tracks

Free Bird (Demo)
Junkie (Demo)
He's Alive (Demo)
One More Time (Original Version)
Gimme Three Steps (Original Version)
Trust (Original Version)
Comin' Home
Mr. Banker (Demo)
Down South Jukin (Demo)
Truck Drivin' Man (Demo)
I Ain't The One (Demo)
Poison Whiskey (Demo)
Tuesday's Gone
Things Goin' On
Free Bird
Sweet Home Alabama
Was I Right Or Wrong?
Workin' For MCA
Don't Ask Me No Questions
Swamp Music
The Ballad Of Curtis Lowe
The Needle And The Spoon
Call Me The Breeze
Saturday Night Special
Made In The Shade
Am I Losin'
On The Hunt
(I Got The) Same Old Blues
Double Trouble (Live)
Roll Gypsy Roll
All I Can Do Is Write About It (Acoustic)
Four Walls Of Rainford (Undubbed Demo)
Gimme Back My Bullets (Live)
Searchin' (Live)
Simple Man (Live)
Crossroads (Live)
T For Texas (Live)
Whiskey Rock-A-Roller (Live)
Ain't No Good Life
What's Your Name (Alternate Mix)
Georgia Peaches
What's Your Name
I Never Dreamed
I Know A Little
Honky Tonk Night Time Man
That Smell
You Got That Right

notes

Three Cassette Set
* Previously unreleased
[1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 1-11, 1-12, 2-2, 2-14, 3-1, 3-6, 3-8]

℗ 1991, 1987, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973 © 1991 MCA Records, Inc.

Some copies may have a yellow sticker on box top:
“The Definitive Collection Features a 64-Page Color Booklet and 47 Recordings Including Such Rarities as […]” Three Compact Disc Set
* Previously unreleased
[1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 1-11, 1-12, 2-2, 2-14, 3-1, 3-6, 3-8]

1-1 to 1-3:
Recorded October, 1970, Quinvy Studios, Sheffield, Alabama
Previously unreleased
1-4 to 1-6:
Recorded 1971, Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Sheffield, Alabama
Previously unreleased
1-7:
Recorded 1971, Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Sheffield, Alabama
Overdubbed 1975
from "Skynyrd's First And... Last" (9/78)
1-8:
Recorded early 1973, Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
Originally "B" side "Gimme Three Steps" single (11/73)
1-9:
Recorded early 1973, Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
Previously unreleased on album
Originally "B" side "Free Bird" single (11/74)
1-10:
Recorded early 1973, Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
from "Legend" (9/87)
1-11, 1-12:
Recorded early 1973, Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
Previously unreleased
1-13 to 1-15:
Recorded April, 1973, Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
from "Pronounced" (8/73)
2-1:
Recorded June-July, 1973, Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
from "Second Helping" (4/74)
2-2:
Recorded January, 1974, Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA
Mixed June, 1991, Kingsound, No. Hollywood, CA
Previously unreleased
2-3 to 2-8:
Recorded January, 1974, Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA
from "Second Helping" (4/74)
2-9:
Recorded October, 1974, Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
from "Nuthin' Fancy" (3/75)
2-10 to 2-12:
Recorded January, 1975, Webb IV Studios, Atlanta, Georgia
from "Nuthin' Fancy" (3/75)
2-13:
Recorded September, 1975, Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA
from "Gimme Back My Bullets" (2/76)
2-14:
Recorded live November 4, 1975, Capital Theatre, Cardiff, Wales, U.K.
Originally recorded for King Biscuit Flower Hour
Previously unavailable commercially
2-15:
Recorded November 28, 1975, Capricorn Studios, Macon, Georgia
from "Gimme Back My Bullets" (2/76)
2-16:
Recorded November 28, 1975, Capricorn Studios, Macon, Georgia
Mixed June, 1991, Kingsound, No. Hollywood, CA
Previously unreleased
2-17:
Recorded April, 1976, Lynyrd Skynyrd Rehearsal Studios, Jacksonville, Florida
Previously unreleased/Overdubbed version on "Legend" (9/87)
3-1:
Recorded live July 1976, Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia
Previously unreleased commercially/Released on promo single (8/77)
3-2, 3-4 & 3-5:
Recorded live July 1976, Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia
from "One More From The Road" (9/76)
3-3:
Recorded live July 1976, Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia
from "Legend" (9/87)
3-6:
Recorded live August 21, 1976, Knebworth Festival, Knebworth, England
Mixed June, 1991, Kingsound, No. Hollywood, CA
Previously unreleased
3-7:
Recorded April, 1977, Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida
from "Street Survivors" (10/77)
3-8:
Recorded April, 1977, Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida
Horn overdubs July-August, 1977, Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
Previously unreleased
3-9:
Recorded April, 1977, Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida
Overdubs 1987, Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida
from "Legend" (9/87)
3-10:
Recorded April, 1977, Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida
Horn overdubs July-August, 1977, Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
from "Street Survivors" (10/77)
3-11:
Recorded April, 1977, Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida
Vocal and lead guitar overdubbed July-August, 1977, Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
from "Street Survivors" (10/77)
3-12 to 3-15:
Recorded July-August, 1977, Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
from "Street Survivors" (10/77)

Reissue engineer: […] MCA Studios, North Hollywood
“Whiskey Rock-A-Roller (live)” appears courtesy of Lynyrd Skynyrd.
“Double Trouble (live)” appears courtesy of Bob Meyrowitz
All tracks were mixed and/or re-mastered from original master tapes. Quin Ivy and Muscle Shoals masters courtesy of Jimmy Johnson and Muscle Shoals Sound Production.

℗ 1991, 1987, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973 © 1991 MCA Records, Inc.

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Some copies may have a yellow sticker on box top:
“The Definitive Collection Features a 64-Page Color Booklet and 47 Recordings Including Such Rarities as […]”

credits

Art Direction – Vartan (4)
Engineer [Reissue] – Doug Schwartz
Reissue Producer, Compiled By – Andy McKaie, Ron O'Brien
Art Direction – Vartan (4)
Bass – Ed King (2) (tracks: 1-9 to 1-12, 1-14, 1-15), Larry Junstrom (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3), Leon Wilkeson (tracks: 2-1 to 3-15)
Design – Cimarron/Bacon/O'Brien
Drums – Bob Burns (2) (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3, 1-8 to 1-12, 1-14 to 2-9)
Drums, Percussion – Artimus Pyle (2) (tracks: 2-10 to 3-15)
Engineer [Reissue] – Doug Schwartz
Guitar – Allen Collins, Ed King (2) (tracks: 2-1 to 2-12), Gary Rossington, Steve Gaines (tracks: 3-1 to 3-15)
Illustration – Steve Meyers (3)
Keyboards – Billy Powell (tracks: 2-1 to 3-15)
Liner Notes – Andy McKaie, John Swenson, Ron O'Brien
Photography By [Back Of Front Cover Disc 2] – David Gahr
Photography By [Scrapbook] – Michael Hashimoto,
Piano – Billy Powell (tracks: 1-18 to 3-15)
Reissue Producer, Compiled By – Andy McKaie, Ron O'Brien
Vocals – Ronnie Van Zant

companies

Distributed By – Uni Distribution Corp.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – MCA Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) – MCA Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – MCA Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) – MCA Records, Inc.
Distributed By – Uni Distribution Corp.
Recorded At – Quinvy Recording Studio
Recorded At – Muscle Shoals Sound Studios
Recorded At – Studio One, Doraville
Recorded At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
Recorded At – Web IV Studios
Recorded At – Capital Theatre, Cardiff
Recorded At – Capricorn Sound Studios
Recorded At – Lynyrd Skynyrd Rehearsal Studios
Recorded At – The Fox Theatre, Atlanta
Recorded At – Knebworth
Recorded At – Criteria Recording Studios
Overdubbed At – Studio One, Doraville
Mixed At – Kingsound Studios
Engineered At – MCA Recording Studios
Manufactured By – JVC

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