Possibly the finest Peel Session around (audio wise) from the most under-rated post punk band ever (well,apart from The Sound). These versions are so much better than what was put down on record. And they actually had their highest chart placing here in New Zealand with "Sleep No More" back in 1981,we loved the post punk sound,what with Joy Division hitting no.1 with "Love Will Tear Us Apart" and "Atmosphere" respectively.
I never realized how much in common they had with The Sound before - I keep expecting "New Way of Life" to come up. Both great bands. I think The Sound’s records always had this raw intensity and the CS Angels records had too many industry hands on them. I have always respected them, but this recording is a revelation.
The Comsat Angels was the first band that really got me interested in music. I was 16 in 1980 and full of teenager 'angst and anger'. The music of CSA was a way for me to cope with all the mixed feelings I had at that time. I've been seeing them live a several times at De Koog, Noord-Scharwoude (in all places!) and Paradiso in Amsterdam. Their live gigs were awsome. Great memories!
Echo and the Bunnymen, The Sound and Comsat Angels, great bands of 1980/81 with a particular fushion of post punk psychedelic rock. Love the Peel sessions. This is fantastic.
finally understanding the greatness of the Sound and Comsats in 2020.....how did I miss these fantastic groups in their prime when I was all about Sisters, Violets, Lorries, Bauhaus, Chams, Furs, etc in the early 80s...
This is one of the best sounding Peel sessions ever. Maybe even my favorite in terms of its sonic qualities. So well recorded and mixed. I actually prefer these versions to the album versions.
Korrekt said ; ty & the the comdat Angels. Thanks John . Greatest Radio Show is been missed our days. - ? - other Radio Shows ? - if one know letzten US know please. T Y .Thanks to Ian.
I can’t believe how incredible these songs are and yet how these guys aren’t more well known. Completely inspiring and moving, I feel grateful to the efforts of Comsat Angels and their musical documents.
The production of these recordings are incredible for a “load up, play your songs, mix a bit and fuck off” in a few hours situation. Those drums sound massive!
@@tripzville7569 I did a couple of Peel sessions back in the late 90’s and the sound team were really fun guys to work with. They were all old enough to be the same guys but I’m sure the BBC had a load of these seasoned sound techs. 😂
What a great live version of "Dark Parade". I never had the chance to see them, living in California all we got to hear were their records (Expensive imports). So we passed them around, and then taped them (Cassette's). Thanks Vic!
GOD SAVE JOHN PEEL in young years i have heard RADIO BFBS He have played music that never now heard I was grown up with JOHN PEEL THANK YOU IN HEAVEN !!!!!!!
@@plushy9849 Hi Plushy. I think Independence Day is a prime example. There is no bass whatsoever for the first couple of verses and then it hits you like a tsunami, whereas if it had been there from the beginning its impact wouldn't have had such bad profound effect on the listener.
I actually went to see them at Loughborough Uni around 1979/80 time supporting U2 in a hall that couldn't have fit more than 500 people in it! They just blew me away. Wonderful band
Be Brave... my favourite Comsats track. saw them live several times in the early 1980s, perhaps most notable in Brighton 1980 on the same bill with a band we thought had a stupid name which was U2. that bloody Bono , when he threw himself into the audience , his right elbow went into my mouth
Saw them on the same tour at 'The Kings Hall Stoke' fer a quid' ..What a band .. U2 were shocking, more posing than Julian Cope could ever manage !! Then the Comsats were were banned from America, as Comsat was the trade name of a US rocket project !
@@thesoundlikechameleons2082 yep...it was a small place with a small audience and he fell backwards onto the crowd. He kinda slipped a bit sidewards and his right elbow made contact with my face... mostly my mouth. It was not a big impact and no damage was done, No blood. It looks like I put 1980 above, but now thinking about it I think it was maybe 1979, or maybe even 1978, (( I am getting old now, and I saw many hundreds of bands from 1977 - 1992, with all of the festivals and smaller gigs we went to a few times a week, it could be as many as a thousand bands?! Now it's only a few a year as I became physically disabled)).....it was close to the release of their album "Boy" I reckon, and we didn't know who they were as they were the support act, and we had gone Specifically to see The Comsat Angels, who were from Sheffield ...who we saw several times in the late 1970s and Very early 1980s. They had a few singles with the most notable one called "independence Day". I remember coming across a guy a year or two above me at school(he was either 15 or 16 I think) not long after that, who had the album Boy... which I thought was a very good album for the times. I lost interest with U2 later on as I didn't really like the album Joshua Tree. I was lucky to see several bands in small venues that Later on became massive. Some of the main ones we saw in little places several times before they got known was The Cure, The Psychedelic Furs, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest...and many more of those British hard rock bands. I'm a musician myself and met a few people who became famous, with Sting being possibly the most famous later on, it was at a Cimerons concert,..that Rastafarian playing bass was a character and his sound was awesome , and I got Very drunk with Fish from Marrilion after a Pallas gig in London. I played in many bands that never had any major success, but I was invited by Jaz to audition for Killing Joke when the huge presence that was Paul Raven went to America and Canada to play for the awesome bands that were Ministry , and Prong, and others. Jaz liked my unusual politics plus I can read music because I studied classical guitar to Grade 8, which he liked too. But I'm no bass player really , and I found Geordie rather intimidating...but I was kinda surprised by the invitation.
Having a bit of Comsats revisit - so this is tremendous to hear. Remember it from the time. Kind of suffered from "it's like Joy Division" easy dismissal. Of course, sounds bugger all like Joy Division.
This version of "be brave" is off the charts
Omg!! Everything sounds so perfect, just like an album recording, incredible, what an underrated band
I thinks this is possibly the best CSA recording ever . Why these guys were not bigger commercially still mystifies me
Possibly the finest Peel Session around (audio wise) from the most under-rated post punk band ever (well,apart from The Sound). These versions are so much better than what was put down on record. And they actually had their highest chart placing here in New Zealand with "Sleep No More" back in 1981,we loved the post punk sound,what with Joy Division hitting no.1 with "Love Will Tear Us Apart" and "Atmosphere" respectively.
Tautoko that bro
I never realized how much in common they had with The Sound before - I keep expecting "New Way of Life" to come up. Both great bands. I think The Sound’s records always had this raw intensity and the CS Angels records had too many industry hands on them. I have always respected them, but this recording is a revelation.
Not punk
@@garethde-witt6433ummmm,post punk - it was actually a genre that developed out of the punk scene,hence the term post punk.
Not a claim I'd make lightly but this and the last Ruts session (1980) may be the greatest sessions Peel ever broadcast. What a way to enter 1981!
Sleep No More is utterly amazing, all the way through. Still love it.
Sat in the dark every Peel show Immersing oneself into the diverse new-wave music fantastic days and Comsat Angels the most underrated band ever...
The Comsat Angels was the first band that really got me interested in music. I was 16 in 1980 and full of teenager 'angst and anger'. The music of CSA was a way for me to cope with all the mixed feelings I had at that time. I've been seeing them live a several times at De Koog, Noord-Scharwoude (in all places!) and Paradiso in Amsterdam. Their live gigs were awsome. Great memories!
Man, that "Be Brave" intro is monumental.
Still gives me chills to listen to.
Peel sessions were such brilliant performances.
Echo and the Bunnymen, The Sound and Comsat Angels, great bands of 1980/81 with a particular fushion of post punk psychedelic rock.
Love the Peel sessions. This is fantastic.
couldn't agree more.
finally understanding the greatness of the Sound and Comsats in 2020.....how did I miss these fantastic groups in their prime when I was all about Sisters, Violets, Lorries, Bauhaus, Chams, Furs, etc in the early 80s...
@@MarkAllenHyenaMotorcade Nothing wrong with that list mate.
Don't forget the Chameleons! Script of the Bridge is unbelievable
The list is endless my friend
Be Brave is changed my life,thanks!
This is one of the best sounding Peel sessions ever. Maybe even my favorite in terms of its sonic qualities. So well recorded and mixed. I actually prefer these versions to the album versions.
Korrekt said ; ty & the the comdat Angels. Thanks John . Greatest Radio Show is been missed our days. - ? - other Radio Shows ? - if one know letzten US know please. T Y .Thanks to Ian.
I can’t believe how incredible these songs are and yet how these guys aren’t more well known. Completely inspiring and moving, I feel grateful to the efforts of Comsat Angels and their musical documents.
The production of these recordings are incredible for a “load up, play your songs, mix a bit and fuck off” in a few hours situation. Those drums sound massive!
Yes the sound guys on Peel knew their stuff.
@@tripzville7569 I did a couple of Peel sessions back in the late 90’s and the sound team were really fun guys to work with. They were all old enough to be the same guys but I’m sure the BBC had a load of these seasoned sound techs. 😂
The legendary John Peel welcomes from Sheffield The Comsat Angels!!
What a great live version of "Dark Parade". I never had the chance to see them, living in California all we got to hear were their records (Expensive imports). So we passed them around, and then taped them (Cassette's). Thanks Vic!
Great session! Mik Glaisher, such a superb and innovative drummer.
Fantastic. I love this band. Their early stuff is so incredible. The bass sound and mix of the guitars is wrenching. I love it.
The Comsat Angels one of my favourite bands.
U2, a poor man's Comsat Angels - just love them
I saw Comsat Angels in 1981 supporting U2, half the audience left after Comsat finished their set before U2 came on. Says it all really.
The Comsats blew U2 off stage on the 1981 tour. They are not a poor man's anything.
GOD SAVE JOHN PEEL in young years i have heard RADIO BFBS He have played music that never now heard I was grown up with JOHN PEEL THANK YOU IN HEAVEN !!!!!!!
Me too listened to JP's music on BFBS. For us in West-Germany J Peel was our musical guru 😎
he saved my life as a teenager x
I was addicted to John Peels Music! Once I missed one Broadcast, I was nearly to cry.
Yes so many great bands got their first break thanks to Mr Peel. And the sessions always very well produced.
The kings of sparsity. The Comsat Angels were proof that sometimes it's not what you put in a song as what you leave out that makes it work.
Yes! This is precisely my feeling too.
@@plushy9849 Hi Plushy. I think Independence Day is a prime example. There is no bass whatsoever for the first couple of verses and then it hits you like a tsunami, whereas if it had been there from the beginning its impact wouldn't have had such bad profound effect on the listener.
' Total class; one of the indie 👍 greats; didn't get the recognition they deserved!'
I actually went to see them at Loughborough Uni around 1979/80 time supporting U2 in a hall that couldn't have fit more than 500 people in it! They just blew me away. Wonderful band
lucky you. i went to Loughboro uni in 1992-1994 when the music wasnt like the days of the comsats, think urself a rare fortunate person :-)
I do feel privileged to have seen them
Great vocals on be brave 👏
Good memory's. Was a good live band. I have see this band much time in the Netherlands early eightees. Love it !!
one of my favorite bands for all times. I have seen the angels 4 times in Berlin and I will never forget these concerts
Sheer bloody brilliance!
Wow, they were great live. I used to pass up the Peel Sessions records in the bins way back in the day. How I wish now that I did not.
This is soooo fantastic, I love this so much
My favourite band of all time. So underrated and underappreciated.
Be Brave... my favourite Comsats track.
saw them live several times in the
early 1980s, perhaps most notable
in Brighton 1980 on the same bill
with a band we thought had a stupid
name which was U2. that bloody
Bono , when he threw himself into
the audience , his right elbow went
into my mouth
Cui Bono ? 😜
Saw them on the same tour at 'The Kings Hall Stoke' fer a quid' ..What a band .. U2 were shocking, more posing than Julian Cope could ever manage !! Then the Comsats were were banned from America, as Comsat was the trade name of a US rocket project !
Bono elbowed you?! 🤣
@@thesoundlikechameleons2082 yep...it was a small place with a small audience and he fell backwards onto the crowd. He kinda slipped a bit sidewards and his right elbow made contact with my face... mostly my mouth. It was not a big impact and no damage was done, No blood.
It looks like I put 1980 above, but now thinking about it I think it was maybe 1979, or maybe even 1978, (( I am getting old now, and I saw many hundreds of bands from 1977 - 1992, with all of the festivals and smaller gigs we went to a few times a week, it could be as many as a thousand bands?! Now it's only a few a year as I became physically disabled)).....it was close to the release of their album "Boy" I reckon, and we didn't know who they were as they were the support act, and we had gone Specifically to see The Comsat Angels, who were from Sheffield ...who we saw several times in the late 1970s and Very early 1980s. They had a few singles with the most notable one called "independence Day".
I remember coming across a guy a year or two above me at school(he was either 15 or 16 I think) not long after that, who had the album Boy... which I thought was a very good album for the times. I lost interest with U2 later on as I didn't really like the album Joshua Tree. I was lucky to see several bands in small venues that Later on became massive.
Some of the main ones we saw in little places several times before they got known was The Cure, The Psychedelic Furs, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest...and many more of those British hard rock bands. I'm a musician myself and met a few people who became famous, with Sting being possibly the most famous later on, it was at a Cimerons concert,..that Rastafarian playing bass was a character and his sound was awesome , and I got Very drunk with Fish from Marrilion after a Pallas gig in London. I played in many bands that never had any major success, but I was invited by Jaz to audition for Killing Joke when the huge presence that was Paul Raven went to America and Canada to play for the awesome bands that were Ministry , and Prong, and others. Jaz liked my unusual politics plus I can read music because I studied classical guitar to Grade 8, which he liked too. But I'm no bass player really , and I found Geordie rather intimidating...but I was kinda surprised by the invitation.
He put his elbow in your mouth and his foot in his own many times!
This gives me goosebumps and the mischief we were up to in this Era.. Funtimes..
One of my lifetime bands ♥ Thnx4Upld ☺
Fabulous Peel Session! John Peel rock on!
The drumming is awesome.
Having a bit of Comsats revisit - so this is tremendous to hear. Remember it from the time. Kind of suffered from "it's like Joy Division" easy dismissal. Of course, sounds bugger all like Joy Division.
Phenomenal
great. this song 36 years old.
music doesn't get much better than this.
4 years later - the same truth!
Brilliant set.
This band was perfect.
Лучшая музыка современного мира. The Best...
Some fan flew from Australia to Germany...to see them play their re-union.!
sounds amazing
HOLY COW THIS IS SO GOOD!
Such a magical album!!
It would be great if they put the John Peel show episodes on DVD ....
Quality - thx for upload
How does the mixing on Be Brave in this session sound better than the album version? It's absolutely amazing!!!
Great peel session from a top band"oh and always thought dark parade had a sound of "bullet the blue sky" by U2,or should I say the other way round.
The comsats Top band fucking Awsome
Mll Thx 4 uploading this!
hell yeah
Be brave! Chris Pagett
Is the audio available anywhere? It's unreal how good this is.
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