A new fermionic formula for the unrestricted Kostka polynomials of type $A_{n-1}^{(1)}$ is presented. This formula is different from the one given by Hatayama et al. and is valid for all crystal paths based on Kirillov-Reshetihkin modules, not just for the symmetric and anti-symmetric case. The fermionic formula can be interpreted in terms of a new set of unrestricted rigged configurations. For the proof a statistics preserving bijection from this new set of unrestricted rigged configurations to the set of unrestricted crystal paths is given which generalizes a bijection of Kirillov and Reshetikhin.

Using the Bailey flow construction, we derive character identities for the N=1 superconformal models SM(p',2p+p') and SM(p',3p'-2p), and the N=2 superconformal model with central charge c=3(1-2p/p') from the nonunitary minimal models M(p,p'). A new Ramond sector character formula for representations of N=2 superconformal algebras with central element c=3(1-2p/p') is given.