The Definitive Lynyrd Skynyrd Collection

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Album Info

Release Date: 1991

Label: MCA Records

Three Compact Disc Set
* Previously unreleased
[1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 1-11, 1-12, 2-2, 2-14, 3-1, 3-6, 3-8]

1-1 to 1-3:
Recorded October, 1970, Quinvy Studios, Sheffield, Alabama
Previously unreleased
1-4 to 1-6:
Recorded 1971, Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Sheffield, Alabama
Previously unreleased
1-7:
Recorded 1971, Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Sheffield, Alabama
Overdubbed 1975
from "Skynyrd's First And... Last" (9/78)
1-8:
Recorded early 1973, Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
Originally "B" side "Gimme Three Steps" single (11/73)
1-9:
Recorded early 1973, Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
Previously unreleased on album
Originally "B" side "Free Bird" single (11/74)
1-10:
Recorded early 1973, Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
from "Legend" (9/87)
1-11, 1-12:
Recorded early 1973, Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
Previously unreleased
1-13 to 1-15:
Recorded April, 1973, Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
from "Pronounced" (8/73)
2-1:
Recorded June-July, 1973, Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
from "Second Helping" (4/74)
2-2:
Recorded January, 1974, Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA
Mixed June, 1991, Kingsound, No. Hollywood, CA
Previously unreleased
2-3 to 2-8:
Recorded January, 1974, Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA
from "Second Helping" (4/74)
2-9:
Recorded October, 1974, Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
from "Nuthin' Fancy" (3/75)
2-10 to 2-12:
Recorded January, 1975, Webb IV Studios, Atlanta, Georgia
from "Nuthin' Fancy" (3/75)
2-13:
Recorded September, 1975, Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA
from "Gimme Back My Bullets" (2/76)
2-14:
Recorded live November 4, 1975, Capital Theatre, Cardiff, Wales, U.K.
Originally recorded for King Biscuit Flower Hour
Previously unavailable commercially
2-15:
Recorded November 28, 1975, Capricorn Studios, Macon, Georgia
from "Gimme Back My Bullets" (2/76)
2-16:
Recorded November 28, 1975, Capricorn Studios, Macon, Georgia
Mixed June, 1991, Kingsound, No. Hollywood, CA
Previously unreleased
2-17:
Recorded April, 1976, Lynyrd Skynyrd Rehearsal Studios, Jacksonville, Florida
Previously unreleased/Overdubbed version on "Legend" (9/87)
3-1:
Recorded live July 1976, Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia
Previously unreleased commercially/Released on promo single (8/77)
3-2, 3-4 & 3-5:
Recorded live July 1976, Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia
from "One More From The Road" (9/76)
3-3:
Recorded live July 1976, Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia
from "Legend" (9/87)
3-6:
Recorded live August 21, 1976, Knebworth Festival, Knebworth, England
Mixed June, 1991, Kingsound, No. Hollywood, CA
Previously unreleased
3-7:
Recorded April, 1977, Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida
from "Street Survivors" (10/77)
3-8:
Recorded April, 1977, Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida
Horn overdubs July-August, 1977, Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
Previously unreleased
3-9:
Recorded April, 1977, Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida
Overdubs 1987, Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida
from "Legend" (9/87)
3-10:
Recorded April, 1977, Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida
Horn overdubs July-August, 1977, Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
from "Street Survivors" (10/77)
3-11:
Recorded April, 1977, Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida
Vocal and lead guitar overdubbed July-August, 1977, Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
from "Street Survivors" (10/77)
3-12 to 3-15:
Recorded July-August, 1977, Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
from "Street Survivors" (10/77)

Reissue engineer: […] MCA Studios, North Hollywood
“Whiskey Rock-A-Roller (live)” appears courtesy of Lynyrd Skynyrd.
“Double Trouble (live)” appears courtesy of Bob Meyrowitz
All tracks were mixed and/or re-mastered from original master tapes. Quin Ivy and Muscle Shoals masters courtesy of Jimmy Johnson and Muscle Shoals Sound Production.

℗ 1991, 1987, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973 © 1991 MCA Records, Inc.

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