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Pixies - Pixies At The BBC (3LP Vinyl) UPC: 191400063518

Pixies - Pixies At The BBC (3LP Vinyl)

Pixies - Pixies At The BBC

  • 3xLP Vinyl
  • Limited Edition

RELEASE DATE: 3/8/2024

DESCRIPTION:

First Official Vinyl Release on 3LP!
All Tracks from the 6 Sessions Now in Chronological Order!

Between 1988 and 1991 — during the band's 4AD years — Pixies recorded six sessions for the BBC, five for John Peel and one for Mark Goodier. Catching the raw energy of the band's live performances, these sessions felt immediately noteworthy, timestamping a moment when Black Francis, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago and David Lovering were motoring out front.

Among the 24 tracks they recorded in this time period (including two doubles — "Allison" and "Wave of Mutilation") are favorites from mini-album Come on Pilgrim and three of their four 4AD studio albums. Also recorded were three covers; reworks of the Beatles' "Wild Honey Pie," Eraserhead's "(In Heaven) Lady in the Radiator Song" and the Beach Boys' "Hang on to Your Ego," a track Black Francis covered a few years later on his debut Frank Black solo album.

Differing from the original 1998 CD compilation, this reboot sees all tracks from the six sessions now included and presented in chronological order —something fans have been asking for. The sleeve is also new with a wonderful black and gold design by Chris Bigg now adorning it. A design that really stands out, Chris pays loving tribute here to the band's late-visual director Vaughan Oliver, using unseen archival Pixies imagery by long-time collaborator Simon Larbalestier.

TRACKLIST:

Side A:
JOHN PEEL SESSION 3RD MAY 1988

  1. Levitate Me
  2. Hey
  3. In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)
  4. Wild Honey Pie
  5. Caribou

Side B:
JOHN PEEL SESSION 9TH OCTOBER 1988

  1. Dead
  2. Tame
  3. There Goes My Gun
  4. Manta Ray

Side C:
JOHN PEEL SESSION 16TH APRIL 1989

  1. Down to the Well
  2. Into the White
  3. Wave of Mutilation

Side D:
JOHN PEEL SESSION 11TH JUNE 1990

  1. Allison
  2. Velouria
  3. Hang on to Your Ego
  4. Is She Weird

Side E:
MARK GOODIER SESSION 18TH AUGUST 1990

  1. Monkey Gone to Heaven
  2. Ana
  3. Allison
  4. Wave of Mutilation

Side F:
JOHN PEEL SESSION 23RD JUNE 1991

  1. Palace of the Brine
  2. Letter to Memphis
  3. Motorway to Roswell
  4. Subbacultcha

LABEL: 4Ad
UPC: 191400063518