Released ahead of 1995’s The Gold Experience, the first album credited to Prince’s infamously unpronounceable symbol, The VERSACE Experience (PRELUDE 2 GOLD) was a gift to attendees of the designer’s collection at Fashion Week in Paris. Produced at the time as only a very limited edition promotional cassette, it featured remixed versions of future favorites “Pussy Control,” “Gold” and “Eye Hate U” as well as rare and commercially unreleased selections by The New Power Generation and Prince’s jazz-fusion project Madhouse. The rare promotional cassette went on to be incredibly sought after, with one copy setting a record as the highest priced cassette every sold, fetching over $4,000.

• 1. Pussy Control (Club Mix) (Edit)
• 2. Shhh (X-Cerpt)
• 3. Get Wild In the House
• 4. Eye Hate U (Remix)
• 5. 319 (X-Cerpt)
• 6. Shy (X-Cerpt)
• 7. Billy Jack Bitch
• 8. Madhouse - Sonny T. (X-Cerpt)
• 9. Madhouse - Rootie Kazootie (Edit)
• 10. Chatounette Controle
• 11. Pussy Control (Control Tempo) (Edit)
• 12. The Npg Orchestra - Kamasutra Overture # 5
• 13. The Npg - Free the Music
• 14. Segue
• 15. Gold (X-Cerpt)