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|introduction          = '''Playtime By Versace''' is an unreleased album by [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]], worked on in 1995. The album was likely made for a Versace fashion show or as Versace promotional tool, although the artwork dummy has space for a barcode, indicating a commercial release was possibly considered. Nothing was known about this project until a dummy of the artwork surfaced in 2017 during an [https://www.rrauction.com/preview_itemdetail.cfm?IN=6224 RRauction] auction from the collection of [[Michael Van Huffel]], [[Prince]]'s art director at the time of production.
|introduction          = '''Playtime By Versace''' is an unreleased project by [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]], worked on in 1995. The album was unknown until a dummy of the artwork surfaced in 2017 during an [https://www.rrauction.com/preview_itemdetail.cfm?IN=6224 RRauction] auction from the collection of [[Michael Van Huffel]], [[Prince]]'s art director at the time of production. The auction description states:


The album-dummy reads © 1995 and the project was likely conceived around the same time as the [[Album: The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold)|The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold)]] cassette that was made in July 1995.
:''"This full package mock-up is one of only a few personally designed and hand-made by [[Michael Van Huffel]], a member of the art department at [[Paisley Park Studios|Paisley Park]] and [[NPG Records]], which were originally created as gifts of art and music for Gianni and Donatella Versace."''
The project contained 11 songs, including four of the five [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_St._Victor Sandra St. Victor] collaboration songs [[Prince]] worked on.  


The album seems unrelated to the [[Album: The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold)|The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold)]], which also contained tracks recorded in 1994/1995, primarily, but focused on the upcoming [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]] album as well as songs from  an unreleased [[Madhouse]] album and [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] songs.
The artwork text reads "©1995" and the project was likely conceived around the same time as the [[Album: The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold)|The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold)]] cassette, that was made available in July 1995.


The project contained 11 songs, including four of the five collaborations between [[Prince]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_St._Victor Sandra St. Victor].


'''Recording process'''
'''Recording process'''


The album opens with the unreleased [[Playtime]], which dates it earlier than it was believed to be recorded previously, and should be a version where [[Marva King]] is not singing lead as she didn't start working with Prince until 1997.  
It is likely that the album did not have its own recording sessions, and that the album was a compilation of tracks, some of which were still intended for future projects.


[[The Good Life|The Good Life (Big City Remix)]] is likely the same version as was released on the [[Single: The Good Life|The Good Life]] maxi-single.  
[[18 & Over]] was recorded in Summer 1994, beginning life as a remix of [[Come]], including many samples from that track.


[[Soul Sanctuary]], the first [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_St._Victor Sandra St. Victor] song on this album, ended up on [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]],  while [[18 & Over]] was released on  [[Album: Crystal Ball| Crystal Ball]] in 1998. There version here was a different version, likely the version that was also used for the [[[Video: 18 & Over|18 & Over]] video.  
[[I Like It There]] was recorded in late 1994.


Next up is another [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_St._Victor Sandra St. Victor] collaboration song [[Stone]], which also remains unreleased, followed by [[I Like It There]], that was released on [[Album: Chaos And Disorder|Chaos & Disorder]] in 1996.  
The original recording of [[The Good Life]] was made in December 1994 or January 1995, and was remixed with additional recording in Spring 1995 to create [[The Good Life|The Good Life (Big City Remix)]].


[[Da Bang]] got its release on [[Album: Crystal Ball| Crystal Ball]] in 1998, while the third [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_St._Victor Sandra St. Victor] collaboration. [[Eye'll Never B Another Fool|I'll Never B Another Fool]] was ultimately released in a version with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/_Khan Chaka Khan] singing lead as as [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye'll Never B Another Fool]][[Eye'll Never B Another Fool|'ll Never B Another Fool]] on her [[Album: Come 2 My House|Come 2 My House]] album, also in 1998.  
It is unknown if a complete studio version of [[Poorgoo|Poor Goo]] was recorded, but the version included on this album is a live recording from [[23_March_1995-am|23 March 1995 (am): The Emporium, London, England]].


The fourth and last [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_St._Victor Sandra St. Victor] collaboration is next, [[Van Gogh]], which is likely similar to the 1995 version that was released in [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_6|NPG Music Club Edition # 6]] as mp3 download, but has a different track-length.  
[[Playtime]] is believed to have been recorded in mid-1995, although this is unconfirmed. It was re-recorded with [[Marva King]] in 1997.


The penultimate song [[Poorgoo|Poor Goo]] was released in a live-in-the-studio version on [[Home_Video:_The_Undertaker|The Undertaker]] home video and as mp3 download in [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_11|NPG Music Club Edition # 11]]. but the version here is a  live recording, recorded in London, England, presumably at the Emporium on [[23_March_1995-am|23 March 1995 (am)]], the only time is was played live in 1995.
Four of the tracks were originally written or co-written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_St._Victor Sandra St. Victor] and sent to [[Prince]] in Summer, 1995, following a loose agreement for the two artists to work together. These four tracks all had alternate names when they were sent to [[Prince]]: [[Soul Sanctuary]] (co-written by T. Hammer) was originally titled [[Soul Sanctuary|Sanctuary]]; [[Stone]] was originally titled [[Stone|Nothing Left To Give]]; [[Eye'll Never B Another Fool|I'll Never B Another Fool]] was originally titled [[Eye'll Never B Another Fool|I'll Never Open My Legs Again]]; and [[Van Gogh]] was originally titled [[Van Gogh|Love Is]]. [[Prince]] added additional lyrics and music in 1995, at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA.


The last track [[Dinner With Delores]] was previously believed to have been first recorded in April 1996, but its inclusion on the 1995 album shows it was recorded earlier or a different version was.  
[[Da Bang]] was recorded in 1995, at an unknown recording studio in Los Angeles, CA.


[[Dinner With Delores]] was previously believed to have been recorded in April, 1996, but its inclusion on this album suggests that a version of the song was recorded in 1995.
'''Track Releases'''
Most of the album's tracks have been released in one form or another. It is interesting to note, however, that no more than two tracks were released on the same project.
[[Poorgoo|Poor Goo]] was released in a 1993 rehearsal version on [[Home_Video:_The_Undertaker|The Undertaker]] home video in March 1995, with the same version offered as mp3 download in [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_11|NPG Music Club Edition # 11]] in December 2001, but the version included on this album has not been released.
[[The Good Life|The Good Life (Big City Remix)]] was released on the maxi-single for the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]'s [[Single: The Good Life|The Good Life]] in June 1995.
[[I Like It There]] and [[Dinner With Delores]] were released on [[Album: Chaos And Disorder|Chaos & Disorder]] in July 1996.
[[Soul Sanctuary]] was released on [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] in November 1996.
[[18 & Over]] and [[Da Bang]] were released on [[Album: Crystal Ball| Crystal Ball]] in 1998, although the version of [[18 & Over]] here is the extended [[Video: 18 & Over|video]] version of the track, 40 seconds longer than the album version.
[[Eye'll Never B Another Fool|I'll Never B Another Fool]] was ultimately released (as [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye'll Never B Another Fool]][[Eye'll Never B Another Fool|'ll Never B Another Fool]]) with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/_Khan Chaka Khan] singing lead vocals, on her [[Album: Come 2 My House|Come 2 My House]] album, in September 1998.
[[Van Gogh]] was given to the band [http://www.vangoghmusic.com/ Van Gogh] and released on their fourth album [[Album: Van Gogh]] in November 1998. [[Prince]] later released his 1995 version of the song as an mp3 download in July 2001, as part of [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_6|NPG Music Club Edition # 6]]. The version included on this album is about 50 seconds shorter than the version ultimately released, however.
[[Playtime]] and [[Stone]] remain unreleased in any form.


'''Artwork'''
'''Artwork'''


The artwork by [[Michael Van Huffel]] shows the same Richard Avedon picture of [[Prince]] in a silver Versace top that was made for a ''GQ Magazine'' photoshoot in 1995, and also used on the [[Single:_P._Control| P. Control]] promo cassette, but against a pink/magenta background.  
The artwork by [[Michael Van Huffel]] shows the same Richard Avedon picture of [[Prince]] in a silver Versace top that was made for a ''GQ Magazine'' photoshoot in 1995. The same shot was also used on the [[Single:_P._Control| P. Control]] promo cassette, but the version used here placed [[Prince]] against a pink/magenta background.  


The only text reads "'''Playtime by Versace'''" and the [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]. The CD itself has the text ''"Sex Clothes 4 The New Power Generation"'' written in black on pink magenta, in circles inside one another five times. That same image is printed on the inside of the inlay, seen behind thew transparent tray. The back has a close up of part of the picture and the titles printed next to it in white.  
The CD label includes the text ''"Sex Clothes 4 The New Power Generation"'' written in black on pink magenta, in circles inside one another five times. That same image is printed on the inside of the inlay, seen behind the transparent tray. The back has a close up of part of the picture and the titles printed next to it in white.  
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Revision as of 16:48, 23 August 2017

1995: "Live" ◄ Unreleased Albums
(Prince) 		Unreleased Albums
(Related Artists) 		► 1995: New World
Playtime By Versace
Playtime By Versace

Album details

Intended Release Date: 1995
Label(s): NPG Records
Studio(s):

See also

The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold)
(promotional album) 		P. Control
(promotional single)
Playtime By Versace is an unreleased project by , worked on in 1995. The album was unknown until a dummy of the artwork surfaced in 2017 during an RRauction auction from the collection of Michael Van Huffel, Prince's art director at the time of production. The auction description states:
"This full package mock-up is one of only a few personally designed and hand-made by Michael Van Huffel, a member of the art department at Paisley Park and NPG Records, which were originally created as gifts of art and music for Gianni and Donatella Versace."

The artwork text reads "©1995" and the project was likely conceived around the same time as the The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold) cassette, that was made available in July 1995.

The project contained 11 songs, including four of the five collaborations between Prince and Sandra St. Victor.

Recording process

It is likely that the album did not have its own recording sessions, and that the album was a compilation of tracks, some of which were still intended for future projects.

18 & Over was recorded in Summer 1994, beginning life as a remix of Come, including many samples from that track.

I Like It There was recorded in late 1994.

The original recording of The Good Life was made in December 1994 or January 1995, and was remixed with additional recording in Spring 1995 to create The Good Life (Big City Remix).

It is unknown if a complete studio version of Poor Goo was recorded, but the version included on this album is a live recording from 23 March 1995 (am): The Emporium, London, England.

Playtime is believed to have been recorded in mid-1995, although this is unconfirmed. It was re-recorded with Marva King in 1997.

Four of the tracks were originally written or co-written by Sandra St. Victor and sent to Prince in Summer, 1995, following a loose agreement for the two artists to work together. These four tracks all had alternate names when they were sent to Prince: Soul Sanctuary (co-written by T. Hammer) was originally titled Sanctuary; Stone was originally titled Nothing Left To Give; I'll Never B Another Fool was originally titled I'll Never Open My Legs Again; and Van Gogh was originally titled Love Is. Prince added additional lyrics and music in 1995, at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA.

Da Bang was recorded in 1995, at an unknown recording studio in Los Angeles, CA.

Dinner With Delores was previously believed to have been recorded in April, 1996, but its inclusion on this album suggests that a version of the song was recorded in 1995.

Track Releases

Most of the album's tracks have been released in one form or another. It is interesting to note, however, that no more than two tracks were released on the same project.

Poor Goo was released in a 1993 rehearsal version on The Undertaker home video in March 1995, with the same version offered as mp3 download in NPG Music Club Edition # 11 in December 2001, but the version included on this album has not been released.

The Good Life (Big City Remix) was released on the maxi-single for the New Power Generation's The Good Life in June 1995.

I Like It There and Dinner With Delores were released on Chaos & Disorder in July 1996.

Soul Sanctuary was released on Emancipation in November 1996.

18 & Over and Da Bang were released on Crystal Ball in 1998, although the version of 18 & Over here is the extended video version of the track, 40 seconds longer than the album version.

I'll Never B Another Fool was ultimately released (as 'll Never B Another Fool) with Chaka Khan singing lead vocals, on her Come 2 My House album, in September 1998.

Van Gogh was given to the band Van Gogh and released on their fourth album Album: Van Gogh in November 1998. Prince later released his 1995 version of the song as an mp3 download in July 2001, as part of NPG Music Club Edition # 6. The version included on this album is about 50 seconds shorter than the version ultimately released, however.

Playtime and Stone remain unreleased in any form.

Artwork

The artwork by Michael Van Huffel shows the same Richard Avedon picture of Prince in a silver Versace top that was made for a GQ Magazine photoshoot in 1995. The same shot was also used on the P. Control promo cassette, but the version used here placed Prince against a pink/magenta background.

The CD label includes the text "Sex Clothes 4 The New Power Generation" written in black on pink magenta, in circles inside one another five times. That same image is printed on the inside of the inlay, seen behind the transparent tray. The back has a close up of part of the picture and the titles printed next to it in white.



Track listing
CD
  1. Playtime
  2. The Good Life (Big City Remix)
  3. Soul Sanctuary
  4. 18 & Over
  5. Stone
  6. I Like It There
  7. Da Bang
  8. I'll Never B Another Fool
  9. Van Gogh
  10. Poor Goo
  11. Dinner With Delores

© 1995 NPG Records



Personnel
Musicians
  • Prince (as ) - all vocals and instruments (assumed)
  • Other recording personnel information to be added.


Production
  • Prince (as ) - producer (assumed)
  • Other production personnel information to be added.


 
Additional Information
Trivia
References
1995
"Live" 		Unreleased Albums
(Prince) 		Unreleased Albums
(Related Artists) 		1995
New World
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