The Comsat Angels 2007 To Before [2xCD] {REN CD 18}

The Comsat Angels ‎– To Before
Label: Renascent ‎– REN CD 18
Format: 2 × CD, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: 2007
Genre: Rock
Style: New Wave, Indie Rock

1-1 Mass (Demo) 4:06
1-2 Have You Seen (Demo) 3:03
1-3 Work (Demo) 4:04
1-4 I Get Excited (B-side) 2:56
1-5 The House That....(Demo) 4:40
1-6 Red Planet (A-side) 2:41
1-7 Specimen No 2 (B-side) 2:29
1-8 Eye Of The Lens (Demo) 4:14
1-9 You Never Learn (Demo) 3:31
1-10 Tilted (Demo) 3:22
1-11 Island Heart (Demo) 4:06
1-12 Time To Burn (Demo) 4:19

2-1 Lost Continent (Demo) 4:40
2-2 Something's Got To Give (Demo) 3:49
2-3 You Move Me (Demo) 3:51
2-4 Carried Away (Demo) 4:12
2-5 Born Again (Demo) 4:02
2-6 Ice Sculpture 4:44
2-7 She's Invisible 3:58
2-8 Under The Influence (Demo) 4:26
2-9 I.K.T.F. (Demo) 4:08
2-10 Transport Of Delight 3:24
2-11 Venus Hunter (Demo) 6:09
2-12 There's Something Going On (Demo) 3:28

Bass, Producer – Kevin Bacon
Drums – Mik Glaisher
Guitar, Vocals – Stephen Fellows*
Keyboards, Vocals – Andy Peake
Photography – Jan Todd
Written-By – The Comsat Angels

Notes:
"A compilation of demos, out-takes and other 'deleted' stuff from 1978 to 1993 largely taken from our own 'archives'. There are 17 previously unreleased recordings, several of which we thought had been lost. I'd not heard some of this since we did it." (Steve Fellows).
Tracks 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-5, 1-8, 1-9, 1-10, 1-11, 1-12, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-8, 2-9 & 2-12 previously unreleased.
Tracks 1-8, 1-10 & 1-12 recorded in cellar of band house, Hunter House Road, Sheffield 78-79.
Tracks 1-1, 1-5, 1-9 & 1-11 recorded at Input Studio, Sheffield 80-82, Track 1-9 is a rehearsal recording.
Tracks 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-6 & 1-7 recorded at September Sound, Huddersfield 79, tracks 1-6, 1-4 & 1-7 from first single release.
Tracks 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-8 & 2-9 recorded at Input Studio, Sheffield 82-87.
Tracks 2-6, 2-7 & 2-10 recorded at Axis Studio Sheffield - from album 'Fire On The Moon' 89-90.
Track 2-11 is a rehearsal room recording.
Track 2-12 recorded at Axis Studio Sheffield 91.
Some tracks have been reclaimed from bootlegs because the band members no longer had copies, others have been salvaged from old cassette tapes and DATS. Ownership of the tracks from 'Fire On The Moon' was returned to us by Chris Blackwell when we were dropped by Island Records.