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Pixies - Pixies At The BBC



Pixies - Pixies At The BBC

Label:

4AD

Genre:

Alternative

Product No.:
A4AD 0635
UPC: 191400063518
Availability:
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Category:

Vinyl Record


No. of Discs: 3

$59.98

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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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