The Skids audio live in Edinburgh Odeon 1979

[@radgeworks]

wow what a find, I was there it was my first gig, my mate and I were only 14. in 2018 we met up again having lost touch since our early 20's at the Glen Pavillion to see the Skids again, and they were yet again brilliant.

[@sairheid6982]

I was there that night. Can't believe it's posted here.

[@sairheid6982]

And a big thanks for posting it.

[@seancyril70]

Really digging The Skids with the honky tonk piano!

[@Nessie2410]

Stuart must be so thrilled to be on stage with his idol. lucky lot who were there that night! Splendid. ❤️

[@derekmcadam5274]

Fantastic to hear this after all these years..Great gig..

[@timbrown5304]

This sounds SO cool...youve done a mighty fine job with the sound and I appreciate all your efforts. RIP Stuart...never forgotten.

[@timbrown5304]

How good does Bill's bass sound on Dulce!!!!......:-)

[@dikthrust]

Probably my favourite live Skids recording !! Thank you for uploading this ....

[@murraystewart8472]

Just found my ticket for this gig in a scrap book. First one I ever went to. Thanks for posting this. Currently warm fuzzy feeling and great memories flooding back. Very sad that Stuart took his own life. World's a poorer place for it. Miss his talent and humanity.

[@RustyEgan]

Finally a good recording but Yes the keyboards are way to high in the mix. It was a guitar based band.Also I don't hear any of my electronic sounds. That you get on other recording from the same tour

[@richardhills2543]

The recording from Newcastle certainly is better for your drum sounds.

[@geoffcliff1503]

Great band especially live.

[@turnipsreturn716]

absolutely, one of the best:)

[@markshaw158]

I saw the skids on the 1979 tour at Sheffield Top Rank, Bill Nelson also appears to perform The Be Bop Deluxe classic, Panic in the World, what a amazing night !!

[@dalewalker6519]

this is so good! never saw them in the day so I'm so happy I've got a ticket to see them in Newcastle next year. Rip stuart

[@turnipsreturn716]

dale walker great stuff, I've got tickets for holmfirth, last of the summer skids

[@The.Last.Guitar.Hero.]

Brilliant audio

[@parkendsoundservices9861]

Thanks for posting mate. This brings back memories of when I first saw Skids around a month later in Aberdeen. The keyboard arrangements were certainly developed in the studio by Bill Nelson however they are performed live here by band member Alistair Moore. From the levels I suspect that it is from Alistair's monitor feed that this recording has been taken.

[@turnipsreturn716]

thank you very much and glad you enjoyed:) i wondered why the keyboard was so high in the mix:)

[@waynes9191]

Actually it's from a cassette given to band members and tech crew, Virgin recorded the gig for a live release that never happened. It was a quick and dirty downmix from the multi tracks, little to no balancing and no effects, totally dry. I know this as i was sent the files by the owner of the tape who worked for the Skids at the time of this recording, he had copied the tapes to PC and had a go at doing something with it. He sent them to me to have a go at... Took me a lot of hours trying to take care of drop-outs etc as the tape was 30 years old at the time. The channels were out of phase, so I fixed that along with balancing the channels, I added a litte compression, eq, reverb and widened the sound stage to what you hear now. As for the keyboard levels nothing i could do without lowering stuart's guitar as well. Near the end you will notice that Stuart's guitar changes channels, this was because of problems with his amp, so he switched to Richard Jobson's. My wife designed artwork for it (she works in graphics) based on an original design by another Skids fan. He gave it the name as well as supposedly 'War Themes' was the working title of 'Days In Europa'. I am an amatuer at doing this sort of thing, mainly self taught using Adobe Audition 3 and Logic Pro. My eldest son has a B-Tec in live and studio sound so gave me a few pointers as did Russell Webb of the Skids, as he is a friend of mine and lives near me.

[@turnipsreturn716]

+W Sadlier wow all this info:) thanks very much and you did an excellent job. i listened to it all and its a fantastic gig, great about the artwork and i never knew War themes was the working title for the album. thanks again:)

[@MisterGee1968]

Brilliant - thanks a million !

[@sairheid6982]

Thanks for doing such a great job and sharing it. I was at this gig. Great memories.

[@jojohamilton5331]

I was there first time I ever saw them live

[@lordlazerus]

Many thanks! Amazing!

[@vespasianlegx11]

skidos . fkin brilliant.

[@johnny5805]

It's interesting to hear the 'new' songs (that are now total classics) be greeted with general apathy. The keyboard player needed to turn down his volume though. He was drowning out Stuart.

[@martinnorris2262]

Saw the Skids in Bedford in 2017 with Spear of Destiny Fucking Ace.

[@martinnorris2262]

Sorry I mean 2018.

[@martinnorris2262]

SKIDS

[@martinnorris2262]

I'm an idiot.

[@sidney001]

Honky Tonk piano ???? Doesn't sound right

[@chrispools]

Fantastic sound quality. Why oh why did they overcomplicate the set with that god awful keyboard? No need, skids where good enough with raw guitars and vocals