The Skids - Live @ Chelsea College of Science & Technology (BBC2 Rock Goes to College 1981.02.02)

Monday 2nd February 1981
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 6.35 - 7.40 pm
Chelsea College of Science & Technology, London

00:00 - Hurry on Boys
04:15 - Working for the Yankee Dollar
08:30 - An Incident in Algiers
13:05 - Out of Town
17:30 - Masquerade
20:35 - A Woman in Winter
26:30 - Blood and Soil
32:35 - Of One Skin
36:05 - The Psalm

[interact]

One of the finest bands I have ever seen . On their first tour in support of The Stranglers at Lincoln Drill Hall, the Skids bass player broke a bass string, no back up bass, only him and a roadie threading a top g string mid set, Stuart Adamson filled in the space by playing the Bill Nelson solo to Sister Seagull, a truly talented individual. I was so taken aback that I stopped punching a skinhead wearing a Sham army T-shirt. Rest in peace my man x

[Adventuresfromtheshedofdreams]

My first proper gig was The Skids about four months before this was filmed, great band.

[eddiec]

Taped the sound off the telly at the time. Still got it !

[pontypoolcleaning]

Stuart Adamson Guitaring Absolutely 1000% Amazing Would of loved to have seen him Sing A Full SKIDS Song

[TheBlackHelicopterRevue]

Love the Skids, great band, great songs, great performance

[jb]

I Can’t believe I found this. Brilliant.

[Nessie]

Watching again in May 2020.
Absolutely brilliant. Thanks again for posting! Cheers

[MobiusBandwidth]

Oh Stuart, what a genius, what a loss.

[The.Last.Guitar.Hero.]

Stuart Adamson was a major influence on me picking up the guitar a genius and sadly missed

[timj]

What brilliant quality film, the best I’ve seen of this show

[MobiusBandwidth]

they play "Filming in Africa" before Incident in Algiers, as an intro.

[JohnZokas-hfqw]

Russell Webb… ex zones.. brilliant guy when he use to play in the Mars bar pub Howard’s st enochs square.. me and him went to see x ray spec queen Margaret uni Glasgow.. a true fans favorite.. always had time to talk to you.. use to say to me do i sound like the stranglers bassist.. nice guy.. skids were awesome live.. so were the zones willie gardener hyssop mcassic

[wir]

Think this was in February 1981, rather than 1980. I remember it being on TV and the reference to "A Woman In Winter" deserving to be number 1 and that it should be re-entered is also a clue. It hadn't been released in February 1980.

[thebigbard]

Never trust someone that wears sunglasses or a scarf when indoors
Great bands though

[fedlad]

This is Chelsea College of Arts, 2 February 1981. The final gig was at The Venue club, Victoria Street on 10 February 1981. Shortly after that, first Baillie then Adamson left.

[jaford]

@15:29: "Nobody smells my gravy" - that's what I sang for about 30 years.

[stuartmcainsh]

At 32 mins 36 seconds in you can hear where angle park came from.

[jessrichardmoransee]

just got call from Japan i think she sais she prefered sunshine if achievable cheery blossom ❤

[DSHill]

It wasn't Chelsea College of Arts - it was Chelsea College of Science and Technology

[graemecarpenter]

Pretty sure this was early 1980 as I was at this gig