Band of Georges: Planet Earth

Planet Earth by George. From Volume V Side A of the Band of Georges. Music by G. Davies. Lyrics by R. Holloway. Composed circa 16th May 1985. Recorded August 1986. Mixed November 1986. Lifted from cassette May 2025. Copyright © 1985 Explicit Music. Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records. Fun Facts: Planet Earth features a lot of wholesome Electric Mistress whooshiness on the guitar. This was another song for which George wrote some words, then asked a friend to write some different ones. These lyrics were penned by Zaphod. George and Zaphod would later record a version of this for a conservationist group called Habitats Under Threat. There was a special wood near the Willow View caravan park on Straightway Head near Ottery St Mary where the Wud posse would go camping. It was decided in a planning office somewhere that the busy A30 should be re-routed and run right through the wood. Protest as the people might, the road was built anyway. Much of the wood has now gone and is bisected by one of the busiest and noisiest roads in the uk. Happily the clearing where camping took place still exists. Planet Earth was performed by the band Wud as their set opener, but they only performed it on bigger stages. See also: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/ https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-v-side-a/ https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/ https://linktr.ee/wudrecords