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Primary Pixie Frank Black will release his first "best of" compilation June 12 via Cooking Vinyl. Frank Black 93-03 will be a double-disc set covering material from 1993's self-titled solo debut through 2003's Catholics-supported disc Show Me Your Tears.

The first disc features 22 studio tracks in chronological order. The second is comprised of live versions recorded at late 2006 shows in Pittsburgh and Regina, Saskatchewan. Cooking Vinyl will release three different versions of the second disc, one each for the North American, European, and Japanese releases, and the European and Japanese versions of the compilation will come out June 4, a week before the North American edition.

Also featured on 93-03-- as a "hidden track" that will likely close out the first disc-- is a new song called "Threshold Apprehension", which is the first single from a forthcoming Frank Black album-- as Black Francis!-- titled Bluefinger. Black took inspiration for Bluefinger from 20th Century Dutch painter and musician Herman Brood, and he plans to release the album on Cooking Vinyl in September.

"Threshold Apprehension" will also have a separate single release outside of the compilation. It will be available for digital download May 7, and a limited edition 7"/digital download combo will make its way to indie rock fans on May 25.

Black and his band have a ton of European club and festival dates this summer, starting on June 15 in Interlaken, Switzerland.

Frank Black 93-03:

Disc 1:

01 Los Angeles
02 Ten Percenter
03 Czar
04 Old Black Dawning
05 Abstract Plain
06 Calistan
07 Speedy Marie
08 Headache
09 Freedom Rock
10 Men in Black
11 You Ain't Me
12 I Don't Want to Hurt You
13 All My Ghosts
14 I Gotta Move
15 Bad Harmony
16 Western Star
17 Robert Onion
18 Hermaphroditos
19 Velvety
20 California Bound
21 Massif Centrale
22 Manitoba

Disc 2 (North America):

01 Deadman's Curve
02 Raiderman
03 My Terrible Ways
04 I'll Be Blue
05 Johnny Barleycorn
06 Ten Percenter
07 Dog Gone
08 The Swimmer
09 Suffering

Disc 2 (Europe):

01 Bullet
02 Nadine
03 CPL593A
04 Living on Soul
05 Burnt Out Rock 'n' Roll
06 Been All Around the World
07 Six Sixty Six
08 Horrible Day
09 (Do What You Want) Gyaneshwar

Disc 2 (Japan):

01 Ten Percenter
02 Deadman's Curve
03 My Terrible Ways
04 I'll Be Blue
05 Bullet
06 Nadine
07 CPL593A
08 Living on Soul
09 Suffering
10 I Burn Today
11 I'm Not Dead (I'm in Pittsburgh)
12 Sing for Joy

Dates:

06-15 Interlaken, Switzerland - Greenfield Festival
06-16 Nickelsdorf, Austria - Nova Rock Festival
06-18 Merignac, France - Krakatoa
06-19 Nantes, France – Olympic
06-20 Angers, France - Chabada
06-22 Lille, France - Aéronef
06-23 Scheeßel, Germany - Hurricane Festival
06-24 Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany - Southside Festival
06-25 Clermont-Ferrand, France - Coopérative de Mai
06-26 Marseille, France - Espace Julien
06-27 Toulouse, France - Salle des Fêtes de Ramonville
06-29 Cergy Pontoise, France - Furia Sound Festival
06-30 Alençon, France - Extra Sonores Festival
07-01 Werchter, Belgium - Werchter Festival
07-02 Groningen, The Netherlands - Oosterpoort
07-03 Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Waterfront
07-04 Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Paradiso
07-05 Nijmegen, The Netherlands - Doornroosje
07-07 Evreux, France - Festival Rock Dans Tous Ses Etats
07-15 London, England - Shepherds Bush Empire