There are two Versace tapes: There's the original Versace Experience: A1 Pussy Control (Club Mix Edit) A2 Shhh (X-cerpt) A3 Get Wild In The House A4 I Hate U (Remix) A5 319 (X-cerpt) A6 Shy (X-cerpt) B1 Billy Jack Bitch B2 Sonny T. (X-cerpt) B3 Rootie Kazootie (Edit).
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| His Majesty’s Pop Life / The Purple Mix Club |
The Versace Experience: Prelude 2 Gold is a promotional mixtape 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. To complete this trio of re-releases is The Versace Experience. Originally a limited edition promotional-only cassette of previously unreleased material given to attendees of the Versace runway at Paris Fashion Week in July 1995, the album offered a first glimpse of Prince’s upcoming The Gold Experience.
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| Released: | Late 1985 (Promotional - Japan only)
13 April 2019 (Special re-release for the Record Store Day - Worldwide)
8 July 2020 (wider commercial release in Japan) | | Length: | 72:20 | | Label(s): | Paisley Park Records / Warner Pioneer (1985 Release) NPG Records / The Prince Estate / Warner Bros. Records (2019 Reissue) | | Studio(s): | Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA; Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse, Eden Prairie, MN, USA; The Warehouse, St. Louis Park, MN, USA; Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA; Unknown venue |
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| America | | Country: Chart | Entry Date | Peak Position | Weeks in Chart |
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| USA: The Billboard 200 | 27 Apr. 2019 | 184 | 1 | | USA: Billboard Top R&B Albums | 27 Apr. 2019 | 19 | 1 | | USA: Billboard R&B Album Sales | 27 Apr. 2019 | 4 | 2 | | USA: Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Album Sales | 27 Apr. 2019 | 5 | 1 | | USA: Billboard Top Current Albums | 27 Apr. 2019 | 24 | 1 | | USA: Billboard Top Album Sales | 27 Apr. 2019 | 25 | 1 | | USA: Billboard Dance Electronic Albums | 27 Apr. 2019 | 2 | 1 | | USA: Billboard Vinyl Album | 27 Apr. 2019 | 7 | 1 | | USA: Billboard Tastemaker Albums | 27 Apr. 2019 | 6 | 1 | | Certifications |
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| This album has not received any certifications in the USA | | Awards |
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| This album has not received any awards in the USA |
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Singles released |
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Strange Tales From the Rain
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| His Majesty’s Pop Life (subtitled 'The Purple Mix Club') is a compilation album of Prince’s studio work, initially released in 1985 as a promotional record in Japan only, following the commercial release of Around The World In A Day and its associated singles. At that time, it was Prince’s second promotional compilation album (after Strange Tales From the Rain). His Majesty’s Pop Life was re-released worldwide in a limited quantity (14 000 copies) for the Record Store Day on 13 April 2019, becoming Prince’s eight compilation album and the fifth posthumous release. In 2020, the album received a wider retail release in Japan only, including its first release on CD. The first disc includes versions of the tracks released as singles from Around The World In A Day (only America is included in its album version, while the others are remixes originally included on the various 12' single vinyl releases). The second disc includes versions of some of the single releases from the previous two albums, 1999 and Purple Rain, with the addition of the extended version of Erotic City, which had been released as the b-side of Let’s Go Crazy. As such, the double-disc album comprises recordings from three Prince/Prince and the Revolution studio albums (although mostly in different versions) and one single, all released originally between 1982 and 1985. Because of the separation of tracks from different eras over the two discs, the second disc is almost double the length of the first, and, as such, the first is played at 45 rpm (which was standard for singles), and the second at 33 ⅓ rpm (the standard for LPs). Of note is that both Prince and Sheila E. had created remixes of Pop Life, and the version included on the record is billed as Pop Life (Fresh Dance Mix) (the one created by Sheila E.) while it is the Extended Version created by Prince instead.
Promotion
With a limited number pressed and distributed only to DJ’s in Japan, the 1985 release of His Majesty’s Pop Life became a collectible item. The 2019 reissue was a special release for the Record Store Day, with 14 000 copies available worldwide (on the same day as a cassette replica of The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold)). The cover of the reissue bears the NPG Records inprint as well as The Prince Estate and Warner Bros. Records logos and a “WRECKA STOW DAY EXCLUSIVE” sticker referring to a scene in the Under The Cherry Moon film. The compilation reached number 184 on The Billboard 200 and 19 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums charts. |
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| CD | The album was initially available only on vinyl. - Pop Life (Extended Version) (9:07)1,2
- America (Album Version) (3:40)1
- Raspberry Beret (New Mix) (6:33)1
- Paisley Park (Remix) (6:56)1
- Let’s Go Crazy (Special Dance Mix) (7:35)1
- Little Red Corvette (Dance Remix) (8:22)
- 1999 (Album Version) (6:22)
- I Would Die 4 U (Extended Version) (10:15)1
- Erotic City (Make Love Not War Erotic City Come Alive) (7:24)1
- When Doves Cry (Album Version) (5:52)1
| All songs written by Prince, except where noted.
1 Written by Prince (credited to Prince and the Revolution)
2 Although billed as Fresh Dance Mix, this is actually the Extended Version |
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| Musicians | - See individual tracks for credits.
| | Production | - See individual tracks and respective albums for credits.
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| LP, CD, Cassettes and Other versions |
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| Country | Format | Cat. Number | Comments | Front | Back | Label 1 | Label 2 | | Japan | LP x2 | PS-272-3 | Promotional |
| Variants, Special Editions and Reissues | | Country | Format | Cat. Number | Comments | Front | Back | Label 1 | Label 2 | | Record Store Day 2019 release |
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| EU | LP x2 | 0349-78558-5 | Wrecka Stow Day Exlusive (sticker) | | Images courtesy of Sleevographia |
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Additional Information
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The Prince Estate and Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, are pleased to announce the next round of releases to be issued through the partnership’s ongoing definitive Prince catalog project. Three essential Prince titles–The VERSACE Experience (PRELUDE 2 GOLD), Chaos and Disorder, and Emancipation–will be available Friday, September 13.
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The VERSACE Experience (PRELUDE 2 GOLD), Chaos and Disorder, and Emancipation will be available individually and in bundled formats (CD+LP) via the Official Prince Store.
Long out-of-print as physical products, Chaos and Disorder and Emancipation, two pivotal Prince albums from 1996, will be available on disc for the first time in two decades, while new vinyl pressings of Chaos and Disorder (1LP) and Emancipation (6LP) mark both titles’ first appearance in the classic format. Each of the three vinyl titles will be pressed on highly collectible, limited edition purple vinyl.
Prince The Versace Experience Rare
The VERSACE Experience (PRELUDE 2 GOLD) was originally a limited edition promotional-only cassette of previously unreleased material given to attendees of the Versace runway at Paris Fashion Week in July 1995. A first glimpse of Prince’s upcoming The Gold Experience, the cassette featured remixed versions of future favorites “P. Control,” “Gold” and “Eye Hate U” as well as rare unreleased music by The New Power Generation, The NPG Orchestra, and Prince’s jazz-fusion project Madhouse. Many tracks–not available in the same form elsewhere–were remixed or edited specifically to make The VERSACE Experience (PRELUDE 2 GOLD) its own seamless sonic universe and an extremely rare, highly sought-after Prince collectible. A reproduction of The VERSACE Experience (PRELUDE 2 GOLD) cassette was released–in another limited edition–for Record Store Day 2019. The VERSACE Experience (PRELUDE 2 GOLD) is now widely available for the first time on digital, CD, and vinyl formats.
1996 was a pivotal year for the artist, who (in addition to Girl 6, the soundtrack album for Spike Lee’s film) released Chaos and Disorder (his final album of new material for Warner Bros.) and Emancipation, a triple disc three-hour musical extravaganza celebrating Prince’s full psychic, spiritual, emotional and creative liberation.
Released in July 1996, Chaos and Disorder is a taut 39 minutes of dexterous guitar and simple but addictive pop melodies. “Someone told me that Van Halen did their first record in a week,” Prince told the Los Angeles Times of the album’s quick creation. “That’s what we were going for–spontaneity, seeing how fast and hard we could thrash it out.” Chaos and Disorder proved Prince’s enduring connecting to his global audience of listeners. Even without promotion, the album reached #14 in the U.K. and #26 on the U.S. Billboard 200 charts while the album’s only single, “Dinner With Delores,” hit the Top 40 charts in the U.K. (the only country where it was released). The current release marks the reissue of the long out-of-print CD and the first time Chaos and Disorder has been available on vinyl.
First released in November 1996 (just four months after Chaos and Disorder), Emancipation is as expansive and ambitious as anything Prince has ever recorded. A triple album–each 12 song disc showcasing exactly one hour of music–Emancipation found Prince celebrating life, love and music on his own terms. “This is my most important record,” he told the Minneapolis Star Tribune at the time. “I’m free, and my music is free.” The album represents the incredible variety of his influences and moods. Romance and family are key themes (“Somebody’s Somebody,” “The Holy River,” “The Love We Make”). Prince reflects on technology (“My Computer”) and sex (“In This Bed Eye Scream”), and offers new, upbeat grooves (“Face Down,” “Jam Of The Year”) as well as four unique covers (Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me,” the Philly soul classics “Betcha By Golly Wow” and “La, La, La Means I Love U,” Joan Osborne’s then-current rock hit “One Of Us”). Available for the first time on vinyl, Emancipation will include 6LPs–each with printed jackets and printed interior sleeves.
Prince The Versace Experience Prelude 2 Gold
Emancipation was celebrated with a concert at Paisley Park on November 12, 1996, that was broadcast simultaneously on MTV, VH1, and BET. A press release issued by NPG Records after the event called the concert “a liberating performance.” The album debuted at #11 on the Billboard 200 charts and sold over 500,000 copies, making it the fourth-best-selling triple album of all time in the U.S. Prince supported Emancipation with the wildly successful six-month-long Jam of the Year Tour.