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The Versace Experience: Prelude 2 Gold

1995 mixtape by Prince


The Versace Experience: Prelude 2 Gold is a promotional mixtape[2][3] by American musician Prince, originally issued as a limited edition cassette and given away to attendees of the Versace collection at the 1995 Paris Fashion Week. The album was intended to promote Prince's then-upcoming album The Gold Experience.[4]

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The cassette was re-released posthumously for Record Store Day on April 13, 2019,[3] and released on CD, vinyl, as a digital download and for streaming through NPG Records and Legacy Recordings on September 13, 2019.[5]

Music

The cassette was issued in promotion of Prince's 1995 album The Gold Experience and half of the included tracks are excerpts or mixes of songs which were later released on that album: "Pussy Control", "Shhh", "Eye Hate U", "319", "Shy", "Billy Jack Bitch" and "Gold". However, several were originally written for the New Power Generation's second album Exodus (1995), as well as his collaborations with Clare Fischer (issued as "the New Power Generation Orchestra"), and his jazz fusion group Madhouse.[4]

Track listing

  1. "Pussy Control" (Club Mix; edit) – 3:02
  2. "Shhh" (X-cerpt) – 3:54
  3. "Get Wild in the House" (performed by The New Power Generation) – 2:14
  4. "Eye Hate U" (Remix) – 3:28
  5. "319" (X-cerpt) – 1:28
  6. "Shy" (X-cerpt) – 2:22
  7. "Billy Jack Bitch" – 2:31
  8. "Sonny T." (X-cerpt) (performed by Prince and Madhouse) – 0:28
  9. "Rootie Kazootie" (performed by Prince and Madhouse) – 2:37
  10. "Chatounette Controle" – 2:24
  11. "Pussy Control (Control Tempo)" (edit) – 1:23
  12. "Kamasutra Overture #5" (performed by The New Power Generation Orchestra) – 0:43
  13. "Free the Music" (performed by The New Power Generation) – 1:44
  14. "Segue" – 0:49
  15. "Gold" (X-cerpt) – 3:36

Charts

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References

  1. "The VERSACE Experience Prelude 2 Gold by Prince". Apple Music. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  2. Jenke, Tyler (April 4, 2019). "An extremely rare Prince mixtape will be reissued for Record Store Day". Tone Deaf. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  3. Arcand, Rob (September 13, 2019). "Stream Prince's Rare Versace Experience Cassette". Spin. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  4. "Austriancharts.at – Prince – The Versace Experience - Prelude 2 Gold" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  5. "Ultratop.be – Prince – The Versace Experience - Prelude 2 Gold" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  6. "Ultratop.be – Prince – The Versace Experience - Prelude 2 Gold" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  7. "Dutchcharts.nl – Prince – The Versace Experience - Prelude 2 Gold" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  8. "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 38, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  9. "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2019-09-23" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 18, 2019.



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