Celebrate "Madonna" The Debut Album's 40th Anniversary: Performances, Demos, Photos, Interviews, Remixes, and More!

[Robertthenurse 3,018]

Wonderful!! Thanks for sharing!

[MikeyK 749]

10 hours ago, tscott said:

From Sigma Sound tapes; "I Know It" - Reggie Lucas Early Mix:

 

This vocal take is so much better than the one that made the album lol. Shame they didn’t use it.

[MikeyK 749]

On 7/9/2023 at 5:37 PM, scamper said:

I think for this album the most interesting thing could be the videos more than the audios. It was her first album and I've always heard that she didn't record more songs. My guess is that could be "Ain't no big deal" as a bonus track and maybe her version of "Sidewalk talk". The rest, in case she makes a superdeluxe edition will be different takes or remixes. It's just my thought.

On the other hand... The videos, TV performances (if she doesn't have to pay the rights for them) and interviews could be the extras for a deluxe edition. But I guess that if they decide to include TV performances will be one for each song. I don't see them making a dvd with 10 different performances of "Holiday".

 

I know it probably wouldn’t happen but I’d love it if they’d officially upload all those old promo performances to her youtube account. Or even just do a playlist with them altogether.

I’ve gone down that rabbit hole before. It’s fun. There are so many! That and all the promo performances of LAV. There are like 5 from Japan. I’d love for her people to make things like that available on her official acct.

 

 

 

[Donna 17,318]

1 hour ago, RUADJAI said:

Hope you don't mind. I'm gonna clean up the title a bit and feature the thread. 

Thank you!!

[Donna 17,318]

10 hours ago, jesus said:

 

 

thanks for this thread! 

And Thank you @jesusfor your contribution to this thread.  It always helps because as much as I think I know Madonna and all that is out there, there is always another fan who shares something I may have never seen before. 

Thank you so much and much appreciation to all others who have contributed to the thread so far. 

[Celebration 1,343]

10 hours ago, jesus said:

OMG!

That's where Cyndi Lauper shot some scenes for her Hey Now video back in 1994!

 

 

[WokeUpInMedellin 1,696]

I don't listen to or particularly like 80s music, but I love this album! Well, I like modern music influenced by 80s music. But Madonna's albums are the only 4 80s albums I listen to.

[Donna 17,318]

49 minutes ago, WokeUpInMedellin said:

I don't listen to or particularly like 80s music, but I love this album! Well, I like modern music influenced by 80s music. But Madonna's albums are the only 4 80s albums I listen to.

Oh, there are a lot of great 80's album out there, but if you're going to listen to any 80's albums, it's nice to know they are all Madonna!

[Donna 17,318]

Let's enjoy the 12 Inch Mix of "Burning Up" which resembles the original version that was included on the re-issue of "The First Album" in Europe:

 

[Donna 17,318]

Borderline Live in Los Angeles.  Why was this song cut from the Video home release?  Maybe to keep to a an hour time limit, but wow?  Her first top 10 hit, excluded from this at a time, when she was far more famous in the U.S. for all these songs.

 

[Donna 17,318]

Madonna in 1983, talking about the death of Michael Stewart at what many claim to be Police brutality:

 

 

[jesus 346]

12 hours ago, tscott said:

And Thank you @jesusfor your contribution to this thread.  It always helps because as much as I think I know Madonna and all that is out there, there is always another fan who shares something I may have never seen before. 

Thank you so much and much appreciation to all others who have contributed to the thread so far. 

This thread was very needed when u created it! Lets celebrate her and her career and achievements, her artistic evolution, her rebelliousness and her determination to continue! 💗

[stevemic 266]

Never seen this stunningly beautiful photo before. I'm guessing from the Evita era 96/97. Does anyone know if this is from a photoshoot or has more information?

[FallingInLove 179]

40 minutes ago, stevemic said:

Never seen this stunningly beautiful photo before. I'm guessing from the Evita era 96/97. Does anyone know if this is from a photoshoot or has more information?

It's from this session: 

[luluthecat 1,188]

On 7/11/2023 at 8:10 AM, tscott said:

This is such a wonderful Polaroid of her! Beautiful!

I'm desperate to see these as hi-res scans 

[Donna 17,318]

10 hours ago, jesus said:

This thread was very needed when u created it! Lets celebrate her and her career and achievements, her artistic evolution, her rebelliousness and her determination to continue! 💗

That is what I'm hoping others will do here. Meanwhile, I'm going to keep adding to the thread!  It's a nice thread to have to scroll through and discover or re-discover things from her debut album that we haven't seen, hard, read at all or for a long while.  It's also a nice thread to go through, to escape and take a break form other more intense threads/topics here. 

[stevemic 266]

Is this an official release?

[Donna 17,318]

14 minutes ago, stevemic said:

Is this an official release?

Yes, it's being released under Rhino.  There's a thread about it here:

 

[zephyralexxx 34]

10 hours ago, stevemic said:

Never seen this stunningly beautiful photo before. I'm guessing from the Evita era 96/97. Does anyone know if this is from a photoshoot or has more information?

This is the real photo, an outtake from Harper's Bazaar 2011.

Also, this one:

 

[Enrico 15,949]

1 hour ago, tscott said:

Yes, it's being released under Rhino.  There's a thread about it here:

 

The picture I posted (see my thread page 2) is different and no picture discs.

See here too:

https://twitter.com/MadonnaAccess/status/1679214295991681029?t=7Lq2n9r6kTWaU8PdcmjgPQ&s=19

But it would be nice to have these vinyls!

[Voguerista 12,113]

Such a magnificent thread. I love it! Madonna fans at their finest celebrating one of the the most magnificent and iconic artists of all time. With that said, I leave this. Heart filled masterpiece Madonna singing her heart out.  

 

[Donna 17,318]

4 minutes ago, Voguerista said:

Such a magnificent thread. I love it! Madonna fans at their finest celebrating one of the the most magnificent and iconic artists of all time. With that said, I leave this. Heart filled masterpiece Madonna singing her heart out.  

 

I love this song so much. Thanks for posting.

Not that this is a big deal, but this thread is actually celebrating everything about her "Debut Album".   So feel free to post things regarding the first album. 

[Voguerista 12,113]

16 minutes ago, tscott said:

I love this song so much. Thanks for posting.

Not that this is a big deal, but this thread is actually celebrating everything about her "Debut Album".   So feel free to post things regarding the first album. 

Oops ok sorry. Lol

[Donna 17,318]

38 minutes ago, Voguerista said:

Oops ok sorry. Lol

Not a big deal at all.  There were people already posting non-debut things before you.  I'm just happy whoever joins the conversation. Topics are known to get derailed from time to time anyway. 

[Donna 17,318]

The US REMIX Lucky Star video: