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Madonna’s original rehearsal demos and performances. Vintage Ampex Recording Reel to Reel tape 18cm / 7". Handwritten notes in black ink on verso of box as well as black ink handwritten "Coming in Fine" 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: Work tape to 120... "Coming In Fine" Written by Ed. Madonna sings harmonies. "Hot House Flower" Written by Madonna. Madonna sings lead vocals on track 1 only. Dan plays drums, Ed on guitar. Tracks 2,3, and 4 are work tracks. "Hot House Flower" Another version across all 4 tracks. Dan works on a song "Make It Today" Written by Dan. Madonna drums on track 3. Track 4 is a work track. "Trouble" Early version. Madonna sings lead vocals. Tracks 1 and 2 only "Trouble" Another performance, Madonna sings lead vocals. On track 3 Madonna solos and doubles her vocals from track 1 Afterwards is Dan's work tape 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. Dan Gilroy remembers... "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." "Make It Today" We were trying things out. Madonna likes to talk about her drum playing as "self taught", which who can argue? If you learn to swim or ride a bike, it's you who does the learning. There is, of course, alwasy more to learn, especially in a band setting, where coordinating is key. Here, she was trying various bass/snare combinations. Madonna was always up for a challenge. "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. Listen To The Recordings Here : www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/773pebzin6dvsjfywknbt/AOBNUho-2areUuE_GFPKGhc?rlkey=j70qslylf4s6yz3dnb2n47u0x&st=gopvq77k&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.