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June 2017 Top Ten Tracks

Back to the garden

These are the Top 20 Most Played Tracks from Wud Records at SoundCloud in 2017.

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http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/wud-records-20-played-tracks-2017/

20 Most Played Tracks of 2017

These are the Top 20 Most Played Tracks from Wud Records at SoundCloud in 2015.

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20 Most Played Tracks of 2015

Here are our Top 10 tracks for December 2015 on SoundCloud and Bandcamp.
Only you can influence next month's chart, so if you hear something you like, keep playing it!
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December 2015 Top Ten Tracks

Here are our Top 10 tracks for November 2015 on SoundCloud and Bandcamp.
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November 2015 Top Ten Tracks

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Sweet Georgia Brown: Fingerstyle guitar with a side of Squirrel

Party Man by Now.

Music and lyrics by Mark Drower.

Copyright © 1982 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1982 MGD Music/Explicit Music.

Musicians:
Mark Drower – vocals, acoustic guitar
Jon Kneebone – drums, percussion
George Davies – lead guitar

Also present but not plugged in:
Pok
Pete Rippin

PARTY MAN
I’m a Party Man
I live in squares
I move by threes and fours
Well I can say and do almost anything
Big Brother’s word is law

Believe me I’m a Party Man
Through and through
They own me to the core
Well I can read your thoughts, believe you me
Big Brother’s word is law

Believe me I’m a Party Man
Or so you’ll find
Plus good and the best
Well we’ll kill you and all your kind
Remove you like the rest

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be
B.B. without end
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be
B. B. – Amen

I’m a Party Man
I live in squares
I move by threes and fours
Well I can say and do almost anything
Big Brother’s word is law

Believe me I’m a Party Man
Through and through
They own me to the core
Well I can read your thoughts, believe you me
Big Brother’s word is law

Believe me we’re all Party Men
Or so you’ll find
Plus good and the best
Well we’ll kill you and all your kind
Remove you like the rest

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be
B.B. without end
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be
B. B. – Amen
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be
B.B. without it
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be
B. B. – Amen

We’re all Party Men
We live in squares
We move by threes and fours
Well we can say and do almost anything
Big Brother’s word is law

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be
B.B. without end
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be
B. B. – Amen
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be
B.B. without end
Without end

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/now/inauguration
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/now/inauguration/party-man
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Inauguration

03/10/1982

Now: Party Man

Don't Even Try by Clonk!

Lyrics by E. Williams.
Music by E. Williams/G. Davies.
This arrangement by E. Williams/G. Davies/J. Ings/A. McGill.

Recorded, engineered and produced by Joe Ings and Amy McGill.

Copyright © 2003 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 2003 E & G Music/Explicit Music.

Performers:
Emma Williams - voices
George Davies - guitars, bass
Joe Ings - slide guitar, synths, drum programming
Any McGill - synths, drum programming

DON’T EVEN TRY
A lifestyle change in a shooting range
A tightened vein tastes like cheap champagne
It’s hard to find such a troubled mind
So don’t even try

A screaming ear hears it’s oh so near
A comforting hand in another land
Will no doubt betray and it’s so far away
So don’t even try, don’t even try

Oh so likely it’s just another phase
You had to so much you just forget to read through
Small print that always follows satisfaction
Confession erection obsession
Take your mind off all you thought before
Take one step outside your closet door
You know most things aren’t worth waiting for
So don’t try, don’t try
Don’t even try

You’re stuck in a rut and you make a cut
A slice of a knife isn’t much of a life
So don’t even try, don’t even try
Don’t even try

Fun Facts:
This song is in the key of Dm and the guitar part is played using a drop-D tuning.
Don’t Even Try was performed as a live acoustic number on many occasions by George and Emma at various open mic events.

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/clonk
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/clonk/clonk-lyrics/dont-even-try
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Demo

Don't Even Try

Clonk!: Don't Even Try

Colt 44 by Dark Company, from the album Benign Inquisition.

*** demo/work-in-progress ***

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

Copyright © 2015 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 2000 Explicit Music.

Recorded and engineered at Wud Records Studio One.

Performers:
Vocals - PJ Speed
Guitars - Zak Black
Keys - Josh Reynes
Bass - Maxx Damage
Drums - Sven Stiglund

COLT 44
Desdemona was a loner
Trouble was no-one had told her
What would be right
What would see right
What would come up and tap her on the shoulder

I see Lily kinda silly
Her icy stare was oh so chilly
Does she know it
Will she blow it
Does she see she’s got to show it

Ladies with long barrelled guns
Ladies with long barrelled guns
Ladies with long barrelled guns
Ladies with long barrelled guns, ah ah ah

Yeah Rebecca gotta connect her
Move the levers that will select her
Is she lying
Is she sighing
Is she saying you must protect her

Ladies with long barrelled guns
Ladies with long barrelled guns
Ladies with long barrelled guns
Ladies with long barrelled guns, ah ah ah

Esmerelda what was it held her
Does she think one day they'd sell her
Can she stay there
Just like lay there
Is she waiting for you to tell her

Ladies with long barrelled guns
Ladies with long barrelled guns
Ladies with long barrelled guns
Ladies with long barrelled guns, ah ah ah
Ladies with long barrelled guns
Ladies with long barrelled guns
Ladies with long barrelled guns
Ladies with long barrelled guns, ah ah ah

Fun Facts:
This song is in the key of Cm and is 136BPM.
The Plank was tuned down to Bb-Eb-Ab-Db to make things sound super-low.
Despite the cold icy bleak beauty of this song, we can reassure the listener that this particular tale had a happy ending a few years later.

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/benign-inquisition
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/benign-inquisition/colt-44
twitter.com/#!/Dark_Company
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Benign Inquisition

Colt 44

Dark Company: Colt 44 (alpha mix)

Asylum Child by Dark Company, from the album Alien Heat.

Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/J. Willmot/R. Holloway/M. Greatorex/G. Barbe.

Copyright © 2021 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1989 Explicit Music/Pig Pen Music.

Sequenced at Silent Running Studios, Exeter, by G. Davies and J. Willmot 1992.

Performers:
Vocals - PJ Speed
Guitars - Zak Black
Bass - Maxx Damage

ASYLUM CHILD
Dangerous decision to think before you talk
Might find you’re saying something and making people bored
Listen to the airwaves, gibberish is king
Communication breakdown don’t mean a god-damn thing

Thinking is like blinking with soap upon your eye
It hurts like hell when you do it first but you surely will not die
Read a paper, see the news, the facts are there to see
If that’s the case I wanna leave, this place is not for me

Confusion – wait, wait a minute
Delusion is gripping us with its force
Using blindness as its source
Fusion is hot-wired up to talk
It’s hot-wired up to talk

Can’t afford to breathe the air
I can’t afford the fare
God is in the biggest bank
And we’re happy with him there
Can’t afford to breathe the air
I can’t afford the fare
God is in the biggest bank
His money’s everywhere

There is a secret garden but we’ve forgotten how to look
We’re ace in space and swapping hearts, we’re taught to cook the books
Money jungle, first-fuck fumble, do everything in cars
The sheriff is shot, they bombed the lot, we can’t eat but we can go to Mars

Test tube life new recipe technology disease
The joke’s on us, we missed the bus, there ain’t no money in peace
Dangerous decision to think before you talk
Might find you’re saying something and making people bored

Confusion – wait, wait a minute
Delusion is gripping us with its force
Using blindness as its source
Fusion is hot-wired up to talk
It’s hot-wired up to talk

Can’t afford to breathe the air
I can’t afford the fare
God is in the biggest bank
And we’re happy with him there
Can’t afford to breathe the air
I can’t afford the fare
God is in the biggest bank
His money’s everywhere

Fun Facts:
Asylum Child was originally written and performed by Alien Heat.
George studied Graham’s original drum parts and programmed them into the sequencer.
Jeff then added the percussion.
Richard programmed the original keyboard sounds himself and these are approximated on the studio synths.
We tend to feel that they did a reasonable job.
During the keyboard breaks between verses one and two, and verses three and four, the bass plays five beats, then four, then three, then two, then two.
This song is in the key of C#m and the tempo is 120 BPM.
When Marc was quickly noting down a list of songs, this one came out as ‘Assy Kid’.
'Communication Breakdown' refers to the Led Zeppelin song and a time when music was played by humans using musical instruments, rather than by programmed machines.

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/alien-heat-2
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/alien-heat/asylum-child
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alien-heat
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/asylum-child
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/asylum-child-2
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/

Email: darkcompany@wudrecords.co.uk

Alien Heat

Asylum Child

Dark Company: Asylum Child (beta mix)

Abnormal by Dark Company, from the album Alien Heat.

Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/J. Willmot/R. Holloway/M. Greatorex/G. Barbe/P. Jones.

Copyright © 2015 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1989 Explicit Music/Pig Pen Music.

Sequenced at Silent Running Studios, Exeter, by G. Davies and J. Willmot 1992.

Performers:
Vocals - PJ Speed
Guitars - Zak Black
Bass - Maxx Damage

ABNORMAL
Have you got a compass
Do you know where you are
Starless and Bible Black
But you hear guitars
Light years away but they’re there
And I can tell you where
Where, where, where

Have you got a problem
With finding the sun
Heart stopped and blinded
Hearing melodies run
Light years away but they’re there
And I can show you where
Where, where, where

Abnormal, unforgivingly
Already warmed up
We’ve come to set you free
But there is a payment for reality
Unless you wanna wait
For Hell to freeze

Will you want a pilot
Will you want a fast plane
Ground-bound and lonely
Chained to a refrain
Light years away but it’s there
And I can tell you where
Where, where, where

Will you sign agreement
Will you pay for your soul
Godless and friendless
Down on Echo Road
Light years away but I’m there
And I can show you where
Where, where, where

Abnormal, unforgivingly
Already warmed up
We’ve come to set you free
But there is a payment for reality
Unless you wanna wait
For Hell to freeze

Fun Facts:
Abnormal was originally written and performed by Alien Heat.
It was the very first song that the whole Alien Heat band created together.
Abnormal was composed by five blokes squeezed into a small bedroom in Topsham Road, Exeter on a particularly rainy November afternoon in 1989.
George studied Graham’s original drum parts and programmed them into the sequencer.
Jeff then added the extra percussion parts.
The bassline in this recording is an amalgamation of Marc’s original bassline and Jeff’s subsequent bassline, both of which we loved.
Richard programmed the original keyboard sounds himself and these are approximated on the studio synths, which we tend to feel did a reasonably good job.
The guitar solo at the end before the swoops, howls and feedback had contributions from Jeff and from Phil the Fiddle.
Phil’s contributions were from when this song was performed in Prague by Doctor Watson.
Pete would always try to stick his head as far as it would possibly go into the speakers of George's cab when the feedback and howling started.
This song is in the key of F#m, the other chord being Em.
The tempo is 124 BPM.
The original version of the song suddenly and inexplicably broke into some different chords at the end.
The updated ending retains the bi-chordal simplicity of the rest of the song.

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/alien-heat-2
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/alien-heat/abnormal
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alien-heat
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/abnormal
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/abnormal-2
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/

Email: darkcompany@wudrecords.co.uk

Abnormal

Dark Company: Abnormal (beta mix)

Welcome to the Family by Flicker.
Album: At Least 1000 Words

Music by G. Davies/D. Danielli/F. Zoboki/A. Celestine. 

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

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:
* George had made friends with a Hungarian man called Floyd who showed him a new chord from a Portuguese sea shanty.
* The mystery chord is Bm11b5.
* It is played by holding the A and G strings on the second fret with the first and second fingers, and the D and B strings on the third fret using the third and fourth fingers, with the hi-E open and the lo-E muted.
* The other two chords in the song were A minor and E.
* When George was headhunted by the MD of the company Floyd worked for, Floyd gave him a copy of Mario Puzzo’s book The Godfather, and wrote ‘Welcome to the family!’ inside the front cover.
* Obviously this piece could have no other name.
* Welcome to the Family is in the key of A minor.
* The tempo for this tune is 98.0035 BPM.
* Emma recorded an extra part on the keys that was not used in the end.
* The Stratocaster enters to play rhythm on the second verse.
* The Ice Maiden takes the twin lead parts at the end.
* Some trombone was also planned, but there were no players around at the time, so the final mix remains without it.
* Full details here: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words/welcome-to-the-family

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/welcome-to-the-family
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

Welcome to the Family

Download

Flicker: Welcome to the Family

Beautiful Wings by Flicker.
Album: At Least 1000 Words

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

Performers:
George: guitar, synths, samples
Dave: Plank, drums
Lucy: cello, keys
Emma: flute

Samples:
hollywoodedge.com, The Double Locks Hotel Exeter, the nature and wildlife of Sidmouth.

Project directed by George Davies.

Drums recorded at Clark’s Cottage, West Putford, North Devon.
Strings, synths and flute 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:
* Black Sabbath once told us that fairies wear boots.
* Flicker can confirm that this is absolutely true.
* There was once a Very Naughty Fairy who had the most beautiful wings.
* One day George played her this tune.
* She didn’t like it, so she flew away, leaving a sparkly trail behind her.
* George’s girlfriend at the time often wore fairy wings.
* If she walked past something and brushed her wings against it, she would cry “Ow!”, hold the wing, grimace, and complain of having a terrible wing-ache.
* On the occasion of the Solar Eclipse in south west England in 1999, a member of the public asked the Very Naughty Fairy how she got her beautiful wings.
* A: Where did you get your beautiful wings?
* B: Well… when I was a very small fairy I had these two funny little stumps on my shoulder blades, and then suddenly one day, I woke up and these two beautiful wings had grown.
* A: Huh. Come on, where did you get them, really?
* B: (stamping booted foot in indignation) I told you already!
* A: …!?!
* Beautiful Wings was composed on acoustic guitar using DADFCE tuning.
* It starts in D minor and ends in F major.
* There was a guitar harmonic that had to be recorded separately as it just wasn’t coming across loudly enough.
* Emma’s flute was the first or second take.
* She had never heard the tune before.
* Lucy’s cello avoids cliches and the obvious and plays things one might not expect.
* The evil laughter is the mischieviousness of the naughty fairies.
* The baby sounds represent the innocence and wonder of fairydom.
* There is a sampled bell from the food bar inside the Double Locks Hotel near Exeter.
* The seagulls represent the sounds of Sidmouth, where Flicker often went.
* Full details here: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words/beautiful-wings

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/beautiful-wings
http://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=3P1MKkQCTOo

Beautiful Wings

Flicker: Beautiful Wings

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

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

Moonpath

Flicker: Moonpath

Flashback by Wud

Words by Simon Miller and George Davies.
Music by George Davies, Simon Miller and Ken Staple.
Recorded and produced by Ian Dent at Daylight Recording Studios, Honiton.
Remastered at Wud Records Studio One.

Copyright © 1985 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1982 Explicit Music/Pok Songs.

Performers:
Ken Staple – voices
George Davies – guitars

FLASHBACK
Hey Mandy won’t you come out and touch me
Hey babe, won’t you ride on high
It’s getting harder to see the sunshine
You make love right through my eyes

It’s not the same without you
We can’t make the same heat without you
It’s just a fading memory
You stay away from our kind

Waking up in a wasted body
The slightest fear had ‘sturbed my fears
I feel low and I need a good friend
To help me laden through these years

It’s not the same without you
We can’t make the same heat without you
It’s just a fading memory
You stay away from our kind

Hey Mandy won’t you come out and touch me
Hey babe, won’t you ride on high
It’s getting harder to see the sunshine
You make love right through my eyes

It’s not the same without you
We can’t make the same heat without you
It’s just a fading memory
You stay away from our kind

Fun Facts:
This song is in fact Flashback Part 1.
Flashback Part 2 is a song called Hard Times that was also played by Wud.
Flashback Part 3 is the original lyrics to Flashback Part 1 with new music, a song that never made it to a band format.
The words written by Simon were initially “Hey Judas won’t you come out and touch me”.
George at that time felt uncomfortable with the religious connotations and changed “Judas” to “Mandy” and a couple of small things.
An older, wiser George regrets doing that.
These lyrics were a perfect fit for the original melody of the vocal line.
The form and structure of the solo were Simon’s, and came from a few moments of inspiration during a Fooog Dinboffin and the Release jam session.
As luck would have, we still have that recording of Fooog Dinboffin and the release and will be sharing it online at some time in the future.
Ken’s contribution to the writing of this song was the harmony vocal in the final chorus - a small, but splendid contribution.
The various tempo changes caused Ian the engineer some extra work, but he managed to press all the right buttons at the right time, so credit is due for a great job on his part.
Ken’s performance is again admirably restrained.
Guitars used on this song were the same Westone Paduak as used in That’s No Way to Pay a Bodyguard and Ken’s Flambeau acoustic, of which he was very proud indeed and never inclined to hold back when it came to bragging about it.
The distortion comes from Simon’s ancient MXR Distortion pedal, which was borrowed for the day.
It was mustard yellow and had just two knobs.
As dirt pedals go it was the business, although it sounds slightly odd plugged straight into the desk via a pre-amp.
This song subsequently evolved and gathered extra writers and performers.
It became part of the sets of Laughing Sun, The Addled Eggs, The Subterraineans and Rough Terrain.

See also:
www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/wudtheband
www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/wud/daylight-demo/flashback 
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/daylight-demo
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Daylight Demo

Flashback

Wud: Flashback (DD)

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

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 ℗ 1991 D & G Music/Explicit Music.

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

LAST TRAIN TO HEAVEN
It’s the last train to Heaven
And this is midnite calling
Sleep slipped out the window
To where the stars are falling
And the sandman points a finger
And the shadows begin their crawling
This is the last train to Heaven
And this is midnite calling

How many miles to Babalon?
Three score mile and ten…
Will I get there by candlelight?
Yes, and back again…
And the joker shuts his eyes
And the dream begins to end
This is the last train to Heaven
And it won’t call again

Well, it’s the last train to Heaven
And this is midnite calling
Moonlight minds the night time
Rides while day is walking
Lights the way to paradise
And dawn lets in the morning
It’s the last train to Heaven
And this is midnite calling

How many miles to Babalon?
Three score mile and ten…
Will I get there by candlelight?
Yes, and back again…
And the joker shuts his eyes
And the dream begins to end
This is the last train to Heaven
And it won’t call again 

Fun facts:
This song is in the key of G.
Pete plays the harmonica parts on a full-scale harp which simply would not do concert pitch no matter how many hammers we bashed it with.
It was a popular acoustic number when performed by Dr Watson and in George’s TEFL classes.
Most of the sequencing is played on the Yamaha TG33.
The clicky guitar that we wish was considerably quieter is a sample.

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/last-train-to-heaven
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Rage in Heaven

Last Train to Heaven

Dark Company: Last Train to Heaven

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

Medicines

Dark Company: Medicines

Killer by Dark Company.
Album: Signmaker

KILLER
Learning is a clock with only one hand
Dreaming is a beach with speaking sands
Knowledge is a vice that grips a man
And Cain was a killer that didn’t understand

Wisdom is a yo-yo with a broken string
Time is a bird that cannot sing
And you can’t stop the rain with anything
Except love

Wanting is a boat that doesn’t know the sea
Needing is a pain that hurts to be free
Waiting is a lock that doesn’t have no key
And Cain was a killer that could have been me

Wisdom is a yo-yo with a broken string
Time is a bird that cannot sing
And you can’t stop the rain with anything
Except love

War is a sore that won’t go away
Night is a bruise on the skin of day
Children are the reason that you say you’ll stay
And Cain was a killer who got clean away

Wisdom is a yo-yo with a broken string
Time is a bird that cannot sing
And you can’t stop the rain with anything
Except love

Teachers are people who shoot at sparks
Lessons are knives that shine in the dark
Sins are boats on the lake in the park
And Cain was a killer right there at the start

Wisdom is a yo-yo with a broken string
Time is a bird that cannot sing
And you can’t stop the rain with anything
Except love

★

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

Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals
George Davies – guitars, bass, Boss DR220A drum machine
Rowena Parsons – tenor saxophone

Recorded, mixed and produced by George Davies at Silent Running Studios, Exeter, Autumn 1991.
Remastered at Wud Records Studios 2010.

Originally released 19th December 1991.
First re-release March 1992.
Second re-release June 2000.
Third re-release 16th December 2010.

Cover Art:
Red Splat 1 by Peter Greatorex

Copyright ℗ 1991 D & G Music.
Copyright © 2010 Wud Records.

Fun Facts:
* This song is in the key of A minor.
* During the recording of the sax part, Row played a fabulous blort which caused much giggling and can be heard as a bonus track and on the ‘out-takes and blorts’ page at Wud Records.
* Unfortunately much of the giggling cannot be heard.
* This was the very first Dark Company song that was completed.
* It received highly positive critical acclaim from the Guild of International Songwriters and Composers.
* Due to unfamiliarity with the gear, the DBX on the TSR-8 was switched off for the recording, causing a most horrendous amount of hiss.
* The red LED meant the DBX was 'off', not 'on'.
* This was later fixed with cunning use of gates and aural exciters.
* Killer was written in August 1991 and is 110 BPM.
* The guitars were recorded straight into the desk rather than using an amplifier.
* Killer was the first single released by Dark Company from the Signmaker album.
* It was backed with Second Sight and the digital remix of Killer.
* If you listen carefully to Second Sight, you can hear a little ploppy guitar line running through the song here and there, similar to the ones in Killer. 

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/signmaker/killer
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://www.instagram.com/wudrecords/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Signmaker

Killer

Dark Company: Killer

Master of the Universe by Laughing Sun.
EP: Cander

This is a cover of a song by Hawkwind, from their 1971 album Xin Search of Space.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Search_of_Space
https://open.spotify.com/track/3q4hJtKfWjpJrEFtSFmqAf

MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE
I am the centre of this universe
The wind of time is blowing through me
And it’s all moving relative to me
It’s all a figment of my mind
In a world that I’ve designed
I’m charged with cosmic energy
Has the world gone mad or is it me?

I am the creator of this universe
And all that it was meant to be
So that we might learn to see
Foolishness that lives in us
And stupidity that we must suss
How to banish from our minds
If you call this living I must be blind.

★

Performers:
Simon Miller – voice, guitar
George Davies – guitar, voice
Marc Greatorex – bass

Credits:
Music and lyrics by Nik Turner and Dave Brock.
This arrangement by Laughing Sun.

Recorded live at 31 Cowick Lane, Exeter, 4th September 1985.
Remastered at Wud Records Studios 2023.

Originally released 12th September 1985.

Cover art by Pok.
Graphic design by Sam James.

Copyright ℗ 1971 United Artists.
Copyright © 1985 Wud Records.

About This Recording:
This recording is from a bootleg cassette recorded nearly 40 years ago. The cassette machine was placed to hopefully capture as much of the sound as possible, whilst being in a convenient spot to turn on and off.

Although we have managed a massive improvement to the quality of the audio, there remains a certain amount of hiss and rumble and ambient noise. Traffic can just about be heard passing by on the main road outside from time to time. There are various shufflings of feet and papers, clickings of effects pedals and machines, and so on. It’s a very genuine recording, and we love it for what it is.

The audio quality was never going to match today’s squeaky-clean digital standards due to the nature of the source material. As such, we have come to embrace the remaining hiss and rumble. They are a crucial part of the organic atmospherics that contribute to making this EP such a special listening experience.

Fun Facts:
* Master of the Universe is a cover of a song by Hawkwind.
* Marc plays Excaliber, his short scale Kay bass.
* Simon plays Ken’s black Shaftesbury Les Paul copy.
* All instruments and mics are plugged in to an HH 5-channel PA head and a pair of HH dual concentric cabs mounted on their poles.
* The audio was captured by a Phillips cassette machine located somewhere in the room.
* There are various ambient noises, such as the click of pedals and the shufflings of feet and papers (possibly Rizla).
* The filtering effect on George’s guitar comes from a Hohner Instant Funk.
* This is now a very rare boutique pedal and was part of a quartet of effects, which included a Valve Overdrive, Chorus/Flanger and Phase Shifter.
* There is a sublime moment where the funked-up guitar somehow sounds like a banjo.
* Just in the middle of this passage of jamming, Pok comes back in with the vocal slightly unexpectedly, curtailing the solo.
* George, who is in the middle of his flow in this moment, burbles and wobbles his way through the confusion and myrth.
* Laughing Sun covered a few other Hawkwind songs, including Hassan-I-Sabbah, Spirit of the Age and Assault and Battery.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/laughing-sun/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/laughing-sun/cander/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/master-of-the-universe-2
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/laughing-sun/cander/master-of-the-universe
https://www.facebook.com/pokthebard
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

Cander

Master of the Universe

Laughing Sun: Master of the Universe

I uploaded the instrumental track named "November the 7th" https://soundcloud.com/ndreasloppenburg/november-the-7th a few months ago. Had a female voice for additional vocals in mind then.
A bit later I heard some collaborations with Lawrence Farr https://soundcloud.com/awrencearr singing. He also wrote the lyrics for those tracks. I instantly became a fan of his voice and lyrics.  I badly wanted to do a collab together with him :-))).  I asked him if he could write and sing lyrics for "November...".  Well, he did and totally nailed it!!!!
He wrote awesome lyrics and performed them greatly with his unique voice. Based on the lyrics, we changed the title to "March To Nothingness".
Hope you guys will enjoy our song as much as I do :-)))
Please check out Lawrence's work at https://soundcloud.com/awrencearr

Lawrence Farr: Lyrics and awesome vocals, artwork
Andreas Kloppenburg:  Composition, guitars, bass, Roland GR-55 guitar synth (mando sound), drum programming, mix

Lyrics (Lawrence Farr):

V1
We're all marching
We're all marching along
In a direction
Where I can't see
Are you with me
Or do you stand against me
Do you face me
With venom in your eyes

V2
Where are we going
Can you see the sun rise
Do you know just where we are
Or where we will be soon

Chorus
You just don't get it
You just don't see it
There's no winning this game
You've gotta realise
There's no winning this time
There's no winners this time

Refrain
Everything is fine
Everything is calm
Everything is beautiful.......everything is fine

V3
We're all marching
Along the path of destruction
Or is it salvation
Is it the right way
Are we going the right way
Or the wrong way
Its such a state of confusion
You keep following me
This burden is crushing

V4
We're all marching
In a direction
We should be walking away from
So we can live in peace
We could just live in peace

Chorus
You just don't get it
You just don't see it
There's no winning this game
You've gotta realise
There's no winning this time
There's no winners this time

Refrain
Everything is fine
Everything is calm
Everything is beautiful.......everything is fine

V5
The march is over
We've reached our destination
The march is over
And we've made it this far
What will we find
Did we go the right way
Or the wrong way....do you know

V6
This destination
Is it any better than where we came from
It's not the same place
As it used to be
But is it safer here
Can you tell me

Chorus
You just don't get it
You just don't see it
There's no winning this game
You've gotta realise
There's no winning this time
There's no winners this time

March To Nothingness / ft. Lawrence Farr

This is a collaboration with Dutch EDM producer Xstaassen. We met on a music forum and put this track together within a few days of meeting...

It was selected by BBC's Tom Robinson for the BBC Introducing MIXTAPE in January 2017: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/introducing/entries/dac7df94-a2cd-46fa-b6e9-c31b5e1524e5

Credits: 
Music, Arrangement & Production: Xstaassen
Lyrics & Vocals: Scott Watson

Mixed & Mastered by D James

72 Hours

72 HOURS - RADIO EDIT (XSTAASSEN FEAT SCOTT WATSON)

COLORS

River Of Mirrors

For press contact jim@bighassle.com and tyler@tcannonmedia.com

Available 4/7/17

The Wild Reeds - Only Songs

Travelling With The Stars

https://dephinite.bandcamp.com/track/deap-blue-arabica
https://www.amazon.com/Deap-Blue-Arabica/dp/B071L1T82H/
https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/deap-blue-arabica-single/id1232623663
https://www.beatport.com/track/deap-blue-arabica-original-mix/9436366

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/44MLHYSuwxRASi9xxVmxm6
Deezer: http://www.deezer.com/track/357513711
Hearthis: https://hearthis.at/rogalist-records/dephinite-deap-blue-arabica/

Follow artist: @dephinite / @ingo-philipp
https://dephinite.bandcamp.com

Deap Blue Arabica - Single / Schneiderstube Selecion I

Deap Blue Arabica (Original Mix)

Dephinite - Deap Blue Arabica

Dave Van Ronk did this song in the 1950's. He was one of the great ones.

Green Green Rocky Road:  homage to the great Dave Van Ronk.

Be My Guest

Contact: info@wudrecords.co.uk
SC don't do support so we're leaving, slowly. UK/EU rock label since 1984. Demos, oddities, archives, WIP. Releases on Bandcamp etc. AI-free zone. All reposts shared to BlueSky and 'X'.
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We're very sorry but we're still unable to reply to SC messages. We can read them but cannot reply. Please email info@wudrecords.co.uk instead. We answer most emails within a week.

ACTIVE ARTISTS:
Flicker, Dark Company, Pok the Bard, The Bastard Sons of Dennis

LEGACY ARTISTS:
Alchemeon, Clonk!, Dr Watson, The Ug Brothers, Alien Heat, Rough Terrain, The Subterraineans, The Addled Eggs, The Masters of Drone, Laughing Sun, Wud, Lemming Meringue, Sirius Rising, Now, Fooog Dinboffin and the Release, Mark Drower and the Everyones

ARCHIVE ARTISTS:
Andromeda, Critical Error, Dayglow, Demon Groove Lizards, Ember, Fruit Bats, Goodstaff, Guarana, Murdock, Prism, Pyg, Recluse, Search Party, Spacegoats, Stephen Yates, The Chillun, Watershed

* For DIY musicians:

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http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/be-discovered-on-social-media

That article was published in March 2017. While some of the links may no longer work, the theory absolutely will. Try it for yourself!

* Unfortunately...

Due to brexshit, broken britain, rip-off britain, corruption, lies and bias in the media, bigotry, racism, intolerance, polarisation, the fact that some of our family members would not be allowed to remain post-brexit, state-sponsored child trafficking (yes, that's right, we said it - it's pretty shocking, start reading from here if you don't believe it: https://forced-adoption.com/), an increasing sense of frustration and exasperation, and general total weariness of being treated with nothing but derision, ignorance and contempt by the entire shebang since the early 80s, we decided enough was enough and moved our entire operation from brexeter in the uk to begin our grand brexodus in 2017. We are now brefugees, living in brexile very near the border of the Czech Republic, Austria and Germany. If you live in (the crumbling remains of) the uk, do yourself a favour and leave. The upgrade in life quality will blow your mind.

* What do we stand for as a label?

We support all independent musicians who are doing something we find interesting. Our team members all have formal music education qualifications.

We are against corporate brainwash muzak, their puppet friends in the mass media, and many other corporate activities. We will fight their desecration of music until either it stops or we die. 

We believe in helping others in the face of corrupt laws and a broken system. We are pro democracy, green energy and free speech.

We're politically liberal. We cannot support the republicans, maga or gun violence in the usa. We don't see there's any real difference, other than in name, between the christian far right in the USA and the taliban in Afghanistan.

In the uk we are broadly pro LibDem/Green/Labour/SNP. We are VERY anti-tory, bnp, ukip, and any of their friends and associates. We have no trust at all in the uk right wing press monopoly and the bbc. Beware the bbc and its claims of neutrality. It is the propaganda mouthpiece of the tory party. It even charges a propaganda tax called the licence fee. But we like Test Match Special and Radio 6, so does that make us hypocrites...? Hmm.

We support independence for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Cornwall. We support the individual and the underdog. We are anti-putin and his war, and pro-Ukraine.

Please notice the careful use of capitals. Capital letters imply respect!

We're only interested in the colour of your soul. Not your skin, hair or socks.

We like cricket! Most of us support Somerset County Cricket Club.