I'm not saying that at all. I don't know where the BBIS master tapes are. They might be in Meat's legendary vault, they might be somewhere in the Sony/RCA/Arista-archives, they may have been destroyed — I don't know.
As I said in the BA 30th Anniversary Edition thread: remastering albums (and/or adding bonus tracks) costs money. Someone needs to find an usable source, probably digitize them (which may include some elaborate restoration depending on the state of said source), and sprinkle magical fairy dust on them. For albums that aren't that popular, it makes commercial sense to do straight reissues.
Also, for all we know, Meat or whomever holds the rights to BBIS doesn't want the B-sides out there. years ago, I asked Wounded Bird about the bonus tracks for their BBIS reissue, and they said they were only allowed to do a no-frills reissue.
That said, as a fan, I wouldn't mind a deluxe reissue including all appropriate B-sides, which, if my website is to be believed, are:
R.P.M.
Rock N' Roll Mercenaries (exploded version — and perhaps an edited version from the guitar shaped picture discs)
Rock N' Roll Mercenaries (dub version)
Gettin' Away With Murder (Scott Free Mix)
Blind Before I Stop (extended version)
Dead Ringer for Love (live)
Paradise by the Dashboard Light (live — 2 or possibly 3 differently edited versions, from the BBIS 12", Special Girl 12" and CD singles)
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