Pixies ‘Complete B-Sides: 1988-97’ Available Now
‘Complete B-Sides: 1988-97’ by Pixies
Available now on black, clear, seaweed green (BK Vegan Exclusive) double LP, double CD and digital
Continuing the band’s 40th anniversary celebrations, Complete B-Sides: 1988-97 by Pixies is being reissued 25 years after its initial release, out now. Having been remastered, the compilation of the band’s timeless “other” tracks will be available on double black vinyl, double clear vinyl, and double CD; also marking the first time the release has been officially pressed on vinyl.
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Originally released on CD in 2001, while the band were almost a decade into a hiatus, Complete B-Sides contained 19 b-sides from the band’s classic 4AD era (1988-1991) and featured beloved Pixies tracks including “Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)”, “Into The White”, “Bailey’s Walk”, and “The Thing”. As Pitchfork said in their glowing 9.6 review, “If nothing else, this release proves that, like Dylan in the 60s and Brian Eno in the 70s, the Pixies were the blinding visionaries of the 80s. Virtually everything they touched was groundbreaking and revelatory, leaving one to wish they could only have touched more.”
For Complete B-Sides: 1988-97, all the tracks have been remastered from their original analogue tapes by Kevin Vanbergen – sounding amazingly fresh, it completes his extensive remastering work across the band’s catalogue. With the original tracklisting neatly fitting across 3 sides of vinyl, a fourth side of bonus live tracks has also been added, featuring six tracks culled from latter Pixies single releases including 1997’s Debaser re-release.
This new edition works as a companion piece to the band’s recent Live at the BBCcompilation reissue, where designer Chris Bigg (v23) has created striking new art, taking photos from Simon Larbalestier’s archive that were originally slated for use by Pixies, but were later shelved. Both long-term collaborators with the band, they worked on both reissues in tandem to remember and honour the band’s late-visual director, Vaughan Oliver.
Pixies also recently unveiled previously unreleased songs dating from 1987 to 1991 — “Dig For Fire (Albini Version)”, “Go Man Go”, “Brackish Boy”, and “Punk Loop” — as part of forthcoming remasters of their albums Bossanova and Trompe le Monde, being released on September 11. In addition to being available on CD, digital, and standard black vinyl formats, two special limited-edition vinyl pressings exclusive to Dinked’s newly launched Dinked International Editions will contain the four unearthed songs.
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Pixies – Complete B-Sides: 1988-97
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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)
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)
PIXIES – LIVE
June
30th – Zitadelle Spandau, Berlin, Germany
July
1st – Parkbühne, Leipzig, Germany
2nd – Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
4th – Rock Werchter, Werchter, Belgium
5th – Beauregard Festival 2026, Herouville-Saint-Clair, France
7th – Festival de Nimes 2026, Nimes, France
9th – Festival Cruilla 2026, Barcelona, Spain
10th – Mad Cool Festival, Madrid, Spain
11th – NOS Alive, Oeiras, Portugal
14th – Parco della Musica de Milano, Milan, Italy
15th – Guitare en Scene, Saint-Julien-en Genevois
17th – Maassilo, Rotterdam, Netherlands
18th – Muziekcentrum Enschede, Enschede, Netherlands
19th – Limburgzaal Heerlen, Heerlen, Netherlands
August
2nd – Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival, Yeonsu-Gu, South Korea
September
15th – Peace Concert Hall, Greenville, SC
16th – Wilson Center at Cape Fear Community College, Wilmington, NC
18th – Riot Fest, Chicago, IL
19th – Borderland Music Festival, East Aurora, NY
20th – Sea Hear Now, Asbury Park, NJ
22nd – Iroquois Amphitheater, Louisville, KY
23rd – Rose Park, Columbia, MO
25th – The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Company, Santa Fe, NM
26th – Rialto Theatre, Tucson, AZ
27th – Ohana Festival, Dana Point, CA