My Bloody Valentine have announced the release of remastered versions of their classic albums Isn't Anything and Loveless. The two albums, to be released on Sony, are set to appear on 7 May, alongside a compilation, EPs 1988-1991, which will feature rare and unreleased tracks.

If the release actually happens, it will end four years of waiting for MBV fans. In April 2008, a four-CD box set of remastered albums, plus EP and unreleased tracks, was announced, and promo copies of Isn't Anything and Loveless were sent out. The reissues were listed on retail sites, but nothing emerged, and the MBV camp returned to its habitual silence, despite the band reforming for live shows that year.

MBV leader Kevin Shields gained a reputation for perfectionism when recording Loveless, the band's landmark 1991 album. It was rumoured to have cost £250,000 to record and to have nearly bankrupted the band's label, Creation. Shields himself estimated the total bill at £160,000, though Creation's Dick Green reckoned it was closer to £270,000.

MBV slowly dissolved in the wake of Loveless, never managing to complete a third album, though sources close to the band have often insisted Shields is continuing to work on new material to release under the My Bloody Valentine name. He has worked with other musicians, though, notably Primal Scream and Patti Smith.

Isn't Anything and Loveless will retain their original track-listings, though Loveless will be supplemented by a second disc of original analogue masters. The tracklisting for EPs 1988-1991 is:

Disc 1

1 You Made Me Realise (from You Made Me Realise EP)

2 Slow (from You Made Me Realise EP)

3 Thorn (from You Made Me Realise EP)

4 Cigarette In Your Bed (from You Made Me Realise EP)

5 Drive It All Over Me (from You Made Me Realise EP)

6 Feed Me With Your Kiss (from Feed Me With Your Kiss EP)

7 I Believe (from Feed Me With Your Kiss EP)

8 Emptiness Inside (from Feed Me With Your Kiss EP)

9 I Need No Trust (from Feed Me With Your Kiss EP)

10 Soon (from Glider EP)

11 Glider (from Glider EP)

12 Don't Ask Why (from Glider EP)

13 Off Your Face (from Glider EP)

Disc 2

1 To Here Knows When (from Tremolo EP)

2 Swallow (from Tremolo EP)

3 Honey Power (from Tremolo EP)

4 Moon Song (from Tremolo EP)

5 Instrumental no. 2 (distributed on a free 7in with the first 5000 Isn't Anything LPs)

6 Instrumental no 1 (distributed on a free 7in with the first 5000 Isn't Anything LPs)

7 Glider (full length version) (B side on the Soon (The Andrew Weatherall Mix) 12in)

8 Sugar (promo only B-Side on Only Shallow LP, France only)

9 Angel (previously unreleased)

10 Good For You (previously unreleased)

11 How Do You Do It (previously unreleased)