The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd
1998 compilation album by Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Compilation album by Lynyrd Skynyrd | ||||
Released | August 25, 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1971–1977 | |||
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Length | 2:10:47 | |||
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Producer | Ron O'Brien | |||
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The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd, is a two-disc compilation of Lynyrd Skynyrd in the peak years of its classic lineup (1971–1977). The double album was remastered and re-released in 2006 as part of Universal's Gold series.
Track listing
Disc one
- "Sweet Home Alabama" (Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:45
- "I Ain't the One" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 3:54
- "Was I Right or Wrong?" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 5:24
- "Gimme Three Steps" (Allen Collins, Van Zant) – 4:31
- "Workin' for MCA" (King, Van Zant) – 4:48
- "Simple Man" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 5:58
- "Swamp Music" (King, Van Zant) – 3:32
- "The Ballad of Curtis Loew" (Collins, Van Zant) – 4:52
- "Saturday Night Special" (King, Van Zant) – 5:12
- "Mr. Banker" (King, Rossington, Van Zant) – 5:22
- "Comin' Home" (Original version) (Collins, Van Zant) – 5:30
- "Call Me the Breeze" (J.J. Cale) – 5:09
- "Free Bird" (Collins, Van Zant) – 9:10
Disc two
- "What's Your Name?" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 3:33
- "Whiskey Rock-a-Roller" (Live) (King, Billy Powell, Van Zant) – 4:16
- "Tuesday's Gone" (Collins, Van Zant) – 7:34
- "Double Trouble" (Collins, Van Zant) – 2:50
- "I Know a Little" (Steve Gaines) – 3:28
- "Four Walls of Raiford" (Undubbed demo) (Jeff Carlisi, Van Zant) – 4:14
- "I Never Dreamed" (Gaines, Van Zant) – 5:21
- "Gimme Back My Bullets" (Live) (Rossington, Van Zant) – 3:42
- "You Got That Right" (Gaines, Van Zant) – 3:47
- "All I Can Do Is Write About It" (Acoustic version) (Collins, Van Zant) – 4:24
- "That Smell" (Collins, Van Zant) – 5:51
- "Free Bird" (Live)" (Collins, Van Zant) – 13:41
- Disc 1, Tracks 1, 5, 7-8, 12 from Second Helping (1974)
- Disc 1, Tracks 2, 4, 6, and 13 and Disc 2, Track 3 from (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) (1973)
- Disc 1, Track 3 from Skynyrd's First and... Last (1978)
- Disc 1, Track 9 from Nuthin' Fancy (1975)
- Disc 1, Track 10 from Legend (1987)
- Disc 2, Tracks 1, 5, 7, 9, and 11 from Street Survivors (1977)
- Disc 2, Tracks 2 and 12 from One More from the Road (1976)
- Disc 2, Track 4 from Gimme Back My Bullets (1976)
- Disc 2, Tracks 6, 8, and 10 from the Lynyrd Skynyrd Box Set (1991)
- Disc 1, Track 11 is previously unreleased (1998)
Live songs
- Disc 2, Track 2 recorded 7/7/1976 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia
- Disc 2, Tracks 8 and 12 recorded 7/8/1976 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[3] | Silver | 60,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[4] | Platinum | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ Koda, Cub (2011). "The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd - Lynyrd Skynyrd | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ Jurek, Thom (2011). "Gold - Lynyrd Skynyrd | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "British album certifications – Lynyrd Skynyrd – The Essential". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
- ^ "American album certifications – Lynyrd Skynyrd – Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
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- Rickey Medlocke
- Johnny Van Zant
- Michael Cartellone
- Mark Matejka
- Peter Keys
- Keith Christopher
- 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
- (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
- 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!
- 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
- Freebird... The Movie
- Lyve from Steel Town
- Lynyrd Skynyrd Lyve: The Vicious Cycle Tour
- Live from Freedom Hall
- "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"
- "Need All My Friends"
- "Tuesday's Gone"
- "Simple Man"
- Discography
- Members
- Skynyrd Frynds
- Plane crash
- Ronnie Van Zant Memorial Park
- Leonard Skinner
- "All Summer Long"