Pixies - Pixies at the BBC 1988-1991

4AD - 4AD0635LP

3LP Black Vinyl

Coinciding with a sold-out tour, Pixies at the BBC, 1988-91 is being released on March 8th via 4AD / Remote Control Records. This is being pressed on vinyl for the first time.

Between 1988 and 1991, 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, time-stamping a moment when Black Francis, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago and David Lovering were motoring out front.

Among the twenty-four tracks they recorded in this period (inc. two doubles - 'Allison' and 'Wave of Mutilation') are favourites 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.

Originally released on CD in 1998, this reboot now sees all tracks from the six sessions included and presented in chronological order. Something fans have been asking for. Coming as both a triple black vinyl LP and double CD, 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 to the band's late-visual director Vaughan Oliver, using unseen archival Pixies imagery by long-time collaborator Simon Larbalestier.

John Peel Session 3rd May 1988
Levitate Me
Hey
In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song)
Wild Honey Pie
Caribou
John Peel Session 9th October 1988
Dead
Tame
There Goes My Gun
Manta Ray
John Peel Session 16th April 1989
Down To The Well
Into The White
Wave Of Mutilation
John Peel Session 11th June 1990
Allison
Veloura
Hang On To Your Ego
Is She Weird
Mark Goodier Session 18th August 1990
Monkey Gone To Heaven
Ana
Allison
Wave Of Mutilation
John Peel Session 23rd June 1991
Palace Of The Brine
Letter To Memphis
Motorway To Roswell
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