Pixies – Complete B Sides: 1988-97 (Clear Vinyl)

Coming 25 years after its initial release and coinciding with the bands 40th anniversary, Complete B Sides by Pixies has been remastered and is being reissued this June. Collecting all the b-sides from the bands 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, hasnt 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 bands 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 bands catalogue. This new vinyl edition works as a companion piece to the bands recent Live at the BBC compilation where designer Chris Bigg (v23) has created striking new art, taking photos from Simon Larbalestiers 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 bands late-visual director, Vaughan Oliver. And as there is space for more music across four sides of vinyl, this updated version sees six live tracks added, culled from latter Pixies releases including 1997s Debaser re-release.

A1. River Euphrates A2. Vamos Live A3. In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song) Live A4. Manta Ray A5. Weird at My School A6. Dancing the Manta Ray B1. Wave Of Mutilation UK Surf B2. Into the White B3. Bailey’s Walk B4. Make Believe B5. I’ve Been Waiting For You B6. The Thing C1. Velvety Instrumental Version C2. Winterlong C3. Santo C4. Theme From Narc C5. Build High C6. Evil Hearted You C7. Letter to Memphis Instrumental D1. Planet of Sound Live D2. Tame Live D3. Debaser Live D4. Holiday Song Live D5. Cactus Live D6. Nimrod’s Son Live