MadonnaLike A Virgin

Label:

Sire – 1-25157

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album , Specialty Press

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Pop

Style:

Dance-pop

Tracklist

A1 Material Girl
Synthesizer [Synclavier 2, Juno 60]Nile Rodgers
Written-ByRobert Rans
4:04
A2 Angel 3:57
A3 Like A Virgin
Written-ByBilly Steinberg, Tom Kelly*
3:39
A4 Over And Over 4:13
A5 Love Don't Live Here Anymore
Acoustic Guitar, Arranged By [Strings], Conductor [Strings]Nile Rodgers
Contractor [Strings]Kermit Moore
Written-ByMiles Gregory
4:51
B1 Dress You Up
Written-ByPeggy Stanziale
4:02
B2 Shoo-Bee-Doo
Backing VocalsBrenda King*
Piano [Acoustic]Rob Sabino
Saxophone [Solo]Lenny Pickett
5:18
B3 Pretender 4:31
B4 Stay
Synthesizer [Synclavier 2]Nile Rodgers
4:09

Companies, etc.

  • Mastered AtMasterdisk
  • Mastered AtSheffield Lab Matrix – ∆7082
  • Mastered AtAllied Record Company – B-19526
  • Pressed BySpecialty Records Corporation
  • Produced ForNile Rodgers Productions, Inc.
  • Manufactured ByWarner Bros. Records Inc.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Sire Records Company
  • Copyright ©Sire Records Company

Credits

  • Art DirectionPaula Greif
  • Art Direction, DesignJeri McManus
  • Backing VocalsMadonna (tracks: A1, A2, B2)
  • BassBernard Edwards (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B2)
  • Drum Programming [Linn, Simmons]Jimmy Bralower (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B3, B4)
  • DrumsTony Thompson (2) (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B2)
  • Edited By [Digital Assistants]Malcolm Pollack
  • Edited By [Digital]Gus Skinas
  • Engineer [2nd]Rob "Ace" Eaton*
  • Engineer, Mixed ByJason Corsaro
  • ManagementWeisner-DeMann Entertainment
  • Mastered By [Original]Bob Ludwig
  • Photography BySteven Meisel
  • Producer, GuitarNile Rodgers
  • Synthesizer [Assorted]Rob Sabino (tracks: A2 to B4)
  • Synthesizer [Bass]Rob Sabino (tracks: A2 to B1, B3, B4)
  • Written-BySteve Bray* (tracks: A2, A4, B3, B4)

Notes

℗© 1984 Sire Records Company

Allied metal parts with label variation of Sire™ under the logo, rather than Sire® at top right of logo as on other issue by same cat#.

Issued with back sleeve printed upside down and custom inner sleeve with lyrics and credits.

Originally mastered at Masterdisk, New York.
Fanatically recorded digitally from start to finish on Sony equipment.

First cat# sleeve; second cat# label

Runout matrix Etched except Allied (ɑ) & ᴍᴀsᴛᴇʀᴅɪsᴋ stamps

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 1): 1-25157-A-SH3 ɑ B-19526-SH3 SPO-1 SLM ∆7082 ᴍᴀsᴛᴇʀᴅɪsᴋ SH-SP
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 1): 1-25157-B-SH5 ɑ B-19527-SH5 SLM ∆7082-X SPO-1 SMI-3 ᴍᴀsᴛᴇʀᴅɪsᴋ SH-SP
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 2): 1-25157-A-REI-SH5 ɑ B-19526-Re1 -SH 5 SLM △ 7082 SP 1̶-̶2̶ 0-1 SMI-2 ᴍᴀsᴛᴇʀᴅɪsᴋ SHSP
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 2): 1-25157-B-SH5 ɑ B-19527-SH5 SLM △ 7082-X 1̶-̶2̶ SP 0-3 SM1-1 ᴍᴀsᴛᴇʀᴅɪsᴋ SHSP
  • Other (B Side embossed stamp around spindle): E A S T
  • Barcode (Print): 0 7599-25157-1
  • Barcode (Scan; Format: UPC_A): 075992515719

Other Versions (5 of 440)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Like A Virgin (LP, Album, Allied Pressing) Sire 1-25157, 9 25157-1 US 1984
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Like A Virgin (Cassette, Album, AR, Dolby HX Pro) Sire 9 25157-4, 4-25157 US 1984
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Like A Virgin (LP, Album) Sire 925 157-1 Europe 1984
Like A Virgin (LP, Album, Quality Records Pressing) Sire 92 51571 Canada 1984
Recently Edited
Like A Virgin = ライク・ア・ヴァージン (LP, Album, Stereo) Sire P-13033 Japan 1984

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Reviews

  • greekpatra.1's avatar
    greekpatra.1
    αυτο που με χαλαει ηταν το ασπρομαυρο εξωφυλλο γιατι καφε δε το καταλαβα
    • jasonsouza77inusa's avatar
      never knew this was a digital recording. plus madonna was very into the production of it. from wiki: Jason Corsaro, the record's audio engineer, persuaded Rodgers to use digital recording, a new technique at the time which Corsaro believed was going to be the future of recording.[9] To ensure this, Corsaro used a Sony 3324 24-track digital tape recorder and a Sony F1 two-track during the mixing of the tracks. Madonna recorded the lead parts of the songs in a small, wooden, high-ceilinged piano room at the back of Studio C, also known as Power Station's "R&B room".[9] Corsaro then placed gobos around her while using the top capsule of a stereo AKG C24 tube microphone, with a Schoeps microphone preamplifier and a Pultec equalizer. Once the tracks met with everybody's approval, Robert Sabino added the keyboard parts, playing mostly a Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, as well as some Rhodes piano and acoustic piano, while Rodgers also played a Synclavier. Madonna, although not required, was present every minute of the recording sessions and the mixing process, Corsaro commented: "Nile was there most of the time, but she was there all of the time. She never left".
      • Crijevo's avatar
        Crijevo
        Her debut didn't insist on a curse of the second album - "Madonna" was fun and a document of a career in the making. "Like A Virgin" kicked the doors down, a landmark album filled with ace tracks. Some of them may not have stood the test of time though, sounding forever captured by the 80s vibe, some others remain overplayed by now - but returning to the lot only brings back good memories and provides with deserved (and if you like, repeated) listens. Depending on your version of choice but the one including "Into The Groove" is definitely more spot on.
        • Spinecrawler's avatar
          Spinecrawler
          Amazingly 31 years and not a box set has been created for this fantastic pop album,scandalous to say the lest, maybe fans will have one for "the pension years"

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