''Lynyrd Skynyrd'' is the first

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by American rock band

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. It features outtakes,

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and live versions of songs from their first six albums. It was certified gold by the

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in November 1997.

Track listing

Disc 1 (1970–1973)

#" Free Bird" ( Edited Demo, Oct 1970) (

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, Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:07 #"Junkie" (Demo, Oct 1970) (Collins, Van Zant) – 3:48 #"He's Alive" (Demo, Oct 1970) (Collins, Van Zant) – 3:09 #"One More Time" (Original version, 1971) (

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, Van Zant) – 5:02 #" Gimme Three Steps" (Original version, 1971) (Collins, Van Zant) – 4:08 #"Trust" (Original version, 1971) (Collins, Van Zant) – 4:12 #"Comin' Home" (1971) (Collins, Van Zant)– 5:29 #"Mr. Banker" (Demo, early 1973)" ( Ed King, Rossington, Van Zant) – 5:18 #"Down South Jukin (Demo, early 1973) (Rossington, Van Zant) – 2:53 #"Truck Drivin' Man" (Demo, early 1973) (King, Van Zant) – 5:15 #"I Ain't the One" (Demo, early 1973) (Rossington, Van Zant) – 3:46 #"Poison Whiskey" (Demo. early 1973) (King, Van Zant) – 3:08 #" Tuesday's Gone" (Collins, Van Zant) – 7:32 #"Things Goin' On" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 4:58 #" Free Bird" (Collins, Van Zant) – 9:09

Disc 2 (1974–1976)

#" Sweet Home Alabama" (King, Rossington, Van Zant) – 4:43 #"Was I Right or Wrong?" (recorded Jan 1974) (previously unreleased) (Rossington, Van Zant) – 5:08 #"Workin' for MCA" (King, Van Zant) – 4:46 #"

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" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 3:24 #"Swamp Music" (King, Van Zant) – 3:31 #"The Ballad of Curtis Loew" (Collins, Van Zant) – 4:50 #"The Needle and the Spoon" (Collins, Van Zant) – 3:52 #" Call Me the Breeze" (

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" (King, Van Zant) – 5:08 #"Made in the Shade" (Van Zant) – 4:39 #"Am I Losin'?" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 4:33 #"On the Hunt" (Collins, Van Zant) – 5:26 #"(I Got the) Same Old Blues" (Cale) – 4:07 #"Double Trouble" (Live) (Collins, Van Zant) – 3:03 #"Roll Gypsy Roll" (Collins, Rossington, Van Zant) – 2:49 #"

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" ( Acoustic version) (recorded November 28, 1975) (previously unreleased) (Collins, Van Zant) – 4:20 #"Four Walls of Raiford" (undubbed demo) (recorded Apr 1976) (Carlisi, Van Zant) – 4:12

Disc 3 (1976–1977)

#"Gimme Back My Bullets" (Live) (Rossington, Van Zant) – 3:37 #"Searchin (Live) (Collins, Van Zant) – 4:00 #"Simple Man" (Live) (Rossington, Van Zant) – 6:48 #"

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) – 8:42 #"Whiskey Rock-A-Roller" (Live) (King, Billy Powell, Van Zant) – 4:16 #"Ain't No Good Life" (

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) (Rossington, Van Zant) – 3:38 #"Georgia Peaches" (Gaines, Van Zant) – 3:12 #"What's Your Name?" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 3:31 #"I Never Dreamed" (Gaines, Van Zant) – 5:19 #"I Know a Little" (Gaines) – 3:26 #"Honky Tonk Night Time Man" ( Merle Haggard) – 4:02 #"

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" (Collins, Van Zant) – 5:47 #"You Got That Right" (Gaines, Van Zant) – 3:45 *Disc 1, track 7 from '' Skynyrd's First and... Last'' (1978) *Disc 1, tracks 8 and 10 and disc 3, tracks 3 and 9 from ''

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'' (1987) *Disc 1, tracks 13-15 from ''

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'' (1973) *Disc 2, tracks 1 and 3-8 from ''

Second Helping ''Second Helping'' is the second studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd, released April 15, 1974. It features the band's biggest hit single, "Sweet Home Alabama," an answer song to Neil Young's "Alabama" and " Southern Man", which reached #8 on the ''Bi ...

'' (1974) *Disc 2, tracks 9-12 from ''

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'' (1975) *Disc 2, tracks 13 and 15 from ''

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'' (1976) *Disc 3, tracks 2 and 4-5 from '' One More from the Road'' (1976) *Disc 3, tracks 7 and 10-15 from ''

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'' (1977) *All other songs are previously unreleased (1991)

Live songs

*Disc 2, track 14 recorded 11/4/1975 at the Capitol Theatre in Cardiff, Wales *Disc 3, tracks 1 and 5 recorded 7/8/1976 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. *Disc 3, tracks 2 and 4 recorded 7/9/1976 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. *Disc 3, track 3 recorded 7/7/1976 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. *Disc 3, track 6 recorded 8/21/1976 at the Knebworth Festival in Hertfordshire, England

Personnel

Taken from MCA Records 1991 CD box set release MCAD3-10390 liner notes Lynyrd Skynyrd 1 Disc 1, Tracks 1-3 * Ronnie Van Zant - vocals (7, overdubbed 1975) *

- guitars *

- guitars * Larry Junstrom - bass * Bob Burns - drums Lynyrd Skynyrd 2 Disc 1, Tracks 4-7 *Ronnie Van Zant - vocals *Allen Collins - guitars *Gary Rossington - guitars Additional Musicians * Greg Walker - bass (4,7) * Leon Wilkeson - bass (5,6) *

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- drums, background vocals (4,7) *Bob Burns - drums (5,6) * Billy Powell - piano (7, overdubbed 1975) * Ed King - guitar (7, overdubbed 1975) *Tim Smith - background vocals (4) Lynyrd Skynyrd 3 Disc 1, Tracks 8-15 *Ronnie Van Zant - vocals *Allen Collins - guitars (except 8) *Gary Rossington - guitars *Ed Kings - bass (all tracks except 8 & 13), guitar (8) *Bob Burns - drums (except 8 & 13) *Billy Powell - piano (except 8) Additional Musicians *Roosevelt Gook ( Al Kooper) - bass (13), mellotron (13), backup harmony (13), organ (14) * Robert Nix - drum (13) * Bobbye Hall - percussion (14) Lynyrd Skynyrd 4 Disc 2, Tracks 1-9 *Ronnie Van Zant - vocals (all tracks), background vocals (4) *Allen Collins - guitars (except 8) *Gary Rossington - guitars *Ed Kings - guitars *Billy Powell - keyboards *Leon Wilkeson - bass (all tracks), background vocals (3-5,8,9) *Bob Burns - drums Additional Musicians *Background vocals Clydie King, Merry Clayton, & Friends - background vocals (1) *Al Kooper - piano (4,6), horn arrangement (4,8), acoustic guitar (6), background vocal (6), moog synthesizers (9) *Horns Bobby Keys,

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, Steve Madiao - horns (4,8) *Handclapping by Wicker, Toby Cockroad, Moochie, Punnel, Wolfman, Kooder, Mr. Feeback, and Gooshie (8) Lynyrd Skynyrd 5 Disc 2, Tracks 10-12 *Ronnie Van Zant - vocals (all tracks), background vocals (1) *Allen Collins - guitars *Gary Rossington - guitars *Ed Kings - guitars (all tracks), background vocals (1) *Billy Powell - keyboards (all tracks), piano (1) *Leon Wilkeson - bass * Artimus Pyle - drums, percussion Additional Musicians *Al Kooper - background vocals (1,2) * David Foster - piano (1) Lynyrd Skynyrd 6 Disc 2, Tracks 13-17 *Ronnie Van Zant - vocals, guitar (17) *Allen Collins - guitars *Gary Rossington - guitars *Leon Wilkeson - bass *Billy Powell - keyboards *Artimus Pyle - drums, percussion Additional Musicians *

Jeff Carlisi 38 Special (also stylized as .38 Special or spelled out as Thirty-Eight Special) is an American rock band that was formed by Donnie Van Zant and Don Barnes in 1974 in Jacksonville, Florida. They are best known for their early 1980s hit singles ...

- guitar (17) Lynyrd Skynyrd 7 Disc 3 (all tracks) *Ronnie Van Zant - vocals, guitar (17) *Allen Collins - guitars *Gary Rossington - guitars (all tracks), overdubs (9) *

- guitars (all tracks), lead vocals (7), vocals (15) *Leon Wilkeson - bass (all tracks), overdubs (9) *Billy Powell - keyboards (all tracks), overdubs (9) *Artimus Pyle - drums, percussion Additional Musicians *"The Honkettes" ( Cassie Gaines,

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- backup vocals (6,14)

Certifications

References

{{Lynyrd Skynyrd Albums produced by Tom Dowd Lynyrd Skynyrd compilation albums 1991 compilation albums MCA Records compilation albums