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November 18 1994 // Madonna "The Girlie Show" Coffee Table Hardbacked Book + 3 Track Live CD Was Released.

Official Callaway Editions / Boy Toy 64 Page Hardback Book, Published in the UK in 1994 with pages of Stunning 'Girlie Show' Tour Photo's, Measuring Approx 10" x 13" and includes a Girlie Show 3 track Cd which features 3 Live unreleased Tracks from the Tour - Why's it so hard, In This Life & Like a Virgin.


The THE GIRLIE SHOW BOOK is a prototype of what eventually would become the tour books as we saw recently with  CONFESSIONS and STICKY & SWEET Tours , but much simpler. Maybe Madonna was very inspired by all the mix of cultural influences that its then new show brought that found little book it only in video. This book brings not only images of the shows as well as backstage, rehearsals and promotional photos.

 Launched in 1994, this book has about 64 pages in large format and hardback. It was published by Callaway in association with Boy Toy Inc. and I had only one issue, therefore, a collector's item. The cover features a photo of Herb Ritts, most associated test at The Girlie Show and soon as we open the face a very very cool thing: The book brings a CD with three live tracks taken from the show: LIKE A VIRGIN, IN THIS LIFE and WHY'S IT SO HARD . 

So this is the first record to the official Madonna live CD released commercially. By choosing the tracks, I think this CD also served to promote the tour VHS (and why not, try to take the album IBOPE EROTICA a little more. Is it?


The book is very beautiful and brings some texts too. After uam introduction by Madonna, the book reproduces the same text with circus esporito published in the show Tourbook. Most of the photos are from performances, but the photos are not organized following the show's setlist. In the media these photos, some promotional pictures, I do not know for sure, but I think it was unpublished until then, at the time. Moreover, in the very end of the book we have all the itinerary of the tour, including tour dates in Brazil.



 The main book of photographers are Neal Preston and Sege Thomann (responsible for the photos of live performances), the brother of Madonna Christopher Ciccone (with some pictures of the show and photo essay and backstage), Herb Ritts (pictorials as the cover and that used in the single cover RAIN ), Melodie McDaniel and Sung Fat Tija (video stills clips). Photos are relamente beautiful and capture all art and provocation THE GIRLIE SHOW.


Well, certainly a wonderful item that leaves even more beautiful any collection. The book is 94 but only got my in 1998, bought from a friend who decided to collect only cds. Nevertheless, the book're brand new. 










I hope you enjoy! (Oh , and to comment too !!)

Credit/Author: twenty5 Posted under: My Collection

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