SKIDS – Land, Sea and Sky: Skids Singles 1978-1981 – LP – ‘Saltire Blue’ Colour Vinyl

LP – Limited Edition ‘Saltire Blue’ Colour Vinyl (13 tracks).

With their breakthrough hit Into The Valley in 1979, Dunfermline,Scotlands premier export Skids quickly rose to become one of the mostrespected and popular bands to emerge from the UK punk and new waveera. Founding members Richard Jobson (vocals) and Stuart Adamson(guitars) were a dynamic combination up front (Adamson went on to evengreater commercial success when he later founded Big Country) while thebands tight, taut sound was grounded by the William Simpson on bass and
first Tom Kellichan and later Mike Baillie on drums.

Into The Valley had actually come on the heels of a trio of cult-appeal earlysingles Charles, Sweet Suburbia, and The Saints Are Coming, allconsidered classics today, while its success saw chart follow ups with thelikes of Animation, Masquerade, Working For The Yankee Dollar, CircusGames and Goodbye Civilian. Always considered up there with thegreatest among their peers The Jam, Siouxsie And The Banshees, and TheStranglers, for example both singles and albums showcased an intelligenceand literate sensibility as well as musical innovation and awesome power.
On stage they were simply dynamite.

Unusually, until now, Skids have never seen their glorious 1978-1981 run of immaculate singles brought together in a vinyl collection. The 13-track all-killer Land, Sea & Sky: Skids Singles 1978-1981, presented on Saltire Blue vinyl, finally rectifies that situation. It includes the singles A-sides and comes with illustrated inner bag in a new design by Phillip Marshall and an original cover shot by Virginia Turbett.

LP Tracklist:

Side A
1. Charles
2. Sweet Suburbia
3. The Saints Are Coming
4. Into The Valley
5. Masquerade
6. Charade
7. Working For The Yankee Dollar

Side B
1. Animation
2. Circus Games
3. Goodbye Civilian
4. A Woman In Winter
5. Fields
6. Iona