Madonna - 12"ers + 2 (1985)

As a side-bar to the article in Bruno MacDonald's book about the unreleased Madonna album 'Veronica Electronica', he mentioned that in 1985 Warner Brothers subsidiary Sire had proposed a stop-gap mini-album which would collect together some of her singles re-mixes and soundtrack work. Madonna was at the height of her fame at this time, with the 'Like A Virgin' album and tour, supported by a then unknown Beastie Boys, being a resounding worldwide success. '12"ers + 2' would have comprised six remixed 12" singles, plus 'Into The Groove' from the 'Desperately Seeking Susan' soundtrack and 'Ain't No Big Deal', which might have been her debut single had the label not preferred 'Everybody'. However, because 'Like A Virgin' continued to sell in huge numbers, and the follow-up 'True Blue' was looming on the horizon, the release was cancelled after a few promo cassette copies were issued in Japan. Original copies of this cassette are now the holy grail among Madonna collectors, and so although none of the tracks are actually unreleased I thought it would be fun to reconstruct the album and post it here, along with updated artwork. The cover is based on the original cassette, but as only low-resolution copies of it appear on the net I've cleaned it up as much as possible without losing the original concept.  

   

Track listing

01 Ain't No Big Deal
02 Dress You Up (The 12" Formal Mix)
03 Angel (Extended Dance Remix)
04 Lucky Star (U.S. Remix)
05 Into The Groove
06 Material Girl (Extended Dance Remix)
07 Borderline (U.S. Remix)
08 Like a Virgin (Extended Dance Remix)