big up my dad !!(martyn ware) we're in the process of his autobiography -- stay tuned! :)
@Vibracobra23_Original4 жыл бұрын
Give your dad my best wishes Elena. My uncle was in The Future with him about a year before this was recorded, so I met him a few times back in the day. Your dad came to one of my uncle's gigs at the Leadmill in 1980 and I remember him and Ian telling me that they'd just come back from the USA and about a programme on TV called The Gong Show.
@johnedwards66944 жыл бұрын
Please do tell your dad from me that he is absolutely brilliant. :)
@bmullooly4 жыл бұрын
elena ware k, sign me up for this.
@antonioskoutsoyiannis53194 жыл бұрын
Me too.
@josephdevlin75284 жыл бұрын
Your Dad is one of 20th Century's great music pioneers. What an amazing achievement and legacy. Looking forward to the autobiography.
@cryptotrader27794 жыл бұрын
Yes, this was the very moment I was left literally stunned and speechless by synth music. I was a very young lad laying in my sleeping bag in a caravan awning as my parents were sleeping inside our caravan in Wales for summer holidays, and I had my tiny radio/cassette under the sheets listening to Peel and then I heard this. Hit record on my tape player and my musical life was never the same again. This was just so far beyond f**king epic back in those days. Literally 20 years ahead of their time. Beyond futuristic even. The sound hit me like a ton of bricks. I can't even begin to describe how this made me feel back then, and still sounds amazing today. One of my defining moments in life that I wish I could re-live.
@written124 жыл бұрын
CryptoTrader Wonderful, moving description of your epiphany Peel-sent.
@cryptotrader27794 жыл бұрын
@@written12 Thanks. Peel was a one-off for sure. Wish he was still around because we need him more than ever with todays "music" !
@christopherbrookfield47854 жыл бұрын
I can recall a similar moment of speechlessness, the first time I heard The Smiths, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore, from Meat Is Murder, on the John Peel show one night, on earphones, walking through my parents house, in the dark, late one night, after everyone else had gone to bed. Fantastic. 💖
@sturdeehouse4 жыл бұрын
Yes right with you on that. I was 10 and this blew me away. I recorded it, took it into school and lent it to my mate Paul Jeckyll. He wouldn't return it for ages and finally when he did........the tape was broken......I was gutted. He didn't even tell me, aw man, I was so annoyed. Anyway....I was ahead of my time and all alone it felt in loving this.......
@cryptotrader27794 жыл бұрын
@@christopherbrookfield4785 I remember hearing the Smiths on a Peel session too, especially being a Manchester lad and my Mum actually worked with Johnny Marr's Mum at the time. I must admit that I didn't like The Smiths at all on first hearing, but grew to love them after a while.
@jontyutd3 жыл бұрын
When i hear this. I see dark and dingy skies. 70's concrete high rise estates. Its my youth. Nobody will ever take this away from me. The best time of my life.
@antonhoward90272 жыл бұрын
I was 12 in '79 and don't even know where I discovered the Human League. I'm 55 now and I've just made room in my studio for the 13th synth in my armoury. These sounds have never left my body.
@kamelhamlaoui998310 ай бұрын
Hi just discovered this one… love it. Could you tell me the gear the used here? ☔️☔️☔️☔️💕😉😎
@MrMusicbyMartin9 ай бұрын
I’m the same age and have the same affliction - a room full of Moogs and Roland gear and a lifelong love affair with electronic drone music.
@gungeIigung8 ай бұрын
@@kamelhamlaoui9983 synthesizers.
@iamyourfuture8083 ай бұрын
Roland system 100 & lkorg 700s. @@kamelhamlaoui9983
@SRDhain7 ай бұрын
No time' became 'The 'World Before Last' on Reproduction. It's great to hear this version. The MK1 Human League were a revelation to me when i first heard them via the 'sounds of the 70s' show on BBC2 or BBC4 . Soon after watching that segment on t.v, I bought both their albums, and played them a heck of a lot, trying to figure out what synths they were using. Years later, I eventually added a full Roland System 100 (that's what Ian Marsh bought & and used for drums, leads etc) to my setup. I still own and use one to this day. I can also remember meeting and chatting with Martyn Ware at the ICA years ago. He was very approachable & knowledgeable.
@starburst5399 жыл бұрын
All these Peel Sessions are fantastic!
@matthewmccalvin20626 жыл бұрын
The Swell Maps session is excellent
@davidlyon18996 жыл бұрын
love the swell maps.a special band.
@wishawweather54217 жыл бұрын
The version of Blind youth on this demo is the best version I've heard. No wonder Peel had his eyes opened. Incredible to think a band from Sheffield was doing this in the summer of 1978. Beyond cutting edge for it's time.
@darrenparker48976 жыл бұрын
Well ahead of their time!Wish they'd have done Circus of death.
@colddaze66805 жыл бұрын
Fair enough but Kraftwerk were doing synth music far back as early 70s
@pressureworks4 жыл бұрын
Have you not heard Cabaret Voltaire's excellent work from the same time period ?
@neilgardner25834 жыл бұрын
The Cabs were there as well as Adi Newton
@465marko10 ай бұрын
He definitely had his eyes Peeled!!! Eh? Get it?
@josephdevlin75288 жыл бұрын
This still sounds really vital. This is nearly 40 years old!
@monjesenal74778 жыл бұрын
Joseph Devlin índeed!
@matthewmccalvin20626 жыл бұрын
Fully agreed, this is a pivotal point in history..
@philipcurnow79906 жыл бұрын
It is 40 years old now! Blimey.
@written124 жыл бұрын
Does that mean that those of us who were alive then are 40 years older now?
@robcol8004 жыл бұрын
@@written12 Yes! 🤔😰😭😭😭😅
@fleurdelis68353 жыл бұрын
I am very happy, that I am not the only one who love this kind of music. I dont know other HL fans.
@DeepakKumar-lv4te10 ай бұрын
brilliant stuff, bleeding edge too (edge, geddit ??). Shame Oakey lost patience with them because he wanted to be more pop oriented but it's understandable. Most folks like easy listening pop rather than more exploratory stuff. Travelogue and Reproduction remain 2 of my most fave albums ever. Love listening to them, no one else seems to though!! Thanks for posting, and of course RIP John Peel.
@ajs417 ай бұрын
It wasn't long before Heaven 17 embraced pop as well.
@GazBobTalks Жыл бұрын
The 1980's 2 years before the 1980's.
@timczifrik77157 ай бұрын
This is awesome..!!! I was NEVER into this band before. I liked about 3 radio songs ... But THIS is great..!!! Glad I found it..!!
@tjarskoye8 жыл бұрын
Human League used in this era synthesizers Korg 700 (1973) and Roland System 100 (1975)
@simonirvine21745 жыл бұрын
Jupiter 4 (1978) as well
@ringolevio59214 ай бұрын
The whidstum 13 -3 12 too I heard
@kikkirow8 жыл бұрын
Ah man some of those deep, rich analogue synth sounds
@darrenparker48976 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fantastic sound and the band so ahead of their time.Gary Numan who became the leader of the electronic/synth scene was still playing the punk/guitar based Tubeway Army stuff at this time so would have to play catch up,how did Human League and John Foxx slip through the net to become also rans?
@ten10strips856 жыл бұрын
@@darrenparker4897 Are you American? I ask because from what I remember, Human League and Ultravox weren't widely known until MTV, so '81, '82, by which time I reckon they had become very different bands, "Don't You Want Me" and "Vienna." Those chicks and Ure. I was just a kid though, maybe they were popular on college radio or something, I wouldn't have known. This and the Ultravox! Peel Sessions were a revelation to me.
@t3chnod3lic5 жыл бұрын
Analogue synths are eons better than digital!
@richardpennington5445 Жыл бұрын
@@ten10strips85 the first Ultravox album with Ure was still class.
@kriskairn37155 ай бұрын
They take much patience and used to be so expensive. A korg MS 20 was over 500 quid n a MS 10 £395.
@pabloimireia4 жыл бұрын
Travelogue and Reproduction..two underrated masterpieces.
@bencullis88793 жыл бұрын
Not in my household!
@karenhendry76863 жыл бұрын
Totally agree!
@fleurdelis68353 жыл бұрын
Same!!!!
@radi24492 жыл бұрын
The only Human League albums I hear ✌️
@peterlove48687 ай бұрын
Saw Heaven 17 doing the League early albums in Sheffield. Absolutely fantastic night. Glenn and Martyn were on top form.
@rebeccastevelloyd97296 жыл бұрын
Still fantastic,I love all the early Human League stuff..brilliant
@brhodes76593 жыл бұрын
It never gets old..
@marciusnery40657 жыл бұрын
Still sounds amazing after all this years.
@jaggass4 жыл бұрын
The Human League was probably the first British synthpop band on the scene.
@robertommundsen91554 жыл бұрын
And ultravox
@NapFloridian2 ай бұрын
Yazoo, Depeche Mode, Soft Cell, Visage...
@OnlyGoodMusic_2 ай бұрын
@@NapFloridian yazoo????? yazoo was 4 years after this, nothing to see here! almost the same with soft cell and depeche mode... Visage was formed in 1978 that is true and they already released material in 1979
@pigknickers29753 жыл бұрын
I've been into the League since 79. To me their first two albums define that period, even more so than Gary Numan or other huge new wave acts. Phil is a great singer though untrained, his wisdom and humanity always adding depth to the bleak Yorkshire synths. To those that experienced this very special time, where anything was open and anything was possible, I think we got really lucky.
@resonator232 жыл бұрын
@@herbertrichard614 thanks for that priceless piece of information
@resonator232 жыл бұрын
@@herbertrichard614 i don't know what you're on about, nor am I interested in what you have to say, so why waste your time?
@jandromaria3512 жыл бұрын
@@herbertrichard614 Because this is not Pop music, dude!
@RebeccaTurner-ny1xxАй бұрын
"bleak Yorkshire synths"... not sure that Roland or Korg was ever based in God's Own Country.
@pigknickers2975Ай бұрын
@@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx If they were played in Yorkshire they are Yorkshire synths.
@midysteve8 жыл бұрын
Just saw the human league performing this song yesterday ! Goosebumps all over again!😉
@Sphat903 жыл бұрын
This version of The Word Before Last (No Time) is synth heaven. I like all versions of the song but it is noticeably the most lush, they used the stereo field very well.
@martmako15 жыл бұрын
superb stuff, the original pioneers Oakey, Marsh and Ware, many thanks
@MrMusicbyMartin9 ай бұрын
An important fact to be considered is the precise time at which the original Human League split - it happened at eleven seventeen. They would have carried on, but none of them were in the Moog.
@RebeccaTurner-ny1xxАй бұрын
Ba-boom!
@gazlee32085 жыл бұрын
Just after this Phil met a couple of birds in a cocktail bar who we're waitress's i believe.
@mossyhaych82274 жыл бұрын
that much is true
@davidmacdonald76794 жыл бұрын
Not exactly “just after”
@SCORPIO20114 жыл бұрын
Gaz Lee Joan and Susan both joined in October 1980 and officially joined after their Euro tour in December 1980
@hazelwray53074 жыл бұрын
They were dancing in a Sheffield nightclub. They were both fans of Gary Numan.
@markdobson37404 жыл бұрын
@@hazelwray5307 ...and Showaddywaddy too!
@r.l.lawrencejr.62832 жыл бұрын
THE LEAGUE CERTAINLY NEW ABOUT DEPTH VARIANCES, AND BIG BASS. INCREDIBLELY SO MUCH IN THE FRONT OF THE PACK. TRAINED AND SERIOUS AND GOT ON W/IT. SUPERB. THANKS TO THE LEAGUE, CHEERS! B.L.
@philipgolding36722 жыл бұрын
The Travelogue version' of Being Boiled is by far the best ' but all peel sessions are brilliant for their rawness'
@MrMusicbyMartin9 ай бұрын
If Phil had been willing to continue on this path instead of becoming ABBA, they would have scaled even greater heights but very few people would have heard of them. They’d be like Cabaret Voltaire or Throbbing Gristle.
@whooligan10008 ай бұрын
Dehumanisation. It's such a big word. It's been around since Richard III
@roberthaines94047 жыл бұрын
Wonderful👍synths held together with duct tape and raw talent
@anaranjadisimo6 жыл бұрын
`i`ll give you a thousand likes if i could.
@jamesward77216 жыл бұрын
Top comment.
@BioDieselEstate5 жыл бұрын
Always been the best of Human League. Hands up who was totally weirded out when HL got mega with ultra-pop?
@johnlynch80424 жыл бұрын
They changed from our Kraftwerk to our Abba and we loved them both I think.
@davidmacdonald76794 жыл бұрын
Phil had always wanted them to be Abba
@pigknickers29753 жыл бұрын
I'll never really get over it haha Dare was ok, brilliant in a way, but the heart of the first two albums is where it's at for me.
@pdlawson-venusloon3593 жыл бұрын
Holiday ‘80 was a precursor to the metamorphosis…..loved it mind you….
@stringer-ik1pc3 жыл бұрын
We wouldn't be her discussing this had it not been for the success of Phil oakey and the HL mk2.
@juliegibson91826 жыл бұрын
Fundamental creativity. I adore it.
@CatoMinor8 жыл бұрын
No time (The word before last) is simply marvellous.
@PabloDeModeOfficial5 жыл бұрын
A true masterpiece!
@herbertrichard6142 жыл бұрын
Blip music for people on drugs. Is that what you are on about.
@chap666ish8 жыл бұрын
Why have I never heard this before??? Years spent listening to John Peel as a teenager and I missed this gem. Thanks for posting.
@jts400hp7 жыл бұрын
LocumRex " the more things change the more they stay the same"
@stevengn7245 Жыл бұрын
Ya can't beat early Human League. Remember listening to their first two albums on my CD walkman while I was a kid driving in the back of my family car in a city at nighttime and feeling very sophisticated...
@BioDieselEstate5 жыл бұрын
Not that the ultra-pop was bad. Just SO different to what I had come to think of as Human League. Thanks to the person who posted this. Phil Oakey actually has one of the best voices of his generation. Wouldn't it be good to think that all good things go to those who deserve? If only...
@TobcioccLeyton2 жыл бұрын
This is bloody brilliant
@FFM05947 жыл бұрын
Vibracobra has the best YT channel, IMO.
@Pleasure_Victim6 жыл бұрын
FFM0594 So true!
@markwillans18316 жыл бұрын
Raw .... and sounds .... great.... no over production....
@1970BOROMIR2 жыл бұрын
UNA DE MIS BANDAS DESDE SIEMPRE... DESDE QUE CRECÍ EN LOS LEJANOS AÑOS 80... CREATIVIDAD Y CORAZÓN....
@MarcS4R4 жыл бұрын
this sounds so raw and so good
@sulky_grrrl8 жыл бұрын
wow. amazing SYNTH SOUND!
@jimskea2246 жыл бұрын
I saw them, just once, in Glasgow before they turned all poppy., I think it was on the Travelogue tour. Great gig.
@kriskairn37155 ай бұрын
I saw Human League in Eric's Liverpool it was an awesome experience. I was 17 and in awe just mesmerizing and cool 😎
@thomasjones6025 Жыл бұрын
Sounds of the future………. Still……. ❤
@gerryrodden19832 жыл бұрын
i remember listen to this we were living in the back of our transit van for 9 months in Hounslow after basing ourselves Fire Exit there . love them .
@68telekon3 жыл бұрын
so brilliant! love these versions
@kdw7125 жыл бұрын
40 odd years too late to this party - how come i have never heard this session before
@daveshaw15146 жыл бұрын
just perfect .better than the crap today.
@Accidentinparadiable4 жыл бұрын
I beg to differ Dave Shaw !! There is many many many great bands in 2020. And any other year you care to extricate !! You just need an open mind, and most of all, open ears. Which is what we should have always had. From our youth, and forever. If you liked the Human League in 78. Why not also appreciate anything from that time until now. I still appreciate anything that I am open minded about.
@garrylee9996 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Some amazing Peel sessions over the years. Thanks for posting :)
@ozoz58293 жыл бұрын
Just superb... No words to describe... 👏👏👏👏👏
@pennyscottwarner8 жыл бұрын
Listen to the voice of Buddha Saying stop your sericulture Little people like your offspring Boiled alive for some Gods stocking Buddha's watching, Buddha's waiting
@zenbudhism4 жыл бұрын
The best song ever about the death of silkworms ☹️
@paisleybuddie50964 жыл бұрын
All of the Sheffield electronic bands would have been nowhere without the influence of Cabaret Voltaire.
@davorjakara4 жыл бұрын
sereš
@pigknickers29753 жыл бұрын
very true, something special happened there in latter part of the 70s and it was CV that got it going..
@skintrader100 Жыл бұрын
Martin Ware said CV mentored them.
@kriskairn37155 ай бұрын
Cabaret Voltaire true innovators .
@billtol9306 жыл бұрын
The perfect sound ladies and gentlemen
@davidtownsend93064 жыл бұрын
Ground breaking music that's totally underated
@matthewjones7916 Жыл бұрын
so lucky to have been alive throughout this era.
@globalturfwar5 жыл бұрын
Darkest version of Loving Feeling ever. Brill
@lazlokovacs22633 жыл бұрын
You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling, most impressive version.
@radi24492 жыл бұрын
still my fav cover song
@skintrader100 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant vocals with humming synths in the background. Was eargasm for me.
@thebmxband1t6 жыл бұрын
Blimey!!! This is MINT❤️
@dronespace4 жыл бұрын
Incredible sound!
@mrhbsaucepunkrocknewwavevi79463 жыл бұрын
Always loved that early stuff, breaking new ground.
@shmujew47912 ай бұрын
HAVENT HEARD THIS VERSION OF BEING BOILED BEFORE , BUT I LOVE IT , USED TO OWN MUTANT POP BACK IN THE DAY
@dorritfredrikaholm33209 жыл бұрын
I like Philip Oakey and his voice.
@farmyardflavours5 жыл бұрын
yes, his voice is fantastic !!
@keltyk2 жыл бұрын
HL rescued synth from the flared trouser era by finding a sweet spot within the Post Punk period
@crot107 жыл бұрын
Love there is zero production on this
@LFOVCF9 жыл бұрын
I met Martyn Ware, really nice fella!
@glenjarnold7 жыл бұрын
LFOVCF Same and agreed!
@LFOVCF9 ай бұрын
@@glenjarnold Back again! Saw him again in concert. sadly couldn't get near him this time, but i did get a close up pic of his original synth. The roadie lifted it down for me, i couldn't believe my luck!
@edgar65322 жыл бұрын
Great upload, always seemed to be a spooky one. Remember this from around 1975
@banyera Жыл бұрын
78 , not 75 !!
@edgar6532 Жыл бұрын
@@banyera Yep. I was miles away. I'll blame it on the Polish lager.
@banyera Жыл бұрын
@@edgar6532 Best Excuse - mine would be Whisky !!!🤣🤣
@pressureworks4 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile over at WesternWorks, 3 Sheffield lads were busy churning out some cool sounds as well.
@Wearenotreallyhere7 жыл бұрын
Saw 'em soon after at The Factory.
@robcol8006 жыл бұрын
Christ this is good!!!
@LarzGustafsson9 жыл бұрын
Great stuff.
@kriskairn37155 ай бұрын
This band inspired me to start my own band in 79.
@thewotsit7 жыл бұрын
John Peel, the definition of Plato's cave.
@paulgroover2837 жыл бұрын
Found this in a second hand shop on vinyl i killed the record by playing it to much i still have the cover. Which i thought wtf has a sledge dog team got to do with electronic music. I am speaking about the original album from 78. Not this peel session
@2old2pogo5 жыл бұрын
Travelogue was from 1980 (sled dog cover), their earlier album reproduction was from 1979, no album from 1978
@davidmacdonald76794 жыл бұрын
Yeah Travelogue was much later, just pre-split
@pigknickers29753 жыл бұрын
@@davidmacdonald7679 It was Spring 80.
@lanslater5 жыл бұрын
thanks for this
@factoryfactory71426 ай бұрын
Its amazing what you can do on a stylofone!
@iconicshrubbery9 жыл бұрын
Love Phil's voice.And is that an....anorak? Iconic.
@andycolourbox64619 жыл бұрын
+iconicshrubbery That's a Parker...very popular in the 70's
@devinthierault9 жыл бұрын
+Andy ColourBox Parkas can be called anoraks.
@iconicshrubbery9 жыл бұрын
Cultural Note ."anorak "insinuates nerdishness rather than "parker"mod-ishness.The HL definitely the former,as they were such computer geeks.
@ChasD8 жыл бұрын
Apart from Phil, as he was the epitome of avant garde coolness.
@jamesward77216 жыл бұрын
It's a great pic
@contact72739 жыл бұрын
Excellent
@stephenwilliams18544 жыл бұрын
Was this ever released on vinyl.Have looked for it without success.Amazing raw synths.So primitive!
@jetboy84049 жыл бұрын
Wonderful
@mcguigan547 жыл бұрын
Jet Boy
@strappaplank60172 жыл бұрын
Big thanks for this, some corking stuff on your channel
@markdoyle82035 жыл бұрын
Raw and earthy the best
@paullavan33873 жыл бұрын
The only way is to think of the HL as two radically different entities; WXJL Tonight can hardly be compared with 'Louise' by any sane mind, surely? Dare really is a great album, but by a completely different group. How about 'A Crow and a Baby' on Top of the Pops?
@norab3251Ай бұрын
I was 15...
@buserror1 Жыл бұрын
Harder than hardcore, more metal than metal.
@MMulcair5 ай бұрын
Imagine hearing this sound for the first time in 1978.....
@Analog324 жыл бұрын
Nice rough recording. Takes me back to when I was a young lad.
@alejandrourrego33067 жыл бұрын
Los amo!
@scatrrr4 жыл бұрын
The Juan Maclean appropriated Being Boiled for their track, No Time, which appears on the album, The Future Will Come.
@UberSynth4 жыл бұрын
Damn, why didn't they film these performances?
@peterfreeman66774 жыл бұрын
Zac Dior Well, they weren't performances, they were studio sessions. That's probably why.
@UberSynth4 жыл бұрын
@@peterfreeman6677 cameras in the studio then?
@peterfreeman66774 жыл бұрын
No. Why? Just another workday, just another wannabe band using expensive BBC studio time. Filming only if someone bought a cine-camera along. Not many would. This was work.
@UberSynth4 жыл бұрын
@@peterfreeman6677 there are always video cameras recording in studios. If we only knew then how crap today's music was going to get, we would of captured more rare performances of live music back then. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
@peterfreeman66774 жыл бұрын
This was 1978. Not many video cameras around. And for a routine studio session, why go to the trouble of bringing in film equipment? This was the BBC,, budgets were tight and what video equipment they had was not exactly cutting edge. Don't forget that to save money the BBC routinely reused recording tape and so lost many programmes both from TV and radio.
@diverger86838 жыл бұрын
this is verry early trance music!!!
@jamesward77216 жыл бұрын
Like your thinking man
@101Uniman2 жыл бұрын
I got here via random clicks on wikipedia
@davidlyon18996 жыл бұрын
wow,just wow.
@banyera Жыл бұрын
Without re-listening to it , I am sure these tracks are on the "Boys in Darkness " bootleg - yep have it !!! + the Taverner Tapes !!
@cornflower92582 жыл бұрын
Phil was sooo attractive. Look at that pic of him.
@dolmanf2 жыл бұрын
classic stuff
@satyros28 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU
@wasiuuu1 Жыл бұрын
no future they say.... it must be ... perfect dialog for todays times