In September, Caroline International will reissue as expanded multi-disc deluxe editions of the first three albums by eighties Liverpool band China Crisis. SDE can exclusively bring you the full track listings for these re-releases. The albums in question are 1982 debut Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, the follow up from 1983 Working With Fire and Steel and 1985’s Flaunt The Imperfection. All three albums were originally released on Virgin and have been remastered from the original tapes (by Andy Pearce) for these new expanded editions (which have been produced with the full cooperation of the band). Gary Daly (vocals/keyboards) and Eddie Lundon (vocals/guitars) made Difficult Shapes on a budget back in the early eighties and the new reissue is a two-CD set, with the album on the first disc and a bonus disc that offers three demo recordings, eight tracks used as B-sides and a John Peel Session. Working with Fire and Steel (which produced the band’s only UK top ten hit Wishful Thinking) is expanded to an impressive three CDs. The first bonus disc includes demos, B-sides, single edits, extended versions and a couple of live tracks, while the second features 12 tracks from radio sessions (John Peel and David ‘kid’ Jensen).