Boy, Man & Soldier: Skids 1978-1981
Skids
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Release Date: 03/10/2025
With their breakthrough hit 'Into the Valley' in 1979, Dunfermline, Scotland's premier export Skids quickly rose to become one of the most respected and popular bands to emerge from the UK punk and new wave era. Founding members Richard Jobson (vocals) and Stuart Adamson (guitars) were a dynamic combination up front (Adamson went on to even greater commercial success when he later founded Big Country) while the band's tight, taut sound was grounded by William Simpson on bass and first Tom Kellichan and later Mike Baillie on drums. This 5-disc collection brings together the vast majority of Skids' recorded output from the glory years 1978-1981. It includes the albums 'Scared to Dance', both the original mix of 'Days in Europa' and its 1980 remix version, 'The Absolute Game' and 'Joy', plus all of the band's non-album singles, in their edited single forms, along with B-sides and single and 12-inch edits. Beautifully presented in 7'x7' Super Deluxe packaging, 'Boy, Man & Soldier' comes fully illustrated with original sleeve art from the era married to a new design by Phillip Marshall and original cover shot by Virginia Turbett.
Disc 1
1: Into the Valley
2: Scared to Dance
3: Of One Skin
4: Dossier (Of Fallibility)
5: Melancholy Soldier
6: Hope and Glory
7: The Saints Are Coming
8: Six Times
9: Calling the Tune
10: Integral Plot
11: Charles (Re-recorded Version)
12: Scale
13: Charles (Original 1978 Version)
14: Reasons
15: Test Tube Babies
16: Sweet Suburbia
17: Open Sound
18: Night and Day
19: Contusion
20: TV Stars (Live at the Marquee Club)
Disc 2
1: Animation
2: Charade
3: Dulce Et Decorum Est (Pro Patria Mori)
4: Pros and Cons
5: Home of the Saved
6: Working for the Yankee Dollar
7: The Olympian
8: Thanatos
9: A Day in Europa
10: Peaceful Times
11: Masquerade
12: Out of Town
13: Another Emotion
14: Aftermath Dub
15: Grey Parade
Disc 3
1: Animation (Remix)
2: Charade
3: Dulce Et Decorum Est (Pro Patria Mori) [remix]
4: The Olympian (Remix)
5: Home of the Saved (Remix)
6: Working for the Yankee Dollar (Remix)
7: Thanatos (Remix)
8: Masquerade (Remix)
9: A Day in Europa (Remix)
10: Peaceful Times (Remix)
11: Vanguard's Crusade
12: Working for the Yankee Dollar (Live from the Hammersmith Odeon)
13: Monkey McGuire Meets Speccy Potter Behind Lochore Institute
Disc 4
1: Circus Games
2: Out of Town
3: Goodbye Civilian
4: The Children Saw the Shame
5: A Woman in Winter
6: Hurry On Boys
7: Happy to Be With You
8: The Devil's Decade
9: One Decree
10: Arena
11: Goodbye Civilian (Single Version)
12: A Woman in Winter (Single Version)
13: An Incident in Algiers
14: Grievance
15: Strength Through Joy
16: Filming in Africa
17: A Man for All Seasons
18: Snakes and Ladders
19: Surgical Triumph
20: The Bell Jar
Disc 5
1: Blood and Soil
2: A Challenge (The Wanderer)
3: Men of Mercy
4: A Memory
5: Iona
6: In Fear of Fire
7: Brothers
8: And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
9: The Men of the Fall
10: The Sound of Retreat
11: Fields
12: Iona (7" Mix)
13: Blood and Soil (7" Mix)
14: Brave Man (7" Mix)
15: Fields (7" Mix)
16: Brave Man (12" Mix)