Difference between revisions of "It’s Alright"
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{{song| | {{song| | ||
− | |song name = | + | |song name = It’s Alright |
|album image = [[File:NPGMusicClub logo.jpg|100px|link=NPG_Music_Club_(Website)]]<br> <small> | |album image = [[File:NPGMusicClub logo.jpg|100px|link=NPG_Music_Club_(Website)]]<br> <small> | ||
[[NPG_Music_Club_(Website)|NPGMusicClub.com]] stream - no official artwork created </small> | [[NPG_Music_Club_(Website)|NPGMusicClub.com]] stream - no official artwork created </small> | ||
|single image = [[File:3rdEyeGirlTV.png|60px|link=]]<br> <small> logo from [[3rdEye TV]] (no official artwork) </small> | |single image = [[File:3rdEyeGirlTV.png|60px|link=]]<br> <small> logo from [[3rdEye TV]] (no official artwork) </small> | ||
|album(s) = None | |album(s) = None | ||
− | |performer = [[Prince]] | + | |performer = [[Larry Graham]] and [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] / [[Prince]] |
− | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 18|18 March 2006]] - [[NPG_Music_Club_(Website)|NPG Music Club]] audio stream | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 18|18 March 2006]] - [[NPG_Music_Club_(Website)|NPG Music Club]] audio stream (live version) |
+ | [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 27|27 June 2013]] - [[3rdEye TV|3rdEye TV Show # 5]] video stream (rehearsal version) | ||
|writer(s) = [[Larry Graham]] | |writer(s) = [[Larry Graham]] | ||
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|previous song = [[Interlude]] | |previous song = [[Interlude]] | ||
− | |next song = [[ | + | |next song = [[It’s Too Late]] |
− | |introduction = ''' | + | |introduction = '''It’s Alright''' is a 1975 song written by [[Larry Graham]] and released on the 1975 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Central_Station Graham Central Station] album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain’t_No_’Bout-A-Doubt_It Ain’t No 'Bout-A-Doubt It] [[Prince]] started to perform the song live in 1994 along with [[The Jam]] from the same album. A live version (in a medley with [[Partyman]]) was streamed in the [[NPG Music Club]]’s [[NPG Music Club#Glam Slam VIP|Glam Slam VIP]] room in March 2006. Six years earlier, however, a live version (sung by [[Larry Graham]]) was included as the eleventh track on the [[Home Video: Rave Un2 The Year 2000|Rave Un2 The Year 2000]] VHS and DVD (No audio-only version of this performance has been released). |
− | A version of the track recorded during a rehearsal was streamed on [[3rdEye TV|3rdEye TV Show # 5]] in 2013, in a medley with [[Dancing Machine]] and [[Partyman]] (a snippet of [[(Theme Song From) Which Way Is Up?]], which often precedes [[Dancing Machine]] when played live, can also be heard as the rehearsal begins). A live version of the medley from [[30 June 2013-am|30 June 2013 (a.m.) at City Winery Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA]] was also streamed on a [[3rdEye TV|3rdEye TV Show]] in 2013. | + | A version of the track recorded during a rehearsal was streamed on [[3rdEye TV|3rdEye TV Show # 5]] in 2013, in a medley with [[Dancing Machine]] and [[Partyman]] (a snippet of [[(Theme Song From) Which Way Is Up?]], which often precedes [[Dancing Machine]] when played live, can also be heard as the rehearsal begins). A live version of the medley from [[30 June 2013-am|30 June 2013 (a.m.) at City Winery Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA]] was also streamed on a [[3rdEye TV|3rdEye TV Show]] in 2013. |
− | No studio version by [[Prince]] of [[ | + | A live version of the song (from the show given on [[28 April 2011|28 April 2011 at The Forum, Inglewood, California, USA]]) was included on the Blu-ray of the deluxe edition of the posthumous [[Album: Welcome 2 America|Welcome 2 America]] album released in 2021. |
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+ | No studio version by [[Prince]] of [[It’s Alright]] is believed to exist. | ||
[[Prince]] has also covered other songs by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Central_Station Graham Central Station], including [[The Jam]] and [[Water]] from the same album. | [[Prince]] has also covered other songs by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Central_Station Graham Central Station], including [[The Jam]] and [[Water]] from the same album. | ||
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{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = [[25 February 2006]] | |date = [[25 February 2006]] | ||
− | |studio = Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, USA | + | |studio = Orpheum Theatre, <br>Minneapolis, MN, USA |
|additional info = Live recording | |additional info = Live recording | ||
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
+ | ''N.B. - recording personnel below refer to released live version; this track is not known to have been recorded in the studio by [[Prince]]''<br> | ||
+ | ''' Rave Un2 The Year 2000''' | ||
+ | *[[Larry Graham]] - lead vocals and bass | ||
+ | *[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) - backing vocals | ||
+ | *[[Kirk Johnson]] - drums | ||
+ | *[[Morris Hayes]] - keyboards | ||
+ | *[[Mike Scott]] – guitar | ||
+ | *[[Maceo Parker]] - saxophone | ||
+ | *[[Michael Nelson]] - trombone | ||
+ | *[[Dave Jensen]] – trumpet | ||
+ | *[[Kathy Jensen|Kathy J.]] - baritone saxophone | ||
+ | *[[Kip Blackshire]] - backing vocals | ||
'''Live version from 2006''' | '''Live version from 2006''' | ||
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*[[Hannah Ford]] - drums (assumed) | *[[Hannah Ford]] - drums (assumed) | ||
*[[Ida Nielsen]] - bass guitar (assumed) | *[[Ida Nielsen]] - bass guitar (assumed) | ||
− | *[[Cassandra | + | *[[Cassandra O’Neal]] - keyboards (assumed) |
*[[Donna Grantis]] - guitar (assumed) | *[[Donna Grantis]] - guitar (assumed) | ||
*[[BK Jackson]] - saxophone (assumed) | *[[BK Jackson]] - saxophone (assumed) | ||
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*[[Hannah Ford]] - drums | *[[Hannah Ford]] - drums | ||
*[[Ida Nielsen]] - guitar | *[[Ida Nielsen]] - guitar | ||
− | *[[Cassandra | + | *[[Cassandra O’Neal]] - keyboards |
*[[Donna Grantis]] - guitar | *[[Donna Grantis]] - guitar | ||
*[[BK Jackson]] - saxophone | *[[BK Jackson]] - saxophone | ||
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*[[Roy Agee]] - trombone | *[[Roy Agee]] - trombone | ||
*[[Joey Rayfield]] - trombone | *[[Joey Rayfield]] - trombone | ||
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+ | '''Live version from 2011 ''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | *[[Prince]] - vocals, guitar | ||
+ | *[[John Blackwell]] - drums | ||
+ | *[[Ida Nielsen]] - bass, vocals | ||
+ | *[[Morris Hayes]] - keyboards | ||
+ | *[[Renato Neto]] - keyboards | ||
+ | *[[Cassandra O’Neal]] - keyboards, vocals | ||
+ | *[[Shelby J.]] - vocals | ||
+ | *[[Elisa Dease]] - vocals | ||
+ | *[[Liv Warfield]] - vocals | ||
+ | *[[Maya McClean]] - dance | ||
+ | *[[Nandy McClean]] - dance | ||
+ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ledisi Ledisi] – vocals | ||
+ | |||
|released versions = | |released versions = | ||
{{Songchart| | {{Songchart| | ||
|line = | |line = | ||
{{Songline| | {{Songline| | ||
− | |1= ''' | + | |1= '''It’s Alright''' |
|2= n/a | |2= n/a | ||
|3= n/a | |3= n/a | ||
|4= n/a | |4= n/a | ||
− | |5= | + | |5= There have been no audio-only releases of this track on 'hard-format'. |
}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|line = | |line = | ||
{{Songline| | {{Songline| | ||
− | |1= '''[[Partyman]] / | + | |1= '''[[Partyman]] / It’s Alright''' |
|2= 4:21 | |2= 4:21 | ||
|3= [[NPG Music Club]] [[NPG Music Club#Glam Slam VIP|Glam Slam VIP]] audio stream | |3= [[NPG Music Club]] [[NPG Music Club#Glam Slam VIP|Glam Slam VIP]] audio stream | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{Songline| | {{Songline| | ||
− | |1= '''[[Dancing Machine]] / [[Partyman]] / [[ | + | |1= '''[[Dancing Machine]] / [[Partyman]] / [[It’s Alright]]''' |
|2= 4:48 | |2= 4:48 | ||
|3= [[3rdEye TV|3rdEye TV Show # 5]] performance audio stream | |3= [[3rdEye TV|3rdEye TV Show # 5]] performance audio stream | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{Songline| | {{Songline| | ||
− | |1= '''[[(Theme Song From) Which Way Is Up?]] / [[Dancing Machine]] / [[Partyman]] / [[ | + | |1= '''[[(Theme Song From) Which Way Is Up?]] / [[Dancing Machine]] / [[Partyman]] / [[It’s Alright]]''' |
|2= 4:52 | |2= 4:52 | ||
|3= [[3rdEye TV|3rdEye TV Show # 7]] live video stream | |3= [[3rdEye TV|3rdEye TV Show # 7]] live video stream | ||
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}} | }} | ||
|video versions = | |video versions = | ||
+ | {{SongVideo| | ||
+ | |video versions = | ||
+ | {{Songchart| | ||
+ | |line = | ||
+ | {{Songline| | ||
+ | |1= [[Talkin’ Loud And Sayin’ Nothing]] / [[It’s Alright]]</b> - ''titled '''It’s Alright’’''' | ||
+ | |2= 2:46 | ||
+ | |3= [[Home Video: Rave Un2 The Year 2000| Rave Un2 The Year 2000]] VHS and DVD | ||
+ | |4= Live | ||
+ | |5= [[18 December 1999|18 December 1999: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Songline| | ||
+ | |1= '''It’s Alright''' | ||
+ | |2= ?:?? | ||
+ | |3= [[Album:_Welcome_2_America|Welcome 2 America]] Deluxe edition | ||
+ | |4= Live | ||
+ | |5= [[28 April 2011|28 April 2011, The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | }} | ||
|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
|sampled in = | |sampled in = | ||
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Central_Station Graham Central Station] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Central_Station Graham Central Station] | ||
|references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | ||
− | |categories = [[Category:2006]][[Category:Cover Songs]][[Category:Cover Songs (Live)]] | + | |categories = [[Category:2000]][[Category:2006]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Cover Songs]][[Category:Cover Songs (Live)]][[Category:Streamed Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] |
}} | }} |
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