Madonna Like A Virgin
1984 Vinyl Specialty Press
Disco
Synth-pop
Dance-pop

Main image
Sire, Sire
art direction Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff
art direction Paula Greif
art direction, design Jeri McManus
tracks a1, a2, a4 to b4 backing vocals Curtis King
tracks a1, a2, a4 to b4 backing vocals Frank Simms
tracks a1, a2, a4 to b4 backing vocals George Simms
tracks a1, a2, b2 backing vocals Madonna
tracks a1, a3, a5, b2 bass Bernard Edwards
tracks a2, a4, b1, b3, b4 drum programming [linn, simmons] Jimmy Bralower
tracks a1, a3, a5, b2 drums Tony Thompson
edited by [digital assistants] Eric Mohler
edited by [digital assistants] Malcolm Pollack
edited by [digital] Gus Skinas
engineer [2nd] Rob Eaton
engineer, mixed by Jason Corsaro
management Weisner-DeMann Entertainment
mastered by [original] Bob Ludwig
photography by Steven Meisel
producer, guitar Nile Rodgers
tracks a2 to b4 synthesizer [assorted] Rob Sabino
tracks a2 to b1, b3, b4 synthesizer [bass] Rob Sabino
tracks a2, a4, b2 to b4 written-by Madonna
tracks a2, a4, b3, b4 written-by Stephen Bray
Mastered At Masterdisk
Mastered At Sheffield Lab Matrix
Mastered At Allied Record Company
Pressed By Specialty Records Corporation
Produced For Nile Rodgers Productions, Inc.
Manufactured By Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Sire Records Company
Copyright (c) Sire Records Company
℗© 1984 Sire Records Company

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