It’s Alright

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It’s Alright

NPGMusicClub.com stream - no official artwork created logo from 3rdEye TV (no official artwork) Song details Performer: Larry Graham and / Prince First Released: 18 March 2006 - NPG Music Club audio stream (live version) 27 June 2013 - 3rdEye TV Show # 5 video stream (rehearsal version) Album(s): None Writer(s): Larry Graham Producer(s): Prince Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 29 May 1994 (a.m.): Glam Slam, Minneapolis, MN, USA 4 July 2014: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA, USA Performed regularly on tour: Támar Tour (in medley with Partyman) Performed occasionally in shows: 1994, 1999, 2002, 2006 (in medley with Partyman), 2007 (occasionally in medley with Partyman), 2010 (in medley with Partyman), 2011 (in medley with Partyman), 2012 (in medley with Partyman), 2013 (in medley with Partyman), 2014 (in medley with Partyman)

It’s Alright is a 1975 song written by Larry Graham and released on the 1975 Graham Central Station album 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 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 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 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 (a.m.) at City Winery Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA was also streamed on a 3rdEye TV Show in 2013. A live version of the song (from the show given on 28 April 2011 at The Forum, Inglewood, California, USA) was included on the Blu-ray of the deluxe edition of the posthumous Welcome 2 America album released in 2021. No studio version by Prince of It’s Alright is believed to exist. Prince has also covered other songs by Graham Central Station, including The Jam and Water from the same album. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 25 February 2006 Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, USA Live recording 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 Rave Un2 The Year 2000 Larry Graham - lead vocals and bass Prince (as ) - backing vocals Kirk Johnson - drums Morris Hayes - keyboards Mike Scott – guitar Maceo Parker - saxophone Michael Nelson - trombone Dave Jensen – trumpet Kathy J. - baritone saxophone Kip Blackshire - backing vocals Live version from 2006 Prince - vocals and guitar Cora Coleman-Dunham - drums Josh Dunham - bass guitar Morris Hayes - keyboards Maya McClean - backing vocals Nandy McClean - backing vocals Rehearsal version from 2013 (3rdEye TV show) Prince - lead vocals Shelby J. - backing vocals Elisa Dease - backing vocals Liv Warfield - backing vocals Hannah Ford - drums (assumed) Ida Nielsen - bass guitar (assumed) Cassandra O’Neal - keyboards (assumed) Donna Grantis - guitar (assumed) BK Jackson - saxophone (assumed) Marcus Anderson - saxophone (assumed) Adrian Crutchfield – saxophone (assumed) Sylvester Onyejiaka - saxophone (assumed) Keith Anderson - saxophone (assumed) Lynn Grissett - trumpet (assumed) Steve Reid - trumpet (assumed) Phil Lassiter - trumpet (assumed) Nick Marchione - trumpet (assumed) Roy Agee - trombone (assumed) Joey Rayfield - trombone (assumed) Live version from 2013 Prince - lead vocals Shelby J. - backing vocals Elisa Dease - backing vocals Liv Warfield - backing vocals Hannah Ford - drums Ida Nielsen - guitar Cassandra O’Neal - keyboards Donna Grantis - guitar BK Jackson - saxophone Marcus Anderson - saxophone Adrian Crutchfield – saxophone Sylvester Onyejiaka - saxophone Keith Anderson - saxophone Lynn Grissett - trumpet Steve Reid - trumpet Phil Lassiter - trumpet Nick Marchione - trumpet Roy Agee - trombone Joey Rayfield - trombone 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 Ledisi – vocals Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info It’s Alright n/a n/a n/a There have been no audio-only releases of this track on 'hard-format'. Video Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Talkin’ Loud And Sayin’ Nothing / It’s Alright - titled It’s Alright’’ 2:46 Rave Un2 The Year 2000 VHS and DVD Live 18 December 1999: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA It’s Alright ?:?? Welcome 2 America Deluxe edition Live 28 April 2011, The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA Broadcasts/streaming (only) Title Length Released Version Additional info Partyman / It’s Alright 4:21 NPG Music Club Glam Slam VIP audio stream 3121 Radio audio stream Live 25 February 2006, Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, USA Dancing Machine / Partyman / It’s Alright 4:48 3rdEye TV Show # 5 performance audio stream Rehearsal Late June 2013, Paisley Park, Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed); snippet of (Theme Song From) Which Way Is Up? included in opening (Theme Song From) Which Way Is Up? / Dancing Machine / Partyman / It’s Alright 4:52 3rdEye TV Show # 7 live video stream Live 30 June 2013 (a.m.) City Winery Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

Additional Information See also Trivia NPG Music Club Graham Central Station References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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