To Before

Infobox Album
Name = To Before
Type = compilation
Longtype =
Artist = Comsat Angels


Released = 2007
Recorded = 1978-1991
Genre = Post-punk
Length = 1:34:22
Label = Renascent
Producer = Kevin Bacon
Reviews = *Allmusic [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gzftxqyrld0e link]

"To Before" is a double CD of demos and out-takes released by Renascent in 2007. The tracks cover the years 1978 to 1993 and were salvaged from old cassette tapes, DATs and bootlegs. [Liner notes for "To Before"] CD One covers some of the earliest years of the band and includes the entire "Red Planet" EP, the Comsat Angels' first record. CD Two contains demo versions of songs from later albums, plus three finished tracks from the album "Fire on the Moon".

Comsat frontman Steve Fellows said of "To Before", "Some of [the tracks] are a tad rough — it's a bit warts-and-all in places! But I guess it shows what we were trying to do." [Steve Fellows interview with Mark Finnigan, "Record Collector" magazine, February 2007]

Track listing

Disc One

#"Mass (demo)" – 4:06
#"Have You Seen (demo)" – 3:03
#"Work (demo)" – 4:04
#"I Get Excited (b-side)" – 2:56
#"The House That... (demo)" – 4:40
#"Red Planet (a-side)" – 2:41
#"Specimen No 2 (b-side)" – 2:29
#"Eye Of The Lens (demo)" – 4:14
#"You Never Learn (demo)" – 3:31
#"Tilted (demo)" – 3:22
#"Island Heart (demo)" – 4:06
#"Time To Burn (demo)" – 4:19

Disc Two

#"Lost Continent (demo)" – 4:40
#"Something's Got To Give (demo)" – 3:49
#"You Move Me (demo)" – 3:51
#"Carried Away (demo)" – 4:12
#"Born Again (demo)" – 4:02
#"Ice Sculpture" – 4:44
#"She's Invisible" – 3:58
#"Under The Influence (demo)" – 4:26
#"I.K.T.F. (demo)" – 4:08
#"Transport Of Delight" – 3:24
#"Venus Hunter (demo)" – 6:09
#"There's Something Going On (demo)" – 3:28

Personnel

*Stephen Fellows - vocals, guitar
*Andy Peake - synthesizer, vocals
*Kevin Bacon - bass guitar
*Mik Glaisher - drums

References