Versions/Mixes/Arrangement
There are (at least) two mixes of Free's "All Right Now". The most popular version heard on classic rock stations is 5:29 and a shorter mix is 4:13. The shorter one has a more complex guitar riff at the lead-in. The difference appears in the first seven seconds of the two tracks before Rodgers' "Whoa, whoa, whoa". The jazzier riff is apparent throughout the entire recording; there are also several slight variants to the bassline; this version has the click track accidentally mixed into it. When the band sent the album off to be mastered, they then pressed all the records, finally one of the members noticed it in the mix when he heard the song on the radio. Furthermore, there are two mixes of the common 4:13 version. The first is the original '1970s' version; this was later remixed using exactly the same vocal track, but replacing the guitars and drums with heavier, rockier sounding ones. There is an outtake version on their box-set, and a version on Free Live!#
The striking absence of bass guitar during the song's verses may be informed by the same arrangement feature on the Rolling Stones' Honky Tonk Women (1969), which, moreover, also begins with several bars of unaccompanied drumming.
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