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Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More from the Road Audio CD

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Lynyrd Skynyrd Band: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Title: One More from the Road
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Release Date: 2001-09-11
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Introduction/Workin' For MCA 2: I Ain't The One 3: Saturday Night Special 4: Searching 5: Travellin' Man 6: Simple Man 7: Whiskey Rock-A-Roller 8: The Needle And The Spoon 9: Gimme Back My Bullets 10: Tuesday's Gone 11: Gimme Three Steps 12: Call Me The Breeze 13: T For Texas 14: Sweet Home Alabama 15: Crossroads 16: Free Bird 17: Introudction/Workin' For MCA (alternate) 18: I Ain't The One (alternate) 19: Searching (alternate) 20: Gimme Three Steps (alternate) 21: Call Me The Breeze (alternate) 22: Sweet Home Alabama (alternate) 23: Crossroads (alternate) 24: Free Bird (alternate)

southern by birth
living in the south this comes(along with nugent double live gonzo) with your your birth certificate,so you have to listen to it during your life. live 3 guitar driven southern rock. .


I WAS THERE!!!
It was a magical night. From the second row, center, I was at the Fox Theatre when One more from the Road was recorded. I remember when they closed with "Free Bird" we all just wanted it to never end.
Samuel M. Hay, III.


Pedestrian, Lifeless and Repetitive
Yes, you heard me right! If you add up several factors(1-crappy Peavey amps 2-Exhaustion from too many years of ridiculous touring schedules 3-playing the songs "like the record" with no room for spontaneity or creativity 4-Artimus Pyle is a weak timekeeper on the drums)and throw in horrible production from Tom Dowd(the most overrated and bad producer of that era; he also ruined Cream),this is the weakest of the Skynyrd albums. Ok, Skynyrd fans; get out your knives!!! The dirty secret about this band is that they really weren't that great of a live act. The best live recordings are to be found on the Collectibles disc from a '73 radio show. If you must have it, search around for a cheap copy in your favorite used disc store. Me, I'm gonna go put on Nuthin' Fancy (their best) and TURN IT UP.


A Truly Classic Live Album
At the time, I was almost strictly into jazz though most of my co-workers were almost strictly into rock and roll. When Lynyrd Skynyrd first appeared on the scene, I was working oil in Louisiana and Mississippi. Naturally, I heard Lynyrd Skynyrd, both on the radio and at social functions but I always thought they were no more than just OK until I chanced to hear One More From The Road at a party shortly after its release.
THAT is when I became a Lynyrd Skynyrd convert. On this album, every song came alive in a way I never heard on their studio records. I especially was entranced by their renditions of T For Texas and Call Me the Breeze and by the quality of the band's three-guitar assault on the senses.
Now more than thirty years later, I encountered this remastered special edition while trolling for new music and decided to see if I still liked it as much now as back then. Man, do I ever. Every song, including the overplayed Free Bird and Sweet Home Alabama is a winner. There is so much quality high-energy rock and roll on this album that it boggles the mind. There is no need to rehash what most other reviewers have said. This is truly a classic among live rock albums. There is zero filler.
Besides all the great music, this remastered set includes an informative booklet complete with song info, original liner notes, pictures, and an interesting overview of the band's trajectory to super-stardom. I'm not going to get into silly speculation about which Southern band best represents the soul of the region. There are many that vie for the title. But when it comes to a live show, One More From The Road proves that on the best of days, few of them have more grit and fire than did Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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Great classic "live" album admits to overdubs to fix mistakes
It was one of the all-time great live releases from the seventies. I want SO much to love this album. Arguably still is. . . but, in reading the new liner notes, the legendary producer Tom Dowd blatantly states, ". . . we decided to clean it up [ the Fox multi-track tapes ] in a few places. Ronnie touched up some of his vocals and we redid the girls on one or two songs. Allen also wanted to make another pass on his 'Free Bird' solo. . . " This may seem like very small potatoes to a lot of people, but a true live recording contains NO overdubs ( added tracks or repaired ones ). I don't kid myself that it doesn't routinely happen ( admittedly it would be too tempting, given a twenty-four track recording, not to fix a bum guitar or vocal note here and there ). . . but how can Ronnie have said, after the Fox shows, "We decided immediately to do an honest live album. . . no overdubbing. . . " having just come from doing overdubs in Miami a month after the Atlanta concerts? Interestingly, Kansas recently rereleased its classic live album, Two For the Show, with two band members clearly stating that no overdubs of any kind were done. . . what is heard is exactly what went down at the concerts, "Warts and All". These Skynyrd tracks remain white hot in enthusiasm and intensity. . . an occasional wart or zit would merely add to the authenticity of the album for me. And yes, I've flogged this horse long enough! Just be aware, live album purists, that this one technically never was. The irony, after all these years, lies in one of the highlights of this new release being Allen Collins' original lead guitar solo from "Free Bird" ( I've only very recently learned that he overdubbed it on the seventies release ). I'll close this review with another quote from the new liner notes: ". . . when you hear [ Al's ] original solo, you may wonder why he wanted to do those 29 retakes". A resounding "Amen" to that!.


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