Skids

Skids were an art-punk/punk rock and New Wave band from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, founded in 1977 by Stuart Adamson (1958–2001, guitars / backing vocals / keyboards / percussion), William Simpson (bass guitar / backing vocals), Thomas Kellichan (drums) and Richard Jobson (vocals / guitar / keyboards). Their biggest success was the single "Into the Valley", released in 1979. (read more at Wikipedia)
== Links with Peel ==
Peel was a big supporter of the band and saw them play live on at least one occasion, probably twice . The track "TV Stars" recorded for the group's debut session namechecks Peel. According to singer Richard Jobson, it was made up on the spot during the session itself . A live version of this was released as the b-side to the group's fourth single, 'Into The Valley'.
== Festive Fifty Entries ==
*1979 Festive Fifty: Into The Valley #37
== Sessions ==
Five sessions. All available on The Virgin Years boxset (CD6), Virgin (2015). #1, #2 & #3 released in 2009 as digital download and on streaming services.
'Hymns From A Haunted Ballroom' from #4 released in November 1979 as part of the special 2 x 7" issue of 'Working For the Yankee Dollar' single, where keyboards are credited to Midge Ure and production to John Sparrow.
1. Recorded: 1978-05-16. First broadcast: 19 May 1978. Repeated: 28 June 1978, 31 July 1980, 19 March 1981.
*Of One Skin / Open Sound / Contusion / Night And Day / TV Stars
2. Recorded: 1978-08-29. First broadcast: 01 September 1978. Repeated: 25 September 1978, 17 October 1978, 27 May 1981, 09 September 1986.
*Dossier Of Fallibility / Hope And Glory / Six Times / The Saints Are Coming
3. Recorded: 1979-02-19. First broadcast: 26 February 1979. Repeated: 09 April 1979, 19 March 1981.
*Summer / Hang On To The Shadows / Zit / Walk On The Wild Side
4. Recorded: 1979-04-30. First broadcast: 07 May 1979. Repeated: 04 June 1979, 20 December 1979.
*War Poets / Withdrawal Symptoms / Hymns From A Haunted Ballroom / Masquerade
5. Recorded: 1980-09-01. First broadcast: 15 September 1980. Repeated: 02 October 1980.
*Filming In Africa / An Incident In Algiers / Circus Games / Snakes And Ladders (instrumental)
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== Other Shows Played ==
(This list was compiled only from the database of this site and Lorcan's Tracklistings Archive. Please add more information if known.)
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*01 March 1978: Test Tube Babies (7" - Charles) No Bad
*06 April 1978: Charles / Reasons / Test Tube Babies (7" - Charles) No Bad
*17 April 1978: Test Tube Babies (7" - Charles) No Bad
*18 May 1978: Test Tube Babies (7" EP - Charles) No Bad
*30 August 1978: Sweet Suburbia (7") Virgin VS 227
*31 August 1978: Sweet Suburbia (7") Virgin
*05 September 1978 (Paul Gambaccini): Sweet Suburbia (7") Virgin VS 227
*07 September 1978: Sweet Suburbia (7") Virgin
*13 September 1978: Open Sound (7" -Sweet Suburbia) Virgin
*12 October 1978: Sweet Suburbia (7") Virgin
*20 October 1978: 'The Saints Are Coming (red vinyl 12"-Wide Open)' (Virgin)
*20 October 1978: 'Of One Skin (red vinyl 12"-Wide Open)' (Virgin)
*20 October 1978: 'Night And Day (red vinyl 12"-Wide Open)' (Virgin)
*20 October 1978: 'Contusion (red vinyl 12"-Wide Open)' (Virgin)
*31 October 1978: Night & Day (7" EP - Wide Open) 7" Virgin
*01 November 1978: Of One Skin (7" EP - Wide Open) 7" Virgin
*November 1978 (BFBS) (1): Night And Day (7" EP - Wide Open) Virgin VS 232
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*25 January 1979: TV Stars (7" - Into The Valley) Virgin K-7472
*01 February 1979 (Paul Gambaccini): Sweet Suburbia (v/a album - 20 Of Another Kind) Polydor POLS 1006
*01 February 1979 (Paul Gambaccini): Into The Valley (7") Virgin VS 241
*05 February 1979: Into the Valley (7") Virgin
*05 February 1979: TV Stars (7" - Into The Valley) Virgin K-7472
*06 February 1979: TV Stars (7" - Into The Valley) Virgin K-7472
*08 February 1979: Into the Valley (7") Virgin
*14 February 1979: Into the Valley (7") Virgin
*14 February 1979: TV Stars (7" - Into The Valley) Virgin K-7472
*19 February 1979: TV Stars (7" - Into The Valley) Virgin K-7472
*20 February 1979: Into the Valley (7") Virgin
*22 February 1979: Scale (LP - Scared To Dance) Virgin
*22 February 1979: TV Stars (b/w 7" - Into The Valley) Virgin K-7472
*27 February 1979: Into The Valley (album - Scared To Dance) Virgin V 2116
*27 February 1979: Scared To Dance (album - Scared To Dance) Virgin V 2116
*27 February 1979: Of One Skin (album - Scared To Dance) Virgin V 2116
*27 February 1979: Dossier (Of Fallibility) (album - Scared To Dance) Virgin V 2116
*01 March 1979: Melancholy Soldiers (album - Scared To Dance) Virgin V 2116
*01 March 1979: Hope And Glory (album - Scared To Dance) Virgin V 2116
*01 March 1979: The Saints Are Coming (album - Scared To Dance) Virgin V 2116
*01 March 1979: Six Times (album - Scared To Dance) Virgin V 2116
*06 March 1979: TV Stars (7" - Into The Valley) Virgin K-7472
*07 March 1979: Dossier (of Fallibility) (LP - Scared To Dance) Virgin
*12 March 1979: TV Stars (7" - Into The Valley) Virgin K-7472
*13 March 1979: unknown
*14 March 1979: Hope And Glory (LP - Scared To Dance) Virgin
*15 March 1979: Hope And Glory (LP - Scared To Dance) Virgin
*15 March 1979: Into the Valley (7") Virgin
*12 April 1979: Unknown (announced but not on recording)
*24 April 1979: Of One Skin (LP - Scared To Dance) Virgin
*10 May 1979: Masquerade
*14 May 1979: Masquerade (dbl 7") Virgin
*14 May 1979: Out of Town ('Masquerade' dbl 7") Virgin
*14 May 1979: Another Emotion ('Masquerade' dbl 7") Virgin
*14 May 1979: Aftermath Dub ('Masquerade' dbl 7") Virgin
*16 May 1979: Masquerade (7") Virgin
*21 May 1979: Masquerade (7") Virgin
*29 May 1979: Masquerade (7") Virgin
*29 August 1979: Charles (7" EP - Charles) No Bad
*10 September 1979: Charade (7") Virgin
*11 September 1979: Charade (7") Virgin
*11 September 1979: Grey Parade (b-side 'Charade' 7") Virgin
*17 September 1979: Grey Parade (b-side 'Charade' 7") Virgin
*18 September 1979: Charade (7") Virgin
*22 September 1979 (BFBS): Charade (7") Virgin
*03 October 1979: Animation (album – Days In Europa) Virgin V 2138
*03 October 1979: Charade (album – Days In Europa) Virgin V 2138
*03 October 1979: Dulce Et Decorum Est (Pro Patria Mori) (album – Days In Europa) Virgin V 2138
*03 October 1979: Pros And Cons (album – Days In Europa) Virgin V 2138
*08 October 1979: Home of the Saved (album – Days In Europa) Virgin V 2138
*08 October 1979: Working for the Yankee Dollar (album – Days In Europa) Virgin V 2138
*09 October 1979: Thanatos (album – Days In Europa) Virgin V 2138
*09 October 1979: A Day In Europa (album – Days In Europa) Virgin V 2138n
*09 October 1979: The Olympian (album – Days In Europa) Virgin V 2138
*13 October 1979 (BFBS): Charade (album – Days In Europa) Virgin V 2138
*17 October 1979: unknown
*24 October 1979: Working For The Yankee Dollar (album – Days In Europa) Virgin V 2138
*27 October 1979 (BFBS): Working For The Yankee Dollar (album – Days In Europa) Virgin V 2138
*Peel Late October Early November 1979: Thanatos (album – Days In Europa) Virgin V 2138 John tried to play "The Olympian"
*12 November 1979: Working for the Yankee Dollar (7") Virgin
*15 November 1979: All The Young Dudes ('Working for the Yankee Dollar' dbl 7") Virgin
*21 November 1979: Working for the Yankee Dollar (7") Virgin
*27 November 1979: Woman In Winter (7") Virgin VSK 101
*06 December 1979: Working for the Yankee Dollar (7") Virgin
*24 December 1979: Into the Valley (7") Festive 50 #37
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*11 February 1980: Animation (7") Virgin VS 323
*14 February 1980: Animation (7") Virgin VS 323
*20 February 1980 (BFBS): Animation (7") Virgin VS 323
*23 February 1980 (BFBS): Animation (7") Virgin VS 323
*28 February 1980: Animation (7") Virgin VS 323
*06 March 1980: Animation (7") Virgin VS 323
*28 July 1980: Circus Games (7") Virgin VS 359
*29 July 1980: Circus Games (7") Virgin VS 359
*02 August 1980 (BFBS): One Decree (7" - Circus Games) Virgin VS 359
*02 August 1980 (BFBS): Circus Games (7") Virgin VS 359
*05 August 1980: unknown
*09 August 1980 (BFBS): Circus Games (7") Virgin VS 359
*13 August 1980: The Saints Are Coming (LP - Scared To Dance) Virgin
*14 August 1980: Circus Games (7") Virgin VS 359
*16 August 1980 (BFBS): Of One Skin (LP - Scared To Dance) Virgin
*21 August 1980: Circus Games (7") Virgin VS 359
*27 August 1980: Circus Games (7") Virgin VS 359
*10 September 1980: Hurry On Boys (album - The Absolute Game) Virgin V 2174
*10 September 1980: The Children Saw The Shame (album - The Absolute Game) Virgin V 2174
*10 September 1980: Happy To Be With You (album - The Absolute Game) Virgin V 2174
*20 September 1980 (BFBS): Hurry On Boys (album - The Absolute Game) Virgin V 2174
*25 September 1980: Woman In Winter (7") Virgin
*27 September 1980 (BFBS): Goodbye Civilian (7") Virgin VS 373
*04 October 1980 (BFBS): Woman In Winter (7") Virgin
*08 October 1980: Test Tube Babies (7" - Charles) No Bad NB-1
*13 October 1980: Monkey McGuire Meets Specky Potter Behind Lochore Institute (b/w 7" - Goodbye Civilian) Virgin VS 373
*23 October 1980: Goodbye Civilian (7") Virgin VS 373
*10 November 1980: Hurry Up Boys (album - The Absolute Game) Virgin V 2174
*29 November 1980 (BFBS): Woman In Winter (7") Virgin
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*08 February 1981 (BFBS): Charade (7") Virgin
*17 March 1982: Of One Skin
*21 March 1982 (BFBS): Of One Skin
*02 May 1982 (BFBS): A Woman In Winter (album - The Absolute Game) Virgin V 2174
*20 June 1983: All the Young Dudes (2x7" - Working For The Yankee Dollar) Virgin
*Peel July August 1983: The Olympian (album – Days In Europa) Virgin V 2138
*09 September 1984 (BFBS):The Olympian (album – Days In Europa) Virgin V 2138
*22 January 1985: Of One Skin (LP - Scared To Dance) Virgin
*17 June 1985: TV Stars (7" - Into The Valley) Virgin K-7472
*03 February 1986: Six Times (LP - Scared To Dance) Virgin
*17 May 1988: The Saints Are Coming (EP - Wide Open) Virgin
*21 February 1993 (BFBS): TV Stars (b-side 'Into the Valley' 7") Virgin
*29 March 1996: Into The Valley (CD - Scared To Dance) Virgin
*August 2004 (FSK): Of One Skin (7" - Wide Open) Virgin
*John Peel's Scottish Sessions: TV Stars (session #1, first TX 19 May 1978) (Richard Jobson of The Skids explains the story of their first session – includes story about TV Stars, which was made up as one session track short. Made up the lyrics on the spot.)
*John Peel's Scottish Sessions: The Saints Are Coming (1/9/78) (Richard Jobson from the Skids again – Peel was essential to their musical output and how he told him off for being a “rock star” in Notting Hill. “John Peel discovered the Skids.”)
*Walhalla: TV Stars
== See Also ==
* 1979 Top Twenty Albums
*Gigography 1978
*Sounds
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official site
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