art direction Vartan tracks 1-9 to 1-12, 1-14, 1-15 bass Ed King tracks 1-1 to 1-3 bass Larry Junstrom tracks 2-1 to 3-15 bass Leon Wilkeson design Cimarron/Bacon/O'Brien tracks 1-1 to 1-3, 1-8 to 1-12, 1-14 to 2-9 drums Bob Burns tracks 2-10 to 3-15 drums, percussion Artimus Pyle engineer [reissue] Doug Schwartz guitar Allen Collins tracks 2-1 to 2-12 guitar Ed King guitar Gary Rossington tracks 3-1 to 3-15 guitar Steve Gaines illustration Steve Meyers tracks 2-1 to 3-15 keyboards Billy Powell liner notes Andy McKaie liner notes John Swenson liner notes Ron O'Brien photography by [back of front cover disc 2] David Gahr photography by [scrapbook] Mike Hashimoto tracks 1-8 to 1-15 piano Billy Powell reissue producer, compiled by Andy McKaie reissue producer, compiled by Ron O'Brien vocals Ronnie Van Zant 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 Recorded By Rolling Stones Mobile Overdubbed At Studio One, Doraville Overdubbed At Criteria Recording Studios Mixed At Kingsound Studios Engineered At MCA Recording Studios Manufactured By JVC 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.