the mythology of the self that begins in early childhood, a mysterious and magical place that is a sanctuary where only you can go, a place that is reachable in the blink of an eye yet can be so far, far away in space, time and reality.
* This place never really allows any other individual, however close a relationship and understanding they may have with you, ‘access all areas’ – perhaps for the best, as we all need our own castle to retreat to occasionally.
* Farsight is dedicated to that very world that exists within all of us, our private fantasy space, where we go in our dreamtime, and the place from where art comes or is filtered through to us from the farside perhaps, and the zone you are in when you are ‘in the zone’.
* Dave then wrote some other more Ug-like words.
* The only two that can be recalled are “wondering why”.
* The Ug Brothers disbanded before the song was ever performed live.
* This was a great shame as Farsight was one of the band’s collective favourites and one of the last new pieces they worked upon.
* We have been unable to dig up any Ug Brothers recordings of Farsight.
* Natalie, the Ug singer, came up with a vocal melody for the lost lyrics penned by Dave.
* A small fragment of that melody remains, in the very beginning of the lead guitar part, the rest again vanished forever to the realms of nilspace.
* This instrumental version of Farsight seemed to be a convenient resolution.
* In as many ways as possible it is largely true to the original Ug Brothers version.
* The piece begins in G minor but ends in C major and runs at 120 bpm.
* That was exactly the speed of the rhythm of the bridge on the USS Enterprise in the first Star Trek series, a sound which we used from the website www.stinsv.com, and just seemed perfect by its synchronicity.
* As the piece begins you can hear a Klingon door opening, from the same site – to let you in.
* Flicker tried to get the sound of a motor race into the soundscape, but it didn’t work so was left out.
* The percussion is probably not so different from the original played by Graham, again lost to the mists of time.
* Dave certainly delayed coming in with the full drumkit to the exact same point as The Ug Brothers.
* Dave’s beautifully expressive and critically acclaimed bassline, played on the Fender, was what drove and made the piece distinct.
* All the guitar parts are played on the Ice Maiden apart from the lead line, which was recorded using Nicodemus.
* Full details here: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words/farsight

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/
https://www.discogs.com/release/17114565-Flicker-At-Least-1000-Words
https://www.redbubble.com/people/flickermusic/shop
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
https://linktr.ee/flickermusic

Farsight

Flicker: Farsight

Billie Holiday by Goodstaff.

Goodstaff were Silverton’s finest post-punk extreme sports band of the late nineties and early noughties.

Goodstaff were an awesome live band. Besides creating a most joyous hullabaloo on stage, they were visually one of the most interesting bands of their time and sounded unlike any other act in the south west. Many of their songs were about subjects such as snowboarding and the winter sports lifestyle and some of their songs were used on snowboarding videos.

Frontman Ross Martin was the main songwriter and provides all the guitars and main vocals that you can hear, including some rather interesting and unusual stomp-box effects. He played his guitar slung so low you would think that his knuckles must drag along the ground when he walked. Mik E played the keys, sang backing vocals and provided a lot of stage presence and psychotic uber-geek strangeness and digital waveform finery.

Goodstaff had one of the finest rhythm sections around. John Thornhill was an awesome drummer and highly visual, especially during Superstitious White or Black which was mostly in seven time. Ant Barron on five-string bass also had a great stage presence with his facial hair and piercings and numerous coloured contact lenses. He also provided backing vocals and acted superbly as a dry foil to Ross’s on-stage wit.

Despite a couple of years of success playing the south of England and developing a formidable reputation for their live shows, which had a much bigger and far more powerful sound than these recordings, the band ground to a halt when Ross failed to return from a snowboarding holiday in New Zealand. As far as we know, he is still there.

Tracks 1-5 recorded at CrazyCat Studios Exeter.
Mixed by Rick November 1999.
Copyright © Ross Martin and Goodstaff 1999.

Tracks 6-8 recorded and mixed at Torna-K’s studios.
Engineered by J.Burrough.
Mastered by Dave Bliss.
Copyright © Ross Martin and Goodstaff 2000.
6635 Records.
More details can be found at peoplesound.com

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/goodstaff
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Goodstaff

Billie Holiday

Goodstaff: Billie Holiday

Promise the World, from Ride That Fantasy by Recluse.

This is the 2001 album Ride That Fantasy by Devon trio Recluse.

Sadly we have no information accompanying this album called Ride That Fantasy by Recluse, other than the track titles and the name of the band, Recluse.

We are fairly sure that it is Alex Painter on guitar and vocals and writing most of the material, although as to whether or not Chris White and Tim Desmond provide the bass and drums (or more, or less) and other such detail remains largely mysterious. It sounds as if Alex played a baritone guitar, or at least tuned one of his guitars down somewhat, for some of the songs.

We like Recluse a lot and hope its members are still making great music somewhere, somehow.

Recluse were a three piece band from Devon who wrote the most disarmingly haunting and powerful songs. They were three of the most polite and unassuming young men if you met any of them, yet when put on a stage with some instruments to play they produced the most gloriously demonic musical cacophony.

The main songwriter in Recluse was Alex Painter (guitar, vocals) and when he left the area to study music at Salford the band seemed to grind to a halt. This was a great shame as he was one of the most accomplished young rock musicians and composers in Devon. Chris White played bass and Tim Desmond drums to complete the line-up.

As far as we know, the band made just two albums – Propaganda in 2000 and Ride That Fantasy in 2001. We hope you enjoy listening to the music of Recluse as much as we still do, even after all these years.

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/recluse
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/recluse/ride-that-fantasy-2001
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Ride That Fantasy

Promise the World

Recluse: Promise the World

Grain of Sand by Dayglow.
From the Grain of Sand Demo by Dayglow.

Copyright © 2000 Dayglow.

We found this demo amongst our archives and felt it deserved to be shared, along with a somewhat incomplete biographical history of the band Dayglow based on our memories.

First up, it's very important to say that we have no information accompanying the demo CD. All that is written on the CD is 'Dayglow' and 'Grain of Sand'.

So, dear gentlemen of Dayglow, we know not what your names are. We also don't know for sure the names of these tracks, we simply guessed based on what we could hear in the lyrics. If we got it all horribly wrong, please let us know!

Dayglow were without a doubt the most improved band in the Torbay area during the 18 month (or so) period with which we were familiar with that whole scene. The live music scene in Torbay just after the turn of the millenium was fantastic, largely thanks to The Live Stage run by Joe and Mel at The Hideaway and another orange venue before the Hideaway became home for all the live music shenanigans that went on every week.

Dayglow started out as a three-piece grunge band. These recordings are almost certainly from their early days. Their first show was at the orange venue and they played support to another act, possibly Murdock or Kickdown or Outcast or Torna-K, who were all quite big on the scene at the time. Also on the bill were Parafinalia and Goodstaff. Goodstaff played every week and opened the proceedings.

The first Dayglow performance we witnessed was not particularly spectacular, apart from one highly memorable comedy moment. There was a song they tried to play that involved a somewhat twiddly riff on the bass, and during the first three or four attempts the string on which the riff was being played kept popping out of the nut of the bass, so the poor bass player had to replace it and try again.

After several attempts, the guitarist, singer and frontman of Parafinalia stepped up to hold the recalcitrant string in position, and continued to do so for the remainder of the rendition of that particular number. He held it in place rather firmly, effectively putting a massive bend on the whole string, so it was entirely out of tune with the rest of the band. The two of them cavorted awkwardly around the stage in a weird comical dance, like conjoined twins in a 19th century cabaret or two wounded beetles trying bravely to reproduce. The few of us that noticed what was going on found it hilarious. At the end of the song, the assistant was warmly thanked and Dayglow continued with their set.

Dayglow played the Hideaway two or three more times after that, each performance better than the previous as the band grew tighter and more accomplished as they gained experience. The last time we saw them they had grown to a four-piece having added a second guitarist. This latest performance was fantastic and the band probably had the best sound of any performance anybody ever gave at any of the Live Stage shows we remember.

There was one other thing that was rather striking about Dayglow. Their bass player was ludicrously tall. There were several extremely tall bass players for some reason at that time on that scene, and Dayglow's was probably the tallest.

We hope you enjoy these tracks.

*** JANUARY 2022 UPDATE !! ***

The following information was provided to us by Myke, the band’s drummer.

Performers:
Ross Sanders – Vox & Guitar
Myke Heath – Drums
Will Little – Bass (yep an ironic name for a bloke who is 6ft 4” tall)

Later on Rob Duncan joined Dayglow on guitar and eventually the band changed their name to After The Blackout.

Myke and Ross carried on together with another band, which was a continued evolution of Dayglow, called Drawn On Empty Faces. That lasted until 2009, when Ross gave up on playing music.

Myke is still playing and writing with a band called Fabulous Weapons, which you can listen to by clicking here:
https://soundcloud.com/user-480179699

Grain of Sand

Dayglow: Grain of Sand

Project Terminated by Dark Company.
From CD 1, 'SNAFU', of the triple CD album 'A for Acronym'.

PROJECT TERMINATED
Crimson schizoid hollow man
Twenty first century airport scan
Marked flood upon the shore
Apocalyptic foreign war
Greed has come and the money’s gone
Now we pay for others' wrongs

Atlas says he’s getting tired
The trouble is he can’t be fired
More and more the souls pile on
Already things begin to go wrong
The prophecies of theosophy
Says voices shout “You’re killing me”

Let me tell you of all my fears
You got to listen so you can hear
I worry when I seem to know
More than that they say is so
Truth is thought no longer right
“Certainly” becomes “maybe”, “might”

Nostradamus said so much
Reached from history with his touch
He spoke of the end of the human race
Now it’s staring us in the face
We can no longer steer the ship
It’s gone too far to stop the trip

Lyrics by P. Greatorex January 12th 2011.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex

This arrangement by Dark Company.
Copyright © 2011 D & G Music/Explicit Music.

Cover Art:
“Give It All You've Got!” by Peter Greatorex.
See: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex-gallery-2/

Performers:
‘Speedy’ Pete Greatorex – vocals
Barry Bridges – guitar
Maxx Damage – bass
Sven Stiglund – drums

Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.

FUN FACTS:
* Pete bought a funny purple plastic loudhailer toy from Maplins on the way to the studio one day.
* He proclaimed, among other things, "Project Terminated!" into it a few times, on its most Daleky setting, which was tremendous fun.
* The lyrics for this song were written 12th January 2011.
* This was another of the most stand-out and immediate demo tracks.
* Zakk has not yet recorded his guitar part for this song.
* The guitar is not quite in tune, sadly.
* Barry's guitar is in standard tuning, tuned down to D standard.
* That makes the key of the song C.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/a-for-acronym-cd-1-snafu/
https://linktr.ee/dark.company
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/a-for-acronym/project-terminated

A for Acronym CD 1: SNAFU

Project Terminated

Dark Company: Project Terminated (demo)

Committed by Dark Company.
From CD 1, 'SNAFU', of the triple CD album 'A for Acronym'.

COMMITTED
Play strange games with what makes you real
What you need to close the deal
In weird ideas the difference is there
But there is no one to really care
To peculiar needs you have to succumb
Or you'll never do what needs to be done

You'll see scenery you don't understand
Just a desert with peculiar sand
You'll see tunnels without any ends
Filled with messages that no one sends

Think odd thoughts about where you have gone
Chase the memories lingering on
In some places are wonders that walk
Stones that fly, walls that talk
To these visions your mind commits
There in your head the knowledge it sits

You'll see scenery you don't understand
Just a desert with peculiar sand
You'll see tunnels without any ends
Filled with messages that no one sends

Porcelain pictures of mantle decor
That is all they can be for
In hidden shades the secrets they sit
But that is where hammer blows hit
And weird ideas are given birth
Grown in the richness of your earth

You'll see scenery you don't understand
Just a desert with peculiar sand
You'll see tunnels without any ends
Filled with messages that no one sends

Play strange games with what makes you real
What you need to close the deal
In weird ideas the difference is there
But there is no one to really care
To peculiar needs you have to succumb
Or you'll never do what needs to be done

You'll see scenery you don't understand
Just a desert with peculiar sand
You'll see tunnels without any ends
Filled with messages that no one sends

Lyrics by P. Greatorex 9th December 2010.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex.

This arrangement by Dark Company.
Copyright © 2010 D & G Music/Explicit Music.

Cover Art:
“Holes in My Reality 2” by Peter Greatorex.
See: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex-gallery-2/

Performers:
‘Speedy’ Pete Greatorex – lead vocal
Zakk Black – guitars, vocal
Maxx Damage – bass
Sven Stiglund – drums

Vocals and rhythm guitar recorded at Wud Records Studio One, Exeter, 2015.
Everything else recorded at Wud Records Studio One, Europe, 2020.
Engineered, mixed and produced at Wud Records Studio One, Central Europe, 2024.

Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.

Fun Facts:
* The lyrics for this song were written 9th December 2010.
* This is a song that Pete never sang a proper studio version of and his vocals were lifted from the demo and cleaned up a bit.
* Well, quite a lot actually. 🙂
* It was during the editing of this track that the main studio computer suddenly decided to mangle itself beyond all recognition, causing weeks of delay and expensive replacement parts to be bought.
* Fortunately no data was lost due to our cunning back-up strategies.
* When we made the original demo of this song, it just had a chugging guitar to keep Pete in key and on time.
* In the demo version the bass continued on for a time after the vocal and guitar, playing the gappy riff and the rhythms.
* The ‘chug’ was replaced here by the twin lead parts, which together with the bass make up the major and minor triads that form the original chord progression (more or less).
* The original had an electronic kit which needs to make a reappearance somewhere.
* The lyric to this suggests the perspective of an older person looking back at his life and the pains associated with that.
* Perhaps the older we become, the better we can relate.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/a-for-acronym-cd-1-snafu/
https://linktr.ee/dark.company
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/a-for-acronym/committed

Committed

Dark Company: Committed (alpha mix)

Helping Hands by Dark Company.
From CD 1, 'SNAFU', of the triple CD album 'A for Acronym'.

HELPING HANDS
Rhyming time in vacuumed lines
I hear the verses soaring
On angels' breath the words of death
Like fingers they’re exploring
I feel the beat of racing wings
I understand all these things
Yet they are gone by morning

Dreaming scenes in deadbeat schemes
All are on back burners
Spirit words that just I heard
Said all the souls are learners
I know the touch of tender love
I also know it’s not enough
You need the ground that’s firmer

Corporate kings and financial things
Beyond our understanding
You can’t own the open sky
Not even by demanding
I like to think of hands in prayer
Though they’re just another layer
No one is left commanding

Livid sky mirrored in my eye
White cloud billows floating
When I look round there is no sound
The silence it is choking
Oh see me, hear me, give me signs
Let me feel them in my mind
Tell me, lead me to Heaven’s end
Where all that’s left is hoping
Where all that’s left is hoping
Where all that’s left is hoping
Where all that’s left is hoping

Lyrics by P. Greatorex 27th January 2013.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex.

Copyright © 2013 D & G Music/Explicit Music.

Cover Art:
“Hand Held” by Peter Greatorex
See: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex-gallery-3/

Performers:
‘Speedy’ Pete Greatorex – lead vocal
Zakk Black – guitars
Maxx Damage – bass
Sven Stiglund – drums

Vocals and rhythm guitar recorded at Wud Records Studio One, Exeter, 2015.
Everything else recorded at Wud Records Studio One, Europe, 2020.
Engineered, mixed and produced at Wud Records Studio One, Central Europe, 2024.

Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.

FUN FACTS:
* This is a song that Pete never sang a proper studio version of.
* His vocals were lifted from the very rough demo and cleaned up a bit.
* Well, quite a lot actually. :)
* This song is a piece of classic rock in a Britpop style.
* It is in the key of E at 91 BPM.
* All the guitars were played on Nicodemus, with a big painful hole in the thumb of the player.
* The chords in the verses are E B E C#m A E F# A Am6 E.
* In the third verse Pete (accidentally) introduces an unexpected key-change.
* There the chords are E B E Ebm G# Ebm F# A Am6 E.
* The chords in the instrumental section are E C/G D/A.
* Right at the very end it is E C7 E.
* The bass part from the last verse to the end is far more challenging to play than it sounds
* This produced a surprised "Huh? How did THAT happen?!" face on the player.
* Helping Hands is one of those magikal Dark Company songs that can invoke goosebumps in the listener, perhaps slightly surprisingly.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/a-for-acronym-cd-1-snafu/
https://linktr.ee/dark.company
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/a-for-acronym/helping-hands

Helping Hands

Dark Company: Helping Hands (demo)

Conspiracy by Dark Company.
From CD 1, 'SNAFU', of the triple CD album 'A for Acronym'.

CONSPIRACY
Sticks of certain sizes
Propped against the walls
Measuring the sunlight
As down on us it falls
Stoney lonesome statues
Rising from the ground
Hidden in the woods and sand
They speak without a sound

Coral babies reefshine
Growing through the sea
Hiding cunning fishes
Hiding away from me
I caught the careful current
That eddies through the town
I use a Baja surfboard
So I can get around

Sleeping fabled monsters
Waking just to eat
Scooping all the brains out
Of every skull they meet
Chalking up the numbers
On cave wall lists of stone
To be re-found down the ages
On the world called home

Every ancient people
Have legends of the stars
Of those who came to visit
And made us what we are
Every race and tribe does have
Symbols for the Gods
That came down from the Heavens
In living breathing pods

Lyrics by P. Greatorex 10th July 2010.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex.

This arrangement by Dark Company.
Copyright © 2010 D & G Music/Explicit Music.

Cover Art:
“Species 4” by Peter Greatorex.
See: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex-gallery-7/

Performers:
‘Speedy’ Pete Greatorex – vocals
Zakk Black - guitars
Josh Reynes - synthesizers
Maxx Damage – bass
Sven Stiglund – drums

Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.

FUN FACTS:
* The lyrics for this song were written 10th July 2010.
* This is a song that Pete never sang a proper studio version of.
* His vocals were lifted from the very rough demo and cleaned up a bit.
* Well, quite a lot actually. :)
* Dark Company never got a full take of Pete's vocal for this.
* We are hoping to find someone with the right kind of voice to fill in the gaps.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/a-for-acronym-cd-1-snafu/
https://linktr.ee/dark.company
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/a-for-acronym/conspiracy

Conspiracy

Dark Company: Conspiracy (alpha mix)

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