''Best of the Rest'' is a

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by the American Southern rock band

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. It was originally released in 1982 and again in 1990 on CD. This compilation contains album cuts that are fan favorites. The only hit from the band on the album is " Call Me the Breeze." The compilation also contains two previously unreleased early recordings from 1971 and 1972. Those songs were originally planned to be on their shelved debut album, making ''

(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) ''(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)'' is the debut album by American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, released in 1973. Several of the album's songs remain among the band's most well-known: "Gimme Three Steps", " Simple Man", "Tuesday's Gone", a ...

'' their actual debut. The early songs were recorded at

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. Other early songs from 1971 to 1972 also surfaced on the compilations '' Skynyrd's First and... Last'' in 1978 and '' Old Time Greats'' in 1997.

Track listing

#"I've Been Your Fool" (

Allen Collins Larkin Allen Collins Jr. (July 19, 1952 – January 23, 1990) was an American guitarist. He was one of the founding members and guitarists of the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, and co-wrote many of the band's songs with frontman and origina ...

Gary Rossington Gary Robert Rossington (born December 4, 1951) is an American guitarist. He is the only remaining original member of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, in which he plays lead and rhythm guitar. In 2009, he became the last original member to re ...

Ronnie Van Zant Ronald Wayne Van Zant (January 15, 1948 – October 20, 1977) was an American singer, best known as the original lead vocalist, primary lyricist and a founding member of the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. He is the older brother of current ...

) - 4:28 #"Gotta Go" (Allen Collins, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) - 4:30 #"I'm a Country Boy" (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant) - 4:24 #" Double Trouble" (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant) - 2:51 #"Workin' for MCA" (Live) (

Ed King Edward Calhoun King (September 14, 1949 – August 22, 2018) was an American musician. He was a guitarist for the psychedelic rock band Strawberry Alarm Clock and guitarist and bassist for the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 to 1975 ...

, Ronnie Van Zant) - 4:25 (This version is the same one that's used on ''

One More from the Road ''One More from the Road'' (styled as ''One More For From The Road'') is a live album by Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, capturing three shows recorded in July 1976 at the Fox Theatre (Atlanta), Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. Since 1974 Lynyr ...

'', except there's a fade-out at the end of the song.) #" Call Me the Breeze" (

J.J. Cale John Weldon "J. J." Cale (December 5, 1938 – July 26, 2013) was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and sound engineer. Though he avoided the limelight, his influence as a musical artist has been acknowledged by figures such as Mark Knop ...

) - 5:08 #"I Never Dreamed" (

Steve Gaines Steven Earl Gaines (September 14, 1949 – October 20, 1977) was an American musician. He is best known as a guitarist and backing vocalist with rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1976 until his death in the October 1977 airplane crash that claime ...

, Ronnie Van Zant) - 5:21 #" T for Texas (Blue Yodel #1)" (Live) (

Jimmie Rodgers James Charles Rodgers (September 8, 1897 – May 26, 1933) was an American singer-songwriter and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920s. Widely regarded as "the Father of Country Music", he is best known for his distinctive rhythmi ...

) - 8:35 *Track 3 from '' Nuthin' Fancy'' (1975) *Track 4 from '' Gimme Back My Bullets'' (1976) *Tracks 5 (Full Version) and 8 from ''

'' (1976) *Track 6 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) *Track 7 from ''

Street Survivors ''Street Survivors'' is the fifth studio album by the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, released on October 17, 1977. The LP is the last Skynyrd album recorded by original members Ronnie Van Zant and Allen Collins, and is the sole Skynyrd studio ...

'' (1977) *Tracks 1 and 2 are previously unreleased

Live Songs

*Track 5 recorded 7/7/1976 at the Fox Theatre in

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, Georgia *Track 8 recorded 7/8/1976 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia

References

1990 greatest hits albums 1982 greatest hits albums Albums produced by Tom Dowd Lynyrd Skynyrd compilation albums MCA Records compilation albums {{1990s-rock-album-stub