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by the American

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band

Lynyrd Skynyrd Lynyrd Skynyrd (, ) is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1964. The group originally formed as My Backyard and comprised Ronnie Van Zant (vocals), Gary Rossington (guitar), Allen Collins (guitar), Larry Junstrom ...

, released on November 21, 2000. The two disc set includes early demo recordings, live versions and studio tracks, some previously unreleased. Tracks 2 & 3 of disc 1, "Need all my Friends" and (b/w) "Michelle" were recorded in 1968 and 1969 respectively (ST101 and ST102) intended as a single under the moniker LYNARD SKYNARD, making these the only 2 recordings ever released under a different band name. There were 300 7" vinyl 45rpm singles pressed, although not released until 1970, a year after the band had already permanently settled on the name Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Track listing

Disc one

# " Free Bird" (demo) ( Allen Collins,

Ronnie Van Zant Ronald Wayne Van Zant (January 15, 1948 – October 20, 1977) was an American singer, best known as the founding lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. He was the older brother of Johnny Van Zant, the cu ...

) – 7:29 # " Need All My Friends" (originally released on Shade Tree Records, 1968) (Collins, Van Zant) – 3:18 # "Michelle" (originally released on Shade Tree Records, 1969) (Collins, Van Zant) – 2:57 # "If I'm Wrong" (Collins,

Gary Rossington Gary Robert Rossington (December 4, 1951 – March 5, 2023) was an American musician best known as a founding guitarist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, with whom he performed until his death. Rossington was also a founding member of the ...

, Van Zant) – 5:29 # "No One Can Take Your Place" (Collins, Rossington, Van Zant) – 5:25 # "Hide Your Face" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 2:59 # "Bad Boy Blues" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 7:48 # "Memphis" ( Ed King, Rossington, Van Zant) – 3:21 # "I Ain't the One" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 4:00 # " Call Me the Breeze" ( J.J. Cale) – 5:50 # " Sweet Home Alabama" (King, Rossington, Van Zant) – 4:55 # "Woman of Mine" (Van Zant,

Leon Wilkeson Leon Russell Wilkeson (April 2, 1952 – July 27, 2001) was an American musician. He was the bassist of the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 until his death in 2001. Early life Born on April 2, 1952, in Newport, Rhode Island, but rai ...

) – 6:33 # "Workin' for MCA" (King, Van Zant) – 5:06 # "Free Bird" (Collins, Van Zant) – 10:35

Disc two

# "Need All My Friends" (Complete version) (Collins, Van Zant) – 5:11 # "Michelle" (Complete version) (Collins, Van Zant) – 5:43 # "Introduction by Alex Cooley/ Saturday Night Special" (King, Van Zant) – 6:50 # "Whiskey Rock-a-Roller" (King, Billy Powell, Van Zant) – 4:26 # " Gimme Three Steps" (Collins, Van Zant) – 4:42 # " Call Me the Breeze" (Cale) – 5:45 # "I Never Dreamed" (Alternate version) ( Steve Gaines, Van Zant) – 4:55 # " You Got That Right" (Alternate version) (Gaines, Van Zant) – 3:27 # " T for Texas" (

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) – 10:15 # " Crossroads" (

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) – 4:00 # "Jacksonville Kid" (

Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential figures in country music, he was a central pioneer of the Bakersfield ...

, Van Zant) – 4:06 # "Free Bird" (Collins, Van Zant) – 14:58 ;Track notes * Disc 1, Tracks 1-5 taken from 1968 (Tracks 2-3) and 1970 (Tracks 1, 4-5) ''Shade Tree Recordings'', recorded at Norm Vincent Studios,

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. "Need All My Friends" and "Michelle" were recorded in 1968 and issued as Shade Tree singles under the name Lynard Skynard. They were not previously released on album. Many unreleased tracks were either attributed early incarnations of the band, such as ''My Backyard'', ''The Noble Five'', and ''One Percent.'' * Disc 1, Tracks 6-7 and Disc 2, Tracks 1-2 taken from October 1970 ''Quinvy Recordings'', recorded at Quinvy Studios, Sheffield, Alabama. * Disc 1, Track 8 taken from January 1974 '' Second Helping'' outtake, recorded at

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. * Disc 1, Tracks 9-14 taken from October 30, 1973 ''Live at WMC-FM'', recorded at

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. * Disc 2, Tracks 3–6, 9-10 and 12 recorded live at Fox Theater,

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on July 7 (Tracks 3, 5, 6, 9), July 8 (Track 10) and July 9 (Tracks 4, 12), 1976 (the ''

One More from the Road ''One More from the Road'' (styled as ''One More For From The Road'') is a live album by Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, capturing three shows recorded in July 1976 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. Since 1974 Lynyrd Skynyrd had support ...

'' sessions). * Disc 2, Tracks 7-8 taken from April 1977 ''

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'' outtake, recorded at

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. * Disc 2, Track 11 taken from August 1977 ''Street Survivors'' outtake, recorded at Studio One,

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Credits

* Mike Zagaris - Cover Photo

References

2000 greatest hits albums Albums produced by Tom Dowd Lynyrd Skynyrd compilation albums MCA Records compilation albums {{2000-rock-album-stub