Madonna / Japanese 40-disc CD singles box set video

It’s been a busy week for Madonna, with box sets, vinyl releases and of course her new MDNA album.

Perhaps this is a good time to shine a light what is probably the most desirable box set every released in her name.

The CD Single Collection was released by Warner Music Japan in late 1996. It was a limited edition box set that contained every single released in Japan up to that point. From Burning Up to One More Chance. The CDs were in the three inch format.

As well as the forty CDs, it came with a booklet containing track listings and lyrics for each song in both Japanese and English. It also included the Japanese-only singles Love Don’t Live Here Anymore and Spotlight and the sleeves were faithful to the original Japanese artwork.

The box set is also desirable because many of the single versions and edits found on the CDs within had never been issued on CD, and some still remain unique to this box to this day.

A full track listing is below:

• 1. Burning Up (LP Version (NOT the alternate remix), 3:54) / Physical Attraction (Edit, 3:54)
• 2. Holiday (Edit, 4:09)** / I Know It (LP Version, 3:43)
• 3. Borderline (Edit, 3:58)** / Think Of Me (LP Version, 4:52)
• 4. Lucky Star (LP Version, 5:38) / Everybody (LP Version, 4:52)
• 5. Like A Virgin (LP Version, 3:41) / Stay (LP Version, 4:06)
• 6. Material Girl (LP Version, 4:03) / Pretender (LP Version, 4:35)
• 7. Angel (LP Version, 3:44) / Angel (Dance Mix Edit) (4:56)
• 8. Into The Groove (Original Version, 4:45) /Physical Attraction (Edit,3:54) 9. Dress You Up (LP Version, 4:05) / Shoo-Bee-Doo (LP Version, 5:19) 10. Love Don’t Live Here Anymore (LP Version, 4:49) / Over And Over (LP Version, 4:12)
• 11. Live To Tell (Edit, 4:39) / Live To Tell (12″ Instrumental, 5:49)
• 12. Papa Don’t Preach (Edit/Fade, 3:51) / Think Of Me (LP Version, 4:51) 13. True Blue (LP Version, 4:07) / Ain’t No Big Deal (Original Version, 4:12)
• 14. Open Your Heart (LP Version, 4:14) / White Heat (LP Version, 4:39) 15. La Isla Bonita (LP Version, 4:03) / La Isla Bonita (7″ Instrumental) (4:20)
• 16. Who’s That Girl (LP Version, 3:59) / White Heat (LP Version, 4:35) 17. Causing A Commotion (LP Version, 4:09) / Jimmy Jimmy (LP Version, 3:55)
• 18. Spotlight (Fade, 4:33) / Where’s The Party (LP Version, 4:14)
• 19. The Look of Love (LP Version, 4:05) / I Know It (LP Version, 3:43) 20. Like A Prayer (7″ Version with fade, 5:09) / Act of Contrition (LP Version, 2:19)
• 21. Express Yourself (LP Version, 4:40) / The Look of Love (LP Version, 4:01)
• 22. Cherish (Edit, 4:06) / Supernatural (Original Version, 5:12)
• 23. Oh Father (Edit, 4:28) / Spanish Eyes (LP Version, 5:16)
• 24. Keep It Together (Single Mix, 4:33) / Keep It Together (12″ Instrumental, 5:52)
• 25. Vogue (Single Version, 4:22) / Vogue (Betty Davis Dub, 7:26)
• 26. Hanky Panky (LP Version, 3:58) / More (LP Version, 4:57)
• 27. Justify My Love (LP Version, 5:00) / Express Yourself (Q-Sound Remix, 4:02)
• 28. Rescue Me (Single Mix, 4:54) / Rescue Me (Alternate Single Mix, 5:05) 29. This Used To Be My Playground (5:10) / This Used To Be My Playground (Long Version, 6:07)
• 30. Erotica (LP Version, 5:19) / Erotica (LP Instrumental, 5:19)
• 31. Deeper and Deeper (LP Edit, 4:54) / Deeper and Deeper (LP Instrumental, 5:33)
• 32. Bad Girl (LP Edit, 4:37) / Fever (LP Version, 5:00)
• 33. Bye Bye Baby (LP Version, 3:57) / Rain (Radio Mix, 4:33)
• 34. I’ll Remember (LP Version, 4:21) / Secret Garden (LP Version, 5:33) 35. Secret (LP Version, 5:05) / Secret (LP Instrumental, 5:05)
• 36. Take A Bow (LP Version, 5:19) / Take A Bow (In Da Soul Mix, 4:56) 37. Human Nature (Radio Version, 4:31) / La Isla Bonita (LP Version, 4:01)
• 38. Crazy For You (Original Version, 4:12) / Gambler (Original Version, 3:55)
• 39. You’ll See (Edit Version, 4:19) / Rain (Album Version, 5:29) / You’ll See (Instrumental, 4:44)
• 40. One More Chance (LP Version, 4:28) / You’ll See (Spanglish Version #1; English verses and Spanish Chorus, 4:22) / You’ll See (Spanish Version, 4:21)