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

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

It's a Blue Sky Don't Hold No Rain, by Pok the Bard.

Album: Anthology

IT’S A BLUE SKY DON’T HOLD NO RAIN

And I’ll try and try and try and try to get to you

And I’ll try and try and try and try again

And I’ll try and try and try and try to get to you

And I’ll try and try and try and try forever

Forever

We came across some bones of men

Scattered in the rust

So many good souls turned to dust

Within their shattered husks

And these people had worn jewels

And their heads had been held high

Speckled foreheads touched the sky

Behold the sparkling in their eyes

Don’t you know it’s a blue sky don’t hold no rain

Don’t hold your love in vain

Cos we’ve still got some loving to do

Some time ago the white man came

Bringing Bible books and swords

Bound them up in twining cords

In the name of their great Lord

They slew down the Aztecs

Inca, Ebu, Maasai

Now we hide in concrete lies

To my Mammon side I cry

What have we done

To the Mother Goddess Gaia?

Why can’t we nestle in her

Warm aching bosom?

Aah aah aah aah aah aah aah aah

Just a little drop of rain

Just a little drop of rain

Just a little drop of rain

Come bless this land again

Just a little drop of rain

Just a little drop of rain, rain, rain, rain

Just a little drop of rain

Come bless this land again

Just a little drop of rain

Just a little drop of rain, rain, rain, rain

Just a little drop of rain

Come bless this land again

Don’t you know it’s a blue sky don’t hold no rain

Don’t hold your love in vain

Cos we’ve still got some loving left to do

Now the world’s a spinning ball

Two thirds with none to eat

While we chew our scrawny meat

Can you hear those big bells beat?

What have we done

To the Mother Goddess Gaia?

Why can’t we nestle in her

Warm aching bosom?

Aah aah aah aah aah aah aah aah

Music and lyrics by Simon Miller.

Copyright © 1983 Pok Songs/Explicit Music.

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

Performers:

Pok the Bard – lead vocal, electric guitars, acoustic guitar

Fedax Si-Hulmin – electric guitars, acoustic guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, backing vocals

Josh Reynes – upright piano, B3x organ, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, DSK synths

Maxx Damage – bass, bongos, whisperings

Sven Stiglund – drums, shaker

Pok’s guitars and voices recorded at Wud Records Studio One, Exeter, 2017.

Josh's keyboards recorded at Wud Records Studio One, Central Europe, 2025.

Everything else recorded at Wud Records Studio One, Central Europe, 2020-5.

Engineered, mixed, produced and mastered at Wud Records Studio One, Central Europe, 2025.

Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.

Fun Facts:

Please refer to the song's page at the Explicit Music website: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/pok-bard/anthology/its-a-blue-sky-dont-hold-no-rain

See also:

https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/pok/

https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/pok/anthology/

https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/it-s-a-blue-sky-don-t-hold-no-rain

https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/pok-bard/anthology/its-a-blue-sky-dont-hold-no-rain

https://www.youtube.com/@poktv6148/videos

https://www.facebook.com/pokthebard

http://pookofpok.blogspot.com/

https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/its-a-blue-sky-dont-hold-no-rain-3

https://soundcloud.com/wud-records/spacegoats-blue-sky?in=wud-records/sets/spacegoats-live-at-glastonbury-town-hall

https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/its-a-blue-sky-dont-hold-no-rain

https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/its-a-blue-sky-dont-hold-no-rain-2

https://linktr.ee/pokthebard

Rainy Afternoon by Dark Company.

From CD 1, 'SNAFU', of the triple CD album 'A for Acronym'.

RAINY AFTERNOON

You see ropes around their necks

They’re just there for fun

Not tied or hitched in any way

Nothing from them is swung

Just for fashion, darkened passion

Against their milk white gowns

As every night they slowly fall

And in my senses drown

Carpet tiles wreathed in smiles

Lingering on my landing

Dumbly coloured and poorly lit

They have their understanding

Arriving packed in neat bound stacks

And pulled tight with a band

If laid out in certain shapes

A door to another land

Gaudy chalk in boxes marked

Lying there just for taking

No price or test of any sort

Just for pictures making

And beware to have some care

Of what you use them for

What drawings that you do create

Or they'll come back for more

Lyrics by P. Greatorex 27th October 2010.

Copyright © 2010 D & G Music/Explicit Music.

Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex.

This arrangement by Dark Company.

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.

Cover Art:

“Carpet Ladder” by Peter Greatorex

See: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex-gallery-2/

Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.

Performers:

‘Speedy’ Pete Greatorex – lead vocal

Zakk Black – lead and rhythm guitars

Barry Bridges - guitar

Maxx Damage – bass

Sven Stiglund – drums

FUN FACTS:

* This is a song that Pete never sang a proper studio version of and his vocals were lifted from the very rough demo and cleaned up a bit.

* Well, quite a lot actually. :)

* The original lead guitar had a dirty sound that simply didn't work, but when Zakk used a clean tone, all the parts suddenly sounded good.

* Pete actually deviated somewhat from the lyrics he wrote when he sang this, perhaps due to tiredness or being unable to see the lyrics very well.

* The melody he sings remains the same throughout if you want to try singing along.

* The key changes weave an audible illusion of variations that are not actually there.

* The lead guitar is played on Nicodemus.

* The guitar in the right channel is Barry on the ESP, with Zakk playing the Ice Maiden to the left.

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/rainy-afternoon

Pluperfect, by Dark Company.

From CD 1, 'SNAFU', of the triple CD album 'A for Acronym'.

PLUPERFECT

Tabletop toyset map of the world

Jigsaw planisphere, edges all curled

Worn out games book, puzzles all done

I looked inside to see what I'd won

I'd won a seat on the train to Strangeville

Or a place on the daily treadmill

I'd won a ticket to a 'no prize' win

Or a packet of bent penny pins

Mandelbrot paint set, infinity waits

Half finished painting of a garden gate

Last year's calender was there on the wall

I checked the dates, was I there at all?

I looked out the window, was I laying low

Or was I waiting for the Late Late Show

I couldn't figure out where I'd gone

But I must have done cos I lingered on

Sinewave eyeballs in a metal made head

Robotic vision that can see through lead

Nostradamus quatrains I could decode

Told me I was going into overload

Told me I'd lived twice every day

That I had to listen to what I'd say

Told me I'd had way too much fun

That I should have walked when I'd run

Lyrics by Peter Greatorex 4th November 2010.

Copyright © 2010 D & G Music / Explicit Music.

Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex.

This arrangement by Dark Company.

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.

Cover Art:

“Bad Habits 1d” by Peter Greatorex

See: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex-gallery-1/

Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.

Performers:

‘Speedy’ Pete Greatorex – lead vocal

Zakk Black – lead and rhythm guitars

Maxx Damage – bass

Sven Stiglund – drums

Fun Facts:

* The lyrics for this song were written 4th November 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. 🙂

* This song is mostly E7, D no 3rd and Asus4.

* Rhythm guitars by the Ice Maiden and Nicodemus.

* The lead guitar part at the start that was deemed reasonable was played on the Ice Maiden.

* There will be more lead guitar but it has not been recorded yet.

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/pluperfect

Seen from Yesterday, by Dark Company.

From CD 1, 'SNAFU', of the triple CD album 'A for Acronym'.

SEEN FROM YESTERDAY

Keeping secrets is easy when there’s no one to tell

Isolation phonograph records it oh so well

Enforced in solitude I stare at the wall

Understanding archetypes is like playing pinball

They tell you you’re winning but you don’t understand

It’s languishing anguish from a bright shiny man

Keeping to his scheming he’s oh so intense

Comprehending techno-geeks with more brains than sense

Summon up the darkness good cover for all sin

Creationism cretins wear suits made of tin

Epigraphic entities sleeping in their shells

Carmelites and neophytes find the joys of Hell

Lyrics by P. Greatorex 14th - 16th January 2012.

Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex.

Copyright © 2012 D & G Music/Explicit Music.

Recorded at Wud Records Studio One, Exeter, 2015.

Engineered, mixed and produced at Wud Records Studio One, Central Europe, 2024.

Cover Art:

“Event Horizon 3” by Peter Greatorex

See: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex-gallery-3/

Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.

This arrangement by Dark Company.

Performers:

‘Speedy’ Pete Greatorex – vocals

Zakk Black – guitar

Barry Bridges – guitar

Josh Reynes – synths, programming

Maxx Damage – bass

Sven Stiglund – drums, programming

Fun Facts:

* The lyrics for this song were written 14th – 16th January 2012.

* 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. 🙂

* When Pete sang his part, his timing was somewhat atemporal and required a fair amount of moving and stretching.

* This song is literally just a demo and will need a great deal more work before it is considered 'done'.

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/seen-from-yesterday

Now, The Light, by Dark Company.

From CD 1, 'SNAFU', of the triple CD album 'A for Acronym'.

NOW, THE LIGHT

Make me a retard, lower the sky

I wanted to know but I didn't know why

Previous pressuring updates the need

Hothouse flowers each grown from seed

Now light me up, light me up

L-l-l-l-light me up

Light me up, light me up

L-l-l-l-light me up

Trilobytes flourish in an ancient sea

Nobody ever swims for free

Trapped in ignorance beneath the road

The way lit only by rocks that glowed

Now light me up, light me up

L-l-l-l-light me up

Light me up, light me up

L-l-l-l-light me up

Spiritual confusion often is fun

So you don't know where you're from

Be the 'you' that they want you to be

They will tell you what they want you to see

Now light me up, light me up

L-l-l-l-light me up

Light me up, light me up

L-l-l-l-light me up

Call Veronica, tell her the news

She's gotta get off my blue suede shoes

Life goes on but I'm too short

Haven't the fare but I can be bought

Now light me up, light me up

L-l-l-l-light me up

Light me up, light me up

L-l-l-l-light me up

Lyrics by P. Greatorex 1st June 2013.

Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex.

Copyright © 2013 D & G Music/Explicit Music.

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.

Cover Art:

“Electric Sun” by Peter Greatorex

See: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex-gallery-2/

Copyright ℗ 2024 Wud Records.

Performers:

‘Speedy’ Pete Greatorex – vocals

Zakk Black – guitars

Maxx Damage – bass

Sven Stiglund – drums

Fun Facts:

* The lyrics for this song were written 1st June 2013.

* 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.

* This song is a piece of classic rock in a Britpop style.

* It is in the key of G and features the gratuitous use of D7 and Cmaj7 chords.

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/now-the-light

Decide to Ride, by Dark Company.

From CD 1, 'SNAFU', of the triple CD album 'A for Acronym'.

DECIDE TO RIDE

Reaction to refraction, a bent-stick water view

Administer situations to part of Heaven's crew

Stand smartly dressed against the rail

Uniforms with matching sails

Should we go along with you

Now should we go along

Should we go along with you

Now should we go along

Should we go along with you

Now should we go along

Should we go along with you

Now should we go along

Inspected kinetics moving minds around

Archetypal archetypes esoteric sounds

Take a stand now on the stairs

Under signs saying "On The Air!"

Should we go along with you

Now should we go along

Should we go along with you

Now should we go along

Should we go along with you

Now should we go along

Should we go along with you

Now should we go along

Checkerboard collectors, gamers of rare delights

Whale bone dice believers gifted with second sight

Braided caps placed there just so

Each one ready to stay or go

Should we go along with you

Now should we go along

Should we go along with you

Now should we go along

Should we go along with you

Now should we go along

Should we go along with you

Should we go along

Should we go along

Should we go along

Should we go along

Lyrics by P. Greatorex 15th December 2012.

Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex.

Copyright © 2012 D & G Music/Explicit Music.

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.

Cover Art:

“Thing 2” by Peter Greatorex

See: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex-gallery-5/

Copyright ℗ 2024 Wud Records.

Performers:

‘Speedy’ Pete Greatorex – vocals

Zakk Black – guitar

Josh Reynes – piano, synths, trumpets

Maxx Damage – bass

Sven Stiglund – drums

Fun Facts:

* This is a song that Pete never sang a proper studio version of and his vocals were lifted from the very rough demo and cleaned up a bit.

* Well, quite a lot actually. :)

* The VST plugins didn't make the right kind of piano sound somehow so this is from the TG33.

* The guitar part is played on the Stratocaster.

* The trumpets come from the Akai S900 and a VST plugin called DSK Brass.

* There is an argument between the bass, which plays a C, and the piano and guitar, which play a C#, which has a wonderful emotive quality but which ceases to work when anything else is present.

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/decide-to-ride

Suns Set, by Dark Company.

From CD 1, 'SNAFU', of the triple CD album, 'A for Acronym'.

SUNS SET

I'm waiting for the nite to come...

I'm waiting for the nite to come...

I'm waiting for the nite to come...

I'm waiting for the nite to come...

In the red rays of a dying sun

I'm waiting for the nite to come

Booming surf across the bay

Metal waves rolling night and day

Canisters marked with skull and bones

Click against the shoreline stones

What will be in the days ahead

Will it be armies of the living dead

What will be there when the sun comes up

Will there ever be a loving touch

On the wine of evening airs

Gaudy music of war-torn fairs

Roundabout of skeletal frames

Going round and round again

In my ears calliopes sound

A new age gets off the ground

What will be in the days ahead

Will it be armies of the living dead

What will be there when the sun comes up

Will there ever be a loving touch

You should seek other countries

Choose your friends more carefully

The leading kings of foreign lands

Your destiny is within their hands

You seek justice of lasting peace

Violence is all you meet

What will be in the days ahead

Will it be armies of the living dead

What will be there when the sun comes up

Will there ever be a loving touch

Lyrics by P. Greatorex 25th June 2009.

Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex.

Copyright © 2009 D & G Music/Explicit Music.

This arrangement by Dark Company.

Vocals and 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.

Cover Art:

"Shapes Cross-Twist 1: Ignition" by Peter Greatorex

See: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex-gallery-2/

Copyright ℗ 2024 Wud Records.

Performers:

‘Speedy’ Pete Greatorex – vocals

Zakk Black – guitars, vocals

Josh Reynes – synths

Maxx Damage – bass

Sven Stiglund – drums

Fun Facts:

* The lyrics for this song were written 25th June 2009.

* Dark Company used the DSK Analog Matrix synth for three of the keyboard sounds (https://www.dskmusic.com/).

* Two of them are big pad sounds that play in unison, with shared heavy reverb and flange, so are hard to tell apart.

* The lead guitar parts are played on the Ice Maiden, as is the rhythm guitar part to the right.

* The rhythm guitar to the left is Nicodemus.

* Pete simply couldn’t remember the vocal melody for this, so a unison guitar was tracked to help him along.

* Dark Company ditched the unison guitar parts where Pete is singing and used it in the solo.

* It’s the filthy dirty one that always seems to sound slightly surprised.

* Pete wrote this before various members of Wud Records left the uk and, like many of his other lyrics, it turned out to be extraordinarily prophetic.

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/suns-set

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