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Pixies to Reissue Complete B-Sides: 1988-97 on Vinyl for the First Time
Pixies will reissue Complete B-Sides: 1988-97 on vinyl for the first time, remastered for a 40th anniversary edition.
Pixies are bringing Complete B-Sides: 1988-97 back into circulation, this time remastered and pressed onto vinyl for the first time. The release lands as part of the Boston band’s 40th anniversary run, a period that has already seen them announce a UK and European tour for 2026 and line up a slate of festival dates for this summer.
The collection originally arrived on CD in 2001, 25 years before this new reissue, and gathered 19 B-sides from the group’s 4AD years between 1988 and 1991. It was a neat archival document from a band that was, at that point, nearly a decade into hiatus. Tracks like Wave Of Mutilation (UK Surf), Into The White, Bailey’s Walk and The Thing made up the core of the set, giving a scattered part of the Pixies catalogue a more formal home.
Pixies ‘Complete B-Sides: 1988-97’. CREDIT: Press
The new edition is set for release on June 26 as a 40th anniversary package. Alongside a double-CD version, the record will appear on vinyl for the first time, with the original tracklist spread across three sides and a fourth side added for bonus live material. Those extra tracks are drawn from later Pixies single releases, including the 1997 reissue of Debaser. Visit here to pre-order.
The reissue follows the recent return of Live At The BBC, another catalogue release that underlined how actively the band’s archive is being tended right now. For that project, designer Chris Bigg created new cover art using photographs of Black Francis and the band from Simon Larbalestier’s archive, images that had previously been shelved.
Pixies will also spend much of the coming months on the road. Their UK dates include a large outdoor show at On The Mount at Wasing next month, while the festival circuit takes them to a headlining slot at Bearded Theory, a performance at NOS Alive in Portugal and an appearance at the 10th anniversary edition of Mad Cool in Madrid. Tickets are available here.
The band’s ninth and most recent studio album, The Night The Zombies Came, came out in 2024. Around that release, the group also spoke to NME about the possibility of revisiting more of their classic albums in full on tour, after already doing so with Trompe le Monde and Bossanova.
“As a fan, I love those things,” said Joey Santiago. “We went to ‘Aja’, the Steely Dan show. It’s incredible knowing that it’s going to be all of ‘Aja’ and right behind me were all the drummers – Danny [Carey] from Tool, Josh Freese, Pat Wilson were all behind me watching it.
“I’m just saying Steely Dan’s cool…The only thing about doing it in order is that Charles and I have to switch guitars. So there’s a lot of that going on, so it disrupts the show a little bit. But we like doing it.”
