The Skids
The Virgin Years 6CD Box
(2015)
A monster of a release: 6 CDs and 113 tracks covering the Virgin Records career of acclaimed new wave legends - The Skids.
Disc 1 is the
No.19 charting debut LP Scared To Dance complete with eight bonus
tracks and including the hit singles "Sweet Suburbia" (No.70) and "The
Saints Are Coming" (No.48) and "Into The Valley" (No.10).
Disc 2 features the original Days In Europa album which hit No.32 back
in 1979 and includes hit 45’s like "Charade" (No.31) and "Working For
The Yankee Dollar" (No.20) as well as the bonus of a version of Mott The
Hoople’s "All The Young Dudes" from a BBC Radio 1 Kid Jensen session.
Disc 3 is the No.9 charting The Absolute Game album complete with
the bonus Strength Through Joy LP. Includes UK hit singles "Circus
Games" (No.32), "Goodbye Civilian" (No.52) and "Woman In Winter"
(No.49).
The bands fourth album Joy has never before been issued on CD
so here it is on Disc 4 along with six bonus tracks!
Disc 5 sees for
the first time on CD the remixed version of the Days In Europa album
which includes the hit single "Masquerade" (No.14). Also included is The
BBC In Concert show from March 1979.
Disc 6 is another Skids collectors
dream - all five of the bands sessions for John Peel! The twenty one
tracks include many never re-recorded by the band and all are appearing
here on CD for the first time.
Add in a detailed 40 page booklet with
detailed sleeve notes by band devotee Tim Barr and all overseen by the
official website and you have the Ultimate Skids release!
cd1 - Scared To Dance
01. Into The Valley [3:17]
02. Scared To Dance [3:18]
03. Of One Skin [2:26]
04. Dossier Off Fallibility [3:32]
05. Melancholy Soldiers [3:03]
06. Hope And Glory [3:18]
07. The Saints Are Coming [2:37]
08. Six Times [2:09]
09. Calling The Tune [4:01]
10. Integral Plot [2:38]
11. Charles [2:47]
12. Scale [4:44]
13. Sweet Surburbia [2:31]
14. Open Sound [1:55]
15. Night And Day [2:39]
16. Contusion [2:43]
17. TV Stars Live From Marquee UK 1978 / 2007 Digital Remaster [2:14]
18. Charles 7 Version [2:34]
19. Reasons [4:14]
20. Test Tube Babies [2:04]
cd2 - Days In Europa
01. Animation [4:49]
02. Charade [3:54]
03. Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Pantria Mori [4:07]
04. Pros Ans Cons [3:19]
05. Home Of The Saved [5:07]
06. Working For The Yankee Dollar [4:55]
07. The Olympian [3:30]
08. Thanatos [4:07]
09. A Day In Europe [3:03]
10. Peaceful Time [5:04]
11. Out Of Town [4:16]
12. Another Emotion [3:01]
13. Aftermath Dub [2:59]
14. Grey Parade [4:37]
15. Vanguards Crusade [4:39]
16. All The Young Dudes [3:24]
cd3 - The Absolute Game + Strength Through Joy
01. Circus Games [3:51]
02. Out Of Time [4:07]
03. Goodbye Civilian [4:16]
04. The Children Saw The Shame [3:40]
05. A Woman In The Winter [5:55]
06. Hurry On Boys [3:42]
07. Happy To Be With You [3:35]
08. The Devils Decade [5:33]
09. One Decree [3:24]
10. Arena [5:22]
11. Circus Games 7" version [4:06]
12. Goodbye Civilian 7" version [3:29]
13. Monkey Mcguire Meets Specky Potter Behind Lochore Institute [2:51]
14. An Indicent In Algier [3:33]
15. Grievance [3:21]
16. Strenght Through Joy [1:49]
17. Filming In Africa [3:36]
18. A Man For All Seasons [1:49]
19. Snakes And Ladders [3:58]
20. Surgical Triumph [2:03]
21. The Bell Jar [2:36]
cd4 - Joy
01. Blood And Soil [4:00]
02. A Chanllenge The Wanderer [6:11]
03. Men Of Mercy [1:12]
04. A Memory [5:16]
05. Iona [6:53]
06. In Fear Of Fire [0:43]
07. Brothers [3:13]
08. And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda 2003 digital remaster [5:32]
09. The Man Of The Fall [6:14]
10. The Sound Of Retreat Instrumental [3:08]
11. Fields [4:31]
12. Iona 7" version 1 [3:22]
13. Blood And Soil 7" version [3:13]
14. Iona 7" version 2 [5:07]
15. Fields 7" mix [3:32]
16. Brave Man 7' mix [3:36]
17. Brave Man 12" mix [6:43]
cd5 - The Days In Europa (remixed) + The BBC In Concert 1979
01. Animation - remix [4:31]
02. Charade - remix [4:02]
03. Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori - remix [4:41]
04. The Olympian - remix [3:28]
05. Home Of The Saved - remix [4:43]
06. Working For The Yankee Dollar - remix [3:39]
07. Thanatos - remix [4:00]
08. Masquerade - remix [2:45]
09. A Day In Europe - remix [2:58]
10. Peaceful Times - remix [5:06]
11. Of One Skin - Live At The Paris Theatre London UK 1979 [2:48]
12. Melancholy Soldiers - Live At The Paris Theatre London UK 1979 [3:18]
13. Scared To Dance - Live At The Paris Theatre London UK 1979 [3:34]
14. Integral Plot - Live At The Paris Theatre London UK 1979 [2:41]
15. Scale - Live At The Paris Theatre London UK 1979 [5:11]
16. Into The Valley - Live At The Paris Theatre London UK 1979 [2:53]
17. The Saints Are Coming - Live At The Paris Theatre London UK 1979 [3:14]
18. Night And Day - Live At The Paris Theatre London UK 1979 [2:17]
19. Walk On The Wild Side - Live At The Paris Theatre London UK 1979 [4:48]
cd6 - The John Peel Sessions
01. Of One Skin - BBC John Peel Session [2:34]
02. Open Sound - John Peel Session 16/5/78 [1:51]
03. Contusion - John Peel Session 16/5/78 [2:48]
04. Night And Day - John Peel Session 16/5/78 [2:08]
05. TV Stars - John Peel Session 16/5/78 [1:22]
06. Dossier Of Fallibility - BBC John Peel Session [3:27]
07. Hope And Glory - BBC John Peel Session [4:33]
08. Six Times - BBC John Peel Session [2:05]
09. The Saints Are Coming - BBC John Peel Session [3:14]
10. Summer - John Peel Session 19/2/79 [2:27]
11. Hang On The Shadows - John Peel Session 19/2/79 [3:14]
12. Zit - John Peel Session 19/2/79 [5:21]
13. Walk On The Wild Side - John Peel Session 19/2/79 [4:17]
14. War Poets - John Peel Session 1979 [3:09]
15. Withdrawal Symtoms - John Peel Session 1979 [4:47]
16. Hymn For A Haunted Ballroom - John Peel Session 1979 [3:54]
17. Masquerade - John Peel Session 1979 [2:33]
18. Filming In Africa - John Peel Session 1980 [3:43]
19. An Incident In Algiers - John Peel Session 1980 [2:42]
20. Circus Games - John Peel Session 1980 [4:07]
21. Snakes And Ladders - John Peel Session 1980 [3:11]
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