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Cherry Pop gets sophisticated once again with the expanded releases of two albums by Julia Fordham this month.

The British singer-songwriter hit it big in the late ’80s and early ’90s for a clutch of smart pop tunes with immaculate production from the likes of Hugh Padgham and Peter Asher. Guitarist Dominic Miller, who’d played in World Party and would become the go-to guitarist for Sting in the 1990s and beyond, prominently lent his six-string talents to Fordham’s records as well, which enjoyed great popularity in Europe and Asia.

Twenty-five years after her first record, Cherry Pop will expand the Julia Fordham discography, starting with double-disc expansions of her second and third LPs, Porcelain (1989) and Swept (1991), the latter of which featured Fordham’s biggest U.K. hit, the uplifting Top 20 single “(Love Moves in) Mysterious Ways.”

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Both releases – which, like a lot of Cherry Pop’s catalogue this year, are being produced by Vinny Vero – feature a bevy of bonus tracks; several radio edits and alternate versions abound for Porcelain (additionally, non-LP B-side “Manhattan Skyline,” which was featured on U.S. pressings of the standard album, has been incorporated into the album assembly) while Swept features 14 additional tracks, including no less than nine non-LP tracks.

Each package, featuring new liner notes with contributions by Fordham, are available in the U.K. next Monday, June 17. Hit the jump for Amazon links and full track lists!

Porcelain: Deluxe Edition (Cherry Pop CRPOPD121 (U.K.), 2013) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

Disc 1: Original album (released as Circa LP 10 (U.K.), 1989) and bonus track

1. Lock and Key
2. Porcelain
3. Girlfriend
4. For You and Only You
5. Genius
6. Manhattan Skyline (from U.S. pressing of the album – Virgin LP V2-86147, 1989)
7. Did I Happen to Mention?
8. Towerblock
9. Island
10. Your Lovely Face
11. China Blue
12. Prince of Peace

Disc 2: Bonus material

1. Lock and Key (Radio Edit) (single A-side – Circa YR36, 1989)
2. Home (single B-side – Circa YR36, 1989)
3. Genius (Radio Edit) (single A-side – Circa YR39, 1989)
4. Porcelain (Radio Edit) (single B-side – Circa YR39, 1989)
5. Manhattan Skyline (7″ Version) (B-side to “Girlfriend” – Circa YR48, 1990)
6. Island (Alternate) (12″ B-side to “Lock and Key” – Circa YRT36, 1989)
7. Genius (Extended Version) (12″ A-side – Circa YRT36, 1989)
8. Manhattan Skyline (Edit) (from Mahattan Skyline and Other Stories EP – Virgin PRCDJULIA (U.S.), 1989)

Swept: Deluxe Edition (Cherry Pop CRPOPD122 (U.K.), 2013) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

Disc 1: Original LP (released as Circa LP 18 (U.K.)/Virgin CD 07777 86245 2 3 (U.K.), 1991)

1. I Thought It Was You
2. Patches of Happiness
3. Swept
4. Rainbow Hearted
5. Betrayed
6. Talk Walk Drive
7. Shame
8. As She Whispers
9. Scare Me
10. Tied
11. (Love Moves in) Mysterious Ways

Disc 2: Bonus material

1. I Thought It Was You (1991 Single Version)
2. Lovin’ You
3. Winds of Fortune
4. And I See
5. Antarctica
6. One of the Boys
7. I Thought It Was You (1992 Single Version)
8. Sweet Little Mystery
9. Melt
10. The Naked Truth
11. If I Only
12. (Love Moves in) Mysterious Ways (Piano/Vocal Version)
13. I Thought It Was You (New Piano/Vocal Version)
14. Talk Walk Drive (Edit)

Disc 2, Tracks 1-4 released as Circa CD single YRCD69, 1991
Disc 2, Track 5 from Circa cassette single YRC69, 1991
Disc 2, Track 6 from Circa CD single YRCD73, 1991
Disc 2, Tracks 7-8 from Circa CD single YRCD90, 1992
Disc 2, Track 9 from Circa CD single YRCDG90, 1992
Disc 2, Track 10 from Virgin CD single VJDP-10190 (JP), 1991
Disc 2, Tracks 11 and 14 from Virgin CD single VJDP-10171 (JP), 1991
Disc 2, Track 12 from “Different Time, Different Place” CD single – Circa YRCDX111, 1994
Disc 2, Track 13 possibly previously unreleased