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    steady75 got a reaction from lennyleonard in It's official Madonna coming to Brazil !   
    I can't believe this is gonna be the last show then. It's all over on May 4th. You'd have thought that this tour more than any other tour would have been truly worldwide and that she'd finish with a festival circuit. It's the one time she's doing greatest hits tour. Fans across the world deserve to see it. I feel so bad for them. 81 dates its a lot at her age considering the health implications but this show is physically a lot less taxing than previous tours, presumably with the hope that she'd be able to do a full comprehensive tour. 
    I was utterly convinced she'd be coming back to the UK with a stadium tour where I could actually afford tickets. Poor me I guess. 
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    steady75 got a reaction from Blue Jean in Free Brazilian Concert Officially Announced   
    Would also be a great time to premiere a new single. 
     
    jussayin. 
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    steady75 got a reaction from Alm47 in It's official Madonna coming to Brazil !   
    I can't believe this is gonna be the last show then. It's all over on May 4th. You'd have thought that this tour more than any other tour would have been truly worldwide and that she'd finish with a festival circuit. It's the one time she's doing greatest hits tour. Fans across the world deserve to see it. I feel so bad for them. 81 dates its a lot at her age considering the health implications but this show is physically a lot less taxing than previous tours, presumably with the hope that she'd be able to do a full comprehensive tour. 
    I was utterly convinced she'd be coming back to the UK with a stadium tour where I could actually afford tickets. Poor me I guess. 
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    steady75 reacted to MikeyK in MADONNA AND WARNER MUSIC GROUP ANNOUNCE MILESTONE, CAREER-SPANNING PARTNERSHIP!!   
    Lol this sentiment about the album rages on according to what I’ve seen on twitter the last few days. Was surprised to see many younger fans airing their grievances w/it- it’s “dated”, “boring”, “only half the songs are good” (?!?!) etc.
    I’d known of people saying Like A Prayer (song) is dated/boring which is so wild to me bc even though its production is kinda lite pop/rock it’s so stunning and epic that imo it transcends all that.
    The consensus I often see is that Vogue is her truly timeless masterpiece that’s still fresh (you’d think its streaming #s would be better). I’ve recommended the Immaculate mix of LAP to some. If you like Vogue but think LAP is dated try this.
    The LAP & Express Yourself dance mixes really aided their successes here in the US even if they weren’t the single A sides. I still think EY would’ve beat Martika to #1 if the dance/video mix was the single instead of a slightly embellished mix of the album version.
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    steady75 reacted to scallywally in MADONNA AND WARNER MUSIC GROUP ANNOUNCE MILESTONE, CAREER-SPANNING PARTNERSHIP!!   
    I remember those days, (and those 3 classic albums George and Jan were on repeat with Madge) But MTV people called it Madonna tv, it was like she had 80% of her own channel back then. The bits between her like the B52's seemed like adverts it went back to Madonna TV  
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    steady75 got a reaction from Lucas B. in MADONNA AND WARNER MUSIC GROUP ANNOUNCE MILESTONE, CAREER-SPANNING PARTNERSHIP!!   
    At the bare minimum for Like A Virgin Super Deluxe I'd want this cover on vinyl in the Blue. 

    Disc One - Remastered extended album
    Material Girl Angel Like A Virgin Over & Over Love Don't Live Here Anymore Into The Groove Dress You Up Pretender Stay Gambler Crazy For You  Disc Two - Unreleased
    Desperately Seeking Susan [Unreleased] Warning Signs [Unreleased] Don't You Know (demo) Stay (demo) Angel (Steve Bray Demo) Over and Over (Steve Bray Demo) Shoo-Bee-Doo (Steve Bray Demo) Like a Virgin (Nile Rodgers 12" Remix) Into The Groove (Movie Version) Crazy for You (Jellybean Version) Gambler (Steve Bray Version) (hopefully another 3-4 we don't know about added here too)
    Disc Three - The mixes
    Like a Virgin (Extended Dance Remix)  Material Girl (Extended Dance Remix)  Angel (Extended Dance Remix)  Dress You Up (The 12" Formal Mix)  Gambler (Extended Dance Mix)  Material Girl (7" version) Like A Virgin (7" version) Angel (Video edit) Into The Groove (Video edit) Angel (Remix edit) Dress You Up ( 7" remix) Dress You Up (Casual instrumental mix) Disc Four: The Virgin Tour Live (Audio)
    Dress You Up Holiday Into The Groove Everybody Angel Gambler Borderline Lucky Star Over & Over Burning Up Like A Virgin Material Girl Disc Five : The Videos
    Like A Virgin  Material Girl  Angel  Into The Groove  Dress You Up Cray For You Gambler Like A Virgin (MTV awards) Dress You Up ( Keith Harring Birthday Party)
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    steady75 got a reaction from BoyToyMark in Single Reissues Campaign - I'll Remember + vinyl mixes - OUT NOW   
    I’d love a recut of Into The Groove and Live to Tell with just Madonna clips. 
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    steady75 got a reaction from MadonnaDave in Single Reissues Campaign - I'll Remember + vinyl mixes - OUT NOW   
    I also just want the whole thing over now.
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    steady75 got a reaction from MadonnaDave in Single Reissues Campaign - I'll Remember + vinyl mixes - OUT NOW   
    Die Another Day just for the radio edit and Causing for the single remix. 
     
    I actually think the Dress You Up, True Blue and Open Your Heart album versions are  the more iconic and better sounding mixes. 
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    steady75 got a reaction from bootboy31 in Single Reissues Campaign - I'll Remember + vinyl mixes - OUT NOW   
    I’d love a recut of Into The Groove and Live to Tell with just Madonna clips. 
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    steady75 got a reaction from Leona Helmsley in Single Reissues Campaign - I'll Remember + vinyl mixes - OUT NOW   
    I’d love a recut of Into The Groove and Live to Tell with just Madonna clips. 
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    steady75 got a reaction from Veronica-Electronica in Single Reissues Campaign - I'll Remember + vinyl mixes - OUT NOW   
    I’d love a recut of Into The Groove and Live to Tell with just Madonna clips. 
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    steady75 got a reaction from Prayer in Single Reissues Campaign - I'll Remember + vinyl mixes - OUT NOW   
    I’d love a recut of Into The Groove and Live to Tell with just Madonna clips. 
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    steady75 reacted to gst6662000 in Single Reissues Campaign - I'll Remember + vinyl mixes - OUT NOW   
    EROTIC SINGLE PLEASE
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    steady75 reacted to MPowered in Single Reissues Campaign - I'll Remember + vinyl mixes - OUT NOW   
    We'll see. I can definitely say that all the leftovers from the Erotica era won't fit on a single disc. I don't think the proper re-editions will be digital only. Therefore, I think an EP of left-over mixes, dubs or just a few more EPs for certain singles is still a possibility.
    Check my pinned post. I've added an overview of everything that was left off. It's definitely too much for the re-release, especially with demos, outtakes and rarities also being teased.
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    steady75 got a reaction from BoyToyMark in Single Reissues Campaign - I'll Remember + vinyl mixes - OUT NOW   
    I hope you know who is excited about announcing this weeks "release" info on socials 
     
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    steady75 got a reaction from BoyToyMark in Single Reissues Campaign - I'll Remember + vinyl mixes - OUT NOW   
    Die Another Day just for the radio edit and Causing for the single remix. 
     
    I actually think the Dress You Up, True Blue and Open Your Heart album versions are  the more iconic and better sounding mixes. 
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    steady75 got a reaction from musicinferno in MADONNA AND WARNER MUSIC GROUP ANNOUNCE MILESTONE, CAREER-SPANNING PARTNERSHIP!!   
    At the bare minimum for Like A Virgin Super Deluxe I'd want this cover on vinyl in the Blue. 

    Disc One - Remastered extended album
    Material Girl Angel Like A Virgin Over & Over Love Don't Live Here Anymore Into The Groove Dress You Up Pretender Stay Gambler Crazy For You  Disc Two - Unreleased
    Desperately Seeking Susan [Unreleased] Warning Signs [Unreleased] Don't You Know (demo) Stay (demo) Angel (Steve Bray Demo) Over and Over (Steve Bray Demo) Shoo-Bee-Doo (Steve Bray Demo) Like a Virgin (Nile Rodgers 12" Remix) Into The Groove (Movie Version) Crazy for You (Jellybean Version) Gambler (Steve Bray Version) (hopefully another 3-4 we don't know about added here too)
    Disc Three - The mixes
    Like a Virgin (Extended Dance Remix)  Material Girl (Extended Dance Remix)  Angel (Extended Dance Remix)  Dress You Up (The 12" Formal Mix)  Gambler (Extended Dance Mix)  Material Girl (7" version) Like A Virgin (7" version) Angel (Video edit) Into The Groove (Video edit) Angel (Remix edit) Dress You Up ( 7" remix) Dress You Up (Casual instrumental mix) Disc Four: The Virgin Tour Live (Audio)
    Dress You Up Holiday Into The Groove Everybody Angel Gambler Borderline Lucky Star Over & Over Burning Up Like A Virgin Material Girl Disc Five : The Videos
    Like A Virgin  Material Girl  Angel  Into The Groove  Dress You Up Cray For You Gambler Like A Virgin (MTV awards) Dress You Up ( Keith Harring Birthday Party)
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    steady75 got a reaction from luchoypx in MADONNA AND WARNER MUSIC GROUP ANNOUNCE MILESTONE, CAREER-SPANNING PARTNERSHIP!!   
    At the bare minimum for Like A Virgin Super Deluxe I'd want this cover on vinyl in the Blue. 

    Disc One - Remastered extended album
    Material Girl Angel Like A Virgin Over & Over Love Don't Live Here Anymore Into The Groove Dress You Up Pretender Stay Gambler Crazy For You  Disc Two - Unreleased
    Desperately Seeking Susan [Unreleased] Warning Signs [Unreleased] Don't You Know (demo) Stay (demo) Angel (Steve Bray Demo) Over and Over (Steve Bray Demo) Shoo-Bee-Doo (Steve Bray Demo) Like a Virgin (Nile Rodgers 12" Remix) Into The Groove (Movie Version) Crazy for You (Jellybean Version) Gambler (Steve Bray Version) (hopefully another 3-4 we don't know about added here too)
    Disc Three - The mixes
    Like a Virgin (Extended Dance Remix)  Material Girl (Extended Dance Remix)  Angel (Extended Dance Remix)  Dress You Up (The 12" Formal Mix)  Gambler (Extended Dance Mix)  Material Girl (7" version) Like A Virgin (7" version) Angel (Video edit) Into The Groove (Video edit) Angel (Remix edit) Dress You Up ( 7" remix) Dress You Up (Casual instrumental mix) Disc Four: The Virgin Tour Live (Audio)
    Dress You Up Holiday Into The Groove Everybody Angel Gambler Borderline Lucky Star Over & Over Burning Up Like A Virgin Material Girl Disc Five : The Videos
    Like A Virgin  Material Girl  Angel  Into The Groove  Dress You Up Cray For You Gambler Like A Virgin (MTV awards) Dress You Up ( Keith Harring Birthday Party)
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    steady75 got a reaction from Diieeego in Single Reissues Campaign - I'll Remember + vinyl mixes - OUT NOW   
    I also just want the whole thing over now.
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    steady75 reacted to MPowered in Single Reissues Campaign - I'll Remember + vinyl mixes - OUT NOW   
    Frankly, I don’t care about better/worse versions. I just want my collection to be complete (and from digital source cause I despise vinyl and MC rips)!
    Open Your Heart is kinda the only 7" mix from the 80s we still don't have.
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    steady75 got a reaction from Leona Helmsley in MADONNA AND WARNER MUSIC GROUP ANNOUNCE MILESTONE, CAREER-SPANNING PARTNERSHIP!!   
    Howling yeah that was a mistake. Though who would miss it tbh
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    steady75 got a reaction from gst6662000 in MADONNA AND WARNER MUSIC GROUP ANNOUNCE MILESTONE, CAREER-SPANNING PARTNERSHIP!!   
    At the bare minimum for Like A Virgin Super Deluxe I'd want this cover on vinyl in the Blue. 

    Disc One - Remastered extended album
    Material Girl Angel Like A Virgin Over & Over Love Don't Live Here Anymore Into The Groove Dress You Up Pretender Stay Gambler Crazy For You  Disc Two - Unreleased
    Desperately Seeking Susan [Unreleased] Warning Signs [Unreleased] Don't You Know (demo) Stay (demo) Angel (Steve Bray Demo) Over and Over (Steve Bray Demo) Shoo-Bee-Doo (Steve Bray Demo) Like a Virgin (Nile Rodgers 12" Remix) Into The Groove (Movie Version) Crazy for You (Jellybean Version) Gambler (Steve Bray Version) (hopefully another 3-4 we don't know about added here too)
    Disc Three - The mixes
    Like a Virgin (Extended Dance Remix)  Material Girl (Extended Dance Remix)  Angel (Extended Dance Remix)  Dress You Up (The 12" Formal Mix)  Gambler (Extended Dance Mix)  Material Girl (7" version) Like A Virgin (7" version) Angel (Video edit) Into The Groove (Video edit) Angel (Remix edit) Dress You Up ( 7" remix) Dress You Up (Casual instrumental mix) Disc Four: The Virgin Tour Live (Audio)
    Dress You Up Holiday Into The Groove Everybody Angel Gambler Borderline Lucky Star Over & Over Burning Up Like A Virgin Material Girl Disc Five : The Videos
    Like A Virgin  Material Girl  Angel  Into The Groove  Dress You Up Cray For You Gambler Like A Virgin (MTV awards) Dress You Up ( Keith Harring Birthday Party)
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    steady75 got a reaction from Tony Fortin in MADONNA AND WARNER MUSIC GROUP ANNOUNCE MILESTONE, CAREER-SPANNING PARTNERSHIP!!   
    Howling yeah that was a mistake. Though who would miss it tbh
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    steady75 got a reaction from gst6662000 in MADONNA AND WARNER MUSIC GROUP ANNOUNCE MILESTONE, CAREER-SPANNING PARTNERSHIP!!   
    Like A Prayer single was huge. 
    Express Yourself felt like it underperformed a little. Cherish did well. The videos were in heavy rotation.  In the UK surprisingly Dear Jessie was a big hit. Number 5 at Xmas. It was the second most successful single and outsold Express Yourself and Cherish. 
    Shocker huh. The Beatles influence maybe. 
    Then it got messy. I used to watch the American chart show late night and saw the video for Oh Father which I had no idea had been released. Then I saw. Keep It Together 12” import in HMV and was like “what the fuck is going on”, Then I saw an advert in a magazine for a new single called Vogue. 
    Dear Jessie had only been out of the UK top forty about a month before Vogue dropped and it felt like the Like A Prayer era sort of limped out very much unlike True Blue had two years earlier with La Isla going number one as the fifth single. 
     
    Like A Prayer was a challenging album when you first listen. After the sheen of True Blue and the almost saccharine retreads of the WTG singles and Spotlight, the raw LAP sound felt like whiplash. Like A Prayer was essentially a rhythm guitar track with a hint of rock and gospel. It was so different. 
    I got the album on release day and listened to it back to back three times and hated it. Where were my my big sing along Bopp love bangers? 
    it took several listens for Express Yourself, Cherish and Keep It Together to start jumping out. The rest took more time. 
     
    I imagine this was a similar story for many other 13 year olds who were just used to sugary pop songs. 
     
    Madonna was clever here. She knew she needed to bring her audience with her but push them along a bit. The album was pivotal to her longevity as an artist so its sales were probably known to be compromised somewhat in order to secure the next phase of her career. 
    Vogue secured the bag after the 4/5/6th chaotic / underperforming singles run and brought her kicking and screaming into the new decade. 
     
    Like A Prayer, Listen Without Prejudice and Rhythm Nation in that 12 month period literally made me grow into a teenager from a child musically. And Like A Prayer was the catalyst. It’s my favourite M album with Erotica. 
     
    The real crowning glory for Like A Prayer however was the Blond Ambition Tour a month after Vogue dropped. It just turned things stratospheric with MTV just relentlessly playing her. It was non stop Madonna. So really you have to count Blond Ambition as part of the Like A Prayer era.
     
    Breathless wasn’t released til May and Dick Tracy til June. So all of those songs were really premiered live on tour and the tour was sold off the back of LAP and Vogue. 
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