Siouxsie and the Banshees’ “Downside Up” B-Sides Collection Set for First-Ever Vinyl Release

Siouxsie and the Banshees’ long-out-of-print Downside Up, the expansive collection of B-sides and other non-album recordings first released in 2004, will return this fall in newly remastered five-LP and three-CD editions.

Due Nov. 20, the revised box set brings together 51 tracks — 49 studio recordings and two live performances — covering material originally issued between 1978 and 1995, from “Voices (On the Air),” the flip side of the band’s debut single “Hong Kong Garden,” through late-period cuts “B Side Ourselves,” “Hang Me High” and “Black Sun.”

Along the way, Downside Up collects some of the Banshees’ finest work outside their studio albums, including “Pulled to Bits,” “Drop Dead/Celebration,” “Eve White/Eve Black,” “Red Over White,” “Tattoo,” “Umbrella,” “Something Blue,” “El Día de los Muertos,” “Return” and “Sea of Light.” The set also features the band’s versions of T. Rex’s “20th Century Boy,” Ben E. King’s “Supernatural Thing” and the Modern Lovers’ “She Cracked.”

Both configurations have been remastered from the original tapes. The five-LP edition, which marks the collection’s vinyl debut, was cut to lacquer by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios and comes with a 32-page booklet featuring new imagery drawn from the Banshees’ original single sleeves. The three-CD clamshell box includes a 68-page booklet.

Pre-orders for both editions are now available.

Tracklist:

LP1
Side 1

1. Voices (On The Air)
2. 20th Century Boy
3. Pulled To Bits
4. Mittageisen (Metal Postcard)
5. Drop Dead / Celebration
6. Eve White / Eve Black

Side 2

1. Red Over White
2. Follow The Sun
3. Slap Dash Snap
4. Supernatural Thing
5. Congo Conga
6. Coal Mind

LP2
Side 3

1. We Fall
2. Cannibal Roses
3. Obsession II
4. A Sleeping Rain
5. Il Est Né, Le Divin Enfant
6. Tattoo

Side 4

1. (There’s A) Planet In My Kitchen
2. Let Go
3. The Humming Wires
4. I Promise
5. Throw Them To The Lions

LP3
Side 5

1. An Execution
2. The Quarterdrawing Of The Dog
3. Lullaby
4. Umbrella
5. Shooting Sun

Side 6

1. Sleepwalking (On The High Wire)
2. She Cracked
3. She’s Cuckoo
4. Something Blue
5. The Whole Price Of Blood

LP4
Side 7

1. Mechanical Eyes
2. False Face
3. Catwalk
4. Something Wicked (This Way Comes)
5. Are You Still Dying, Darling?

Side 8

1. El Dia De Los Muertos
2. Sunless
3. Staring Back
4. Return
5. Spiral Twist

LP5
Side 9

1. Sea Of Light
2. I Could Be Again
3. Hothead
4. B Side Ourselves
5. Swimming Horses (Live)

Side 10

1. All Tomorrow’s Parties (Live)
2. Hang Me High
3. Black Sun

The original four-CD edition contained 55 tracks. The new reissue carries over its first three discs in full: 49 studio recordings plus two performances taped at KROQ’s 1991 Acoustic Christmas, “Swimming Horses” and the Velvet Underground’s “All Tomorrow’s Parties.”

The only material omitted is the original box’s fourth disc, which contained the four orchestral rerecordings from the Banshees’ 1984 The Thorn EP: “Overground,” “Voices (On the Air),” “Placebo Effect” and “Red Over White.” The earlier B-side versions of “Voices (On the Air)” and “Red Over White” remain in the new collection.

Box-set preorders placed through the official Siouxsie and the Banshees webshop will include an exclusive print hand-signed by Siouxsie while supplies last. The print will accompany the first 500 five-LP box-set orders and the first 300 three-CD box-set orders.

For U.S. fans, a new Siouxsie and the Banshees shop will launch Friday, Sept. 11, at 11 a.m. EDT, allowing customers to order with domestic postage. A separate allocation of box sets accompanied by the signed print has been reserved for the U.S. store. The shop link will be available through the band’s official Linktree.

Siouxsie and the Banshees links:

• Pre-order Downside Up
• Official Merchandise Store
• Official U.S. Store — launching Sept. 11 at 11 a.m. EDT
• Official Website
• Instagram
• Facebook
• X / Twitter
• YouTube
• Spotify
• Official Linktree