BradleyPratt

A bit of an indulgent post this but today is 5 years since I got to attend this premiere and have one of the most amazing experiences.
The premiere was going to be held in Camden, just 5 minutes from my work at the time, and to win a place you had to submit a proposal for where Madame X would go next on her travels. I think I wrote something about addressing infant mortality in certain African countries cos I knew they'd love that kind of thing, and lo and behold I got an email a few days later saying I'd got two spots!
I honestly wasn't expecting too much. We had to report to a hotel in Camden and we were put in a meeting room there which had Madonna videos playing on a big screen. My bf was wearing a Ralph Lauren suit (he works in fashion) and I was wearing my work clothes (shirt etc). Some super fans wearing e.g. a Like A Virgin wedding dress kept hovering around the door, clearly planning on being the first out when the time came.
After 30 mins or so they came in and said they'd start taking people over to MTV in groups and to not worry, as the group order didn't matter. But they then walked around the room clearly discussing who to take - it later became obvious that it very much did matter, cos the people taken first were going in the front rows. I think my boyfriend's suit swung it for us and we were taken in the first batch.
We went over and were taken into MTV, where we queued outside a room. MTV employees were lining the building looking over balconies cos, you know, Madonna was in the building. I was getting excited but when we were led into the room and I saw how small it was, I was blown away. This was going to be special.
They sat people down in the front row but then my bf took the final seat on the front row and I was meant to be in the second. I said, is there any chance we can sit together, and they briefly spoke to each other and to my amazement, they placed us on a two-seater chair right in front of the stage, in front of the front row. 
It's all a bit of a blur after that but when Madonna came out you could really feel her commanding presence. She looked amazing. She smelled even better. The most special moments were the bits when the cameras were off - she stayed in the room and was absolutely lovely. You can see us in the video above at about 3.50.
After they showed the video everyone stood up and I was literally stood directly in front of Madonna. She looked at me and my boyfriend and said "did you like my video?" and I was a nervous goof and have her the thumbs up. My boyfriend at least said "loved it!" and she laughed.
We were on such a high after that we went to a pub and had some drinks despite having work the next morning, and my bf ordered the Madame X special edition cos that was the moment he really fell for her.

Occasionally, I dream of having four boxes, each representing a different decade (1982-1991, 1992-2001,...)  filled with all of her 7’’ singles (with the original promo B-Side) including the contemporary ones never available on vinyl.

Oh dear it's all going so badly according to the last few posts of this thread lol
She is on tour - that is the priority and the release campaign is fine 

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)

Why yes!
https://www.behance.net/collection/170630697/Madonna-Projects
Designed with the utmost care by our very own @BradleyPratt

I don't think I've seen anything that meets my expectations and dreams for a catalogue as iconic as Madonna's. Only those fictional box sets designed by a user on this forum....

I only know of that one and Lady Gaga's The Fame. Possibly Born This Way had one too....
They're certainly scarce but I can envision their potential in the growing wave of demand for visually pleasing physical media and artist merch. Collectors would snatch expeditiously.

A USB within a box set was something I played with for my COADF project - I thought it would be really cute to have a disco ball-within-a-ball that was also loaded with the hi-res audio and ProRes copies of her music videos, plus copies of performances and the tour. The idea came from Daft Punk.
It would be amazing if she released something like that, and if this kind of product came back in vogue as a way to purchase physical media music alongside vinyl. We can dream...

Let me know what you think of my creation…
PRE-SAVE + PREVIEW LINK - 
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/brendonshay/queen
 
 
 

I gave this one a 3D upgrade, and I love how it turned out. I think I really got the mirror board shine going on that gatefold vinyl! 
This completes my effort to visually unify my box set projects, and will probably be my last one.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/104612089/Madonna-Erotica-Expanded-Box-Set  🖤🖤🖤

I'm in NZ, can confirm nothing new is on Spotify. (It's also Saturday here.)

I'm in NZ, can confirm nothing new is on Spotify. (It's also Saturday here.)

I love that. You really should try your best to make your work known to Guy or other people in the camp. I don't think it would be entirely unprecedented in the world of music business for them to hire a fan with legitimate skills to help them design reissue products.

I am a designer, yes! I wish I did more music related projects IRL but these Madonna ones are a fun way for me to scratch that itch.

Gorgeous @BradleyPratt  Please tell me you do this for a living!

Amazing job

I gave this one a 3D upgrade, and I love how it turned out. I think I really got the mirror board shine going on that gatefold vinyl! 
This completes my effort to visually unify my box set projects, and will probably be my last one.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/104612089/Madonna-Erotica-Expanded-Box-Set  🖤🖤🖤

I gave this one a 3D upgrade, and I love how it turned out. I think I really got the mirror board shine going on that gatefold vinyl! 
This completes my effort to visually unify my box set projects, and will probably be my last one.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/104612089/Madonna-Erotica-Expanded-Box-Set  🖤🖤🖤

I gave this one a 3D upgrade, and I love how it turned out. I think I really got the mirror board shine going on that gatefold vinyl! 
This completes my effort to visually unify my box set projects, and will probably be my last one.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/104612089/Madonna-Erotica-Expanded-Box-Set  🖤🖤🖤

I gave this one a 3D upgrade, and I love how it turned out. I think I really got the mirror board shine going on that gatefold vinyl! 
This completes my effort to visually unify my box set projects, and will probably be my last one.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/104612089/Madonna-Erotica-Expanded-Box-Set  🖤🖤🖤

I gave this one a 3D upgrade, and I love how it turned out. I think I really got the mirror board shine going on that gatefold vinyl! 
This completes my effort to visually unify my box set projects, and will probably be my last one.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/104612089/Madonna-Erotica-Expanded-Box-Set  🖤🖤🖤