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1998 double CD version of these 25 tracks
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50 of 50 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Lynyrd Skynyrd are primarily remembered for two songs - Sweet home Alabama and Free bird - but there is so much more of their music that is worth listening to.
Sweet home Alabama is an ode to the pleasures of living in Alabama, whatever Neil Young might think - the Canadian rock icon (whose music I also enjoy) had recorded a couple of songs, one titled Southern man and the other titled Alabama, which offended them. Despite the reference to Neil Young and another controversial reference to Alabama's then-governor (George Wallace), this song is essentially a joyous, fun song and should be taken as such. I've never been to Alabama, but this song makes it sound like paradise. Neil Young's song made it sound anything but.
Free bird has become a classic piece of rock music. Apart from its sheer quality, its length (almost ten minutes) helps its popularity in jukeboxes - you pay the same to play a record whatever its length, so you get your money's worth with Free bird. And you get two versions here - the original studio version from 1973 plus a live version from 1976.
There are many other great tracks here, among them I ain't the one, Simple man, Saturday night special, Tuesday's gone and an amazing cover of J J Cale's Call me the breeze.
Lynyrd Skynyrd were among the best southern rock bands of the seventies, perhaps even the best of all. This collection contains all their best music, superbly re-mastered and with extensive liner notes.
56 of 57 people found the following review helpful
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What can I say!! I bought this double cd after I had just found my old vinyl 45 of Freebird/Sweet Home Alabama/Double Trouble in the attic, I decided I needed to test out some more of Skynrd as those were the only tracks which I had previously heard. If you are like myself and only know Skynrd for those few tracks then I do strongly advise you to purchase this double cd!! Its rock, its boogie, its bluesy, its smoltzy and the guitar playing is exceptional, this is music which should be listened to, (for those midnight mellow moments), the vocals by Van Zant are fabulous. This is one of my best buys this year along with the Deep Purple 2cd Made in Japan album. If you only remember Lynyrd Skynrd for Freebird, give this a try...you won't be disapointed, you will be taken into a whole new form of music, I was!!. American boogie rock at its best.
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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Only being familiar with "Sweet Home, Alabamha" and the ubiquitous"Freebird", I listened to this with a fair degree of expectation. I haveto say that it only took a couple of listenings to grow to LOVE thisalbum...highly recommended if you aren't too knowledgable about LynyrdSkynyrd and want to be blown away at the variety and sheer hard-rockingtunes you'll get here!
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Freeeeeeeee as a Bird
Superb collection this. I bought it for the two versions of Freebird. The original studio version is a bit disappointing as it fades out before the end (unlike the outake versions... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Duncan McDonald
They're all on here!
Yep, if you're into Lynyrd Skynrd then most of the good stuff is on this 2 CD set
If your vinyl album is old, battered and scratchy then this is just the job... Read more
If your vinyl album is old, battered and scratchy then this is just the job... Read more
Published 12 months ago by BoogieBear
Freebird and more
One of my late Dads favourite bands, I'd only heard freebird and sweet home albama so thought it was time to listen to more of their music and wow was I blown away. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Jules
Skynyrd the giants of Southern Rock
As this was my first taste of the group i found it probably one of the best albums i have heard in fifty odd years of listening to Rock music. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Russ G. Mills
The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd
A really great sound which evokes the atmosphere of the era perfectly. Two CDs which bring the HiFi alive with the sounds of this highly distinctive group and each one rounded off... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Mr. David R. Burleigh
If you only buy 1 skynyrd cd , make it this one.
As compilations go this is easily the best Skynyrd collection there is,2 cd of classic after classic with a few rarities thrown in. Read more
Published on 5 April 2010 by Mr Blackwell
As Good As It Gets.
The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd...So just what does set this aside from the countless other Skynyrd compilations?. Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2009 by Tommo 18/7 ©
A sublime experience
I just can't rate this album highly enough. I'm too young to remember Lynyrd Skynyrd first time around and bought this album after hearing 'Freebird' on the radio. Read more
Published on 22 May 2005 by Rachel Clark
A superb blend of southern rock and roll and blues.
The band (pronounced LEH-NERD SKIN-NERD, and the title of a 1973 album) was formed in the late 1960's by lead singer Ronnie Van Zant. Read more
Published on 27 Aug 2000
A very fine album
This album has all the great classics on it along with many lesser known songs. In my opion there is not one dud song on the album, and it is well worth the money. Read more
Published on 4 Aug 2000
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