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Skynyrd's First and... Last

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Recorded
  
1971–1972

Artist
  
Lynyrd Skynyrd

Label
  
MCA Records

Length
  
36:36

Release date
  
5 September 1978

Genre
  
Southern rock

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Released
  
September 5, 1978; 1998

Producer
  
Jimmy Johnson, Tim Smith

Similar
  
Lynyrd Skynyrd albums, Southern rock albums

Skynyrd's First and...Last was the original name of the posthumous compilation album first released in 1978 by the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. The original 1978 version of the album is now out of print. In 1998, it was repackaged, renamed and re-released as Skynyrd's First: The Complete Muscle Shoals Album, which was expanded to include eight additional tracks – four of which were previously unreleased and four which would appear on (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd). As the renamed title suggests, the album was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Alabama. This album was originally planned to be their debut album before getting shelved, making (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) their actual debut. The album was certified Gold on 9/8/78 and Platinum on 11/10/78 by the RIAA.

Contents

The album contains early band recordings from 1971 and 1972. It is considered an essential album by most fans of the band, as the tracks are either not available on other albums, and later with the 1998 re-release, contains original versions of re-recorded songs that are on the other studio albums, which are now all on one album. However a few of these early tracks were later released on compilation albums such as Best of the Rest in 1982 (1990 on CD) and again on the German-based Repertoire Records release Old Time Greats in 1997.

Skynyrd's First and...Last track listing

  1. "Down South Jukin'" (Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) - 2:12
  2. "Preacher's Daughter" (Rickey Medlocke, Van Zant) - 3:39
  3. "White Dove" (Medlocke) - 2:56
  4. "Was I Right or Wrong" (Rossington, Van Zant) - 5:21
  5. "Lend a Helpin' Hand" (Allen Collins, Rossington, Van Zant) - 4:24
  6. "Wino" (Collins, Medlocke, Van Zant) - 3:15
  7. "Comin' Home" (Collins, Van Zant) - 5:30
  8. "The Seasons" (Medlocke) - 4:09
  9. "Things Goin' On" (Original Version) (Rossington, Van Zant) - 5:10

Skynyrd's First: The Complete Muscle Shoals Album track listing

  1. "Free Bird" (Original Version) (Collins, Van Zant) - 7:26
  2. "One More Time" (Original Version) (Rossington, Van Zant) - 5:04
  3. "Gimme Three Steps" (Original Version) (Collins, Van Zant) - 4:09
  4. "Was I Right or Wrong?" (Rossington, Van Zant) - 5:25
  5. "Preacher's Daughter" (Medlocke, Van Zant) - 3:40
  6. "White Dove" (Medlocke) - 2:58
  7. "Down South Jukin'" (Rossington, Van Zant) - 2:14
  8. "Wino" (Original Version) (Collins, Medlocke, Van Zant) - 3:16
  9. "Simple Man" (Original Version) (Rossington, Van Zant) - 5:25
  10. "Trust" (Original Version) (Collins, Van Zant) - 4:14
  11. "Comin' Home" (Original Version) (Collins, Van Zant) - 5:30
  12. "The Seasons" (Medlocke) - 4:11
  13. "Lend a Helpin' Hand" (Collins, Rossington, Van Zant) - 4:22
  14. "Things Goin' On" (Original Version) (Rossington, Van Zant) - 5:12
  15. "I Ain't the One" (Original Version) (Rossington, Van Zant) - 3:37
  16. "You Run Around" (Medlocke) - 5:39
  17. "Ain't Too Proud to Pray" (Medlocke) - 5:26

Notes on Skynyrd's First

  • Tracks 2-3, 10 released on the Lynyrd Skynyrd Box Set (1991)
  • Track 11 released on The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd (1998)
  • Tracks 1, 8-9, 15-17 are previously unreleased
  • All the rest are from Skynyrd's First and...Last

    • Personnel

  • Ronnie Van Zant – lead vocals
  • Allen Collins – guitar
  • Gary Rossington – guitar
  • Wayne Perkins – guitar
  • Billy Powell – keyboards
  • Greg T. Walker - bass
  • Leon Wilkeson - bass
  • Ed King - bass
  • Rickey Medlocke - vocals, drums, mandolin
  • Bob Burns - drums
  • Jimmy R. Johnson - producer
  • Tim Smith - producer

    • Production personnel

  • Jimmy R. Johnson - producer
  • Tim Smith - producer

    • Songs

    1Down South Jukin'2:13
    2Preacher's Daughter3:41
    3White Dove2:59

    References

    Skynyrd's First and... Last Wikipedia
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