Bit of exciting news for me, thought id share, feel free to leave your opinions on level 42, memories have a nice discussion, now onto the article

Two years on from their super deluxe edition of Level 42‘s 1987 hit album Running In The Family, Universal Music / Polydor have turned their attention to a three further albums, with Standing In The Light (1983) and Staring At The Sun (1988) both being issued as two-CD deluxe editions and True Colours from 1984 being expanded with four bonus remixes.

Standing In The Light was notable for containing the band’s first UK top ten hit in the form of The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up). Two remixes of that single features amongst the 12 bonus tracks and its B-side Can’t Walk You Home features in two variants.

The follow-up to Standing In The Light was True Colours. While that long-player couldn’t repeat the feat of spawning a top ten hit, the album does feature top 20 single Hot Water which ever since has become a firm fan favourite and a stalwart of live performances. Included in the expanded single CD edition is the ‘Remix’ but the better mix by far is the 10 minute long ‘Master Mix’, which is a truly definitive version. Thankfully, this mix is also included.

1988′s Staring At The Sun matched the number two chart placing of its predecessor Running In The Family (they never did have a number one album) but didn’t come close to matching that albums run of top ten hit singles. The new deluxe edition features a plethora of remixes and bonus tracks across two discs.

All three Level 42 reissued will be released on 27 October 2014.