Angel - The Winter Song (Sound Enhanced)

[@d.brookshindman8507]

I'm on this record! I can't believe this is even on here, I wore out the 45 they gave us, so I haven't heard this in a long long time. I love it! I was with the California Boys Choir in LA and we did some amazing gigs all the time, but this was our first rock record and as far as I know the only one we did. It's just amazing hearing that all these years later, the arrangement is so great! the guys were super cool and super excited to have us there, I was singing first soprano I was 10 years old, so that's me way up high! haha ha if I remember correctly, we nailed this on the first take, but did another one just in case. Such memories! it's a really wonderful arrangement of a beautiful song. Thank You. Doug Naslund (our director) for letting us do this gig!

[@benjiarehart2878]

That is so cool man. I love Angel, and your choir sounded amazing on this song. I can hear you. What a great voice! Do you still sing? You can always put that you were a backup singer for Angel in your resume.

[@maryrecoy1616]

Awesome D.Brooks Hindman I absolutely love tht part of the record when they show Felix in the background...this is one amazing band they just dont come like this anymore..this video recording is very becoming of each member of the band I might add...I never tire of watching this one..some mornings i watch it before i get up just to put me in a positve mood for the day!!! Rock forever more ANGEL💜🎼🎸🎙🎹🎧💛🎸🎶🎹🎤🎸💚🎵🎹🎧🎙🎸🎼💙

[@maryrecoy1616]

Excellent vocals D.Brooks Hindman

[@bobbyw1510]

That is quite amazing....your voice is incredible for 10....great job!! Imagine being 10 and hanging with ANGEL and recording a song also!! Wow! U have a memory there that is priceless.

[@user-ll4dg5zz7s]

Bravo ❤

[@dougs26602626]

I have always loved this song! Angel never got the recognition they deserved.

[@SuperBenblake]

Yes, unfortunately. Angel are one of the best bands ever formed, but it just didn't happen for them the way it should have. I don't know what kept them from huge stardom, but it eluded them. I've loved them over half my life. I heard Kiss first and I sort of dug them, but then I got into Angel and I never could take Kiss seriously after that. There is a difference between a good band and a great one. Kiss had some good songs, but Angel are far superior and they should have steamrolled over a whole lot of lesser bands who were big at the time.

[@axxellein]

Angel were FAR Superior to Kiss!

[@SuperBenblake]

Alexandre Hebert So much better! To me Kiss are about as bad as it gets.

[@jaapmeijnckens9701]

That's for sure! I've always loved this song.

[@chance3578]

Douglas Shoults So true, love Angel still listen to them all the time

[@cro55555]

My very first concert back in 78. Thanks for the memory!!

[@benjiarehart2878]

One of the most underrated bands ever. Great musicians.

[@janvandaele8283]

Completely agree ! This song is a masterpiece !!!!!

[@benjiarehart2878]

@@janvandaele8283 It really is a good song. It's crazy how some great bands back in the day went virtually unnoticed by the mainstream. Musicians knew who they were though. Like The Sweet. Their drummer Mick Tucker (R.I.P.) was John Bonham good, but he too wasn't a household name. Being a drummer, I knew who he was, as well as most drummers back then. Angel was in the movie Foxes. It starred Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Randy Quaid, and a few other great actors. I saw it at the movies in 1980 when I was 16 yrs old. They go to an Angel concert in the movie. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it.

[@janvandaele8283]

@@benjiarehart2878 I like the Sweet too.... Tucker was brillant. The other musicians Priest, Scott and Conolly were very good... I haven't seen this movie. I'll try to see it one of these days. I like Jodie Foster too.....

[@totti.]

& great coiffures

[@axxellein]

The Quiil!@@totti.

[@uriahsteel]

I have loved Angel since I bought their first album. This is one of, if not the finest Christmas songs ever recorded. Frank's voice is amazing. I am 62 now and have their logo tattooed on my shoulder.

[@pierrebelanger8656]

Good day, buddy ,...,..I have to agree with you : this is the best Christmas song that I know.The nailed the song the way it's suppose to be. By the way,I got a question for you ??? Your name is Uriahsteel and it's look like Uriah Heep, is there a reason ?? I'm asking you that cause Uriah Heep is my favorite band (with David Byron as the lead vocal)seen this band 4 times in concert!!.....Well have a good day my good uriahsteel.(sorry for the text,I'm from Québec and I haven't use English for almost 40 years)

[@jeffholt9437]

Awesome - I hope they made a good job of it (a friend had the Paul Stanley rose tat back in the 80s which wasn't a complete success!)?

[@AncilWayneSmith]

I'm 51,and this just takes me back to a happy time and place!

[@michaeldrennan9932]

I'm 59 and feel the same!!

[@benjiarehart2878]

Im 57, and I agree. Really wish someone would invent a time machine.

[@apogeedata]

Its hands down the best Christmas Song from bands at the time! 1978.. what I wouldn't give to go back for a day :)

[@tialynn7830]

I'd have to be greedy and go for a week at least. Loved this time. Saw Angel in San Bernardino in 78 I think it was. Went with 2 friends I have since lost contact with, we found a J outside on the ground and checked it out. Made for a pleasant night. They were the best times.

[@charleselliott6936]

Can't believe it didn't become a standard

[@FrauK]

I'm coming with you!!!

[@ledzep5876]

Amen brother. Listening to Angel brings me right back to those years in an instant...........

[@benjiarehart2878]

Me, and you both. We really didn't know how great we had it. Especially if you look at the world, and listen to the music out today. Maybe I'm biased because I grew up in the 60's, 70's, and 80's, but I gaurentee we had better music back then.

[@davidhoy7186]

I don't give a damn what they look like. Here you have, numerous people, playing different instruments, coming together in perfect synchronicity, that gives you chills listening to.

[@benjiarehart2878]

Agree. It was definitely a different time, and look back then. But Angel shouldn't have been overlooked by the masses like they were. They were just as good as any more famous bands then.

[@petersloove3667]

I had the same lenght of hair.

[@therowen]

One of the best Casablanca artists… way ahead of their time. Paved the way for many.

[@bobbyw1510]

Lenny Kravitz is one of the choir kids! Angel is the best. So ahead of their time....this song is pure gold.

[@jeffholt9437]

Wow - has he said this in any interviews?

[@bobbyw1510]

@@jeffholt9437 Frank Dimino said it in an interview. Lenny's Mother was on The Jeffersons and Angel had a connection somehow. It is very true. I met Angel in 2019 2 original members Frank and Punky. I asked Punky and he said he remembers Lenny as a kid.

[@deborahst.laurent453]

I use to play this song anytime of the year. I always thought my kids hated it. a few years ago, when I found it on KZbin, I asked my daughter if she remembered this song and how much her and her brother hated it. She laughed and said, " we never hated this song. We use to jump on your bed listening to it." Having her brother not pushing her off the bed was a miracle. They are adults now. And for just one minute I wish I could go back in time, with this song playing, just to watch them bring young, enjoying the moment and getting along.

[@deborahst.laurent453]

typo...bring/ being. sorry.

[@Reggie-The-Dog]

If only we could...

[@davidhoy7186]

Such a beautiful song. I am honored to have grown up in this era.

[@Telegraph_Road]

Nice story

[@benjiarehart2878]

Kids grow up too fast. You really have to cherish every moment, because time goes by too fast.

[@cbh440]

This was a big hit in Boston back in 78.

[@blueskiesnz]

I remembered just one phrase (Winter winds on heaven & earth) for 45yrs, but nothing else, until I put that into Dr google which brought me here. Facinated how a grunge music band can come up with something so beautiful.

[@bobbyw1510]

Angel is progressive AOR melodic hard rock.

[@luciferstromberg8847]

WHO REMEMBERS ANGEL ??????? Discovered by Gene Simmons of KISS and signed to the Casablanca label, they dressed ANGEL in white to contrast the black and silver worn by KISS

[@KonichiWawa]

My first concert, despite having tickets me and my friend snuck in the side door because we had to use the restroom. Seeing all of those empty front seats and some people already in them we sat down. A guy comes by and busts us and i try to save it as I know the guy running it son who goes to school with us. Bad, bad he got into a lot of trouble so we acted like we were going and went to balcony front row. Got to keep my ticket intact which I wish I still had.

[@marymelito4025]

I do! Still have their album..

[@harrybixler48]

I remember in 1978 first hearing this song...........still listen to it, still have the album. One of my favorite Christmas songs....They never got their due!!

[@benjiarehart2878]

Man did they not. Should have been way more famous then they were. Still love listening to them.

[@denisefrancis595]

I play this song all the time as it reflects a very good time in my life. Loved Angel and Frank's voice is crystal clear and flawless. Let alone that young handsome innocent face. Brings me back to when I met my husband and a more carefree life...love it!

[@camariva61]

My favourite ANGEL song and of course one of the most beatiful songs ever.

[@ericdavid9321]

DiMono's vocals are superb especially backing toward the end of the song.. incredible

[@jackmike3346]

Angel was the first band that I ever saw live, in concert. Back in K.C. around 1979

[@gdaniel1961]

There is not a person past , present or future that could sing this song better than Frank Dimino . His phrasing on the song I ain't going to eat out my heart anymore is great too . A great talented band , every member exceptional .

[@RuledByMars]

Agree VERY much 100% !!

[@maryjones9211]

gdaniel1961 awesome!

[@michaelfreeman3922]

Undoubtedly,one of the best voices. Range with clarity one of the most underrated voices of rock. Live he could give you goosebumps. No shi* .

[@casserinetoussaint9719]

Such an amazing range: I actually wondered if there were two vocalists singing it.

[@benjiarehart2878]

Man, talk about a criminally overlooked singer and band All of them were great musicians.

[@axxellein]

6th in my list of top 10 Angel songs= My Girlfriend;s Jools [RIP[ Fave. Ballad!.. A Seasonal Classic!

[@joannp5806]

OMG! I heard this on an oldies station today, they were playing forgotten rock Xmas songs,I never even heard of this band but I knew I'd find it on you tube! I love this song now! How did this band not get the recognition They defiantly deserved! Excuse me now because I'm going to lisen to this song about 50 more times, then,I'm go ing to lisen to all there other ones😁

[@carinsapulette8951]

It is a timeless song and I still love it !!! on earphone as loud as possible !!

[@Dannoga]

Blizzard of 78 in Boston & this song what a memory!

[@CQCXMP5]

I saw Angel at the Boston Garden in April 1975. They backed up Aerosmith on the Toys In the Attic Tour. Angel is just as I remember them almost 40 years ago. Great song for that blizzard none of us will every forget who experienced it.

[@nanbourg]

remember the blizzard and song too

[@michaeldrennan9932]

Same in Buffalo!!

[@benjiarehart2878]

I was born and raised in Nashville, but I remember that. Wow that was insane. You know first hand too.

[@jerrymyers1798]

Still my all time favorite concert.....December 22 1979 Paramount in Seattle.....the holograms were amazing.

[@wakethebarbarian4577]

This is an incredible song and one I'll never forget after buying the 8-track when I was in college (1978). Frank Dimino really sets the bar higher starting at 2:35

[@maestroaxeman]

I have the 8-Track as well. I got it with my KISS: Destroyer album🎶 I started looking for history on the band...in a "where are they now?" mindset🤔 I always wondered why on Earth these guys never got more recognition for their material & work. Amazing album🎶

[@shavanna01]

The Album White Hot still reminds me of my husband RIP Mike

[@musicalSFCat]

Always play this lovely timeless song the start of every Winter when it initially starts to snow. Angel was always underrated during the '70s. Cheers for the post.

[@gaellepiorkowski6773]

OMG how cool is this?! I had no idea there was a video out there of them actually performing this! Just found it today. They were one of my favorite bands in junior high and high school and I still adore them! This is one of my all-time favorite songs, especially rock and roll Christmas songs! Just made my day

[@musikkunstetc.8465]

Yes! What a surprise to find this video! Today is first snow of 2022 here in NYC!

[@benjiarehart2878]

They are in the movie Foxes. Starring Jody Foster, Scott Baio, and Randy Quaid. They go their concert in the movie. Highly recommend if you haven't seen it. I was a teenager back then as well. Wish I could go back for at least a day.

[@josejuanespinosadelgadillo5565]

In Mexico my friends and me loved Wild and Hot, it was like our gang´s anthem when attended high school in the 1980. Still love Sinful album and Angel.

[@hans-dieterduhme2561]

One of the best songs I've heard so far, a great band

[@Mercury91]

I am 48 and this band meant the world to me!! Still to this day! I was one of those rare east coasters ... Nassau Coliseum open for STYX 1979 amazing to me.... and those 5000 Angel fans that went nuts out of the 16000 that watched. Ill never forget!

[@geriquestel6474]

I will cherish this song every Christmas as long as I live. I saw Angel play at the Palladium in NYC 1977 - The Godz and Judas Priest were the bottom bands! Was a night me John & Elena (RIP) will always remember. We were 13 years old and my older brother had to drive us to the concert. One of the Best nights of my life!!

[@WiesenBerg69]

One of my all time favourites in christmas time - love it since my childhood in the late 70s!❤️

[@maryrecoy1616]

All the vocals are totally awesome!!! 🎸💯Frank the vocals at the end are pleasantly electric 💯🎸❤️😎🤘🎸💯🤘🎸💯😎❤️

[@TedBear1954]

Classic song. Still sounds great today

[@FrankDiMinoOfficial]

+charltonian - Thanks charltonian !

[@rotory2002]

+Frank DiMino Frank you have NO idea about the impact that Angel had on my life !! Thank you

[@markhamilton6627]

Timeless, classic song. When White Hot was released, I was sure this would become a seasonal favorite like White Christmas...Anyhow, it's still one of my many favorites by Angel, right up there with Telephone Exchange, Mariner, and Can You Feel It?...

[@Joop.23-2-63]

And today...........

[@mattengel6128]

Great song Angel was awesome grew up jamming to them

[@thomasbarrasso6099]

I grew up in Boston. My Dad worked with one of their Dad’s and he gave me the 8-Track Tape.

[@ritchhine6255]

I loved this band as a teenager back in the 70s. I played this band on the radio station I worked at in the 80s-90s. Now I play this song at the kettles at Christmas for the SA.

[@w.debruijn3091]

The best Christmas song in history.

[@benoitachten7164]

I also think so!

[@bengalgangster]

I was not intended to be a xmas song from what I have read but has turned into one over time and misclassified I believe

[@maumorris8610]

Always playing this at Christmas

[@karlaf.r.1657]

The word doll may not be adequate for guys but they look like very handsome dolls. Definitely angels.

[@Erice1967]

Been a fan since 77'. Great song!

[@josephgustitus3661]

Remember this album/song well. Fell head over heels for my first true love to this song.

[@joesantiago2210]

Cheers M. Hamilton! Definitely a diff style for Angel but one of the most original Xmas/Winter celebration songs from a rock band EVER! It should be played by the fireplace by families during the Xmas season every year. the production is amazing. Just listen to the Bass & Drum sound!

[@wollefzr]

Infinitely better than last Christmas

[@robdevries8251]

There first album Angel is one of the best recordings i ever heard !!!

[@bretbarker3155]

love ya

[@carlkline3272]

Loved angel wishes they where more appreciated

[@Dannoga]

early 70's snowy streets in Beantown!

[@runetollefsen7458]

I am a happy owner of both the White Hot and Live Without A Net albums, both on vinyl. Bought in `78 and `80 here in Norway. Took me over 25 years `till I got the White Hot on CD. But I still listen to the vinyl version. The Foxes on LWAN is my favourite. Nowadays the Norwgian brothers YLVIS is tormenting YT with a video with an almost similar songtitle. and they are from Norway. Juhu

[@psycom54]

I want to go back then to a time when life was fun...

[@WarpedRecord]

Such a wonderful feeling of melancholy this song evokes. It is a Christmas song? Maybe, maybe not. But it’s spectacular.

[@jeffreyhusack2400]

Saw them live once 1978. Allentown , Pa. 🎸🥁👍 Ag Hall

[@michaelzukowski5541]

Was at that show they opened for judas priest

[@am2boni]

I was listening to Guifferia and it lead me here!!! Amazing!!! I've never heard this song!!! It's fantastic! Thanks for sharing!!!

[@rushlarkin6315]

My very first Concert! 1978 at The Tower theater in Philly. (Delawaredave)

[@Prodoozer]

Gregg Giuffria is the bomb....

[@Rockpodoboo]

2:35 love the ad lib. It's very fitting to the song and lyrics to start singing higher

[@Telegraph_Road]

Yes, its nice trick

[@tommccallan8802]

I consider myself a rock snob.....but I never hurd of this band till I saw their live album live in London. In a antique shop today 3/12/23 ..great underrated bannd

[@jeffholt9437]

Live in London? Do you mean "Live Without a Net"?

[@bigpaulie806]

They say even the angels don't know when Christ will return. Amazing if you think about it.

[@roadkillofficialaustralia]

ANGEL - sadly one of the most underrated US bands EVER, nobody sounds remotely like them even to this day 2024! \m/

[@mrscricklewood]

loved this song then..and I still love it

[@thomasanderson3459]

A friend at Votec school gave me 8-track in late 1978. Never forgot this one song...😁😀

[@drumheadthe1st]

Frank was an awesome singer. He still is. He has a brand new album out. It rocks

[@Edje001]

Best Winter/Christmas Rock Song Ever!

[@FrauK]

My!!!! Searcht years for this song !!!!!! Got the LP

[@Armybrat173]

I love Frank's facial expressions.

[@fernandobarrera5716]

Excelente Banda, excelente Lírica,en Venezuela solo se oyó Feelings....fer

[@luisalejandro276]

MI canción favorita de ANGEL! cuando tenia 15 años

[@scottelliott5816]

I fought the Blizzard of 78 to catch the 6th street bus going downtown to see Pat Travers open for RUSH!!! MIL. WI.

[@shuwannalee752]

Song from my childhood!!! Luv it!!

[@greg2976]

I went to a $2 concert in Pgh. back in the 70's and saw Angel and the Godz. The best concert I ever saw! Never heard of those 2 groups!!!

[@malcolmbliss777]

I saw that tour too. Both bands were awesome! Def in my top 5 concerts of all time!

[@greg2976]

@@malcolmbliss777 Really? What city did you see it in?

[@malcolmbliss777]

@@greg2976 the Godz and Angel, March of 1977 at the American Theatre in St Louis, MO. Eric Moore of the Godz started the night by coming out and screaming into the mic “HELLO ST LOUIS, YOU GOT SOME GREAT CO-CAINE!!!” - I about fell over laughing. Whatta great show. I saw Led Zeppelin the next month and they were so bad and went home and broke my Led Zepp records. I got to meet Mark Chatfield about 22 years ago when I lived in Las Vegas and lived about 2 blocks from his guitar store. Great guy. I knew him 2 years before I found out who he was (that he was in The Godz).

[@greg2976]

@@malcolmbliss777 After seeing that concert in Pgh. in 1977, I bought both the Angels and The Godz albums. I listen to the Godz album online all the time. That album is one of the best in my opinion! I was about 18 at the time. Don't remember if it was 77 or 78.

[@michaelzukowski5541]

Believe 78 I saw same tour still have godz album an most of angel albums

[@ICRUISEify]

Awesome! Always loved this song.

[@axxellein]

6th in my Top 10 Angel songs=TRES Cool

[@wollefzr]

that.... is the christmas - winter song badly... the best for all time Infinitely better than last Christmas...

[@tommathieson2197]

Love Angel wish they were still around have 3 of their albums, listen to them everyday

[@davemacpherson4752]

Angel is still around, but with Frank Dimino and Barry Brandt . myspace.com/angelofficialsite/music/songs

[@jimwiater5230]

They just played near Chicago with Starz

[@jeffholt9437]

They've reformed and have been recording and touring for the last few years 😊

[@rikako69]

43年ぶりの来日決定おめでとうございます あのことを憶えてる者として本当に嬉しいです 涙が出てきた

[@axxellein]

Awesome Ballad

[@JESUS-SAVES_1975.]

Don't know why I've never heard of this band until today. I like them.

[@BeauWorldWinnipeg]

Find the compilation album Angel: An Anthology for a version of this called "The Christmas Song" with Christmas lyrics. Music is the same. It was apparently released as a single only, before Angel released White Hot.

[@richardmendel8987]

my favorite ANGEL song

[@ludo281160]

Amazing song from 1978...certainly when the winter has done its entry :-)) Marvellous share!

[@jwmeister]

Used to listen to Angel on 8 track. They are still in my mp3 playlist today.

[@benjiarehart2878]

My older sister had an 8 track in her VW Beetle back in 1978. We only had two to listen to though. Aero Smiths Rocks, and Peter Frampton comes alive. So I know both those albums very well, lol.

[@jurgenleibig8132]

Still listening ❤

[@am2boni]

I love this song! A classic!

[@ProtestVideo]

Angel--the greatest hair band ever; I only wish The Christmas Song version was released; DJ Barry Scott in his syndicated "Lost 45s" radio show based in Boston, plays The Christmas Song version every year in his Christmas special. Downright mystical...

[@malcolmbliss777]

Saw ‘em live in ‘77 and twice in ‘78. They were huge in my hometown of St Louis MO back then. The ‘77 show at the American Theatre with Columbus, OH’s The Godz changed my life.

[@nataliesimons5380]

I'm here in 2020. Was born in 1978. I just heard this jewel for the first time omw to work this morning. In love with it 🖤

[@hansvandenoever4445]

Great number from a wonderfull band!

[@1ChillRebel]

This should be considered as Classic as White Christmas !!!

[@andonellaperreault8708]

Such, a great and Wonderful, song,, 4 ever,,..

[@ResedaCC]

This is the best quality video of this song I've ever seen. Thanks for posting it!

[@johnkusek7377]

Seen Angel an the GODZS. At the combat zone in Boston in 78.good time .

[@cbh440]

Was it at the Music Hall?

[@chuckmack7966]

The Godz are rock and roll machines......lol...seen them in STL same year, made me an Angel fan!

[@TheWoodliff]

I remember that concert! Great times!

[@thomaskaren7272]

beautiful -- stellar talents!

[@jonnygunsuk]

Best Christmas rock song ever🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@djwak59]

You can find this song on their "White Hot" CD. You can also find a re-mixed version on " A Rock 'N' Roll Christmas I I ". It's a various artist holiday CD and might be hard to find. You might check out Ebay for it. What's cool about this version is that the title of the song is changed to "The Christmas Song" and the lyrics were also changed to fit the new title. The song is basically the same though.

[@maestrovoci7214]

Correct. But Casablanca waited too long to release the single and missed Christmas sales, so they switched titles (and the backup boys' choir singing) to "Winter Song." Don't know if record sales made the point, so ...

[@monicarutledge3788]

Still one of my most favorite songs, even more so now.

[@TheWolfe666]

I've been a fan of this band for like, two days (better late than never), and I'm amazed at their diversity. Can't understand why they weren't more popular. Must've been the fashion, but whatever, the music is awesome.

[@riaenpietvandehaar8582]

Nice to see this performance in the Dutch studio of TopPop.

[@petersloove3667]

Best christmas song ever.

[@robertolozano2791]

I love this song, gives me the chills. Flying with broken wing is my all time Angel song, makes me want to cry. It has a very personal attatchment. I love you Punky. You guys never got the recognition you deserved. Long live Angel, you music is forever engraved deep within my heart.

[@tommathieson2197]

I feel the same

[@dlhamilton43]

This song is so perfect.

[@markrockledge8450]

I saw the Godz open for Angel back in 1976 at the Kiel Opera House in St. Louis Missouri. The Godz sucked that night! but Angel Rocked! They came down out of the ceiling in a huge box and it exploded and they jumped out! and started Rockin! Great show! i met the members in person that night!

[@chuckmack7966]

Hell yea....i was there too, went to Peaches records on Hampton to meet them!