In early 2025 the Skids complete BBC Sessions are to be compiled onto CD and LP by Scottish label Last Night From Glasgow. The double album features the five sessions the Skids recorded for John Peel with the BBC between 1978 and 1980. The release includes the BBC session recordings of fan favourites “The Saints Are Coming”, “Masquerade” and “Circus Games“. The legendary Scottish punk band remain as influential as ever, even 45 years. Dunfermline’s sons Skids originally formed in 1977. Within six months of their inception, the band had dropped the “Charles” EP which would lead them to the attention of legendary BBC radio DJ John Peel, with whom they would record five separate sessions over the next two years while working on their first three LPs released during that period – “Scared To Dance” (1979), “Days In Europa” (1979) and “The Absolute Game” (1980).
This new set of 2xLP collection collates all of these sessions and boasts choice from some of the aforementioned albums such as ‘Six Times’, ‘Masquerade’, and the highly popularised once covered by U2 and Green Day ‘The Saints Are Coming’, while also offering never officially released cuts like ‘Hang On To The Shadows’ as well as their frenetic cover of Lou Reed’s ‘Walk On The Wild Side’.
The Skids rose to fame with 1979 single “Into The Valley” and their 1980 album “The Absolute Game“. With almost 50 years under their belt the group, led by Richard Jobson, remain as thrilling as ever, as evident with their last album “Destination Dusseldorf” in 2023.
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