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Madonna’s original rehearsal demos and performances. Vintage Concertape 1800 Recording Reel to Reel tape by Radio Shack 18cm / 7". Handwritten notes and doodles in black ink on front and verso of box as well as black and red ink handwritten on tape casing. Recorded on the TEAC a-3440 4 track reel-to-reel recorder, also offered in this auction. c.1979 This reel-to-reel includes: "Simon Says" Madonna sings lead vocals on track 1 "Coming in Fine" Written by Ed. Madonna sings harmonies. Angie smit on bass. Dan on drums. Ed on guitar. "Simon Says" Madonna sings lead vocals and self harmonizes. Piano version on Track 1. "Curtis Come Back" Dan and Madonna harmonize. Madonna on drums. Percussion experiment version. "Trouble" Madonna sings lead vocals on track 2. Track 3: Ed and Dan sing back up vocals "Trouble" Fragments of Trouble "I Wonder What Happened to Her" Madonna on drums. "Moving Along" Madonna sings lead vocals on track 2 "Trouble" Another version. Written by Dan, Madonna, and Ed. Madonna sings lead vocals. "Cold Wind" Madonna and Ed sing a duet. "Hot House Flower" Written by Madonna. Madonna sings lead vocals. "Cold Wind" Another version. Madonna and Ed sings duet. In 1978, with nothing more than grit and determination, 20 year-old Madonna Louise Ciccone left college in Michigan and headed for New York City. She survived by waitressing and modeling nude, while honing her talents as a dancer under the guidance of legendary Martha Graham. But life took a turn for Madonna when she met the talented musician, Dan Gilroy. It wasn’t long before the young dancer moved in with Dan and his brother, Ed. Living in a unique setting - the brothers were renting a repurposed Queens, NY synagogue! - the Gilroys taught Madonna how to play drums and guitar. It was there that Madonna began writing and recording her own music. By 1979, the threesome had formed a band - Breakfast Club - which attracted attention at clubs around New York including CBGB Madonna’s life In Queens was interrupted when she went to Paris to dance on stage. Once back in NYC, her career erupted after signing with the agent extraordinaire, Seymour Stein. Today, four decades later, Madonna remains one of the most exciting personalities of all time as evidenced by her recent sold-out world tour culminating in a remarkable 1.6 million person live audience on the beach at Rio de Janeiro. This lot, like others in this auction is coming directly from that Queens, New York setting where Madonna's fabulous career got its start. Remembering those early years, Dan Gilroy remembers... "Simon Says" This may have been the first time she ever heard herself on headphones. She makes the comment: "It sounds good in here...your voice sounds better in here than in real life." This track wasn't initially made for Madonna to sing on. It was the result of experimenting with the four track recorder, making an instrumental track and running the tape backwards. I liked the result and played it for Madonna. She heard it and wanted to sing with this odd, compelling sounding track. Her song scolds someone who does what they are told without question. I hoped it wasn't about me. I didn't ask. "Trouble" When Madonna first moved into the synagogue in Corona, NY, she was a prolific writer of personal notes and messages as well as prose and poetry in a journal or notepad. We were discussing songwriting and she showed me in her journal some random phrases like "heart breaker," "earth shaker," and "survival is an art." I suggested the first line "I've got this trouble in my body, when no love's in my heart" and the song developed quickly. Madonna added the chorus lines: "I've got trouble, You've got trouble" etc. Ed added the break. Madonna later added the opening "trouble..trouble...trouble...etc." Which worked so well with the chords in the intro. "Moving Along" Madonna liked this little song so much she wanted to sing it in performance. The club owned by former Yankee infielder Phil Linz (called "Mr Laff's" on 64th st and 1st Ave) was our first performance of the song. Her singing was heartfelt and touching... Since the song is only a minute long it made it a fine intro, after a very short pause, for the power chord upbeat sound of "Trouble". "Hot House Flower" One of the first of Madonna songs she wrote by herself and also got out from behind the drums and took center stage. This song highlights the isolation she felt, "if you leave me alone I will die" and shows the other side of what became "the material girl" with the line, "I live my life in this world, but I'm not part of this world." She expresses a need for attention, shyness with self reflection, being "at home in my mind." "Cold Wind" She had a fun time working on this song. I remember her and Ed, laughing and joking while working out the harmonies, which are extensive and occur on almost every line. Her enthusiasm is evident in the vocal tone. As much as she wanted to be a star attraction, this track illustrates how much she enjoyed being a team player. The song was re-recorded by Guy Guido for the docu-movie, "Madonna and the Breakfast Club" Listen To The Recordings Here : www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/duj8n9ujxtupm2djl77v7/AL5o20sdLplxbn5stAjhdW0?rlkey=uwdw6hth0njxg8wfvmr5i6pfl&st=6m3jyhqj&dl=0 Notice to bidders: More detailed condition reports and additional photographs are available by request. The absence of a condition report does not imply that the lot is in excellent condition. Please message us through the online bidding platform or call Guernsey's at 212-794-2280 to request a more thorough condition report.