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  • Band of Georges: I Don't Know You
    I Don't Know You Away by George.
    From Volume I Side B of the Band of Georges.
    Music by G. Davies.
    Composed 2nd November 1982.
    Recorded May 1986.
    Mixed October 1986.
    Lifted from cassette March 2025.
    Copyright © 1982 Explicit Music.
    Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.
    Fun Facts:
    I Don't Know You was never played by any band.
    The verses are in A major and the choruses in F#m.
    This song was written after a performance of Everyone, when the whole show was restaged at Exeter Cathedral.
    George had been enjoying the company of Jo, one of the cast, when the main lights suddenly went out, plunging the cathedral into near darkness.
    The pupils of Jo's eyes suddenly grew much bigger, which was completely captivating for a 16-year-old boy full of hormones.
    The acoustic 12-string is the Ibanez that belonged to Dean from The Addled Eggs and The Subterraineans, who were busy trying to form a live set at that time.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-i-side-b/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
    https://linktr.ee/wudrecords
    7 min
  • Band of Georges: Dreams of a Hot Day in an Old Dusty Windmill
    Dreams of a Hot Day in an Old Dusty Windmill by George.
    From Volume I Side B of the Band of Georges.
    Music by G. Davies.
    Composed circa 30th August 1982.
    Recorded May 1986.
    Mixed October 1986.
    Lifted from cassette March 2025.
    Copyright © 1982 Explicit Music.
    Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.
    Fun Facts:
    This tune is essentially a simple guitar composition with a drop-D.
    The atmospherics are provided by an EDP Wasp, some glissando (screwdriver) guitar, and a wailing voice.
    The windmill in question was probably Stallingborough, near the estuary of the river Humber in Lincolnshire.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-i-side-b/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
    https://linktr.ee/wudrecords
    6 min
  • Band of Georges: Glitter
    Glitter by George.
    From Volume I Side B of the Band of Georges.
    Music by G. Davies.
    Composed 2nd-3rd September 1982.
    Recorded May 1986.
    Mixed October 1986.
    Lifted from cassette March 2025.
    Copyright © 1982 Explicit Music.
    Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.
    Fun Facts:
    Glitter was composed in the evening of the same day that Mark Drower and the Everyones had recorded the Blaze Tape.
    The rest was composed the following day.
    George's friend Caireen, who had also gone to Torquay to participate in the creation of The Blaze Tape by Mark Drower and the Everyones, had asked him to write a song for her, and he came up with this.
    He had a full set of Hohner HFX modular effects - Instant Funk, Valve Overdrive, Chorus/Flanger and Phase Shifter.
    The rhythm guitar sound morphs its way through all of these in various permutations and combinations.
    There are a lot of minor ninths and major sevenths.
    A couple of weeks later, George attempted a multi-track recording of this song, and maybe three others.
    He did this by recording as many parts as he could into a cassette machine.
    The resulting mix was played back, quite loudly, whilst George played more parts and recorded this mix into another cassette machine.
    The sound was pretty horrible and the degradation dreadful, but eventually he had a finished version of it and posted it to Caireen.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-i-side-b/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
    https://linktr.ee/wudrecords
    10 min
  • Band of Georges: The Drain Song
    The Drain Song by George.
    From Volume I Side A of the Band of Georges.
    Music and lyrics by G. Davies.
    Composed circa 9th July 1982.
    Recorded May 1986.
    Mixed October 1986.
    Lifted from cassette March 2025.
    Copyright © 1982 Explicit Music.
    Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.
    Fun Facts:
    The Drain Song features two guitars with different extreme EQ.
    There is a guitar solo towards the end that was composed along with the rest of the song.
    George wrote this about his younger sister, who is an extreme narcissistic sociopath, and with whom he had a terrible relationship which was never reconciled.
    The Drain Song was never performed by any band George was in due to being "too heavy".
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-i-side-a/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
    https://linktr.ee/wudrecords
    8 min
  • Band of Georges: Coping with the Runs in Mexico Blues
    Coping with the Runs in Mexico Blues by George (and friends).
    From Volume I Side A of the Band of Georges.
    Music by G. Davies.
    Lyrics by N. Glandville/S. Miller/D. Leach/J. Kneebone/G. Davies.
    Composed (possibly) 7th or (probably) 14th July 1982.
    Recorded May 1986.
    Mixed October 1986.
    Lifted from cassette March 2025.
    Copyright © 1982 Explicit Music.
    Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.
    Fun Facts:
    This song was performed live by Rough Terrain on many occasions.
    It was composed on the teacher's balcony that overlooks the main school hall at King's School, Ottery St Mary during Project Week, 1982.
    It started with the blues riff in G and Naomi kicked things off with "Woke up this morning..."
    The rest of the lyrics were a collaborative effort between Jon, Dave, Simon and George.
    The guitar plays a blues riff in G, and the phrase ends with a turnaround of F and Dm7.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-i-side-a/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
    https://linktr.ee/wudrecords
    6 min
  • Band of Georges: The Distance
    The Distance by George.
    From Volume I Side A of the Band of Georges.
    Composed circa 25th May 1982.
    Recorded May 1986.
    Mixed October 1986.
    Lifted from cassette March 2025.
    Copyright © 1982 Explicit Music.
    Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.
    Fun Facts:
    This tune was inspired by the movie The Man Who Fell to Earth, starring David Bowie.
    Originally there were some lyrics, although these were quickly abandoned due to being too silly.
    This tune was jammed in the attic of The King's School, Ottery St Mary, where the French assistants did their special lessons.
    This jamming took place during the school Project Week of 1982 while the performance of Everyone was being rehearsed.
    The glissando guitar was created using a long thin screwdriver with a transluscent yellow handle.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-i-side-a/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
    https://linktr.ee/wudrecords
    5 min
  • Band of Georges: Oh
    Oh by George.
    From Volume I Side B of the Band of Georges.
    Music by G. Davies.
    Lyrics by S. Miller.
    Composed circa 20th July 1982.
    Recorded May 1986.
    Mixed October 1986.
    Lifted from cassette March 2025.
    Copyright © 1982 Explicit Music.
    Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.
    Fun Facts:
    George wrote this chord progressions and wanted to write some lyrics as well, lamenting the loss of a lover.
    He didn't like the lyrics he wrote very much and asked Simon to write some for him.
    These are the lyrics Simon wrote, which George felt expressed how he felt far better than what he had written previously.
    The chords are ||: Bm - G - A - Dmaj7 - G - E - F# - Bm - E - F# :||
    The idea of the shouted words came from the words emphasised by speech mark in the text Simon wrote.
    The shouted words should have been a lot quieter.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-i-side-b/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
    https://linktr.ee/wudrecords
    4 min
  • Band of Georges: Amanda
    Amanda by George.
    From Volume I Side B of the Band of Georges.
    Music and lyrics by G. Davies.
    Composed 11th August 1982.
    Recorded May 1986.
    Mixed October 1986.
    Lifted from cassette March 2025.
    Copyright © 1982 Explicit Music.
    Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.
    Fun Facts:
    This was a wonderful bass riff and some interesting guitar parts.
    It has almost a 'new wave' sort of feel to it.
    George hates the lyrics he wrote!
    He says he doesn't like the idea of another person being 'his', or owning another person, and this song is completely at odds with what he believes.
    He claims to have written this under "self-inflicted emotional duress".
    It is a song of unrequited love.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-i-side-b/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
    https://linktr.ee/wudrecords
    4 min
  • Band of Georges: The Cowboy's Blues
    The Cowboy's Blues by George.
    From Volume I Side A of the Band of Georges.
    Composed circa 1st June 1982.
    Recorded May 1986.
    Mixed October 1986.
    Lifted from cassette March 2025.
    Copyright © 1982 Explicit Music.
    Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.
    Fun Facts:
    This tune was inspired by the movie The Man Who Fell to Earth, starring David Bowie.
    A simple tune played on two classical guitars.
    The idea came from tune George heard on a schools' radio programme in about 1974.
    The chords are a good challenge for a guitar beginner.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-i-side-a/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
    https://linktr.ee/wudrecords
    2 min
  • Band of Georges: She Was Here
    She Was Here by George.
    From Volume I Side A of the Band of Georges.
    Composed 25th June 1982, from 02:20am until 03:50am.
    Recorded May 1986.
    Mixed October 1986.
    Lifted from cassette March 2025.
    Copyright © 1982 Explicit Music.
    Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records.
    Fun Facts:
    This tune was composed in the dead of night after George had unexpectedly woken up.
    He crept downstairs to his father's study, trying not to wake anybody, and wrote this song using an unplugged electric guitar.
    That same guitar, the Kay Les Paul copy, can be heard in this version playing the rhythm guitar.
    It took a couple of hours or so to write it and everything came all at once.
    This song was written for a girl in the sixth form called Naomi who had the longest, swishiest hair and was very charming.
    The following day George was supposed to go to Ottery to do some music with Simon and some other people, but he didn't find the bus station and therefore missed the bus.
    Later that day he phoned Simon to say sorry for his non-presence and said that he had written a new song - this.
    The lead guitar is an Ibanez Roadstar going through a Boss OC2 octaver, a Boss HM2 distortion, and a Guyatone Delay, into an HH 5-Channel PA with reverb and a pair of 2 x 12 HH Dual Concentric PA speakers.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-i-side-a/
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/
    https://linktr.ee/wudrecords
    9 min

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