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Pixies - Live at the BBC

Pixies - Live at the BBC

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Triple Album - Expected Release Date: 08/03/24

Genre: Indie/ Alt

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 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.

 

 

Tracklisting:

 

John Peel Session 3rd May 1988 
1. Levitate Me

  1. Hey
  2. In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song)
  3. Wild Honey Pie
  4. Caribou 

    John Peel Session 9th October 1988
    6. Dead
  5. Tame 
    8. There Goes My Gun 
    9. Manta Ray 

    John Peel Session 16th April 1989
    10. Down To The Well
  6. Into The White
  7. Wave Of Mutilation


John Peel Session 11th June 1990 
13. Allison

  1. Velouria 
    15. Hang On To Your Ego 
    16. Is She Weird


Mark Goodier Session 18th August 1990 
17. Monkey Gone To Heaven

  1. Ana 
    19. Allison 
    20. Wave Of Mutilation


John Peel Session 23rd June 1991 
21. Palace Of The Brine

  1. Letter To Memphis
  2. Motorway To Roswell 
    24. Subbacultcha

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