joe Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 I bought a copy of the like a prayer LP a few months in MINT condition, with the aids info and everything and it reeks of patchouli (a good reek), it was only £1 and i thought "thats in far too good condition to be an original" so I thought it must have been a re-issue with the incorrect price. It is actually an original, but that doesn't suprise me with how little effort goes into re-issuing Madonna's albums. Be cool if new ones did still smell, it kind of adds to feel of the album if that makes sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vocalism Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 I have the original LAP cassette and it still smells. Actually, almost all of my tapes smell like patchouli years later after being kept in the same tape rack! Sadly, I didn't keep it in very good condition. Some of the pages have ripped apart (don't know why they were perforated like that, which lend itself to easily tearing), AND a friend borrowed the tape in high school and lost the actual cassette! I was pissed. So I only have the case and insert. I'm thinking about tossing it, to be honest. Unless someone wants it. I can mail it to you. I'm in the process of tossing (selling) many of my inessential Madonna items. Keeping all CDs and selling magazines and vinyl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattress Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 You can tell which ones were scented with patchouli based on the glossiness and thickness of the sleeve art. Originals are thick and shiny (probably needs a rephrase)... later pressings are thin and do not smell of patchouli. The booklets are typically black and white print instead of full colour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluejean Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Did the 1st pressing of the CD smell of it? Or was it not released on CD in 1989? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightcutter Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 My LAP CD still smells of patchouli. Very faint though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernatural Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Did the 1st pressing of the CD smell of it? Or was it not released on CD in 1989? the 1st cd pressing came in a long box and was scented... mine still smells Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Je5u5 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 We extensively covered Bedtime Stories mere days ago in this thread: [url=http://forums.madonnanation.com/index.php?showtopic=43644]httpEvery format, advert, poster, billboard, duratran, postcard, sheet music book and commercial during 1994 featured the album with Madonna's image appearing upright (as on the left). The promo poster we had in stores at the time of release was this one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightcutter Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 I've never liked the BS artwork. And seeing the two orientations of that photo makes me wonder why they used that shot at all for the album cover. Her entire face looks wrong on the upside one. When viewed as it was shot with her head down it makes sense but cropping it to a square makes it look crap. It's one big mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluejean Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 The full body shot on the poster above would have made a better album cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonski43 Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 I always thought the cover for Secret was bad because it looks like such an awkward pose. You just don't take shots of people sitting down like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karbatal Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Love love love this thread. Sometimes is great to be this OLD hahaha, because you buy things cheap when they are released and now new fans struggle to find them. Like the BS or STR vinyls, for example! It always amazed me how in the 80s they released so many different single covers. For example Like a Virgin (on the bed, or dressed in green)... I miss those days when physical releases were so important; the physical releases for MDNA have been scarce for the first time and i guess that for the next album they will be even more scarce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horn Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Mexican Secret Picture Disc Bootleg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonski43 Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Love love love this thread. Sometimes is great to be this OLD hahaha, because you buy things cheap when they are released and now new fans struggle to find them. Like the BS or STR vinyls, for example! It always amazed me how in the 80s they released so many different single covers. For example Like a Virgin (on the bed, or dressed in green)... I miss those days when physical releases were so important; the physical releases for MDNA have been scarce for the first time and i guess that for the next album they will be even more scarce That's how I got into collecting M. I'd go into the record shops and there'd be different covers in the racks from Japan, the US, Germany etc for the singles from the first album and LAV. Everything standardised when True Blue came out but occasionally some country would put out something slightly different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karbatal Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Sometimes i feel sorry for newbies who are just into digital releases and don't even own her albums. It was great to buy the physical releases! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightcutter Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Mexican Secret Picture Disc Bootleg Both of these would have been nicer album covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 I've never liked that second image, she loooks like a lez, the image would have looked better if it was in B&W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrokenButterfly Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 I wish I could find the LAP 1st issue CD with the scent. Maybe if I do enough looking on Music Stack or Discogs I could find it. I too have the cassette with those stupid perforated inserts and the smell. As a former casual for years I thought that was just the natural smell of the card stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acko Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 The full body shot on the poster above would have made a better album cover On a cassette maybe But it would b completely wrong 4 a square CD case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPowered Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 This could've worked as the album cover, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb19 Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Was the Bettina Rheims shoot ever considered for the cover? Or was that later? I know M wanted the Paolo Roversi photos but Warner said no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Was the Bettina Rheims shoot ever considered for the cover? Or was that later? I know M wanted the Paolo Roversi photos but Warner said no. That was shot sometime after the albums release Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acko Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 This could've worked as the album cover, I think. That's not even a good frame, This on the other hand.. I remember at the time it was considered very Courtney Love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 And no matter how the album image was cropped, nothing would have been better than what was use (not that i'm saying the actual cover is the best thing ever) It's interesting to see how much the cropped and rotated the image for the final design I think to improve the cover they could have played around with the placement of the text. I know in the revised cover, the title gets lost in the aqua bed spread, they could have just switched the pink text color from Madonna and vice versa. Or they could have switched 'MADONNA' with 'BEDTIME STORIES' or just keep them all at the top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acko Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 This thread is so gay, I regret having posted in it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingvirtue Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 The font is just too thin, I think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 There's not many other photos from the shoot that could have worked as a cover, but I think these could be acceptable: Personally, as much as I love the Demachalier 1960's NYC apartment shoot, a lot of the images weren't really album cover material. They should have just stuck with the Roversi shoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPowered Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 They should have just stuck with the Roversi shoot. The shot itself is good, the way she looks in it isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluejean Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Yes! I love this cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluejean Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 There's not many other photos from the shoot that could have worked as a cover, but I think these could be acceptable: Personally, as much as I love the Demachalier 1960's NYC apartment shoot, a lot of the images weren't really album cover material. They should have just stuck with the Roversi shoot. None of these really work for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluejean Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 On a cassette maybe But it would b completely wrong 4 a square CD case. Hmm I see what you mean now that Whoopie posted an example Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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