Fans of U.K. sophisti-pop duo Everything But the Girl are justified in saying they miss them. They're even justified in saying they miss Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt, who haven't performed under the EBTG moniker since 2000, the same way the deserts miss the rain.

But all is not lost, thanks to the tireless efforts of Demon/Edsel (arguably the hardest-working U.K. reissue label in the game right now), who are working with Thorn and Watt in expanding the band's first four albums (originally released on Blanco Y Negro Records) with a heaping helping of rare and unreleased material.

The expanded, two-disc editions of Eden (1984), Love Not Money (1985), Baby the Stars Shine Bright (1986) and Idlewild (1988), repackaged in casebound, book-style packaging with new liner notes from the duo and all original lyrics, will also feature bonus discs littered with excellent treats for hardcore fans, including single-only A and B-sides - many of them awesome covers of standards by Jimmy Webb, Irving Berlin and others, and most of which haven't been in print for years - a total of 20 unreleased demos, live performances recorded by the BBC and other rarities, like the alternate version of Idlewild's "Apron Strings" that appeared in the John Hughes film She's Having a Baby.

It remains to be seen if Demon will expand the remainder of the band's catalogue, which would of course cover well beyond the band's worldwide smash "Missing." But for now, there's plenty to look forward to when these four sets arrive in U.K. shops May 28. Hit the jump for the full rundown.

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Everything But the Girl, Eden...Plus (Edsel EDSK7004 (U.K.), 2012)

Disc 1: Original LP (released as Blanco Y Negro 240 395-1, 1984)

1. Each and Everyone
2. Bittersweet
3. Tender
4. Another Bridge
5. The Spice of Life
6. The Dustbowl
7. Crabwalk
8. Even So
9. Frost and Fire
10. Fascination
11. I Must Confess
12. Soft Touch

Disc 2: Bonus material

1. Laugh You Out the House
2. Never Could Have Been Worse
3. Mine
4. Gun Cupboard Love
5. Easy As Sin
6. Native Land
7. Riverbed Dry
8. Don't You Go
9. Each and Every One (Demo)
10. Bittersweet (Demo)
11. Even So (Demo)
12. Frost and Fire (Demo)
13. Soft Touch (Demo)
14. Another Bridge (BBC Session)
15. Easy As Sin (BBC Session)
16. Riverbed Dry (BBC Session)
17. Never Could Have Been Worse (BBC Session)

Disc 2, Tracks 1-2 released on "Each and Every Day" 12" single - Blanco Y Negro NEG 1T, 1984
Disc 2, Tracks 3-5 released as Blanco Y Negro 12" single NEG 3T, 1984
Disc 2, Tracks 6-8 released as Blanco Y Negro 12" single NEG 6T, 1984
Disc Disc 2, Tracks 9-17 previously unreleased

Everything But the Girl, Love Not Money...Plus (Edsel EDSK7005 (U.K.), 2012)

Disc 1: Original LP (released as Blanco Y Negro 240 657-1, 1985)

1. When All's Well
2. Ugly Little Dreams
3. Shoot Me Down
4. Are You Trying to Be Funny?
5. Sean
6. Ballad of the Times
7. Anytown
8. This Love (Not for Sale)
9. Trouble and Strife
10. Angel

Disc 2: Bonus material

1. Heaven Help Me
2. Kid
3. Pigeons in the Attic Room
4. Charming Callous Ways
5. Easy As Sin (Version)
6. Angel (Demo)
7. Ugly Little Dreams (Demo)
8. Are You Trying to Be Funny? (Demo)
9. This Love (Not for Sale) (BBC Session)
10. Ballad of the Times (BBC Session)
11. Are You Trying to Be Funny? (BBC Session)

Disc 2, Tracks 1-2 released on "When All's Well" 12" single - Blanco Y Negro NEG 7T, 1985
Disc 2, Tracks 3-5 released on "Angel" 12" single - Blanco Y Negro NEG 15T, 1985
Disc 2, Tracks 6-11 previously unreleased

Everything But the Girl, Baby the Stars Shine Bright...Plus (Edsel EDSK7006 (U.K.), 2012)

Disc 1: Original LP (released as Blanco Y Negro 240 966-1, 1986)

1. Come On Home
2. Don't Leave Me Behind
3. A Country Mile
4. Cross My Heart
5. Don't Let the Teardrops Rust Your Shining Heart
6. Careless
7. Sugar Finney
8. Come Hell or High Water
9. Fighting Talk
10. Little Hitler

Disc 2: Bonus material

1. Come On Home (Extended Mix)
2. Draining the Bar
3. I Fall to Pieces
4. Come On Home (Acoustic)
5. Alfie
6. Where's the Playground Susie?
7. Almost Blue
8. Come On Home (Demo)
9. Sugar Finney (Demo)
10. Careless (Demo)
11. Cross My Heart (Demo)
12. Little Hitler (Demo)

Disc 2, Tracks 1-3 released on "Come On Home" 12" single - Blanco Y Negro NEG 21T, 1986
Disc 2, Track 4 released on "Don't Leave Me Behind" double 7" single - Blanco Y Negro 23F, 1986
Disc 2, Tracks 5-6 released on "Don't Leave Me Behind" 12" single - Blanco Y Negro NEG 23T, 1986
Disc 2, Track 7 released on "I Always Was Your Girl" 12" single - Blanco Y Negro NEG 33T, 1988
Disc 2, Tracks 8-12 previously unreleased

Everything But the Girl, Idlewild...Plus (Edsel EDSK7007 (U.K.), 2012)

Disc 1: Original LP (released as Blanco Y Negro 243 840-1, 1988)

1. I Don't Want to Talk About It
2. Love is Here Where I Live
3. These Early Days
4. I Always Was Your Girl
5. Oxford Street
6. The Night I Heard Caruso Sing
7. Goodbye Sunday
8. Shadow on a Harvest Moon
9. Blue Moon Rose
10. Tears All Over Town
11. Lonesome for a Place I Know
12. Apron Strings

Disc 2: Bonus material

1. Dyed in the Grain
2. No Place Like Home
3. Another Day, Another Dollar
4. Hang Out the Flags
5. Home from Home
6. I Don't Want to Talk About It (Single Version)
7. I Don't Want to Talk About It (Instrumental)
8. Living on Honeycomb
9. How About Me?
10. These Early Days (Dave Bascombe Remix)
11. Love is Here Where I Live (Demo)
12. I Always Was Your Girl (Demo)
13. Tears All Over Town (Demo)
14. Apron Strings (Demo)
15. Oxford Street (Demo)
16. Lonesome for a Place I Know (Demo)
17. Always Remember (These Early Days) (Demo)
18. Apron Strings (Alternate "Film" Version, 1987)

Disc 2, Tracks 1-2 released on "These Early Days" 12" single - Blanco Y Negro NEG 30T, 1988
Disc 2, Track 3 and 17 released on Blanco Y Negro 12" single NEG 30TX, 1988
Disc 2, Tracks 4-5 released on "I Always Was Your Girl" 12" single - Blanco Y Negro NEG 33T, 1988
Disc 2, Tracks 6-7 released on Blanco Y Negro 12" single NEG 34T, 1988
Disc 2, Track 9 released on "Love is Here Where I Live" 12" single - Blanco Y Negro NEG37T, 1988
Disc 2, Track 10 released on Blanco Y Negro 12" single NEG 39, 1988
Disc 2, Tracks 11-16 previously unreleased
Disc 2, Track 18 released on She's Having a Baby: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (I.R.S. Records IRS-6211 (U.S.), 1988)