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. 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

Stephen Fellows

Stephen Fellows is a singer, songwriter and musician. From 1978-1995, he was frontman for the band the Comsat Angels. He has also been manager for the band Gomez and has helped guide the band the Little Glitches....

 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."

Disc One

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

Disc Two

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

Personnel

• Stephen Fellows
  Stephen Fellows
  Stephen Fellows is a singer, songwriter and musician. From 1978-1995, he was frontman for the band the Comsat Angels. He has also been manager for the band Gomez and has helped guide the band the Little Glitches....
  
   - vocals, guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Andy Peake - synthesizer
  Synthesizer
  A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
  
  , vocals
• Kevin Bacon
  Kevin Bacon (producer)
  Kevin Bacon is a British musician and record producer best known for his work with fellow brit Jonathan Quarmby under the moniker 'Bacon & Quarmby', as well as being bass player in his band The Comsat Angels....
  
   - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Mik Glaisher - drums
  Drum kit
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