tracks

Free Bird (Original Version)
One More Time (Original Version)
Gimmie Three Steps (Original Version)
Was I Right Or Wrong
Preacher's Daughter
White Dove
Down South Jukin'
Wino (Original Version)
Simple Man (Original Version)
Trust (Original Version)
Comin' Home (Original Version)
The Seasons
Lend A Helpin' Hand
Things Goin' On (Original Version)
I Ain't The One (Original Version)
You Run Around
Ain't Too Proud To Pray

notes

All songs recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Sheffield, Alabama.

Produced for Muscle Shoals Sound productions, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Inc., and Sir Productions.
Audio restoration, assembly and CD digital remastering at Audio Mechanics, Los Angeles, CA.

Photography: cover, MCA Archives; page 5, courtesy Judy Van Zant Jenness; page 7, courtesy Judy Van Zant.

Track 1 - Recorded June 28-July 2, 1971. Previously unreleased.
Track 2 - Recorded June 28-July 2, 1971. Originally released on "Lynyrd Skynyrd" boxed set, MCAD3-10390, November 12, 1991.
Track 3 - Recorded 1972. Originally released on "Lynyrd Skynyrd" boxed set, MCAD3-10390, November 12, 1991.
Track 4 - Recorded 1972. Originally released on "Skynyrd's First And...Last", MCA-3047, September 5, 1978.
Track 5 - Recorded June 28-July 2, 1971. Originally released on "Skynyrd's First And...Last", MCA-3047, September 5, 1978.
Track 6 - Recorded June 28-July 26, 1971. Originally released on "Skynyrd's First And...Last", MCA-3047, September 5, 1978.
Track 7 - Recorded 1972. Originally released on "Skynyrd's First And...Last", MCA-3047, September 5, 1978.
Track 8 - Recorded July 26, 1971. Previously unreleased.
Track 9 - Recorded 1972. Previously unreleased
Track 10 - Recorded 1972. Originally released on "Lynyrd Skynyrd" box set, MCAD3-10390, November 12, 1991.
Track 11 - Recorded July 26, 1971. Originally released on "The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd", MCAD2-11807, August 25, 1991.
Track 12 - Recorded 1971. Originally released on "Skynyrd's First And...Last", MCA-3047, September 5, 1978.
Track 13 - Recorded June 28-July 2, 1971. Originally released on "Skynyrd's First And...Last", MCA-3047, September 5, 1978.
Track 14 - Recorded 1972. Originally released on "Skynyrd's First And...Last", MCA-3047, September 5, 1978.
Track 15 - Recorded 1971. Previously unreleased.
Track 16 - Recorded June 28-July 2, 1971. Previously unreleased.
Track 17 - Recorded July 26, 1971. Previously unreleased.

Cover Notes On Back
This is the great "lost" Lynyrd Skynyrd album
In 1971, two years before Lynyrd Skynyrd recorded their first official LP for MCA Records, the rowdy Florida rockers made a scorching unreleased studio album in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, with producer Jimmy Johnson and his production crew, "The Swampers". In 1978 nine tracks from these sessions were released as "Skynyrd's First and...last," but now for the first time, here is the complete, unabridged 17-track Muscle Shoals album, featuring six never-before released recordings, including the original studio version of their legendary rock guitar anthem " Freebird"
When Skynyrd wrote "Sweet Home Alabama" this album is what they were talking about All songs recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Sheffield, Alabama.

Produced for Muscle Shoals Sound productions, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Inc., and Sir Productions.
Audio restoration, assembly and CD digital remastering at Audio Mechanics, Los Angeles, CA.

Photography: cover, MCA Archives; page 5, courtesy Judy Van Zant Jenness; page 7, courtesy Judy Van Zant.

Track 1 - Recorded June 28-July 2, 1971. Previously unreleased.
Track 2 - Recorded June 28-July 2, 1971. Originally released on "Lynyrd Skynyrd" boxed set, MCAD3-10390, November 12, 1991.
Track 3 - Recorded 1972. Originally released on "Lynyrd Skynyrd" boxed set, MCAD3-10390, November 12, 1991.
Track 4 - Recorded 1972. Originally released on "Skynyrd's First And...Last", MCA-3047, September 5, 1978.
Track 5 - Recorded June 28-July 2, 1971. Originally released on "Skynyrd's First And...Last", MCA-3047, September 5, 1978.
Track 6 - Recorded June 28-July 26, 1971. Originally released on "Skynyrd's First And...Last", MCA-3047, September 5, 1978.
Track 7 - Recorded 1972. Originally released on "Skynyrd's First And...Last", MCA-3047, September 5, 1978.
Track 8 - Recorded July 26, 1971. Previously unreleased.
Track 9 - Recorded 1972. Previously unreleased
Track 10 - Recorded 1972. Originally released on "Lynyrd Skynyrd" box set, MCAD3-10390, November 12, 1991.
Track 11 - Recorded July 26, 1971. Originally released on "The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd", MCAD2-11807, August 25, 1991.
Track 12 - Recorded 1971. Originally released on "Skynyrd's First And...Last", MCA-3047, September 5, 1978.
Track 13 - Recorded June 28-July 2, 1971. Originally released on "Skynyrd's First And...Last", MCA-3047, September 5, 1978.
Track 14 - Recorded 1972. Originally released on "Skynyrd's First And...Last", MCA-3047, September 5, 1978.
Track 15 - Recorded 1971. Previously unreleased.
Track 16 - Recorded June 28-July 2, 1971. Previously unreleased.
Track 17 - Recorded July 26, 1971. Previously unreleased.

Cover Notes On Back
This is the great "lost" Lynyrd Skynyrd album
In 1971, two years before Lynyrd Skynyrd recorded their first official LP for MCA Records, the rowdy Florida rockers made a scorching unreleased studio album in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, with producer Jimmy Johnson and his production crew, "The Swampers". In 1978 nine tracks from these sessions were released as "Skynyrd's First and...last," but now for the first time, here is the complete, unabridged 17-track Muscle Shoals album, featuring six never-before released recordings, including the original studio version of their legendary rock guitar anthem " Freebird"
When Skynyrd wrote "Sweet Home Alabama" this album is what they were talking about

credits

Art Direction – Gary Ashley
Coordinator [Mca Coordination] – Andy McKaie
Design, Typography – Michael Diehl
Engineer – Gregg Hamm, Jerry Masters, Jimmy R. Johnson, Ralph Rhodes, Steve Melton
Liner Notes – Ron O'Brien
Photography By [Page 5] – Bob Johnson (7)
Photography By [Pages 2, 8, 12-13, Booklet Back Cover And Inlay Photo] – Tommy Wright (5)
Producer [Original Sessions] – Jimmy R. Johnson, Tim Smith (2)
Reissue Producer – Ron O'Brien
Research [Photo] – Ron O'Brien
Technician [Audio Restoration, Assembly], Remastered By [Cd Digital Remastering] – Doug Schwartz
Art Direction – Gary Ashley
Coordinator [Mca Coordination] – Andy McKaie
Design, Typography – Michael Diehl
Engineer – Gregg Hamm, Jerry Masters, Jimmy R. Johnson, Ralph Rhodes, Steve Melton
Liner Notes – Ron O'Brien
Photography By [Page 5] – Bob Johnson (7)
Photography By [Pages 2, 8, 12-13, Booklet Back Cover And Inlay Photo] – Tommy Wright (5)
Producer [Original Sessions] – Jimmy R. Johnson, Tim Smith (2)
Reissue Producer – Ron O'Brien
Remastered By – Doug Schwartz
Research [Photo] – Ron O'Brien
Technician [Audio Restoration, Assembly], Remastered By [Cd Digital Remastering] – Doug Schwartz

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – MCA Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) – MCA Records, Inc.
Distributed By – Universal Music & Video Distribution
Phonographic Copyright (p) – MCA Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) – MCA Records, Inc.
Distributed By – Universal Music & Video Distribution
Glass Mastered At – Sony DADC – DIDX-151217
Recorded At – Muscle Shoals Sound Studios
Remastered At – Audio Mechanics

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