Audio CD review:
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Skynyrd's First And...Last

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Skynyrd's First And...Last

Band: Lynyrd Skynyrd Title: Skynyrd's First And...Last Rating: Release Date: 25 October, 1990 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Down South Jukin' 2: Preacher's Daughter 3: White Dove 4: Was I Right Or Wrong 5: Lend A Helpin' Hand 6: Wino 7: Comin' Home 8: The Seasons 9: Things Goin' On

Customer Reviews An essential Skynyrd CD Skynyrd fans were still smarting from the loss and this helped ease the pain. As we know,this was released soon after the fatal plane crash. The songs are some of Ronnie's most personal,although less commercial,and the inclusion of the Rickey Medlocke tunes is such a sweet bonus. This is a must have for Skynyrd fan's looking to get into Ronnie, and Medlocke's,artistic honesty. This is a very personal album, and I love it. . NOT A BAD LAST ALBUM. YEAH IT WAS THE LAST. This herby gave them the right to name the record SKYNYRDS LAST. After the tragic plane crash that killed a significant portion of Lynyrd Skynyrd the band decreed that they would never record another album again, as Lynyrd Skynyrd. However, the number of songs recorded were hardly enough to fill an album, so the remaining Skynyrd boys went into the vaults and pulled out some dusty Muscle Shoals recordings that hadn't surfaced since their first indie release (this is actually available for sale nowadays in its entirety as simply SKYNYRDS FIRST) and hence the title to this album was born. SKYNYRDS FIRST. . . and LAST. I got this piece on vinyl years ago. I really like it. I like it a lot better than the over produced STREET SURVIVORS album that was released prior to the plane crash. Whats weird is that there are two songs sung and written by Rickey Medlocke. I'm not sure if he was in the band at the time or what, but they sound NOTHING like SKYNYRD songs. I'm not saying they are bad though, just weird. Anyhoo, this is a good record for fans of the great SKYNYRD. Ronnie Van was a cool frontman. Its to bad that in the eighties the band went against their cree and formed a new Skynyrd anyway, which has basically sucked pinecones ever since. As far as I'm concerned, this is still the last LYNYRD SKYNYRD record. Gotta Have This! 99 and it was the best $10 bucks I ever spent! This album is so good. I bought this album new (though a cut-out) for $9. It kicks off with the greatest hit 'Down South Jukin'', Followed by the Hard-Rockin 'Preachers Daughter'. Next in line is the slow "ballad" called 'White Dove', best "slow song" I ever heard! Next is another greatest hit, 'Was I Right or Wrong', followed by 'Lend a Helpin' Hand'. Next comes 'Wino', which is a great song, and 'Comin' Home', another greatest hit, comes after that. Lastly we have 'The Seasons', which is a very nice song, and last, but not least, is a rockier version of 'Things Goin' On', which was featured on "Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd" This album was released in 1978 after the fatal Plane Crash that took th lives of Ronnie VanZant and Steve Gaines. Overall, this is a really great album and if you can find it new, get it. [. . . ]. . You can see a complete list of all Lynyrd Skynyrd discography, or go back to the Lynyrd Skynyrd tabs