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  1. Down To The Well
  2. Rock My Soul
  3. Gigantic (12 " version)
  4. Vamos (live)
  5. Heaven (live)
  6. Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)
  7. Into the White
  8. Bailey's Walk
  9. Manta Ray
  10. Weird At My School
  11. Dancing the Manta Ray
  12. Make Believe
  13. I've Been Waiting For You
  14. The Thing
  15. Velvety Instrumental Version
  16. Winterlong
  17. Santo
  18. Born In Chicago
  19. Theme From Narc
  20. Build High
  21. Evil Hearted You
  22. Planet of Sound (live)
  23. Tame (live)
  24. Letter to Memphis (instrumental)
  25. Hey (Peel session)
  26. In Heaven (Peel session)
  27. Wild Honey Pie (Peel session)
  28. Caribou (Peel session)
  29. I Can't Forget
Length: 70:40 (29 songs)
Sound: A+ (except Peel sessions: B+)
Note: 29 is not listed on the insert
2nd Edition = 3rd Edition - (18, 29)
B-Side File = 2nd Edition - (3, 4, 5)
The B-side File is certainly the most famous Pixies boot.
There have been several editions of it, each new one extending the former with new tracks. The First B-Side File had 24 tracks, and the last one for now (3rd edition) has 29 of them (including a hidden track, which is I Can't Forget, the L. Cohen cover).
What does it contain? Nearly all EP B-sides (there is still one missing: the alternate version of River Euphrates on Gigantic EP), several other rare official tracks (Rock A My Soul, Down To The Well from 1987, I Can't Forget, Born In Chicago), and 4 BBC sessions. All the non-EP tracks are also featured on Rough Diamonds.
Official tracks originally on CD just sound as if the boot was a regular release. Sound quality for other tracks is not as good as on Rough Diamonds: there is a hiss in Down To The Well (transferred with Rock A My Soul from an original 7"), and the BBC sessions, though not bad, do not sound that good.
The B-side file is very interesting for those who don't want to buy all Pixies EPs/compilations. Another interest (even for those who have the B-sides) is that they are combined into a single CD. Non American purchasers will have the opportunity to listen to Motorway To Roswell (Instrumental), which was US-only. American purchasers will have the opportunity to listen to 75% of the tracks from Gigantic EP (not released in the USA).
Note: The 3rd edition's insert has a nice photograph of the group inside.