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MCA Records
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.

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

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