Pixies - Complete B-Sides - 2 LP set

Pixies
Complete B-Sides
4AD 0878IE - 2 LPs on standard black vinyl 

     Coming 25 years after its initial release and coinciding with the band’s 40th anniversary, Complete B Sides by Pixies has been remastered and is being reissued this June. 


     Collecting all the b-sides from the band’s classic 4AD-era, Complete B Sides contains some of the Pixies best ‘other’ tracks including ‘Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)’, ‘Into The White’ and ‘The Thing’ and until now, hasn’t been available on vinyl.
     Originally released on CD in 2001, when the band were nearly a decade into a hiatus, Complete B Sides featured all 19 non-single tracks from the band’s unbelievable run of 1988-1991 singles - ‘Gigantic’, ‘Monkey Gone to Heaven’, 'Here Comes Your Man’, ‘Velouria’, ‘Dig for Fire’ and ‘Planet of Sound’. To complete it, it concluded with the instrumental version of ‘Letter to Memphis’, the Trompe le Monde album track that appeared on the American release of ‘Alec Eiffel’.
     For this updated edition, all the tracks have been remastered from their original analogue tapes by Kevin Vanbergen, sounding amazingly fresh, it also completes his extensive work across the band’s catalogue.
     This new vinyl edition works as a companion piece to the band’s recent Live at the BBC compilation where designer Chris Bigg (v23) has created striking new art, taking photos from Simon Larbalestier’s archive that were originally slated for use by the Pixies but later shelved. Both long-term collaborators with the band, they worked on both releases in tandem to remember and honour the band’s late-visual director, Vaughan Oliver.
     This updated version sees six live tracks added, culled from latter Pixies releases including 1997’s ‘Debaser’ re-release.

     Contains the songs
River Euphrates 
Vamos (live) 
In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song) (live) 
Manta Ray 
Weird at My School 
Dancing the Manta Ray 
Wave of Mutilation (Uk Surf) 
Into the White 
Bailey's Walk 
Make Believe 
I've Been Waiting For You 
The Thing 
Velvety (Instrumental version) 
Winterlong 
Santo 
Theme From Narc 
Build High 
Evil Hearted You 
Letter To Memphis (instrumental) 
Planet of Sound (live) 
Tame (live) 
Debaser (live) 
Holiday Song (live) 
Cactus (live) 
Nimrod's Son (live)