The Blue Nile deluxe reissues

Virgin Records will reissue the first two critically albums from The Blue Nile on 19 November 2012.

A Walk Across The Rooftops (1984) and Hats (1989) have both been remastered by band members Paul Buchanan and Robert Bell, alongside the original engineer Calum Malcolm.

They will be released as two-CD sets with bonus discs containing rarities, live recordings, previously unreleased tracks and B-sides. See below for full track listings.

A Walk Across The Rooftops

Tracklist:

• 1.     A Walk Across The Rooftops
• 2.     Tinseltown In The Rain
• 3.     From Rags To Riches
• 4.     Stay
• 5.     Easter Parade
• 6.     Heatwave
• 7.     Automobile Noise

Bonus CD

• 1.     I  Love This Life – the band’s first single
• 2.     Heatwave – Rhythm Mix
• 3.     St Catherine’s Day – previously unreleased
• 4.     Tinseltown In The Rain – mix
• 5.     The Second Act – B side to I Love This Life
• 6.     Stay – Little Mix
• 7.     Regret –  B-side to Tinseltown In The Rain

Hats

Tracklist:

• 1.     Over The Hillside
• 2.     The Downtown Lights
• 3.     Let’s Go Out Tonight
• 4.     Headlights On The Parade
• 5.     From A Late Night Train
• 6.     Seven AM
• 7.     Saturday Night

Bonus CD

• 1.     Seven AM – recorded before the end of the Hats sessions
• 2.     Christmas – previously unreleased
• 3.     Let’s Go Out Tonight – vocal 2 – the 2^nd vocal take
• 4.     Saturday Night – vocal 2 – early mix
• 5.     Headlights On The Parade – Live In Tennessee
• 6.     The Wires Are Down –  B side to The Downtown Lights single