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TOTALLY RARE 'RESCUE ME' AUSSY WHITE LABEL PROMO
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Thanks to UK supa collector Tony Barton for info and scans of the RARE and AMAZING Rescue Me 'Australian' white label promo vinyl 12" pressing. This was only otherwise available here in UK like this, way back in 1990, but this Aussy version was recently discovered by 'Tone'. It has 'MX306089' catalogue number and also features 'MADONNA DJ-2' scratched in the run out groove. Comes in plain white die-cut sleeve and features the 'Album Version' on both sides!
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Think you have discovered something RARE or UNKNOWN let me know... I'll gladly feature it here!!
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SWEPT AWAY - MOVIE PICTURES
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The UK's News Of The World newspaper featured a double page spread on Swept Away September 15th. The feature is titled 'Madonna's a start ..but I treat her like flesh and blood' and includes five shots from the moview including 'that' octopus scene! and also the spaghetti scene. Madonna certainly looks good in the movie, although it may be a few months till us Brits get to see it? (I had two huge images of the newspaper pages but my bloody PC crashed and I lost the lot..)
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SWEPT AWAY - MOVIE MERCHANDISE AS IT APPEARS
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Plenty of stuff is now surfacing, promoting the upcoming remake of Swept Away, starring Madonna, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Bruce Greenwood, and Adriano Giannini and directed by Guy Ritchie.
So far I know of a cool promo postcard with traditional 'beach' shot, along with a U.S. theatrical issue double-sided advance 1-sheet poster with same shot. There is also another poster, larger, 40" by 27" with matching 'beach' shot.
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If you have any more information on Madonna and the new Guy Ritchie movie Swept Away, contact me, using the form above, and I'll feature your information here. Alternatively, use the Madonna Message Board to leave your views on Swept Away!
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INTERESTING RAZORMAID 'NIFY' CD PROMO
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Cheers to UK Madonna collector, Tony Barton, for letting me know about this amazing CD version of the Razormaid Productions' compliation with Madonna's Now I'm Following You (Tiny Little Circles Mix), actually titled 'I'm Follwing You' on the back sleeve. This contains the Digital Remix by Joseph Watt. The CD has black and orange title card sleeve caing with cool orange disc design. Which carries Razormaid 'Maid How Slow Can You Go?' and 'SP-CD-08' catalogue number.
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If you have another version of this on official CD or the vinyl pressing please contact me as I'd like to add the vinyl pressing here!
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LATEST IMAGES FROM JAMES BOND & MADONNA
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Hurray for the UK's NOW magazine, dated 11th Sept 2002 which includes two pages on Madonna's role in the new James Bond movie, Die Another Day. There are some great close-up shots of Madonna during the filming in LA. There is also a cool shot of Madonna, battered and brused from the new video, Can't You See My Mind.
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If you have any more information on Madonna and Her role in the new James Bond movie and any memorabilia as it surfaces, contact me, using the form above, and I'll feature your information here. Alternatively, use the Madonna Message Board to leave your views on Die Another Day!
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INTERESTING GHV2 GERMAN/UK PROMO VIDEO
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This is number 19 Spotlight fanzine from France. It's a fanzine that has been around for ages now. Has full colour cover and 34 colour pages inside covering everything from Up For Grabs to Penthouse covers along with information and a colour discography on Vogue collectables! It's actually quite good, although I can't read it as it's in French....
Check out their website at www.spotlight-theangel.com. Otherwise email the guys at Spotlight for information on buting a copy or subscribing for future copies! Cheers Hans from Germany for this copy, and cheers Christophe in France for working on the mag for so long!!
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SWEPT AWAY BY ADRIANO GIANNINI
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The UK newspaper, The Sun, August 14th 2002, showed two shots from the new Guy Ritchie movie, Swept Away, which stars Madonna. There is two shots from the movie showing Madonna and co-star, Adriano Giannini, 'frolicking' on a beach. The film has apparently been plagued with production problems, along with rumours that is is basically CRAP!?! Will this movie see the light, will it be any good?
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INTERESTING GHV2 GERMAN/UK PROMO VIDEO
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Thanks to Hans in Germany from the Erotic Fever website for these totally cool images of a rather rare promo video issued as part of the GHV2 promotion. This is one version of the Music 'Dan-O-Rama' Remix Version (4:19) issued in promotional format in full picture sleeve in Germany mainly! This version is titled "GREATEST HITS : THE SECOND COMING" and has classic GHV2 design as used for the SAM promo picture CD in 10" gatefold sleeve. The back sleeve, or picture box rather, comes with 15 pictures design similar to the UK/Euro CDR and promo CD pressings. Comes with Warners and Maverick logos and is certainly official!
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Does anyone have the Spanish version of this promo video?? I need big images of it and any information on it and other Spanish promotional stuff issued for GHV2, PLEASE!!
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DJ DIMITRI - MADONNA 'FORTYFOUR' PARTY 2002
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Is it really that time again!! YES it's the summer and DJ Dimitri and crew has organised another of their amazing and totally original Madonna Parties.
If you are living in Europe and want to experience the biggest and best Madonna parties then grab a cheap ticket with EasyJet or Go airlines and fly to Stuttgart in Germany for the Madonna FortyFour Party 2002!
The Madonna FortyFour party commences at 9PM on Saturday 17th August!! It is hosted at 'Nil Cafe am See', Cannstatter str 26, Stuttgart City, Germany. For further information and booking information just visit the official Madonna FortyFour Party website, OR check out the Madonna Party website, click on the first page image, it's a little too large so will take for ever to download, then the site will appear. Here you can check out info on past events by Dimi and the guys!
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INTERESTING SWEDISH MADNONNA COVER MAGAZINES
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Thanks Karolina from Sweden for two great Swedish cover mags I just received through the post! Yes I needed both.... The first magazine is called 'Hit Music Magazine', issued back last year in July I think (written as Julen) and features full GHV2 Madonna album cover shot with a two page inside about the GHV2 album release. This feature is called 'Myterna Om Madona' and includes shots from the Drowned World Tour.
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The other Swedish Madonna cover is called 'Premiar', a rather common name for a magazine across the world! The cover title is 'Madonna I En Unil Intervju!' and features full Music cover shot and is dated September 2000 (Nr 5). Inside includes a two page article titled 'Madonna Ar Standigt I Elitserien' which includes a whole page from the Music video where Madonna is drinking champagne in the back of the limo!
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NEW GERMAN MADNONNA COVER MAGAZINE
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Thanks Dimi from Germany for this rather cool German TV guide. This is called TV Horen Und Sehen and has cool full Madonna cover. It's dated 29 June - 5 July (29 Juni Bis 5 Juli). Inside it features a two page feature called 'Das Kind Im Goldenen Kafig' which includes a nice shot of Madonna, Guy and Lourdes!
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RECENT BOOTLEGS
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I do try and add any bootlegs I notice selling as 'official' pressings to this area, to help those Madonna collectors who maybe don't know the difference! So here are a few 'recent' bootleg pressings, all selling on auction sites worldwide..
The first is is sold as:
Rare China IMPORT CD, Madonna MTV Music Video 2 V-CD(VCD) Set. Brand New and Still Sealed. This VCD region free can be played on most of the DVD player, VCD player and any computer with a cd-rom.
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Tracks include:
disc 1:
1. what it feels like for a girl
2. dont' tell me
3. lucky star
4. like a virgin
5. borderline
6. material girl
7. open your heart
8. papa don't preach
9. like a prayer
10.express yourself
11.vogue
12.laisal bonita
13.cherish
14.oh father
15.vogue
Disc 2:
1. music
2. the power of goodbye
3. beautiful stranger
4. nothing really matters
5. bad girl
6. fever
7. rain
8. secret
9. take a bow
10.bed time story
11.human nature
12.love don't live here anymore
13.frozen
14.ray of light
15.drowned world/substitute for love
The next is:
MADONNA's Lost Tracks CD includes some of her more obscure tracks and tracks that were only released in Japan. CD never opened, made in Germany.
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This is definately a bootleg!!
Tracks include:
1 Has To Be 2 Time Stood Still 3 Be Careful with Ricki Martin 4 Goodbye To Innocence 5 Supernatural 6 Supernatural (remix) 7 Can't Stop 8 Ain't No Big Deal 9 The Look of Love 10 Who's That Girl 11 Santa Baby 12 Cyberraga 13 Shati 14 Fever (reverse mix) (bonus track).
The next is:
MADONNA's Frozen Megamixes with 4 highly energetic mixes ready for the dance floor. Brand new CD, still in plastic. Each megamix is listed below with song list of each track conatined within.
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This is definately a bootleg!!
Tracks include:
(1) Short Frozen Barbie (Bixby's Edit) 19:55 (Frozen, Barbie Girl, and Short Dick Man) (2) Bixby's MiniMix 23:58 (Ray of Light, Frozen, Buenos Aires, Nothing Really Matters, Deeper and Deeper, Like a Prayer) (3) 2001 Remixamaniac's MegaMix 14:50 ( Frozen, Nothing Really Matters, American Pie, Skin, Sky Fits Heaven, Music, Secret, What it Feels Like for a Girl, Don't Stop, Impressive Instant) (4) GVH2 (Thunderpuss Extended MegaMix) 12:37 (Don't Tell Me, Erotica, Secret, Frozen, What it Feels Like for a Girl, Take a Bow, Deeper and Deeper, Music, Ray of Light)
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MADONNA - UP FOR GRABS
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I finally got a ticket for Up For Grabs, hurray and thanks to UK Madonna Xtraordinaire, Sean Brady. And guy is a serious collector, makes Steve C look like a Kylie fan. Just kidding Steve! But this guy does carries a copy of his entire Madonna collection around with him!!
I arrived in London Tuesday afternoon, mooched around London's West End for a few hours and then met up with Mr Brady. I sat six rows from the front, so was bloody near! Funnily enough I had another UK Madonna collector and long term friend by email, Peter Good (and missus) sat next to me, and.... sat in front was the two guys and also long term 'known by email', Cameron and 'other' guy from Spellbound Records from London! Hi Guys!!
Show started with MADONNA stood there!! Fucking stood there in front of everyone!! Amazing..... She commenced by telling a story about an auction which she wanted to organise in order to sell a painting! The sory continues with Madonna taking the lead throughout!! If you have not seen it, GO!! It's an experience, seriously!! The cheesy American dialog is not my thing but who cares when Madonna is stood in front of you, just a few metres away!!
I managed to grab a program and the free magazine with Madonna cover. Although if you have a spare copy of the 'Up For Grabs' script please contact me.. I'm also after the poster that was for sale there!
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LIKE A PRAYER RE-RELEASED??
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There are two different CD singles here in UK, both of which feature versions of Like A Prayer:
The first by 'Limelight', Like A Prayer 2002 - 3 mixes - (Warner 0927 45575-2) BIGGER IMAGE
The second by 'Madhouse', Like A Prayer - 5 mixes (AVTCDS-371) BIGGER IMAGE
Many Thanks Nick Birds from here in UK for the info and scans. If you know more about these 'dodgy' pressings let me now!
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ANYONE GOT A SPARE TICKET??
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If there is anyone out there who has a spare Up For Grabs ticket and does not mind spending a day out with me, the crazy guy who writes the World Madonna Ultiography Collector's Guide and runs www.buysellmadonna.com.
I'm up for seeing Madonna in London at anytime over the next two months and would obviously pay for the ticket. And a meal in London!
Please contact me if you can help me. Kev
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MADONNA STALKER GETS JOB AT WYNDHAM THEATRE
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Up For Grabs saw it's premier on Thursday 23rd May with a packed theatre. This was 10 days after she first appeared in a special night in London. The official debut was a total success and over 1000 people including fans and celebrities alike.
Here in the UK, there were only two worth while newspaper aricles after the opening night. One was the Daily Mirror, Friday 24th May. It featured a whole colour page of Madonna revealing her boobs by accident in front of the packed audience.. "From Rude To Prude" as the article states.. The other newspaper was The Daily Telegraph also featured Madonna, with a small shot on the cover and half page inside... This was quite a good article with two shots of Madonna including Madonna laying on the couch!
May 25th saw Madonna featured in the Bizarre section of The Mirror. A whole page titled Thumps-up For Madge's Show, which shows Madonan and Guy.
Finally, I'm not sure how many of you remember a crazy Madonan fan who last year won tickets to see Madonna at Earls Court in London, despite being a convicted stalker of Madonna. His name is Marcus Sessions and is 28 years old. He is a total fanatic and even got a job working at the Theatre so He could get near to Madonna.
He was eventually caught out and fled the building after less than a week, but 100 out of 100 for trying!! See The UK magazine, Heat, 1 - 7 June for the full story!
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ULTIOGRAPHY Exclusive: "What Ever Happened To "Dear Father" ?
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Many Thanks to Bruce Baron for this MADONNA ULTIOGRAPHY Exclusive at www.buysellmadonna.com: "What Ever Happened To "Dear Father" ?
While exploring the UK based MCPS-PRS alliance database, I found more
evidence to confirm the existence of the long rumored and unreleased Madonna
song "Dear Father" written by Madonna and André Betts.
http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/
MCPS and PRS are the UK versions of the American organizations ASCAP, BMI
and the Harry Fox Agency which distribute royalty payments to member
songwriters.
http://www.ascap.com/
http://www.bmi.com/home.asp
http://www.nmpa.org/hfa.html
The first real documentation that I found for "Dear Father" was last month
in the EMI Music Publishing site database. Prior to this discovery, I had
only heard of this Madonna song from other fans and only considered it to be
a rumor since it had no American copyright registration that I could locate.
Go to EMI Music publishing here:
http://www.emimusicpub.com/north_america/search/fr_search_home.html
This is not the Pat Leonard collaboration that we know as "Oh Father". He is
definitely not listed as a co-writer on this song in either database.
"Dear Father" was registered with MCPS in 1992 which probably makes it part
of the "Erotica" sessions. This was during Madonna's most controversial
period. With such a provocative title we can only speculate what it might
sound like - R&B? Hip Hop? Or what it might be about - incest? pedophilia?
Christmas? Or the mood - sad? angry? vengeful? We may never know!
Collaborator André Betts is best known to us for his work on the "Erotica"
album and as one of the remixers of the "Justify My Love" single. See his
more of his work here:
http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/results.asp?ctr=107100
The MCPS database listed a third co-writer on "Dear Father" in addition to
Madonna and Betts named Mic Murphy. This revelation is interesting for
several reasons:
Mic Murphy used to be a member of, The System. This duo scored a big hit in
1987 with "Don't Disturb This Grove". Listen to a clip here:
http://ubl.artistdirect.com/music/artist/card/0,,499522,00.html
André Betts worked with Murphy on Me'Shell's 1993 Maverick album "Plantation
Lullabies". Murphy was a mixing engineer and Betts was a producer and drum
programmer.
See link
http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?userId=&pCount=&sRefer=&sourceid=&ean=93624533320
The third and most interesting reason that this triangle is so unexpected is
that in my 1999 interview with former Madonna collaborator Stephen Bray, he
explained that Mich Murphy was one of Madonna's early band mates. If I
remember correctly, this was during the Gotham Management period circa 1981.
It is not often that we can connect Madonna's early days to later in her
career.
The reason Mic Murphy came up in our conversation was that Bray was
explaining to me what some of the other band members had accomplished after
working with Madonna. The other big mention was Jon Gordon who produced
Madonna's Gotham tapes for former manager Camille Barbone and later hit big
working with Suzanne Vega. Madonna is mentioned in Gordon's bio here:
http://www.tonybarca.com/jon.htm
Currently Stephen Bray is working on the music for the broadway production
of "The Color Purple" featuring Brenda Russell. See Russell interview here
http://home.att.net/~paula.edelstein/Brenda_Russell.html
For more on unreleased Madonna songs like "Dear Father" see the forthcoming
article written by Peter Magennis which will be posted at Madonnarama later
this summer. http://www.madonnarama.com/
Bruce Baron
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UP FOR GRABS - A SUCCESS!
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The first show of Up For Grabs, May 13th 2002, with Madonna playing Loren, started with a standing ovation, something which is apparently unheard of so early in a show! Madonna plays a bidder wanting to buy a painting by artist, Jackson Pollock. She has to win over three other serious bidders, all with bags of cash, in order to get Her hands on the painting!
Madonna has recieved glowing reviews since the first show on May 13th at London's Wyndham Theatre. Many critics saying that Madonna did not find it an easy performance but worked hard at it and pleased the crowd. She may even be said to be at home with a show that included 'that infamous' lesbian kiss, plenty of cleverage, a line of cocaine and a large dildo.
The press here in the UK did not go mad and so far NO cover magazines or whole cover newspaper although the Tuesday Evening Standard (14th May) did feature a quarter page front cover shot and a great 1 page article with three shots of Madonna fondling Mindy, played by actriss Megan Dodd! This article also features Guy and Rocco. Guy was seen leaving early so to keep Rocco from watching such an 'x-rated' show!
Wednesday 15th May saw two UK newspaper articles worth acquiring. THE SUN newspaper included a page on 'that girl who Madonna kissed' Megan Dodds. The Daily Express had a small cover shot from Up For Grabs and 1 page article inside. YES!, it's about Madonna and that kiss!
The show starts officially next week!
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HI TO ALL!!
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I've been working hard updating some of the collector's areas. The 'Ultiog Of Music' and 'Ultiog Of GHV2' have both been updated so check these areas out some time. The Madonna Classifieds has also been growing and there is now over 600 Madonna FREE Ads listed there. The Madonna Message Board is also attracting many visitors so take a look there also. Many interesting conversations going on there daily!
Im updating the www.buysellmadonna.com website main page right now so a brand new look to the site will appear to all soon...
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TWO DIFFERENT EROTICA LEATHER CD PROMOS?
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Thanks to Seb from France who just mentioned something very intersting to me about the Erotica Leather Cased promotional CD album.
HERE IS THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE TO ME:
I need some information about the Erotica leather 'SM' CD album case. If anyone has this item in their collection they may be able to help me.
Are there a European version and a US one?
I have found out 2 different but quite alike casings on the internet. I am going to give you a description:
Inside, when the CD is open, the booklets are different: one is having the warning on the cover and the other no.
Moreover the booklets are hold by 4 little straps at each corner: on the 1st one, there are small holes in the 'straps' and on the other one there are none.
Thirdly on the cover, when the CD is closed, it is slightly different too. the 1st one is studded at the 4 corners whereas the 2nd isn't.
Strange!
Can anyone tell me what they know about this?
Cheers,
Seb.
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EROTICA LEATHER CD PROMOS UPDATE
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The following information was placed at the Madonna Message Board which sheds a little more light on the rather suspicious Erotica leather CD albums which have surfaced recently. Which even the most reputable UK dealers have been selling!! BUT ARE THESE JUST BOOTLEG COPIES???
HERE IS THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE LEFT:
IF YOU CAN HELP WITH THIS PLEASE CONTACT ME (Kev) BY EMAIL!!
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HOW TO TELL (apparently) A BOOTLEG EROTICA LEATHER CD PROMO
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Well it does look like there may be fake copies of the Erotica CD in leather promo S&M casing. www.madonnastore.co.uk have just added the following information to their great Madonna website which they have allowed me to print at www.buysellmadonna.com.
I have never actually had my own copy of this pressing so can not say for sure whether the following information is cosher but it's well worth reading as it may save you hundreds of pounds.
HERE IS THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE AT www.madonnastore.co.uk:
The Erotica 'Leather' promo is one of the legendary Mandonna items. There is much speculation about it's origin and if in fact the CD was ever even an official promo item and not just a complete fake from the start.
It is common knowledge that there are a lot of fakes out there and it is this scepticism and lack of comparitive information and decent pictures that has led sources to simply dismiss all the CD's as fakes.
Over the years we have seen a number of these CD's and we are convinced that the the real thing does exist! Naturally we have one in our collection :-) The following guide gives you a definitive description of the real item and how to spot the fakes.
The large number of fakes, which have been made simply in leather, using a photograph, probably of another fake as reference, incorrectly interpret the construction of the cd as being completely leather, stitched together with a digipak insert. The original disc in fact is mostly card with a leather and metal strap.
The real CD is very much like the other limited edition Madonna digipaks. For instance, if you look at the construction of the Bedtime Stories 'Velvet' digipak you will notice that it is a thick card digipak covered in blue facbric which is not actually 'velvet' at all. In the same way, the 'Leather' Erotica is not actually leather but is also constructed of a thick card digipak covered in black textured leather effect paper, with real leather straps closing it. These CD's are very obviously manufactured by machine, wheras the fakes are very obviously hand made.
The digipak has four rivets in the front corners which penetrate the card and are visible in the inside cover. The inside surface of the digipak is covered in black tectured paper which is not Leather effect like the outside cover. Within the front cover are 4 triangular 'corner' holders designed to secure the CD booklet, these are held in place by the front four rivets. Each of the four triangular corners are made of similar black leather effect card to that covering the outside of the digipak and are punctured on the top surface making the back of the rivets visible inside the front cover.
The CD itself is housed in a black plastic digipak insert mounted on the back inside cover.
The rear cover has a single riveted 'male popper' in the centre. The well known 'bondage' style strap is attached under the popper by one for straps going over the spine of the digipak. This joins with 3 other straps to a 1 inch diameter thick stainless steel ring which rests in the centre of the front cover when the pack is closed by the remaining three straps. The top and botton straps are punctured to fit loosley over the rear popper and the remaining one is riveted with a 'female popper cover', which when popped stut holds everything firmly closed!
The generally accepted history suggests that the CD was originally destined to be a limited release in much the same way as the Bedtime Stories digipak. However, the project was cancelled due to high production costs. Therefore, the few CD's that exist with this packaging are prototypes that slipped out and as such there are probably not more than a handful in circulation. This adds up to the item being seriously rare!
As for the fakes, there is a huge market for this item so unfortunately anyone with access to some leather and some rivets could make a copy of the 'faked' CD and cash in on the confusion. Most collectors do not know what is real and what is not and as there is no printing or embossing on the original or anything on the case inside to indicate the artist, title, or record company, there has been little information available to help buyers - until now!
The situation has been made worse in the past by many well known sources unknowingly selling these faked CD's, even Esprit! Prices recently have been well in excess of £400 and the majority of those which have passed hands have undoubtedly been fakes. We know that a particular eBay member in Italy has been known to sell these fakes. Be careful - demand scans before you buy. Spot a fake - Check the photos below - note the stitching, note the thick leather cover. It might look good or even like
you think it should be, but it is a fake!
If it's completely leather it's a fake.
If it's stitched it's a fake.
If the digipak insert isn't black it's a fake or it's been tampered with.
Happy hunting. Please feel free to ask us about an item before you buy it.
[This article is our opinion and is based upon a number of Erotica 'Leather' CD's we have seen or owned plus what we can discover from other sources.]
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