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LYNYRD SKYNYRD Street Survivors (2008 issue US Deluxe Edition 2-CD set comprising the 8-track digitally remastered CD album plus [for the first time] the complete original version recorded 5 months earlier; plus Bonus Recordings including the last known recordings of the band made less than two months before the plane crash which give a sense of what the Street Survivors tour might have been like and 5 previously unreleased live recordings).
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I have the original LP ( does anyone remember Long Playing Records ? ) So I bought the CD.Then the 2 CD version came out, which I bought.The newest version is great, due to the second CD which has the original recording, not released before, plus some extra out-takes & concert recordings from one of Skynyrds last concert recordings before their plane crash.
Well worth buying for old, or new fans !
Well worth buying for old, or new fans !
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album will always have a cherished place in my memories,bought 2nd hand from a school mate,who just bought it but didnt like it,as i sat in the living room with the headphones on,loving my new purchase,i became aware of the bands name appearing on the T V screen in the corner,slipped the headphones off,and John Cravens News round was reporting the crash,the flame covered album sleeve iwas holding with tour dates never completed was withdrawn and i was left with a collectors item,so to this edition,my fourth,what do we get?
Disc 1 the original 8 track album remastered,and as with all Skynyrds remasters a stunning sound, despite not housing a 'Freebird ' or a 'Sweet Home Alabama',this is 8 slices of prime time Skynyrd,the highlight being 'That Smell' with is chilling lyrics mirroring those of 'Needle and Spoon' several years earlier.
Disc 2 the original album completed at Criteria,sounds good to me,with several tracks which missed the final album,such as the excellent 'Georgia Peaches'.Most of the alternative versions/outakes have been available previously on various discs/box sets so its nice to have them all gathered together,although i hadnt heard the extended version of 'That Smell' previously,its excellent also.
Finally we have 5 live tracks from Calafornia'77,which of historical interest are pretty average bootleg quality,but worth having.
As with all Skynyrd remasters you get a decent package and superb,informative booklet.
Disc 1 the original 8 track album remastered,and as with all Skynyrds remasters a stunning sound, despite not housing a 'Freebird ' or a 'Sweet Home Alabama',this is 8 slices of prime time Skynyrd,the highlight being 'That Smell' with is chilling lyrics mirroring those of 'Needle and Spoon' several years earlier.
Disc 2 the original album completed at Criteria,sounds good to me,with several tracks which missed the final album,such as the excellent 'Georgia Peaches'.Most of the alternative versions/outakes have been available previously on various discs/box sets so its nice to have them all gathered together,although i hadnt heard the extended version of 'That Smell' previously,its excellent also.
Finally we have 5 live tracks from Calafornia'77,which of historical interest are pretty average bootleg quality,but worth having.
As with all Skynyrd remasters you get a decent package and superb,informative booklet.
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42 of 44 people found the following review helpful
Pristine version of essential album, nice outtakes, bootleg-quality live tracks
7 Mar 2008
Format:Audio CD
True Skynyrd fans already own this "deluxe edition." For the casual fan, the one who owns the box set or any of the many "greatest hits" compilations, it's worth noting what is actually here.
First, as with all of the "deluxe editions" issued by Universal, the packaging is excellent. Original artwork, nice slipcase, an excellent 24-page booklet with archive photos and pretty much everything you ever wanted to know about "Street Survivors" and the events that preceded and followed its release.
Disc 1, "The Original Album," is just that...the album as it was released in the best possible digital format.
Disc 2, "Criteria Studios Album," is the "other" version...yes, they recorded the album twice. The draw here is the longer, slower version of "That Smell," with no shortage of guitar solos. You've heard "Jacksonville Kid" before (Ronnie's new lyrics added to "Honky Tonk Night Time Man," and the last track he recorded in his lifetime).
The final 5 live tracks from Fresno CA in August 1977 are of historic interest, and the sound quality is basically "acceptable bootleg." It's the Street Survivors band in the early stages of the tour that would never happen. Less than two months later, Ronnie, Steve, Cassie and Dean were gone, and the survivors...real, actual survivors...were changed forever.
Skynyrd fans will, and should, want to add this to their collection. The more casual fan may not appreciate it in the same way. It's an essential 5-star release nonetheless.
First, as with all of the "deluxe editions" issued by Universal, the packaging is excellent. Original artwork, nice slipcase, an excellent 24-page booklet with archive photos and pretty much everything you ever wanted to know about "Street Survivors" and the events that preceded and followed its release.
Disc 1, "The Original Album," is just that...the album as it was released in the best possible digital format.
Disc 2, "Criteria Studios Album," is the "other" version...yes, they recorded the album twice. The draw here is the longer, slower version of "That Smell," with no shortage of guitar solos. You've heard "Jacksonville Kid" before (Ronnie's new lyrics added to "Honky Tonk Night Time Man," and the last track he recorded in his lifetime).
The final 5 live tracks from Fresno CA in August 1977 are of historic interest, and the sound quality is basically "acceptable bootleg." It's the Street Survivors band in the early stages of the tour that would never happen. Less than two months later, Ronnie, Steve, Cassie and Dean were gone, and the survivors...real, actual survivors...were changed forever.
Skynyrd fans will, and should, want to add this to their collection. The more casual fan may not appreciate it in the same way. It's an essential 5-star release nonetheless.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
+1/2 -- Skynyrd's swan-song with terrific bonuses
5 Mar 2008
Format:Audio CD
The fifth and final studio album of Lynyrd Skynyrd's original incarnation has always lived in the shadow of the 1977 plane crash that followed just three days after the LP's release. The band's fans couldn't help but refract the album through the prism of vocalist/songwriter Ronnie Van Zant's death, adding layers of meaning that weren't originally written into these songs. Thirty-one years later, the band's demise still hovers over this swan-song, but at the same time, the album's vitality and the band's then-bright future still shines through. Geffen's two-disc deluxe reissue augments the album's original eight tracks with a wealth of bonuses, including previously unreleased original versions of songs that were completely re-recorded for the commercial release, and five live tracks from the band's last-known concert recording, taped just two months before the plane crash.
Having become a top concert draw throughout the mid-70s, the band found a surprising amount of time to record this album. They produced a finished version with Tom Dowd in Florida, ditched the tapes and relocated to the Atlanta studio where they'd waxed "Free Bird." They re-recorded the bulk of the album from scratch, dropped a few songs and added a few others to create the final release. Though most of the titles remained the same between the two sessions, the energy and sound are quite different. The band is more pumped up on their self-produced recordings, and where Dowd stripped things down, the band added layers, such as the horn chart on "What's Your Name." Their intuition was right, and though some fans didn't appreciate Skynyrd evolving away from their rougher roots, Van Zant's songs easily took the extra polish.
Van Zant's lyrics continued to mine the autobiographical clarity and detail he'd shown on earlier albums, and the addition of guitarist Steve Gaines added country flavor to the original "I Know a Little" and a cover of Merle Haggard's "Honky Tonk Night Time Man." Still, the band could always play it gritty, as the Collins/Van Zant "That Smell" so aptly showed. The earlier version of the song, taken a hair slower and with Van Zant's vocal more isolated and dry, is even more harrowing (a second early version, included here, extends the song to 7:30 with a lengthy guitar jam). The overall hallmark of "Street Survivors" is the confident sound of a band at the top of their game.
Fans will relish the opportunity to hear the earlier unreleased version of the album, including a pair of songs ("Georgia Peaches" and "Sweet Little Missy") that were dropped from the final track list. An additional highlight presented here is Van Zant's rewrite of "Honky Tonk Night Time Man," as the autobiographical "Jacksonville Kid." The five live tracks are good performances of historical interest, but only limited (and mono) audio quality. This is a welcome upgrade to the original CD issue. 4-1/2 stars, if allowed fractional ratings. [©2008 hyperbolium dot com]
Having become a top concert draw throughout the mid-70s, the band found a surprising amount of time to record this album. They produced a finished version with Tom Dowd in Florida, ditched the tapes and relocated to the Atlanta studio where they'd waxed "Free Bird." They re-recorded the bulk of the album from scratch, dropped a few songs and added a few others to create the final release. Though most of the titles remained the same between the two sessions, the energy and sound are quite different. The band is more pumped up on their self-produced recordings, and where Dowd stripped things down, the band added layers, such as the horn chart on "What's Your Name." Their intuition was right, and though some fans didn't appreciate Skynyrd evolving away from their rougher roots, Van Zant's songs easily took the extra polish.
Van Zant's lyrics continued to mine the autobiographical clarity and detail he'd shown on earlier albums, and the addition of guitarist Steve Gaines added country flavor to the original "I Know a Little" and a cover of Merle Haggard's "Honky Tonk Night Time Man." Still, the band could always play it gritty, as the Collins/Van Zant "That Smell" so aptly showed. The earlier version of the song, taken a hair slower and with Van Zant's vocal more isolated and dry, is even more harrowing (a second early version, included here, extends the song to 7:30 with a lengthy guitar jam). The overall hallmark of "Street Survivors" is the confident sound of a band at the top of their game.
Fans will relish the opportunity to hear the earlier unreleased version of the album, including a pair of songs ("Georgia Peaches" and "Sweet Little Missy") that were dropped from the final track list. An additional highlight presented here is Van Zant's rewrite of "Honky Tonk Night Time Man," as the autobiographical "Jacksonville Kid." The five live tracks are good performances of historical interest, but only limited (and mono) audio quality. This is a welcome upgrade to the original CD issue. 4-1/2 stars, if allowed fractional ratings. [©2008 hyperbolium dot com]
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition "Street Survivors"
5 Mar 2008
Format:Audio CD
It's hard to believe I'm writing a review of a record that originally was released in 1977 (my senior year of high school)... but this 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition takes a great record and makes it better. Disc 1 is a remastered version of the original record while disc 2 is the original version of the record, recorded at Criteria Studios and produced by Tom Dowd. Disc 2 finishes up with 5 songs recorded live in California in August 1977. The Criteria Studios material is nice to hear and some of the versions sound quite different than the ones released on the original Street Survivors. My only complaint is that the quality of the recordings for the live material is pretty poor. Everything else sounds great, but the live tracks sound like mediocre quality bootleg recordings.
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