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After I Found Love: #1’s Remixed, and Rebel Heart (Demo Assembly), it’s time to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Madonna’s career with a series of remastered EPs !

These EPs will be released chronologically and regularly (2 eras per week) to be enjoyed progressively. Yes, every single era got the same treatment. Let’s continue with the Like a Prayer era. You’ll find the tracklists in the second post right below.
While these remasters were initially done and compiled by myself back in late 2020 – early 2021, new mixes (such as the Finally Enough Love ones) and quality upgrades were taken into account since then and are also present here in remastered form.

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December 30th would have been a perfect date, soon enough to capitalize the most on the trend and also right before the New Year celebration in order for it to be put in party playlists. But of course you won't expect decent strategies with Madonna 🤭🙃

I can’t believe we are 24 months from the tenth anniversary of Rebel Heart. What an album!!! Where is life going.
Bitch is what I consider to be her last semi hit tbh. I know the charts don’t agree but it’s held it’s own. 

To my earlier point much of the headline material has been there. They’ve just released the wrong stuff. That never happened til she left Warner. Maybe American Life album was the first and only period where the singles were largely questioned by the fanbase for the first time but Warner largely knew where the hits were and often how to deliver them. Beat Goes On too. 
In a Warner universe I feel like 
Love Spent
Im A Sinner
Rebel Heart
Devil Pray
Iconic
Body Shop
Joan Of Arc
God Control
Looking For Mercy
Would have been singles or at least remixed. I don’t think I’ll ever let Rebel Heart not being a single go. 
 

My least favourites are Madame x and Erotica I don´t like Nasty, cold Madonnna with robotic vocals and too long songs where she speaks a lot.

@club78boy defending himself from all the gays that want the tape

Ok, here's my "review" of the tape:
1. Erotica - this is the final, polished version of the demo we know from the LOC tapes.
2. Waiting - sounds very much like the album version but with many changes. more samples of "Waiting... For You" throughout, Completely unique vocal ab libs towards the end. This also fades out (if memory serves the final has a piano ending)
3. Rain - Very close to the final album version except this has the double verse at the end "stand out on the mountain top..." there is also no rain effects the end
4. Deeper And Deeper - very similar to the LOC tape. No backing vocals and possibly a different vocal take. I'd need to do some comparing
5. Thief Of Hearts - similar to one of the final LOC demos, includes some unique backing vocals/harmonies, also has the "thief.. thief... thief of hearts" section at the end. Ends like the album version but much more reverb on the spoken vocals.
6. Bad Girl - similar to the LOC tape, demo vocal, repeated first verse in place of the second verse. this has backing vocals/harmonies.
7. Why's It So Hard - completely different and unique! The music is much more reggae inspired and "raw." Somewhat different structure in terms of the vocal placement. Includes the male vocals with some extra spoken bits not used in the final mix. Demo vocal from M and cold ending with male vocals
8. Where Life Begins - much clearer vocals and more basic music. The saxophone is quite prominent and loud! Vocals are an alternate take with unheard adlibs.
9. In This Life - interesting bass line, this seems like an early version of the final mix. more evolved than the LOC version, but not quite there yet. Demo vocal. spoken vocals seem to have the same "phone" effect as Bye Bye Baby vocals.
10. Words - such a fun mix! this has the final version production with many changes: completely unheard, unique intro, no spoken parts or typing effects. 
11. Bye Bye Baby - similar to the final version. different instrumentation throughout. interesting, different samples in the spoken end part - feels more "hip hop" than the final mix. Same ending without the "you fucked it up"
12. Secret Garden - this sounds like the demo we have, that leaked with Dear Father
13. Goodbye To Innocence - this is a version of the LOC mix, but completely different and unique. New vocal take and it includes the final vocals "say goodbye..." lots of new harmonies throughout. pretty different to the LOC version and no where near the demo that sounds closer to Fever.
14. Shame - unique mix to the LOC tape. music is way more evolved and has a funkier beat added to the music we are familiar with. Sounds like a new lead vocal.
 
and there you have it!

This made me go back and listen to all the Rebel Heart demos. What a time to be alive. #FreeTheHacker 
When it was announced she was working with Avici, I rolled my eyes and thought she'd lost it. And then it leaked and I loved it. Love it even more now. It has a very unique sound and she is SINGING.
Then the MDNA Skincare commercial popped up next on the playlist and I thought "I will take ANY demo going viral over this DARK CHAPTER..."
 

IT’S THE NEW CANDY SHOP!!!
Now we’ll have
Back That Up (Rebel Heart Version)
Back That Up To The Beat (Madame X Version)
Back That Up To The Beat (2023 Version)

She just posted a #soon teaser:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CmPV5hSgDy7/
It's a new version, right? Doesn't sound exactly like the 2014 demo.
Maybe she needed to do a Taylor a record a new version to avoid licensing it from Interscope and be able to release it as soon as possible.

Yeah because Bowie was so good before he died and absolutely not trying to chart or to follow trends 
https://www.discogs.com/fr/master/54333-Benassi-Vs-Bowie-DJ-Full-Release
https://www.discogs.com/fr/master/54216-David-Guetta-vs-Bowie-Just-For-One-Day-Heroes
https://www.discogs.com/fr/master/510622-Bowie-Club-Bowie-Rare-And-Unreleased-12-Mixes
And let's not forget that great duet with Al B. Sure (or the one with Jagger)
Leeching on Placebo, Nine Inch Nails and on and on
Getting the remix featuring the Pet Shop Boys to give him an entry in the charts because Hallo Spaceboy by itself did not manage to.
Oh, Scumfrog
https://www.discogs.com/fr/master/403558-The-Scumfrog-Vs-Bowie-Loving-The-Alien
His commercials for Evian or venture into banking https://www.mtv.com/news/cz9136/david-bowie-opens-online-bank
Regarding Prince, when he stopped being great by appropriating the already old new jack sound with the horrible Levi Sacer Jr raps all over the place Or when Prince gave away his forgettable albums with tabloids. 
Really great. And i'm a huge fan of both but let's not forget the bad either.
 

I tried to recreate the original 7" mix of "Lucky Star". I know it may not be 100 % like the real deal, but I think I managed to get close enough IMO.

I also made a slightly longer edit (just a couple of seconds more), since the included 7" Version of "Holiday" on FEL is also slightly longer than the version available before.

Lucky Star [7" Mix]

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Lucky Star [Alternative 7" Mix]
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I think they just accidentally played the tape a bit too fast because the machine was miscalibrated, I don't think it's intentional

You must be right. I have a lot of 7'' from different artists with "album versions", but they are really faster with an early fade (a couple of seconds)

If I remember correctly, many years ago this was the case on iTunes too, until later they corrected it with the album version.

On Spotify:
Madonna: Holiday is an edited version of the Q-sound mix in the Immaculate Collection
Madonna (Reissue):
Borderline is the extended dance remix Holiday is the edited version of the Q-sound mix Lucky Star, Physical Attraction and I Knew It are unremastered versions Like a Virgin: Dress You Up used to be the 12" Casual Mix but was then corrected to the album version.
True Blue: Papa Don't Preach used to be the extended remix but was then corrected to the album version.

After I Found Love: #1’s Remixed, and Rebel Heart (Demo Assembly), it’s time to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Madonna’s career with a series of remastered EPs !

These EPs will be released chronologically and regularly (2 eras per week) to be enjoyed progressively. Yes, every single era got the same treatment. Let’s continue with the I'm Breathless era. You’ll find the tracklists in the second post right below.
While these remasters were initially done and compiled by myself back in late 2020 – early 2021, new mixes (such as the Finally Enough Love ones) and quality upgrades were taken into account since then and are also present here in remastered form.

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After I Found Love: #1’s Remixed, and Rebel Heart (Demo Assembly), it’s time to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Madonna’s career with a series of remastered EPs !

These EPs will be released chronologically and regularly (2 eras per week) to be enjoyed progressively. Yes, every single era got the same treatment. Let’s continue with the Confessions on a Dance Floor era. You’ll find the tracklists in the second post right below.
While these remasters were initially done and compiled by myself back in late 2020 – early 2021, new mixes (such as the Finally Enough Love ones) and quality upgrades were taken into account since then and are also present here in remastered form.

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Just put in the full extra chorus at the end instead of the half chorus in the original edit two:

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I like the Rain Remix, its very "Adult Contemporary"/Quiet Storm/Dental Office

UP DOWN UP UP UP
DOWN UP UP UP

Fun facts:
- "Edit One" is just an edit of "Edit Two"
-"Edit Two" has the "Album Edit" structure.
It sounds choppy because the people barely know "Edit Two" (I had the same experience the first time). When you play "Edit Two" on repeat, "Edit One" feels incomplete.
 

But...what about:
Everybody - Remix w/ Intro (6:12) Everybody - Dub Remix (5:53) Everybody - Remix Edit (3:16) Everybody - Remix Instrumental (4:38) Lucky Star - Edit (3:52) Physical Attraction - Fade (3:16) Crazy for You - Edit/Fade (3:54) Burning Up - Remix (4:47) Gambler - Extended Dance Remix (5:31) Borderline - Remix (3:56) Dress You Up - Remix Edit (3:45) Open Your Heart - Remix (3:59) Causing a Commotion - Movie House Mix Edit (4:09) Jimmy Jimmy - Fade (3:25) Rescue Me - Lifeboat Dub (6:01) Rescue Me - Houseboat Dub (5:24) Rescue Me - Disaster Dub (3:21) Fever / Goodbye to Innocence - Back To The Dub 1 (5:00) Bye Bye Baby - Tallahassee Pop (3:50) I'll Remember - Orbit Alternative Remix (4:32) I'll Remember - Guerilla Groove Mix (6:04) Sky Fits Heaven - Victor Calderone Future Mix (10:26) Nothing Really Matters - Kruder & Dorfmeister In Dub (11:36) Nothing Really Matters - Vikram Cybercut Remix (13:43) Die Another Day - Brother Brown's Bond-Age Dub (7:19) Die Another Day - Deepsky Dub (7:35) Die Another Day - Richard Humpty Vission Radio Edit (3:29) American Life - Peter Rauhofer's American Anthem Part 1 (UK) (10:40)  American Life - Peter Rauhofer's American Anthem Part 2 (9:08)  Hollywood - Oakenfold 7" Full Remix/Oakenfold-7" Full Edit (3:43) Hollywood - Oakenfold Full Remix/Oakenfold 12" Full Remix (7:01)  Hollywood - Oakenfold 12" Dub (7:01) Nobody Knows Me - Mount Sims Old Skool Mix (4:46) Love Profusion - Headcleanr Rock Mix (3:16) Love Profusion - The Passengerz Dub Profusion (8:03) Easy Ride - Tracy Young & Giangi Cappai Easy Remix [Unmixed] Easy Ride - Tracy Young Mixshow Mix (6:05) Hung Up - UK Radio Version (3:23) Broken - Extended Version (6:59) Broken - Instrumental (3:14)  

I only need these tracks in digital lossless (no-Remastered) to consider my collection complete:
Lucky Star (Original Single Edit)
Borderline (It's That Girl Remix Edit)
Burning Up (Alternate Album Version)
Dress You Up (Remix Edit)
Open Your Heart (Remix Edit)
You Can Dance (Unmixed Version with all the Dubs).

Frozen feat. Fireboy DML
Frozen feat. 070 Shake
Frozen On Fire
Material Gworlllllll (feat. Saucy Santana)
Hung Up (feat. Toskischa)
Vogue (The Queens Remix)
 
There's a pattern here.