Show 174 - Skids - Live At The Glasgow Apollo - 16 June 1979

 

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Kicking off the 2022 restorations with this brilliant, stereo show from Skids, from their tour of the UK supporting their debut album, Scared To Dance. The information with this said it was a soundboard recording but it wouldn't surprise me if this was actually an FM recording - the basic mix was really good and there's audience noise, which is often missing on soundboards. There were also a couple of edits already in the source files where audience noise was cut.

Anyway, first job was removing quite a few tape dropouts from either the left or right channel. After that, it was EQ and some studio toys to revitalise the recording and make it clearer and less flat, before moving on to mastering to finish things off and bring the best out of the existing sound quality. The result is a really clear, powerful gig by one of Scotland's finest bands (in my humble opinion, anyway). And yes, some songs are played twice!

You can now download this repaired, restored and remastered version of this show in full blooded stereo, exclusively for free, right HERE as one 320kbps MP3 file.

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Setlist
The Saints Are Coming
Six Times
Out Of Town
Scale
Scared To Dance
Charles
Melancholy Soldiers
Another Emotion
Integral Plot
All The Young Dudes
Of One Skin
Sweet Suburbia
Masquerade
Night And Day
Into The Valley
TV Stars
Of One Skin

Encore:
Reasons
Walk On The Wild Side
Masquerade
Into The Valley
Test Tube Babies
TV Stars