On July 31 1993, the fifth single from Madonna’s Erotica album, Rain, debuted at #7 on the UK Singles Chart.
In Japan, a ten track Rain mini album or EP was later released to celebrate the single and the upcoming Girlie Show concerts. As usual, Australia copied the release, but eliminated the obi-strip from their pressing.
The EP included the following tracks:
Rain (Radio Remix)
Waiting (Remix)
Up Down Suite
Rain (Album Version)
Bad Girl (Extended Mix)
Fever (Extended 12″)
Fever (Shep’s Remedy Dub)
Fever (Murk Boys Miami Dub)
Fever (Oscar G’s Dope Mix)
Rain (Video Edit)
Rain-a beautiful Madonna ballad-Crying in Michigan Tears!
From memory, the Australian issue of this ep, along with all the other Australian versions of the Japanese eps was released much later, possibly around ‘95? Maybe my memory is wrong but they definitely all came out at once
The Japanese EPs were the best! I miss these kind of releases.
I love the Japanese EPs, they always had amazing artwork and rarer remixes making them essential for collectors.