45RPM: #17 Sweet Suburbia - Skids (1978)

Skids played their first gig on 19 August 1977 at the Bellville Hotel in Pilmuir Street, Dunfermline, Scotland.Within six months they had released on February 24 1978 the Charles EP (featuring Charles, Reasons, and Test Tube Babies) on the No Bad record label, created by Sandy Muir, a Dunfermline music shop owner turned manager. The record brought them to the attention of national BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel. This led to a local gig supporting The Clash.Virgin Records then signed up Skids in April 1978.

Sweet Suburbia / Open Sound

The Skids

Virgin

1st September 1978

UK Chart #70

A-Side

Sweet Suburbia

B-Side

Open Sound

Skids Peel Sessions 1978

Recorded 16th May.

Broadcast 19th May.

1. Of One Skin
2. Open Sound
3. Contusion
4. Night And Day
5. TV Stars

Recorded 29th August.

Broadcast 1st September but this is from the repeat of the session on 25th September. Includes Peel introductions.

1. Hope And Glory
2. The Saints Are Coming
3. Dossier Of Fallibility
4. Six Times