Lynyrd Skynyrd (album)

For the debut album also called "Lynyrd Skynyrd", see (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd).

For the sixth studio album released in 1991, see Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991.

1991 box set by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Lynyrd Skynyrd (Box Set)

Box set by

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Released| November 12, 1991
Recorded| 1970–1977
Genre| Southern rock, boogie rock
Length| 214:27
Label| MCA Records
Producer|

* Tom Dowd
* David Johnson
* Jimmy Johnson
* Al Kooper
* Andy McKaie
* Bob Meyerowitz
* Ron O'Brien
* Tim Smith

Lynyrd Skynyrd chronology
| Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991
(1991)  | Lynyrd Skynyrd (Box Set)
(1991)  | The Last Rebel
(1993)

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AllMusic| [1]

Lynyrd Skynyrd is the first box set by American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. It features outtakes, demos and live versions of songs from their first six albums. It was certified gold by the RIAA in November 1997.[2]

## Track listing

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### Disc 1 (1970–1973)

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1. "Free Bird" (Edited Demo, Oct 1970) (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:07
2. "Junkie" (Demo, Oct 1970) (Collins, Van Zant) – 3:48
3. "He's Alive" (Demo, Oct 1970) (Collins, Van Zant) – 3:09
4. "One More Time" (Original version, 1971) (Gary Rossington, Van Zant) – 5:02
5. "Gimme Three Steps" (Original version, 1971) (Collins, Van Zant) – 4:08
6. "Trust" (Original version, 1971) (Collins, Van Zant) – 4:12
7. "Comin' Home" (1971) (Collins, Van Zant)– 5:29
8. "Mr. Banker" (Demo, early 1973)" (Ed King, Rossington, Van Zant) – 5:18
9. "Down South Jukin'" (Demo, early 1973) (Rossington, Van Zant) – 2:53
10. "Truck Drivin' Man" (Demo, early 1973) (King, Van Zant) – 5:15
11. "I Ain't the One" (Demo, early 1973) (Rossington, Van Zant) – 3:46
12. "Poison Whiskey" (Demo. early 1973) (King, Van Zant) – 3:08
13. "Tuesday's Gone" (Collins, Van Zant) – 7:32
14. "Things Goin' On" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 4:58
15. "Free Bird" (Collins, Van Zant) – 9:09

### Disc 2 (1974–1976)

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1. "Sweet Home Alabama" (King, Rossington, Van Zant) – 4:43
2. "Was I Right or Wrong?" (recorded Jan 1974) (previously unreleased) (Rossington, Van Zant) – 5:08
3. "Workin' for MCA" (King, Van Zant) – 4:46
4. "Don't Ask Me No Questions" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 3:24
5. "Swamp Music" (King, Van Zant) – 3:31
6. "The Ballad of Curtis Loew" (Collins, Van Zant) – 4:50
7. "The Needle and the Spoon" (Collins, Van Zant) – 3:52
8. "Call Me the Breeze" (J.J. Cale) – 5:06
9. "Saturday Night Special" (King, Van Zant) – 5:08
10. "Made in the Shade" (Van Zant) – 4:39
11. "Am I Losin'?" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 4:33
12. "On the Hunt" (Collins, Van Zant) – 5:26
13. "(I Got the) Same Old Blues" (Cale) – 4:07
14. "Double Trouble" (Live) (Collins, Van Zant) – 3:03
15. "Roll Gypsy Roll" (Collins, Rossington, Van Zant) – 2:49
16. "All I Can Do Is Write About It" (Acoustic version) (recorded November 28, 1975) (previously unreleased) (Collins, Van Zant) – 4:20
17. "Four Walls of Raiford" (undubbed demo) (recorded Apr 1976) (Carlisi, Van Zant) – 4:12

### Disc 3 (1976–1977)

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1. "Gimme Back My Bullets" (Live) (Rossington, Van Zant) – 3:37
2. "Searchin'" (Live) (Collins, Van Zant) – 4:00
3. "Simple Man" (Live) (Rossington, Van Zant) – 6:48
4. "Crossroads" (Live) (Robert Johnson) – 4:17
5. "T for Texas (Blue Yodel #1)" (Live) (Jimmie Rodgers) – 8:42
6. "Whiskey Rock-A-Roller" (Live) (King, Billy Powell, Van Zant) – 4:16
7. "Ain't No Good Life" (Steve Gaines) – 4:38
8. "What's Your Name?" (Alternate mix) (Rossington, Van Zant) – 3:38
9. "Georgia Peaches" (Gaines, Van Zant) – 3:12
10. "What's Your Name?" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 3:31
11. "I Never Dreamed" (Gaines, Van Zant) – 5:19
12. "I Know a Little" (Gaines) – 3:26
13. "Honky Tonk Night Time Man" (Merle Haggard) – 4:02
14. "That Smell" (Collins, Van Zant) – 5:47
15. "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 from Legend (1987)
* Disc 1, tracks 13-15 from (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) (1973)
* Disc 2, tracks 1 and 3-8 from Second Helping (1974)
* Disc 2, tracks 9-12 from Nuthin' Fancy (1975)
* Disc 2, tracks 13 and 15 from Gimme Back My Bullets (1976)
* Disc 3, tracks 2 and 4-5 from One More from the Road (1976)
* Disc 3, tracks 7 and 10-15 from Street Survivors (1977)
* Disc 3, tracks 3 and 9 from Legend (1987)
* All other songs are previously unreleased (1991)

#### Live songs

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* 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

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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)
* Allen Collins \- guitars
* Gary Rossington \- 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)
* Ricky Medlocke \- 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, Trevor Lawrence, 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 \- 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)
* Steve Gaines \- 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, JoJo Billingsley, Leslie Hawkins \- backup vocals (6,14)

## Certifications

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Region  | Certification | Certified units/sales

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United States (RIAA)[2] | Gold  | 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

## References

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1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo (2011). "Lynyrd Skynyrd [Box Set] \- Lynyrd Skynyrd | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
2. ^ a b "American album certifications – Lynyrd Skynyrd – Boxed Set". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 25, 2021.

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Lynyrd Skynyrd

* Rickey Medlocke
* Johnny Van Zant
* Dale Krantz-Rossington
* Carol Chase
* Michael Cartellone
* Mark Matejka
* Peter Keys
* Keith Christopher
* Damon Johnson

* Ronnie Van Zant
* Allen Collins
* Gary Rossington
* Bob Burns
* Larry Junstrom
* Greg T. Walker
* Leon Wilkeson
* Billy Powell
* Ed King
* Artimus Pyle
* Steve Gaines
* Randall Hall
* Kurt Custer
* Mike Estes
* Owen Hale
* Hughie Thomasson
* Jeff McAllister
* Kenny Aronoff
* Ean Evans
* Robert Kearns
* Johnny Colt

Studio albums|

* (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)
* Second Helping
* Nuthin' Fancy
* Gimme Back My Bullets
* Street Survivors
* Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991
* The Last Rebel
* Endangered Species
* Twenty
* Edge of Forever
* Christmas Time Again
* Vicious Cycle
* God & Guns
* Last of a Dyin' Breed

Live albums|

* One More from the Road
* Southern by the Grace of God
* Lyve from Steel Town
* Lynyrd Skynyrd Lyve: The Vicious Cycle Tour
* Live from Freedom Hall
* Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour Lyve!

Compilations|

* Skynyrd's First and... Last
* Gold & Platinum
* Best of the Rest
* Legend
* Skynyrd's Innyrds
* Lynyrd Skynyrd (box set)
* A Retrospective
* What's Your Name
* Old Time Greats
* The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd
* Skynyrd's First: The Complete Muscle Shoals Album
* 20th Century Masters: The Best of Lynyrd Skynyrd
* Solo Flytes
* All Time Greatest Hits
* Collectybles
* Then and Now
* Thyrty
* Then and Now Volume Two
* Greatest Hits
* Icon

Video|

* Freebird... The Movie
* Lyve from Steel Town
* Lynyrd Skynyrd Lyve: The Vicious Cycle Tour
* Live from Freedom Hall

Singles|

* "Gimme Three Steps" / "Mr. Banker"
* "Don't Ask Me No Questions" / "Take Your Time"
* "Sweet Home Alabama"
* "Free Bird"
* "Saturday Night Special"
* "Double Trouble"
* "What's Your Name"
* "That Smell"
* "Truck Drivin' Man"
* "You Got That Right"
* "Preacher Man"
* "Red White & Blue"

Other songs|

* "Need All My Friends"
* "Tuesday's Gone"
* "Simple Man"

Tours|

* Street Survivors Tour
* Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour
* Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991 Tour
* Edge of Forever Tour
* The Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour
* Sharp Dressed Simple Man Tour

Spin-off bands|

* Rossington Collins Band
* The Rossington Band
* Allen Collins Band
* Artimus Pyle Band
* Van Zant

Related articles|

* Discography
* Members
* Skynyrd Frynds
* Plane crash
* Ronnie Van Zant Memorial Park
* Leonard Skinner
* "All Summer Long"

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