Madonna, Tom Jones and Caresse at Wetten Dass (1995)
Madonna poses with Tom Jones and former manager Caresse Henry (who is sadly no longer with us) backstage at Wetten Das (1995).
‘MADONNA’ Debut Promo Advert (Netherlands, 1983)
One of the earliest (if not THE earliest) promo advert for Madonna’s debut album simply titled “MADONNA” was published in Dutch OOR Magazine (August 27, 1983). Full advert translated below:
The Meaning of Madonna
For forty years, her quest for freedom through reinvention has resembled our own. It was a more physical world, though we thought it quite advanced. There seemed nothing “terrestrial” about twisting a radio knob to some eccentric decimal point, dialling static into song. In the summer of 1985, we all knew someone, usually an older…
MADONNA/MADONNA turns 40!
Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Madonna’s debut album by browsing our special page with over 150+ scans and photographs of original articles, interviews, reviews and rare original memorabilia. Lots of incredibly rare stuff! Check it out HERE
“MADONNA” vintage promo advert (Australia 1984)
Check out this vintage promotional advert for “MADONNA” in the March 1984 edition of Australian magazine Rip it Up. This has been added to our collection of adverts of The First Album HERE
“MADONNA” 1983 debut album discography updated
The discography to Madonna’s 1983 debut album has been updated with a few compact disc additions. Next to pressings from Taiwan, Switzerland and the USA we have the rare original pressing from South Africa with red CD graphics. Check it all out HERE
“MADONNA” 1983 debut vinyl discography update!
New pressings of “MADONNA” added to our discography HERE, including the insanely rare Zimbabwe edition with original “Lucky Star” title on labels.
Inside Madonna’s Global Real Estate Portfolio
It’s been over 30 years since Madonna released her hit “Material Girl,” and the singer now has the real estate portfolio to prove her claims. Over the past few decades, the Queen of Pop has accumulated an impressive collection of homes located in London, Beverly Hills, New York City, Lisbon, and more. The singer makes…
Very early ‘MADONNA’ advert ‘The Heritage of Black Music Continues…’ September 1983
Check out this very early advert that includes Madonna’s debut album as featured in the September 1st edition of Daily News in 1983. ‘The Heritage Of Black Music Continues…’ This has been added to the adverts section of The First Album
Radio 2 presents the pop year 1985 (includes Madonna) April 6 NPO 2 extra (NL)
NTR The 80s in pop music is considered the decade of superstars and the pop year 1985 is the pinnacle of that. Leo Blokhuis takes us back to the year in which Bruce Springsteen, Prince and Madonna dominate the charts. In addition, there is Band Aid, Live Aid and USA for Africa and Mick Jagger…
Photographer Xavier Martin and Madonna (on set of ‘True Blue’ music video) EXCLUSIVE!!
Our team member Fred visited photographer Xavier Martin back in April 2013 for an exclusive interview. Xavier Martin was invited to photograph Madonna on the set of the “True Blue” music video. He took some legendary photographs of Madonna and got to experience what it was like working with her. All the photographs of…
Mick Rock Reflects on a Career of Shooting Stars (includes Madonna)
“This was a curious one. There was a guy called Bleecker Bob who had a store in the West Village called ‘Bleeker Bob’s Golden Oldies.’ In my early years in New York, he would sometimes bring aspiring singers to my studio on Madison Ave. and 32nd. I would take snaps of all of them and [Madonna] came…
Music Industry Legend Seymour Stein On His Journey From The Blues To Madonna And The Ramones Back To Blue Horizon
Baltin: So will the new artists be primarily blues based? Seymour: My interest is in what’s really, really good. I never said what a good blues artist. Look at Madonna, she had been turned down by labels for three years when I met her and signed her. And when I learned that Chris Blackwell, who’s…
Madonna’s debut homevideo (1984) videography online – 17 items
Madonna’s first ever video release was the 4 track music video simply titled ‘MADONNA’ back in 1984. The video release includes four of Madonna’s music videos ‘Lucky Star’, ‘Borderline’, ‘Burning Up’ and ‘Like a Virgin’. To continue the journey we have updated and restyled the videography page of ‘MADONNA 4 VIDEOS’. We have included 17…
‘Niemand had interesse in dit huppelkutje’ Dutch article on Madonna’s first visit to Holland
Nederland is opvallend vaak de ideale springplank voor de internationale doorbraak van ontluikende popsterren. Tom Steenbergen schreef er het boek Popparadijs Nederland over, dat deze week uitkomt. Een van de wereldsterren die hij de revue laat passeren, is Madonna, de Queen of Pop die in de winter van 1984 voor het eerst naar Amsterdam komt.…