Madonna / Erotica
Title Erotica
Format 12" Vinyl Picture
Country Germany
Released 1992
Current Value 50,00
Catalog No W0138TP / 9362-40662-0
Packaging Plastic Sleeve
Label Maverick
Notes This is the Bootleg Unofficial pressing with backing card, similar to the Genuine Limited Edition Picture Disc

The Genuine picture disc was withdrawn after being pressed by Maverick, as the artwork, Madonna sucking a toe, was too close for comfort to a news story of a royal (Sarah Ferguson) pictured sucking a toe in a hotel bedroom. All copies were taken from Orlake, where it was pressed, back to the head office to be destroyed. It is rumoured that 1 copy was taken from each box, 138 boxes, and the rest destroyed. Fact is that copies were sold from the offices to a Liverpool record dealer, who sold them on to collectors and dealers, and it's highly unlikely one was taken from each box, more likely quite a number of boxes were just sold off, and the others destroyed. 

Incidentally, the same dealer sold a backing card from the original disc to the guy who made the counterfeit! 

Extremely Limited Edition Picture Disc highly sought after by collectors rumoured to be only 138 copies pressed. Due to its extreme rarity, this item (worth hundreds or easily thousands of dollars to the right collector) has been widely bootlegged, and potential buyers are urged to ensure their copy is not a counterfeit. According to www.madonnaunderground.nl, there are 3 main differences in the genuine "Erotica" picture disc, and the knock-off reproduction: 

1) the real "Erotica" picture disc carries a gold backing card, with the official "Madonna/Erotica" logo in the top-left corner. The bootleg disc is missing this backing card. 

2) the real "Erotica" picture disc has a white rectangular box containing its catalog # directly below the Maverick logo on the vinyl itself. The bootleg disc is missing this box. 

3) the real "Erotica" picture disc has the words "Orlake W0138TP" sketched on the run-out groove of the vinyl itself, on the inner loop. The bootleg disc is missing this writing. 
Tracks A01.  Erotica (Album Version) (0:00)
B01.  Erotica (Instrumental) (0:00)
B02.  Erotica (Radio Edit) (0:00)
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