Scarce in-house mockup artwork for The Versace Experience (Prelude to Gold) CD package from circa 1995, consisting of the printed mockup in a CD jewel case with mockup disc printout. The front cover artwork features Prince's symbol against a unique Aztec-inspired circular design, and the back cover lists the album's 15 songs, as well as "Special Thanks 2 Versace, Welcome 2 The Dawn" and "4 promotional use only-not 4 sale" printed along the bottom. The track listing: 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. Sonny T. (X-cerpt), 9. Rootie Kazootie (Edit), 10. Chatounette Controle, 11. Pussy Control (Control Tempo-Edit), 12. Kamasutra Overture # 5, 13. Free The Music, 14. Segue, and 15. Gold (X-cerpt). In fine condition. From the collection of artist/art director Michael Van Huffel and accompanied by a letter of provenance. The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold) was a promotional cassette of previously unreleased material by Prince, then identified by his 'love symbol,' that was presented to attendees of the Versace collection of Paris Fashion Week in early July 1995. Used as a promotional tool for Prince's upcoming album, The Gold Experience, the cassette also contained tracks from other planned projects, including The New Power Generation's second album Exodus, Madhouse's third album 24 (which was never released), and The NPG Orchestra's Kamasutra.
