Pixies - Pixies At The BBC

Available on triple black vinyl for the first time!

All the tracks from the six sessions now included and presented in chronological order

New jacket with black and gold design by Chris Bigg

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 (inc. two doubles — "Allison" and "Wave of Mutilation") are favorites from the 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 compilation, this reboot sees all tracks from the six sessions now included and presented in chronological order. The sleeve is also new with a wonderful black and gold design by Chris Bigg now adorning it. 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.

 

Side A

JOHN PEEL SESSION 3RD MAY 1988

Levitate Me

Hey

In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)

Wild Honey Pie

Caribou

Side B

JOHN PEEL SESSION 9TH OCTOBER 1988

Dead

Tame

There Goes My Gun

Manta Ray

Side C

JOHN PEEL SESSION 16TH APRIL 1989

Down to the Well

Into the White

Wave of Mutilation

Side D

Allison

Velouria

Hang on to Your Ego

Is She Weird

Side E

MARK GOODIER SESSION 18TH AUGUST 1990

Monkey Gone to Heaven

Ana

Allison

Wave of Mutilation

Side F

JOHN PEEL SESSION 23RD JUNE 1991

Palace of the Brine

Letter to Memphis

Motorway to Roswell

Subbacultcha

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