The English Roses were acquired by Penguin Group UK. Puffin Books, Penguin's children's imprint, published the books. The joint press release announcing the deal explained that each story book would involve Madonna working with a different illustrator. Madonna confirmed that all profits from sales of the book were to be donated to charity. She partnered with Amazon and recorded an exclusive audio message about the book for Amazon's customers. The message was available from September 3 and was the first opportunity for customers to hear the singer talking about "The English Roses". The book was not available to the press and media in
The Stone Roses (album) featuring the album on disc one, a 15-track collection of unreleased demos titled "The Lost Demos" on disc two, and a DVD featuring a 1989 live performance titled "Live in Blackpool"; and a 3CD/3LP/1DVD collector's edition box set, which features: Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. The Stone Roses (album) The Stone Roses is the debut studio album by English rock band the Stone Roses. It was recorded mostly at Battery Studios in London with producer John Leckie from June 1988 to February 1989 and released in May of that year by Silvertone Records. "The Stone Roses" was