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matto
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Posted - 06/09/2026 :  20:49:09  Show Profile  Visit matto's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Forum's not been loading for me till today, assuming it's been the same for everyone else as this hasn't been posted yet - and holy Toledo, I gotta say:

https://www.brooklynvegan.com/pixies-announce-bossanova-trompe-le-monde-reissues-ft-unreleased-songs/

Pixies have been celebrating their 40th anniversary this year, and that continues with the announcement of new remasters of 1990’s Bossanova and 1991’s Trompe le Monde, due out on September 11. In addition to the standard black vinyl (which is available for pre-order now in the BV shop) there are also two limited edition vinyl pressings with bonus 7#8243;s exclusive to Dinked’s new “Dinked International Editions.” Those have four previously unreleased songs from 1987-1991: “Dig For Fire” (Albini Version) and “Go Man Go” on Bossanova (which also comes with a 16-page, 10#8243; replica of the original UK booklet with the incorrect track listing) and “Brackish Boy” and “Punk Loop” on Trompe le Monde.

Both albums were remastered by Kevin Vanbergen, and here’s more about the unreleased songs from a press release:

Side A of the special Dinked Bossanova 7” is a Steve Albini recording of “Dig For Fire”, recorded in late 1987 during the sessions for Surfer Rosa, and sounding far removed from the version they released almost 3 years later. Side B is “Go Man Go”, a once near-mythical Black Francis and Kim Deal co-write that was recorded by both Pixies and The Breeders during the album sessions for Bossanova and Last Splash respectively (but failed to make the cut for either). Outside of appearing on a bootleg tape of Breeders demos and them airing it a few times live at the time, the song faded from view until 2023 when, upon discovering the lost master for it, The Breeders included their version on their 30th anniversary reissue of Last Splash.

On the Trompe le Monde bonus 7”, Side A is “Brackish Boy”, known more as a Frank Black song as he recorded it again for his eponymous 1993 debut solo album. This early version has been mastered direct from the album session tape and with no post-production. The flip side features the least conventional track of the four, “Punk Loop”. It was recorded in 1991 during the Trompe le Monde sessions, labelled simply as ‘Punk Loop’ MSTR.


PIXIES – BOSSANOVA 2026 REMASTER TRACKLIST
1 / A1 Cecilia Ann
2 / A2 Rock Music
3 / A3 Velouria
4 / A4 Allison
5 / A5 Is She Weird
6 / A6 Ana
7 / A7 All Over The World
8 / B1 Dig For Fire
9 / B2 Down to The Well
10 / B3 The Happening
11 / B4 Blown Away
12 / B5 Hang Wire
13 / B6 Stormy Weather
14 / B7 Havalina

Dinked International Edition – Bonus 7” Tracklisting
C1 Dig For Fire (Albini Version)
D1 Go Man Go
Pixies - Trompe Le Monde reissue

PIXIES – TROMPE LE MONDE 2026 REMASTER TRACKLIST
1 / A1 Trompe Le Monde
2 / A2 Planet of Sound
3 / A3 Alec Eiffel
4 / A4 The Sad Punk
5 / A5 Head On
6 / A6 U-Mass
7 / A7 Palace of the Brine
8 / A8 Letter to Memphis
9 / B1 Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons
10 / B2 Space (I Believe In)
11 / B3 Subbacultcha
12 / B4 Distance Equals Rate Times Time
13 / B5 Lovely Day
14 / B6 Motorway to Roswell
15 / B7 The Navajo Know

Dinked Archive Edition – Bonus 7” Tracklisting:
C1 Brackish Boy
D1 Punk Loop

Edited by - matto on 06/09/2026 20:50:03

Jamie
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Posted - 06/10/2026 :  00:07:29  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
This is incredible news (I think I literally gasped when I read it) but why not do a full-on deluxe edition with the entire Trompe demo?
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Bedbug
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Posted - 06/10/2026 :  02:49:25  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I'm amazed

This is tremendous
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Sprite
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Posted - 06/10/2026 :  05:17:10  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
OMG OMG OMG - I fully expected reading this post it would be something like Bossanova and TLM on pink vinyl, nice book, stickers but as usual no new songs. I am floored by this news. Unheard Pixies during the original run! And on a 7 inch! I CANNOT WAIT for this!!
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Brank_Flack
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Posted - 06/10/2026 :  06:28:09  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Great news, but a few pretty major caveats: there were already Bossanova and TML reissues just a couple years ago, and now it turns out I made a mistake in buying them as a definitive reissue was just around the corner. Those 7" are very exciting, but they are only available at records stores partnered with the company. That might be fine in the UK which is geographically more compressed, but in North America there seem to be only a dozen or so stores, none in Canada, and if I recall correctly, none in the US northeast. So the most exciting thing about it will only be available for those blessed to be within a few hours driving distance of random stores scattered across the vast continent. Lastly, these tracks would have nicely filled out side D of the B-sides and rarities reissue (along with "I Can't Forget" and the few other strays) rather than more live 1.0 material.
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Sprite
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Posted - 06/10/2026 :  06:43:15  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
How do you work out that this release will only be available at a partner store?
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Brank_Flack
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Posted - 06/10/2026 :  06:59:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Sprite

How do you work out that this release will only be available at a partner store?



My understanding is that the 7"s are only available through the "Dinked International Editions," run by the company Dinked which makes special editions exclusively for partnering record stores. The 4AD reissue, on the other hand, is the new analogue remaster without the 7" bonus tracks.

Edited by - Brank_Flack on 06/10/2026 07:03:03
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billgoodman
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Posted - 06/10/2026 :  09:33:50  Show Profile  Click to see billgoodman's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
This is not good news at all
Just a few places in the UK and the US
It's hard to get a copy and expensive if you can't pick it up locally

We all are probably gonna hear the "new" songs online soon
But I rather give Pixies my money, instead of the postal office and the tax man

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vilainde
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Posted - 06/10/2026 :  12:06:39  Show Profile  Visit vilainde's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Jamie

This is incredible news (I think I literally gasped when I read it) but why not do a full-on deluxe edition with the entire Trompe demo?



Yeah that sucks. We want the full Malta Tapes! Guess you've got to save some unreleased stuff for the next remaster, or the one after...


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Troubles A Foot
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Posted - 06/10/2026 :  12:21:20  Show Profile  Visit Troubles A Foot's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Preeeetty preeeeetty good! I'm astonished they are putting any Pixies rarities anywhere.
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billgoodman
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Posted - 06/10/2026 :  13:04:44  Show Profile  Click to see billgoodman's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Doolittle had a whole disc of them. So I think the other s should too

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Skatealex1
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Posted - 06/11/2026 :  12:48:53  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Crazy it's taken this long but I'm excited for these tracks. Go Man Go Pixies version- didn't even realize they had a recording of that too.
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Troubles A Foot
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Posted - 06/11/2026 :  16:25:51  Show Profile  Visit Troubles A Foot's Homepage  Reply with Quote
What's Go Man Go?
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Brank_Flack
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Posted - 06/11/2026 :  18:29:24  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Troubles A Foot

What's Go Man Go?



"Side B is “Go Man Go”, a once near-mythical Black Francis and Kim Deal co-write that was recorded by both Pixies and The Breeders during the album sessions for Bossanova and Last Splash respectively (but failed to make the cut for either). Outside of appearing on a bootleg tape of Breeders demos and them airing it a few times live at the time, the song faded from view until 2023 when, upon discovering the lost master for it, The Breeders included their version on their 30th anniversary reissue of Last Splash."
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Sprite
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Posted - 06/12/2026 :  01:20:09  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Brank_Flack

quote:
Originally posted by Sprite

How do you work out that this release will only be available at a partner store?



My understanding is that the 7"s are only available through the "Dinked International Editions," run by the company Dinked which makes special editions exclusively for partnering record stores. The 4AD reissue, on the other hand, is the new analogue remaster without the 7" bonus tracks.



Oh well, that's not so good and more than annoying.
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Sprite
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Posted - 06/12/2026 :  01:33:36  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Seems you can buy them here, well at least I just handed over £63 online to collect at some point. Will see what happens....

https://ffm.bio/_pixies

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billgoodman
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Posted - 06/14/2026 :  00:31:40  Show Profile  Click to see billgoodman's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Yeah, I won't 55 euro and Lord knows how much the tax at the border will be

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Discoking
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Posted - 06/15/2026 :  12:44:51  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
trick is (was?) to buy them from spindizzy records (ireland), if you're in the EU and don't want to deal with importing from the UK.


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billgoodman
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Posted - 06/15/2026 :  23:37:55  Show Profile  Click to see billgoodman's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Discoking

trick is (was?) to buy them from spindizzy records (ireland), if you're in the EU and don't want to deal with importing from the UK.


it's educational



My dad said that too. They sold out in a wink of an eye.

Sometimes Dinked Editions will also turn up at some online German store. That's his experience anyway.





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Discoking
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Posted - 06/16/2026 :  04:58:57  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
i had no idea. i've never heard of dinked editions before this pixies announcement.
apparently this is the german webstore that sometimes has them: https://www.hhv.de/en/records/artists/pixies-10025 (nothing there yet for bossa or trompe, except the regular releases.)


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Discoking
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Posted - 06/16/2026 :  05:01:06  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
bossanova sold out: https://spindizzyrecords.com/products/pixies-bossanova-2026-remaster
trompe still has 19 copies left: https://spindizzyrecords.com/products/pixies-trompe-le-monde-2026-remaster


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Sprite
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Posted - 06/16/2026 :  14:04:54  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It's just mad to me that this cant get a proper official release. I would have thought there would be plenty of demand for it from new and old Pixies fans alike.
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Discoking
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Posted - 06/16/2026 :  23:38:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
the dinked international releases are limited to 3,400 copies each.
which seems plenty to me. some pixies releases with even lower availability have taken months to sell out. (or do we think this will do much better?)
just annoying that it's limited to a couple of shops... that's rude!

maybe the extra tracks will get another release later on?


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Discoking
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Posted - 06/16/2026 :  23:43:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
numbers are a bit confusing...
spindizzy says "Limited pressing of 2200 (1200 UK)" (https://spindizzyrecords.com/products/pixies-trompe-le-monde-2026-remaster)
dinked says "Limited pressing of 3,400" (https://dinkededition.co.uk/editions/pixies-trompe-le-monde)

so probably 2,200 US + 1,200 UK = 3,400 worldwide?


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Sprite
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Posted - 06/17/2026 :  05:41:58  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Discoking

some pixies releases with even lower availability have taken months to sell out. (or do we think this will do much better?)
just annoying that it's limited to a couple of shops... that's rude!


it's educational



Interesting, which ones do you mean? BTE demo disk or coloured vinyls releases. The latter dont interest me. But was I ordering the BTE demos straight away. And I missed out on the Women of War 7" which I have never seen come up on ebay. The novel thing with this Bossanova/BTE is the genuinely bond fide new unheard tunes, that's why I think it could shift a good few units.
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matto
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Posted - 06/17/2026 :  14:18:34  Show Profile  Visit matto's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Sprite

quote:
Originally posted by Discoking

some pixies releases with even lower availability have taken months to sell out. (or do we think this will do much better?)
just annoying that it's limited to a couple of shops... that's rude!


it's educational



Interesting, which ones do you mean? BTE demo disk or coloured vinyls releases. The latter dont interest me. But was I ordering the BTE demos straight away. And I missed out on the Women of War 7" which I have never seen come up on ebay. The novel thing with this Bossanova/BTE is the genuinely bond fide new unheard tunes, that's why I think it could shift a good few units.




Here's some Women of Wars:

https://www.discogs.com/sell/list?sort=price%2Casc&limit=25&master_id=1850126
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Sprite
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Posted - 06/18/2026 :  00:29:28  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Oh my god Matto, that's amazing, thanks!!
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Discoking
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Posted - 06/19/2026 :  00:01:11  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Sprite

Interesting, which ones do you mean?


for example: https://pixiesmerch.com/products/come-on-pilgrim-its-surfer-rosa-live-in-london-cd "come on pilgrim it's surfer rosa live in london cd" limited to 1,000 copies. still available.

and for years i was afraid i'd miss out on limited RSD pixies releases only to find them still available in several record shops months later.
these days i no longer stress. :D

but i guess the new and exclusive tracks might indeed sell these releases faster. it's hard to predict.
also, i don't know how good dinked is at marketing this. if they can let the right people (with fomo) know, these could fly off the shelves. i assume they regularly release limited stuff, so it's likely they know where to promote this for maximum effect.


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billgoodman
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Posted - 06/19/2026 :  06:52:41  Show Profile  Click to see billgoodman's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
The Surfer Rosa Live cd is very expensive to ship to non-US locations, I believe

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Discoking
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Posted - 06/19/2026 :  07:15:12  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
definitely true.


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