Audio CD review:
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Skynyrd's First: The Complete Muscle Shoals Album

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Skynyrd's First: The Complete Muscle Shoals Album

Band: Lynyrd Skynyrd Title: Skynyrd's First: The Complete Muscle Shoals Album Rating: Release Date: 17 November, 1998 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Free Bird 2: One More Time 3: Gimme Three Steps 4: Was I Right Or Wrong 5: Preacher's Daughter 6: White Dove 7: Down South Jukin' 8: Wino 9: Simple Man 10: Trust 11: Comin' Home 12: The Seasons 13: Lend A Helpin' Hand 14: Things Goin' On 15: I Ain't The One 16: You Run Around 17: Ain't Too Proud To Pray

Editoral Review Nine of the 17 tracks on this historical curio surfaced on the 1978 LP Skynyrd's First and. . Last, but more than a quarter of a century passed between the 1971/'72 sessions that produced these germinating tracks and their full appearance. Skynyrd's First: The Muscle Shoals Album documents a group of young musicians finding their footing, but by no means is it an amateurish affair. While ongoing personnel shifts are in evidence (only Ronnie Van Zant, Albert Collins, and Gary Rossington from the classic lineup appear throughout), the playing and writing is surprisingly tight. It's easy to see why veteran session man Jimmy Johnson, the producer of the sessions, insisted: "I had never heard a band that were that well rehearsed and had their songs together. " The excellent liner notes make this package all the more appealing to Lynyrd loyalists. --Steven Stolder .. You can see a complete list of all Lynyrd Skynyrd discography, or go back to the Lynyrd Skynyrd tabs