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These are the Top 20 Most Played Tracks from Wud Records at SoundCloud in 2018.

We hope there are some you like! Thanks very much for your support. \,,/(^_^)\,,/

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wanted to put this out for now,
im still working on it but felt like its time for a demo.

dirty hands demo.mp3

Appalachian Verdict

Lucia Santos (Vocais, guitarra, baixo e bateria eletronica)

2024

Perda De Tempo

Strange Town

My remix and master of The Western Den performed live at Telefunken Studios.
All audio files have been engineered and recorded by TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik and are presented for educational and demonstrational purposes only.

The Western Den- Like You Do (Live) KRB Mix MP3

Seeing, We Should by Dark Company.

Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex.

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

Recorded and engineered at Wud Records Studio Four.

Performers:
Vocals, keys - PJ Speed
Percussion - Sven Stiglund
Arrangement - Dark Company

SEEING, WE SHOULD
Night winds touch every part of me
Breathing black I start to see
The medallion of my mind’s delight
I pull it in, tied up tight
Fishing rod forearm down in the pool
Refraction bending this school of fools
I pick up the looking glass hideaway
Listening to the ad-men having their say
This chunk of glass in a telescope tube
Magnifies the insults of bitter food
I see I can really walk right past
I don’t wanna be first, I don’t wanna be last
Everybody seems to be pale and too thin
Skeleton manners come walking right in
This shop, that shop, they sell you your life
Minute after minute until you die

And I, and I, and I, and I
Find anarchy in other eyes
I, and I, and I, and I
Find anarchy in other eyes
And I, and I, and I, and I
Find anarchy in other eyes
I, and I, and I, and I
Find anarchy in other eyes

Fun Facts:
This song is completely arhythmic and was created using an assortment of synth samples and odd sounds, such as keys being rattled.
Once all of the various parts had been created, including the recording of the vocals, they were arranged by the band.
Despite various attempts to remake this using modern recording equipment, it was not possible to reproduce the strange and sinister atmosphere of the original.
Synths used included an old Korg monosynth and the original keyboard used by Alien Heat.

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/benign-inquisition
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/benign-inquisition/seeing-we-should
twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Benign Inquisition

Seeing, We Should

Dark Company: Seeing, We Should (original)

Moonpath by Flicker.
Album: At Least 1000 Words

Music by G. Davies/D. Danielli.    

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

Project directed by George Davies.

Drums recorded at The Old Mill Studios, Thorverton.
Recording engineer: Greg Daniels
Strings, synths and percussion 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 ℗ 2000 Explicit Music.

Fun Facts:
* After dark, when the moon is low in the sky, it makes a beautiful shiny road to itself all the way along the top of the sea.
* The moon always looks so beautiful on the sea at Sidmouth, where Flicker and their friends used to go.
* Sidmouth is bang in the centre of Lyme Bay, and the sea looks so big.
* The moonpath there was even better before all the breakwaters were built.
* The guitar parts for Moonpath were all played using the Ice Maiden, which is double tracked left and right.
* The rhythm guitar was the origin of the track and carries the melody as well.
* The tempo is 138 BPM and the key is C# minor.
* There are many hybrid chords involving fretted notes and harmoonics.
* Moonpath ends up on a B.
* Full details here: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words/moonpath

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/moonpath
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

At Least 1000 Words

Moonpath

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Flicker: Moonpath

That's No Way to Pay a Bodyguard by Wud

Words and music by George Davies.
Recorded and produced by Ian Dent at Daylight Recording Studios, Honiton.
Remastered at Wud Records Studio One.

Copyright © 1985 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1983 Explicit Music.

Performers:
Ken Staple – voices
George Davies – guitars

THAT’S NO WAY TO PAY A BODYGUARD
Well there’s whisky on the shelf
What are you running from?
Do you know if you’re coming or going?
Well I have got an idea
You’ll need someone to look after you
Just like I know that I can do

And you know that’s not what I want from you
And you know it’s over when the day is through

Well that’s no way to pay a bodyguard
I don’t want to be tied down
And I am so afraid of you
Because I know just what you can do

And you know that’s not what I want from you
And you know it’s over when the day is through

Fun Facts:
This song in the key of Am was written a few days after George spent a day in the Stokeinteignhead music studio of a friend of his father’s.
Said friend of father played the two chords that begin the song as he tested that the necessary things were all on.
Having never seen the second chord before, George thought “Aha!”, although he spent most of the day fiddling with the rather magnificent organ and all its sounds and buttons and levers.
The instrumental section that goes C-Bb-F-G-Am-Em-Bm-Dm originally had some lyrics that made a chorus that spoke of such things as sheep, fields, grass and the relative merits of the colours thereof.
These were soon dropped due to being too silly.
Fairly near the start of this version George almost makes a right mess of the lead guitar - again - but just about manages to get away with it.
It’s take 3407, or thereabouts.
The guitar used for this song was a Westone Paduak, which has subsequently seen a fair amount of action over the years and now lives at Cliff’s house.
The sound of the guitar was never really quite right on this recording.
It sounded much better when played through an Electric Mistress and a proper amplifier.
This version also misses the drums and bass guitar.
Ken is extremely restrained in the performance.
The title of this song was too long for the eventual cassette that was produced, and was truncated to simply Bodyguard.
This song was something a campfire favourite amongst the Wud posse.

See also:
www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/wudtheband
www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/wud/daylight-demo/thats-no-way-to-pay-a-bodyguard
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/daylight-demo
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Daylight Demo

That's No Way to Pay a Bodyguard

Wud: That's No Way to Pay a Bodyguard (DD)

Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/J. Willmot.
Recorded, engineered and mixed at Silent Running Studios Exeter 1992-3.
Remastered at Wud Records Studio One.

Copyright © 1993 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1992 D & G Music/Explicit Music.

Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals
George Davies – guitars, sequencing
Jeff Willmot – bass, sequencing

MEDICINES
I can see that dark-set face
Hands crawl by fingering fate
Parsely, sage, rosary of time
Herbs to heal the modern mind
A wounded lover with a clockspring heart
Hears not the Heavens only metal stars
Drinks the liquor of certain flowers
Is released from lust to count the hours
There inside a secret garden
There inside a secret garden

Night’s sweet hush is for us all
No creeping thing is too small
Wings and webs a mottled map
Dawn will take the empties back
A solo soldier with a gunmetal head
Hears only the music of the marching dead
Drinks the liquor of certain flowers
Is released from lust to count the hours
There inside a secret garden
There inside a secret garden

Writhing vines climb the hill
Where we stand so very still
Columbine perfumed dark
The whitest flowers an eternal spark
A parish priest with a Bibled mouth
Speaks unnoticed of God and Doubt
Drinks the liquor of certain flowers
Is released from lust to count the hours
There inside a secret garden
There inside a secret garden 

Fun facts:
This song is in the key of A#.
George plays the guitar parts on the Ice Maiden.
Jeff played his bassline into the S900.
When Pete sang the melody to George for the first time it took him ages to decide which of the multitude of different possibilities to go with.
There are two simultaneous guitar solos at the start of the song, both of which were recorded on the first take.
Pete was initially sceptical about the whispered vocal.
Various acoustic versions of this later appeared with the song transposed down to A.
It was performed by The Bastard Sons of Dennis and Dr Watson and used as a teaching resource by George in his TEFL classes.
Some of the bassdrum and snare parts were recorded by randomly bashing keys and then quantising.
It produced some remarkably pleasing results.

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/rage-in-heaven
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/rage-in-heaven/medicines
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Rage in Heaven

Medicines

Dark Company: Medicines

Won't You Come Around My Way by Rough Terrain

Lyrics by G. Davies.
Music by G. Davies/D. Bouget/J. Peirce/A. Richardson.

Engineered, mixed and produced by Paul Bateman.
Recorded at Daylight Recording Studios, Honiton, summer 1988.
Remastered at Wud Records Studios 2010. 

Copyright © 1988 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1986 Explicit Music.

Performers:
Andy Richardson - vocals
George Davies – guitars, vocals
Jerry Peirce - fretless bass, vocals
Danny Bouget - drums, percussion, vocals

WON'T YOU COME AROUND MY WAY
Well I’ve come around here and I ain’t doing much
Just paying a visit to keep in touch
After a while I try the upstairs flat
There’s nothing to say when we’ve run out of chat

Well I knock on the door of this guy I hardly know
And he greets me
I stay for a while then I’m wanting to go
But this other guy’s got something on his knee
What could that be…?!

Won’t you come around my way
Won’t you come around my way
Won’t you come around my way
Won’t you come around my way

There’s four of us here, we’re not saying a word
One’s looking out of the window
We’re sitting around and we can hear the sounds
Of music on the stereo
And rustling…

Won’t you come around my way
Won’t you come around my way
Won’t you come around my way
Won’t you come around my way

Won’t you come around my way
Won’t you come around my way
Won’t you come around my way
Won’t you come around my way
Won’t you come around my way
Won’t you come around my way
Won’t you come around my way
Won’t you come around my way

I hear a click and I see a spark so I turn around
In the centre of a cloud of smoke
I see a man with a big grin on his face
And who can blame him

Won’t you come around my way
Won’t you come around my way
Won’t you come around my way
Won’t you come around my way

Fun Facts:
Originally this song started with just the whole tone scale ascending and diminished scale descending, then went into the main riff of the song.
The bluesy jam was invented mostly by Danny just for fun and Rough Terrain kept it.
Jerry’s fretless bass was known as the Stretched Cat.
The whole band contributed to the vocals of this song, with Andy and Danny singing the harmonies.
This version sounds somewhat unlike the live version of the song that Rough Terrain performed as there was no acoustic guitar or extra percussion parts involved on stage and the sound was more raucous.
The acoustic guitar belonged to Daylight Studios and was a Fender with seriously heavy strings.
The ‘Oh Lord’ parts were entirely Andy’s doing on the day and never part of the original plan for the song.
These days those parts make him cringe.
This song can claim the gratuitous usage of a 13th chord - B13 in fact.

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/rough-terrain
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/rough-terrain/daylight-demo/wont-you-come-around-my-way
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/wont-you-come-around-my-way
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Won't You Come Around My Way

Rough Terrain: Won't You Come Around My Way

Live Cover of the Gorillaz Feel Good Inc. Performed at Duke St studios recorded by Meirion Townsend 

Feel Good Inc.

Born by Alchemeon, from Alchemeon Live In Session Winter 2008-09.

* Born is in the key of E minor.
* It was first performed by Laughing Sun in 1985.
* There are many changes of tempo throughout, some subtle, some not.
* One of the changes that Jim introduced was replacing two of the B minors with G majors during the main ascending theme.
* The main ascending theme is ten bars long, four measures of 2.5 bars.
* This version has slightly mangled audio to start on the right hand side but it sorts itself out before long when the beats kick in.
* Pok plays Marsha, a pale gold 1985 Ibanez Roadstar II.

BORN
Can she see?
Will she be?
Saintly lady by the water
Faintly fiery fisher’s daughter

And you see nothing is as it is
Nothing is as it ought to be
And you see it’s back to where we began
Back so far you’re out in front again…

It’s time.

Born – you were meant to be
Born – into the family
Born – we were meant to be
Born – into the family

Words and music by Simon Miller.
This arrangement by S. Miller/G. Davies/J. Peters/Iggy.

Performers:
Pok the Bard – guitar and voice
Jim Iz – keys and voice
Iggy – drums and percussion
George – bass and technicals

This version recorded live at Depot X, Exeter, 12th December 2008.
Cassette salvage and remastering at Wud Records Studio One, 2018.

Cover illustration by Pok the Bard.
Graphic design by Sam James.

Released August 23, 2018
Original release date: 15th January 2009

Copyright © 2018 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1985 Pok Songs/Explicit Music.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alchemeon/
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alchemeon/alchemeon-lyrics/born
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-spring-2009
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-winter-2008-09
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Live In Session Winter 2008-09

Born

Alchemeon: Born

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

A for Acronym CD 1: SNAFU

Helping Hands

Dark Company: Helping Hands (demo)

Lyrics by The Bummers.
Music by Sean Doyle and Fox Capone.
Sean Doyle - rhythm guitars, vocals
Ben Shooter - lead and rhythm guitars, vocals
Clay Hakes - bass
Fox Capone - drums

Engineered by Michael O'Keefe at Record Office Records, New Orleans LA and by The Bummers at Nut Milk Recordings, New Orleans LA.
Mixed and mastered by John Naclerio at Nada Recordings, Montgomery NY.

Art by Tim Dimmock.

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ACTIVE ARTISTS:
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LEGACY ARTISTS:
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Dark Company: Seeing, We Should (original)

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