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US Link from a shop that supports and loves M obviously:
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Wow, how am I the first person posting about this?
This is the one remix package I was super excited about and boy did we get jipped.
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https://drownedworldrecords.com/products/erotica-vinyl-lp-picture-disc?_pos=1&_sid=cbc24fa3a&_ss=r
Ships to UK (US store though)
Also:
"We have some extra “Finally Enough Love” promo items from Warner/Rhino that we will ship with your purchase of this release while supplies last"
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1 hour ago, MDNA22 said:
I think overall the promotion with Ray of Light was a masterpiece by Warners, Liz Rosenberg and Madonna herself but the quality of the music backed it up. I agree they could have done things better with the promo timing for the singles that followed Frozen to get them to number 1 as the tracks with great videos and remixes to go with them were easily strong enough - they could have even released more singles from the album but suppose were already moving onto the next era with soundtracks for Austin Powers and Next Best Thing in the run up to Music
ya i think were saying the same exact thing. While madonna was out doing a fantastic job getting back in the limelight, Warners timing in terms of releasing the singles for most Hot 100 impact were terrible though it seems like it was intentional to get more albums to move.
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19 hours ago, Sillynate said:
Was AL the reason why US radio boycotted her music? I’ve read that the boycott happened between Hung Up and Sorry and that’s why Sorry didn’t have any impact in the US. But I can’t think of anything she could’ve done in 2005 that would’ve caused the boycott… 2003 though… that makes sense
in addition to some of the other answers you got already, Clear Channel (now rebranded as LastFM) which owns 90% of US radio stations, were huge GOP/republican supporters and Madonna had almost released her video depicting M throwing a bomb at George W Bush - they instantly blacklisted her meaning 90% of stations in the US stopped playing her instantly.
She hasnt easily been welcomed back to radio, Hung Up barely got any plays and im not sure about 4 mins - does anyone have any historicals on her radio spins. The only exception is the time she purchased all the plays for Give Me All Your Luvin', every hour on the hour on every lastfm station in the US, which instantly got her a top 10 that week and as soon as that paid promo was over, the song dropped from the charts.
same situation happened months earlier with Janet at the super bowl - cbs/viacom blacklisted her - i dont know if she was blacklisted at radio per se, the industry is all connected - her label stopped promoting her though and she eventually left virgin. Same with the [Dixie] Chicks.
Was a strange time in the US.
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On 1/22/2022 at 5:16 PM, Prince of Darkness said:
Nothing from Ray of Light even hit number 1 in the US. It seems her popularity had been declining even as early as Erotica over there. So it makes sense Warner would go hard on the European market.
From a fans POV, warner made some strange mistakes with the ROL rollout.
Frozen and the Album both got stuck behind Titanic.
The ROL single was rolled out really badly - so the song landed on radio maybe in April, I cant remember, and then she did also this cool promo, like Oprah and stuff, but you couldnt buy the single till I think late July. Back then billboard factored in radio (60%) and sales (40%) and I believe ROL debuted at #5 without a physical single - by the time physical single came out, they lost that 1, 2 punch from both radio and sales at same time to get an easy #1.....OR....maybe they delayed the single release on purpose to get more album sales. I really dont know but when the single finally physically came out, it was if not mistaken her 2nd discounted single ever up to that point. I bought 20 copies of the physical cassette single for 99 cents.
Anyway thats the ROL mistake.
They did this very same delayed release with Nothing Really Matters as well - the physical single took months to be released after the premier and her grammy performance.
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On 12/25/2021 at 10:22 AM, deathproof said:
Digital isn’t always superior
No audio data is lost when pressing a record. It sounds just as great as the producer or band intended. Music sounds warmer when played from an LP.
At the end of the day it’s all about the listening experience.
This one is tricky because stampers used to press records degrade so as each record is created from a stamper the next record has actually degraded and so on. Thats one reason why these limited to 1000 or less copies always fetch more because the idea is whether you end up with copy 1 or 1000 your stamper was used in a very small batch.
Overall though, its all about what an inidividual and their individul ears prefer.
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I expect this one to be released on vinyl for several reasons. Within the M world, this has never been released on vinyl.
More importantly though, I think the organic music, real strings, instrumentation and so on is perfect for Vinyl and will actually be a hot seller for her. Thats my bet on this one.
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jesus....the way she set our expectations. I really was expecting the mother of all duets with Gaga on a Born This Way, Express Yourself combo.
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1 hour ago, thegoldencalf said:
BTW was already released by Orville Peck. And there’s only one version on the reimagined CD.
How do you know there's only one new version of born this way on the CD? Do you know what the next 2 tracks will be? and who is singing them?
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Im voting for a Born This Way Duet as part of the gaga 10yr anniversary - There's 2 tracks left that need to come out that artists havent been announced for yet. It would be the be all end all Pride statement track with two epic powerhouses and the ultimate squashing of their reductive beef.
and there's 4 remixes by the djs shes listed ALL of whom are fresh and am so excited shes chosen them - eli escobar is my personal fave from the list and Kaytranada (done tons of Rihanna mixes and is a solo dj/artist).
id be happy w this.
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oh man, I have so many but want to start with this - clearly M inspired them but this should have been an M track
Company B - Fascinated
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take a bow
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so i was at at this record store a few weeks while visiting portland. Its this huge place, with mini records stores inside so almost like a mini record convention with different vendors. Anyway, as i was getting rung up at the register, I asked the guy if he had any Madonna hiding in the back that I should know of besides the 1 copy of LAV sitting out there. He didnt have any and so I started asking him, what was up with that? I explained that Ive been on this record hunting thing this last year (thanks covid) and compared to the last time I proactively looked for physical Madonna (15+ years ago) releases there's a clear difference. Stores just dont stock her much is what I see. Is she not really popular or cool anymore?
You wanna know what he said to me? - "Actually its quite the opposite man. We cannot keep her in stock these days"
me: huh?
store: ya, if you want to know my opinion, I think the straights are discovering her, or rediscovering her. Its funny watching straight guys ask for her because its not something Id seen for years....
WHOA!
Ok so thats the end of the convo and I know its one simple conversation and anecdotal evidence doesnt support some big conclusion but my personal take on that is, maybe she's doing something right with all this social stuff (that makes me cringe) and her aggressive participation in all this youth celebrity shit. I mean she basically looks like blond kim K right now.
Anyway, all that background to say, maybe she and those responsible or focused on her music sales are taking advantage of this resurgence with this biopic which could come out around then as well, which then lends itself to a huge campaign for her entire catalog. Who knows, again just theories based on anecdotal evidence but I mean I had been sad not seeing her stuff in stores like I used to and I just about fell to the ground when this record store owner said this to me.
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On 4/22/2021 at 6:31 AM, deathproof said:
And to think that’s there’s photos of the 2 of them from that night....
it would be so nice to see those...
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On 4/21/2021 at 12:46 PM, Roland Barthes said:
It was probably shared back then but since it's the fifth anniversary of Prince passing i thought it would be nice to share about that moment again :
"When Prince launched into the next song, “Ain’t About to Stop,” off his latest album HITNRUN Phase One, I decided to try to discretely scan the room to see where Madonna was taking in the show. I had expected her to hang back a bit, or maybe be sitting in her roped-off area, but once I stepped a little closer to the stage I realized that she was not only in the front row, but had perched on the edge of the stage at Prince’s feet, looking up at him adoringly as he sang.
There is a face that people make when they are watching Prince play guitar; it’s a gleeful expression that combines the joy of going down a roller coaster with the realization that you are witnessing a moment that might never be recreated by another being that lives on this beautiful Earth. It turns out Madonna also makes that face when she is watching Prince play. As the band stretched out into another jam and Prince ripped into a soul-levitating guitar solo, her mouth relaxed into an awestruck gape, revealing a shiny gold grill underneath her perfect red lipstick.
Prince, too, seemed a little awestruck by Madge, appearing nervous as he flitted around the stage to different instruments and taking great care to get the lighting, sound, and chord changes just right. It completely shifted the energy at the Park, which usually pulls like a magnet toward Prince’s spot in the room, and it was a rare chance to see two megastars share an intimate moment and a series of knowing smiles."
More here : https://blog.thecurrent.org/2015/10/prince-serenades-madonna-at-late-night-paisley-park-gig/
i never get tired reading this and it gives me chills thinking about it.
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3 hours ago, New_Boy said:
"Lo que siente la mujer" is the B-side...
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4 minutes ago, PanditaRulez said:
Is not available on the digital platforms as far as I know ?I’m trying to figure out if this is the bside that’s coming out tomorrow.
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Guys, club edition is simply the version you’d get at the clubs or sometimes these were snuck in at retail and you couldn’t really tell from the outside packaging that you got one of these. They’re Super rare hard to find and the front or back sleeves might be a little different even, such as no upcs etc.
anyway, more importantly, I do have a few of these very very rare items. Since I’m doing spring cleaning, I mean, $100 obo? First come first served.
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5 hours ago, deathproof said:
Hun, we get our first b-side tomorrow...
Cyberraga?
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Album Tracks in order of streams.
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Wow, thanks for taking the time to do this - Appreciate all your efforts @steady75
Open Your Heart, while one of her all time best tracks has really low streams when compared to its respective album.
question, for tracks that are available on numerous different albums, tracks like Express Yourself, the number you are showing is just the number of streams from that specific album? If so, id be interested in seeing the Total for each track no matter where that stream came from.