The Tabu catalogue isn't the only major acquisition of late for the Demon Music Group.  Back in March, Demon - home to labels including Edsel, Harmless and Music Club Deluxe - announced that a deal had been struck for much of the solo catalogue of onetime Go-Go Belinda Carlisle.  Ooh, baby, do you know what that's worth?  Demon picked up rights to four of Carlisle's studio albums, the rights to which had previously resided with Virgin (part of the former EMI).  Demon's agreement covers the world, except for the U.S. and Canada, and includes physical and digital catalogue rights as well as third party and neighboring rights.  On August 26, the label will reissue Heaven on Earth (1987), Runaway Horses (1989), Live Your Life Be Free (1991) and Real (1993) in deluxe, hardbound 2-CD/1-DVD editions.

The California-born Carlisle rose to fame as the lead singer of the iconic New Wave girl group The Go-Go's, whose 1981 debut Beauty and the Beat, on the IRS label, spent six weeks atop the Billboard 200.  The album was produced by Richard Gotteher who knew a thing or two about girl groups, having written The Angels' immortal 1963 hit "My Boyfriend's Back."  The Go-Go's retained the sass but updated the sound of the classic sixties girl groups, and further distinguished themselves by writing and performing all of the music on Beauty and the Beat including the smash single "We Got the Beat."

Two more albums followed, but not long after 1984's Talk Show, the Go-Go's called it a day, torn apart by personal turmoil and tension between bandmates.  When The Go-Go's disbanded in the spring of 1985, Carlisle seized the opportunity to go solo, scoring a No. 3 U.S. hit with "Mad About You," again on the IRS label.  Carlisle turned to a number of talented collaborators to select the material for her first solo effort, simply titled Belinda.  Some songs were written by Charlotte Caffey of the Go-Go's, and Susanna Hoffs of another groundbreaking group of eighties girls, The Bangles, co-wrote "I Need a Disguise."  Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham was one of the writers behind "Since You've Gone," and Carlisle herself shared writing credits on "Gotta Get to You."  Covers of Split Enz ("Stuff and Nonsense") and Freda Payne ("Band of Gold") rounded out the album which peaked at No. 13 in the United States.

After the jump: Belinda jumps to Virgin for the four albums that will see expanded reissue this August!  We now have full track listings with discography for all four titles!

1987 was Heaven on Earth for Belinda Carlisle when the album of that name - also a No. 13 U.S. chart hit - yielded the international chart-topping song that's still the artist's signature: "Heaven is a Place on Earth."  The bubbly, effervescent power pop nugget written by Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley was joined on the LP by songs from Diane Warren (U.S. No. 2 hit "I Get Weak"), Jack Bruce (a cover of "I Feel Free" that sounds incongruous on paper) and the returning Charlotte Caffey.  Another Nowels and Shipley song, "Circle in the Sand," provided Carlisle with a No. 7 U.S./No. 4 U.K. pop success.  Released in the U.S. on MCA and in the U.K. via Virgin, Heaven on Earth was the first of Carlisle's four essential Virgin albums that are covered by the new Demon agreement.

1989's Runaway Horses was the belated follow-up, an album graced by the presence of not just Canadian rocker Bryan Adams, but bona fide legend and Carlisle fan George Harrison.  It was rewarded with a Top 5 placement in the U.K. but without a hit single success domestically, the album didn't score in America.  Nowels and Shipley's "Leave a Light On," with its indelible Harrison slide guitar solo, peaked at No. 11, and the second single "Summer Rain" from the team of Robbie Seidman and Maria Vidal got no higher than No. 30.  A Go-Go's reunion in 1990 was a well-received diversion for Carlisle, and was a predecessor to 1991's Live Your Life Be Free, a return to the sixties-inspired sound from both the Go-Go's and her IRS album.  Though it didn't chart in the U.S., Live Your Life earned Carlisle her final U.S. hit single to date (Nowels and Shipley's "Do You Feel Like I Feel") and hit the Top 10 overseas.

The Best of Belinda Volume One was issued to tremendous European success in 1992, and renamed Her Greatest Hits stateside.  The next year, Carlisle issued her final Virgin LP.  Real again was met with great success in Europe.  It was her fifth consecutive album to go Top 10 in the U.K., and preceded another Go-Go's go-round.  Carlisle soon moved to Europe and in the years since, she has performed as she has seen fit, in addition to raising a family.  Carlisle recorded for the Chrysalis and Rykodisc labels, reunited several more times with the Go-Go's, starred in the West End production of Hairspray and on television in Dancing with the Stars, and in 2010, wrote an acclaimed, frank memoir that relived those heady Los Angeles days of her early fame.  She even added one new song to the 2013 compilation Icon.  The well-received "Sun" was her first recording to hit U.S. stores in 15 years.

"We are proud to have secured this deal," said Demon Music Group's commercial director Adrian Sear of the Carlisle catalogue acquisition. "It will add to our strong artist roster."  Indeed, Demon's upcoming reissues hope to make heaven a place on earth once again.  Below you'll find the track listings - with Amazon U.K. pre-order links - for these truly jam-packed editions!

Heaven on Earth: Deluxe Edition (Edsel (U.K.), 2013)

Disc 1: Original LP (released as Virgin V-2496 (U.K.)/MCA Records 42080 (U.S.), 1987) and single versions

1. Heaven is a Place on Earth
2. Circle in the Sand
3. I Feel Free
4. Should I Let You In?
5. World Without You
6. I Get Weak
7. We Can Change
8. Fool for Love
9. Nobody Owns Me
10. Love Never Dies
11. Heaven is a Place on Earth (Promo 7" Edit) (single A-side - Virgin VS 1036, 1987)
12. I Get Weak (7") (single A-side - Virgin VS 1046, 1987)
13. Circle in the Sand (7") (single A-side - Virgin VS 1074, 1988)
14. World Without You (7" Remix) (single A-side - Virgin VS 1114, 1988)
15. I Feel Free (7") (single A-side - MCA Records 53377 (U.S.), 1988)
16. Love Never Dies (7") (single A-side - Virgin VS 1150, 1988)

Disc 2: Bonus material

1. Heaven is a Place on Earth (Heavenly Version) (12" A-side - Virgin VST 1036, 1987)
2. I Feel Free (Extended Version) (12" A-side - MCA Records 23886 (U.S.), 1988)
3. Circle in the Sand (Beach Party Mix) (12" A-side - Virgin VST 1074, 1988)
4. World Without You (Extended Worldwide Mix) (12" A-side - Virgin VST 1114, 1988)
5. I Get Weak (12" Version) (12" A-side - Virgin VST 1046, 1987)
6. Heaven is a Place on Earth (Down to Earth Dub) (12" B-side - MCA Records 23808 (U.S.), 1987)
7. Circle in the Sand (Seaside Mood Groove Mix) (single B-side - Virgin VS 1074, 1988)
8. 8. World Without You (Panavision Mix) (CD single B-side - Virgin VSCD 1114, 1988)
9. Circle in the Sand (Sandblast Multi-Mix) (CD single B-side - Virgin VSCD 1074, 1988)
10. I Get Weak (Romantic Mix) (TBD)
11. Heaven is a Place on Earth (The Voice) (12" B-side - MCA Records 23808 (U.S.), 1987)

Disc 3: DVD

1. Heaven is a Place on Earth (Promo Video)
2. I Get Weak (Promo Video)
3. Circle in the Sand (Promo Video)
4. World Without You (Promo Video)
5. I Feel Free (Promo Video) Love Never Dies (Promo Video)

Belinda Live! (originally released as Virgin VVD 395 (U.K.)/50128-3 (U.S.), 1988)

• I Feel Free
• Mad About You
• Lust for Love
• I Get Weak
• Fool for Love
• Circle in the Sand
• World Without You
• Nobody Owns Me
• Our Lips Are Sealed
• Vacation
• Heaven is a Place on Earth
• Love Never Dies
• Head Over Heels
• We Got the Beat

Bonus interview with Belinda conducted by Mark Goodier

Runaway Horses: Deluxe Edition (Edsel (U.K.), 2013)

Disc 1: Original LP (released as Virgin V-2599 (U.K.)/MCA Records 6339 (U.S.), 1989) and single versions

1. Leave a Light On
2. Runaway Horses
3. Vision of You
4. Summer Rain
5. La Luna
6. (We Want) The Same Thing
7. Deep Deep Ocean
8. Valentine
9. Whatever It Takes
10. Shades of Michaelangelo
11. Leave a Light On (7") (single A-side - Virgin VS 1210, 1989)
12. La Luna (7") (single A-side - Virgin VS 1230, 1989)
13. Runaway Horses (Single Edit) (single A-side - Virgin VS 1244, 1990)
14. (We Want) The Same Thing (Summer Remix) (single A-side - Virgin VS 1291, 1990)
15. Summer Rain (Single Remix) (single A-side - Virgin VS 1323, 1990)
16. Vision of You (7" Edit) (single A-side - Virgin VS 1264, 1990)
17. Valentine (Edit) *

Disc 2: Bonus material

1. (We Want) The Same Thing (Extended Summer Remix) (12" A-side - Virgin VST 1291, 1990)
2. Leave a Light On (Extended Version) (12" A-side - Virgin VST 1210, 1989)
3. La Luna (Extended Dance Mix) (12" A-side - Virgin VST 1230, 1989)
4. Summer Rain (Justin Strauss Remix) (12" B-side - Virgin VST 1323, 1990)
5. Leave a Light On (Kamikaze Mix) (B-side to "Summer Rain" - Virgin VS 1323, 1990)
6. (We Want) The Same Thing (All the Right Moves Mix)
7. La Luna (12" Dub Mix) (CD single B-side - Virgin VSCD 1230, 1989)
8. Summer Rain (Dub) (CD single B-side - Virgin 663 166, 1990)
9. Vision of You ('91 Remix) (12" A-side - Virgin VSTX 1264, 1991)
10. La Luna (A Cappella) *

Disc 3: DVD - promo videos

1. Leave a Light On
2. La Luna
3. Runaway Horses
4. Vision of You
5. (We Want) The Same Thing
6. Summer Rain
7. Bonus interview with Belinda conducted by Mark Goodier

Live Your Life Be Free: Deluxe Edition (Edsel (U.K.), 2013)

Disc 1: Original LP (released as Virgin/Offside V 2680 (U.K.)/MCA Records MCAD-10446 (U.S.), 1991) and single versions

1. Live Your Life Be Free
2. Do You Feel Like I Feel?
3. Half the World
4. You Came Out of Nowhere
5. You're Nothing Without Me
6. I Plead Insanity
7. Emotional Highway
8. Little Black Book
9. Love Revolution
10. World of Love
11. Loneliness Game
12. Live Your Life Be Free (Single Edit)  (single A-side - Virgin VS 1370, 1991)
13. Do You Feel Like I Feel (Single Edit) (single A-side - Virgin VS 1383, 1991)
14. Half the World (Single Edit) (single A-side - Virgin VS 1388, 1992)
15. I Plead Insanity (Single Mix) *
16. Live Your Life Be Free (Radio Edit) (from "Half the World" CD single - Virgin VSCDT 1388, 1992)

Disc 2: Bonus material

1. Live Your Life Be Free (Club Mix) (12" A-side - Virgin VST 1370, 1991)
2. Little Black Book (Little Black Mix) (from "Little Black Book" CD single - Virgin VSCDG 1428, 1992)
3. Do You Feel Like I Feel (Dance Mix) (12" A-side - Virgin VST 1383, 1991)
4. I Plead Insanity (Extended 12") *
5. Live Your Life Be Free (Extended) *
6. Little Black Book (Belinda's in the House Mix) (from "Little Black Book" CD single - Virgin VSCDG 1428, 1992)
7. Live Your Life Be Free (House Mix) *
8. I Plead Insanity (Dub Mix) *
9. Only a Dream (B-side to "Half the World" - Virgin VS 1388, 1992)
10. The Air You Breathe (B-side to "Little Black Book" CD single - Virgin VSCDT 1428, 1992)

Disc 3: DVD - promo videos

1. Live Your Life Be Free
2. Do You Feel Like I Feel
3. Half the World
4. I Plead Insanity
5. Little Black Book
6. Bonus interview with Belinda conducted by Mark Goodier

Real: Deluxe Edition (Edsel (U.K.), 2013)

Disc 1: Original LP (released as Virgin/Offside 72438 42461 2 9 (U.K.)/Virgin 72438 39102 2 9, 1993) and single versions

1. Goodbye Day
2. Big Scary Animal
3. Too Much Water
4. Lay Down Your Arms
5. Where Love Hides
6. One with You
7. Wrap My Arms
8. Tell Me
9. Windows of the World
10. Here Comes My Baby
11. Lay Down Your Arms (Single Edit) (single A-side - Virgin VS 1476, 1993)
12. Heaven is a Place on Earth (Dyme Brothers 7" Mix)
13. All God's Children (Edit) (CD single A-side - Virgin VSCDT1756, 1999)
14. A Prayer for Everyone (Edit) (promo CD single A-side - Virgin 10070909, 1999)
15. Heaven is a Place on Earth (Dyme Brothers 12" Mix)

Disc 2: Bonus material

1. Whatcha Doin' to Me (Demo) *
2. Don't Cry (Demo) *
3. Change (Demo) (from "Big Scary Animal" CD single - Virgin VSCDX 1472, 1993)
4. Too Much Water (Demo) (from "Big Scary Animal" CD single - Virgin VSCDX 1472, 1993)
5. Wrap My Arms (Demo) (from "Lay Down Your Arms" CD single - Virgin VSCDT 1476, 1993)
6. Here Comes My Baby (Demo) (from "Lay Down Your Arms" CD single - Virgin VSCDT 1476, 1993)
7. Feels Like I've Known You Forever (from A Place on Earth (The Greatest Hits) - Virgin CDV 2901, 1999)
8. A Prayer for Everyone (from A Place on Earth (The Greatest Hits) - Virgin CDV 2901, 1999)
9. All God's Children (from A Place on Earth (The Greatest Hits) - Virgin CDV 2901, 1999)
10. I Feel Free (Live) (from "Love Never Dies" CD single - Virgin VSCD 1150, 1988)
11. Circle in the Sand (Live) (from "Love Never Dies" CD single - Virgin VSCD 1150, 1988)
12. Heaven is a Place on Earth (Live) (from "Love Never Dies" CD single - Virgin VSCD 1150, 1988)

Disc 3: DVD - promo videos

1. Big Scary Animal (U.K. Version) (DVD Promo Video)
2. Lay Down Your Arms (DVD Promo Video)
3. All God's Children (DVD Promo Video)
4. Big Scary Animal (U.S. Version) (DVD Promo Video)
5. Bonus interview with Belinda conducted by Mark Goodier

(*) denotes previously unreleased track