Skynyrd's First: The Complete Muscle Shoals Album [Original recording remastered]

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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

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Skynyrd's First: The Complete Muscle Shoals Album [Original recording remastered]

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C'mon, Amazon! Get it right! It's ALLEN Collins!
If you're a fan, this is a must-have
cd-heaven's got a point...
COMPLETE? YES, REALLY!
Great album even for your first time with Lynyrd!

Skynyrd's First: The Complete Muscle Shoals Album
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Manufacturer: Mca
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Binding: Audio CD

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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

Customer Reviews:

C'mon, Amazon! Get it right! It's ALLEN Collins!.......2007-05-25

Amazon's review says "While ongoing personnel shifts are in evidence (only Ronnie Van Zant, Albert Collins, and Gary Rossington from the classic lineup appear throughout)..." Hello! It's ALLEN Collins, not Albert. Allen Collins was a white rock guitarist. Albert Collins was a black blues guitarist. Kinda hard to confuse the two if you know anything about music.

If you're a fan, this is a must-have.......2007-05-08

Here we have the complete recording from the Muscle Shoals sessions, any fan of Skynyrd can not be without. These songs are very interesting versions that predate the familiar versions we all hear on the radio. There are some songs here that don't appear anywhere else. This is a nice glimpse into the very early days of this phenomenal band. If you're a big fan, get it, if you only like a couple of Skynyrd's songs, you can safely pass on this I guess.

cd-heaven's got a point..........2006-09-21

Cd-Heaven stands corrected. If you really wanted to, you could do like we did in the old days and put down your own mix of songs on tape, I.E. put down this record on tape and add the missing two from best of the rest. And if you're really lucky and have an 8-track recorder (like me) then you can really play around with it, though you wouldn't have the room for many of the songs. Some activities (like doing mixtapes) never go out of style. Only problem is being able to find decent blanks anymore.

COMPLETE? YES, REALLY!.......2006-06-11

CORRECTION! "Skynyrd's First" is indeed the first album to present the complete, unadulterated Muscle Shoals album. There are no tracks missing or added. This is everything that was recorded in "Sweet Home Alabama" between 1971 and 1972. CD-Heaven's review (below) is just dead wrong in stating that the two tracks from the 1982 compilation "Best of the Rest" are from the Muscle Shoals sessions. These tracks have also been purported by various sources to be from a non-existent single, supposedly released in 1971. In fact, the two songs in question, "I've Been Your Fool" and "Gotta Go," were actually recorded for Al Kooper at Studio One in Atlanta in 1973 as demos for Skynyrd's first MCA / Sounds of the South album, "Pronounced Lehn-nerd Skin-nerd," a year after the Muscle Shoals album was already in the can. So maybe CD-Heaven should to get his own "awkward eyes" and facts checked next time before posting bogus, mis-leading information.

Great album even for your first time with Lynyrd!.......2006-05-12

This CD shocked me. It's a great album and proves how good the original band was. I am really glad I got this.

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