Blond Ambition World Tour Live (also known as Madonna Live! Blond Ambition World Tour 90 ) is a video album by American singer and singer-songwriter Madonna . It was released only in LaserDisc format by Pioneer Artists as part of a 1990 sponsorship contract for the Blond Ambition World Tour . The video contains a recording of the final concert of the tour in Nice . Before the release, the release was produced and shown by the American HBO channel as a television special project.
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| Date of issue | December 13, 1990 | |||
| Recorded by | August 5, 1990 | |||
| Genre | Live | |||
| Duration | 112 min. | |||
| Producer | Anthony eaton | |||
| Label | Pioneer Artists | |||
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In 1992, the release of LaserDisc won in the category for the best musical film at the 34th Grammy Ceremony . This Grammy Award was the first in the career of Madonna.
Creation History
The video album was only released on LaserDisc from Pioneer Artists as a sponsorship contract for the Blond Ambition World Tour , one of whose goals was to popularize the LaserDisc format. Contains the last concert of the tour, shot at the Stade de l'Ouest Stadium in Nice on August 5, 1990. The concert was previously shown by the American channel HBO as a television special project Madonna - Live! Blond Ambition World Tour 90 . [1] Another television special project with the same name was shown on December 24, 1990 in Europe - it contained a recording of a concert from the Spanish Barcelona, shot on August 1, 1990 and produced by the Italian television channel Rai Uno. The same channel had previously produced the 1987 concert recording Madonna in Concerto , later published commercially under the name in 1988.
In 1992, the release in LaserDisc format won in the Best Music Video, Long Form category at the 34th Grammy Ceremony . It was the first Grammy in the career of Madonna. The prize went to Madonna, David Mellet and Mark “Aldo” Micheli (video directors) and Anthony Eaton (video producer). [2]
Other releases
Other commercial releases of the Blond Ambition World Tour are the Blond Ambition Japan Tour 90 , on VHS and LaserDisc on July 25, 1990. It was released only in Japan by Sire Records and Warner-Pioneer. The release contains a concert at Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama , shot on April 26, 1990. Another release, the Blond Ambition Tour 1990 , was released on DVD in Germany only in 2005 on Falcon Neue Medien - it acquired a license to exit only in this country. Neither Madonna nor Warner Bros. Records did not authorize a release containing a poor quality record, filmed in Houston, Texas in May 1990. The same record was released in the UK in October 2007 by Quantum Leap Video.
Formats
Pioneer still retains the rights to the LaserDisc format. Pioneer confirmed that it is not expected to be released on DVD in the future. [3]
Song List
| Blond Ambition World Tour Live - Side One | |||||||||
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| one. | " Express Yourself " | ||||||||
| 2 | " Open Your Heart " | ||||||||
| 3 | " Causing a Commotion " | ||||||||
| four. | "Where's the Party" | ||||||||
| five. | " Like a Virgin " | ||||||||
| 6 | " Like a Prayer " | ||||||||
| 7 | " Live to Tell " / " Oh Father " | ||||||||
| eight. | " Papa Don't Preach " | ||||||||
| 9. | " Sooner or Later " | ||||||||
| ten. | " Hanky Panky " | ||||||||
| 57:50 | |||||||||
| Blond Ambition World Tour Live - Side Two | |||||||||
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| No | Title | Duration | |||||||
| one. | "Now I'm Following You" | ||||||||
| 2 | " Material Girl " | ||||||||
| 3 | " Cherish " | ||||||||
| four. | " Into the Groove " | ||||||||
| five. | " Vogue " | ||||||||
| 6 | " Holiday " | ||||||||
| 7 | Family Affair ( Sly and the Family Stone Song) | ||||||||
| eight. | " Keep It Together " | ||||||||
| 54:10 | |||||||||
Creation members
- David Mallet - Director
- Anthony Eaton - Producer
- Freddie Dehmann - Executive Producer
- Christopher Ciccone - art director
- Vince Patterson - choreographer
- Kevin Alexander Stee - Assistant Choreographer
Ratings
Madonna - Live! Blond Ambition World Tour
- August 5, 1990 on HBO
- The largest audience for entertainment — special for the 18-year history of HBO
- 4.3 million households [4]
Notes
- ↑ Live Madonna Show Suggests Hbo`s Own `Blond Ambition` - tribunedigital-chicagotribune
- ↑ GRAMMY Winners . National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (January 11, 2009). The appeal date was August 20, 2012. Archived January 11, 2009.
- ↑ Blond Ambition World Tour 90 . Ultimatemadonna.com. The appeal date is February 29, 2012. Archived on February 13, 2012.
- AMES NAMES IN THE NEWS: Madonna Sets Telecast Record - latimes
Links
- Blond Ambition World Tour Live (Eng.) On the Internet Movie Database (Eng.) On the Internet Movie Database