Sounds of the South: MCA Years 1973-1988

Compilation by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Released 4 April 2007

Tracklist

  • CD 1: (Pronounced 'Leh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)
  • 1
    I Ain’t the One
    3:53
    4.0 ★
  • 2
    Tuesday’s Gone
    7:32
    4.6 ★
  • 3
    Gimme Three Steps
    4:30
    4.5 ★
  • 4
    Simple Man
    5:57
    4.6 ★
  • 5
    Things Goin’ On
    4:59
    4.0 ★
  • 6
    Mississippi Kid
    3:56
    3.4 ★
  • 7
    Poison Whiskey
    3:13
    3.6 ★
  • 8
    Free Bird
    9:18
    4.8 ★
  • 9
    Mr. Banker (demo)
    5:22
    3.5 ★
  • 10
    Down South Jukin’ (demo)
    2:57
    4.5 ★
  • 11
    Tuesday’s Gone (demo)
    7:55
    5.0 ★
  • 12
    Gimme Three Steps (demo)
    5:19
    4.0 ★
  • 13
    Free Bird (demo)
    11:09
    5.0 ★
  • CD 2: Second Helping
  • 1
    Sweet Home Alabama
    4:43
    4.2 ★
  • 2
    I Need You
    6:55
    3.5 ★
  • 3
    Don't Ask Me No Questions
    3:26
    4.5 ★
  • 4
    Workin' for MCA
    4:49
    4.0 ★
  • 5
    The Ballad of Curtis Loew
    4:51
    4.6 ★
  • 6
    Swamp Music
    3:31
    4.0 ★
  • 7
    The Needle and the Spoon
    3:53
    3.8 ★
  • 8
    Call Me the Breeze
    5:09
    3.9 ★
  • 9
    Don't Ask Me No Questions (single version)
    3:31
    4.0 ★
  • 10
    Was I Right or Wrong (demo)
    5:33
    5.0 ★
  • 11
    Take Your Time
    7:29
    4.0 ★
  • CD 3: Nuthin' Fancy
  • 1
    Saturday Night Special
    5:09
    4.2 ★
  • 2
    Cheatin' Woman
    4:39
    5.0 ★
  • 3
    Railroad Song
    4:15
    4.0 ★
  • 4
    I'm a Country Boy
    4:26
    4.0 ★
  • 5
    On the Hunt
    5:28
    4.4 ★
  • 6
    Am I Losin'
    4:35
    5.0 ★
  • 7
    Made in the Shade
    4:40
    4.5 ★
  • 8
    Whiskey Rock-a-Roller
    4:20
    3.5 ★
  • 9
    Railroad Song (live)
    5:27
    4.0 ★
  • 10
    On the Hunt (live)
    6:09
    4.0 ★
  • CD 4: Gimme Back My Bullets
  • 1
    Gimme Back My Bullets
    3:29
    4.0 ★
  • 2
    Every Mother's Son
    4:58
    5.0 ★
  • 3
    Trust
    4:26
    4.0 ★
  • 4
    Got the Same Old Blues
    4:09
    4.6 ★
  • 5
    Double Trouble
    2:50
    5.0 ★
  • 6
    Roll Gypsy Roll
    2:51
    5.0 ★
  • 7
    Searching
    3:19
    4.0 ★
  • 8
    Cry for the Bad Man
    4:50
    5.0 ★
  • 9
    All I Can Do Is Write About It
    4:19
    5.0 ★
  • 10
    Gimme Back My Bullets (live)
    4:18
    5.0 ★
  • 11
    Cry for the Bad Man (live)
    5:35
    5.0 ★
  • CD 5: One More From the Road (Deluxe Edition) Disc 1
  • 1
    Introduction / Workin' for MCA
    5:28
  • 2
    I Ain't the One
    3:47
  • 3
    Saturday Night Special
    5:39
    4.0 ★
  • 4
    Searching
    4:00
    5.0 ★
  • 5
    Travellin' Man
    4:37
  • 6
    Simple Man
    6:56
    5.0 ★
  • 7
    Whiskey Rock-A-Roller
    4:48
  • 8
    The Needle and the Spoon
    4:35
  • 9
    Gimme Back My Bullets
    4:01
  • 10
    Tuesday's Gone
    8:25
  • 11
    Gimme Three Steps
    5:11
  • 12
    Call Me the Breeze
    5:50
  • 13
    T for Texas
    9:11
  • CD 6: One More From the Road (Deluxe Edition) Disc 2
  • 1
    Sweet Home Alabama
    7:29
  • 2
    Crossroads
    4:16
    5.0 ★
  • 3
    Free Bird
    11:38
  • 4
    Introduction / Workin' for MCA (alternate take)
    5:38
  • 5
    I Ain't the One (alternate take)
    3:52
  • 6
    Searching (alternate take)
    4:13
  • 7
    Gimme Three Steps (alternate take)
    4:42
  • 8
    Call Me the Breeze (alternate take)
    5:43
  • 9
    Sweet Home Alabama (alternate take)
    7:27
  • 10
    Crossroads (alternate take)
    4:46
  • 11
    Free Bird (alternate take)
    14:56
  • CD 7: Street Survivors
  • 1
    What's Your Name
    3:33
    4.6 ★
  • 2
    That Smell
    5:48
    3.9 ★
  • 3
    One More Time
    5:03
    4.4 ★
  • 4
    I Know a Little
    3:27
    5.0 ★
  • 5
    You Got That Right
    3:47
    5.0 ★
  • 6
    I Never Dreamed
    5:22
    4.5 ★
  • 7
    Honky Tonk Night Time Man
    4:04
    4.5 ★
  • 8
    Ain't No Good Life
    4:43
    4.6 ★
  • 9
    Georgia Peaches
    3:15
    4.5 ★
  • 10
    Sweet Little Missy
    5:10
    4.0 ★
  • 11
    You Got That Right (alternate version)
    3:26
    5.0 ★
  • 12
    I Never Dreamed (alternate version)
    4:55
    4.0 ★
  • 13
    Jacksonville Kid
    4:03
    4.0 ★
  • CD 8: Southern by the Grace of God: Tribute Tour 1987
  • 1
    Introduction by Lacy Van Zant / Workin' for MCA
    6:04
    4.0 ★
  • 2
    That Smell
    6:33
    4.5 ★
  • 3
    I Know a Little
    4:58
    5.0 ★
  • 4
    Comin' Home
    6:36
    5.0 ★
  • 5
    You Got That Right
    4:33
    5.0 ★
  • 6
    What's Your Name?
    3:59
    5.0 ★
  • 7
    Gimme Back My Bullets
    4:57
    5.0 ★
  • 8
    Swamp Music
    3:51
    5.0 ★
  • 9
    Call Me the Breeze
    7:29
    5.0 ★
  • 10
    Dixie / Sweet Home Alabama
    8:29
    5.0 ★
  • 11
    Free Bird
    14:47
    5.0 ★

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Release credits

  • acoustic guitar [5], background vocals [2.5, 3.6-7], engineer [1.1-13, 3.1-8, 2.1-8], horn [3, 8], organ [8], piano [5], producer [2.1-8, 1.1-13, 3.1-8], remixer [1-8], synthesizer [1]
  • electric guitar [2.1, 2.5-6, 2.8, 4.1, 3.1, 7.1-2, 7.5], guitar [3.5-7, 6.1-2, 6.4-11, 1.1-13, 7.3-4, 7.6-8, 7.13, 2.2, 2.4, 2.7, 4.4, 4.6, 5.1-13], vocal [1]
  • drums (drum set) [3.1, 3.5-7, 5.1-13, 4.1, 4.4, 4.6, 6.1-2, 6.4-11, 7.1-2, 7.4-9, 7.13], misc [1], percussion [5.4, 5.6, 3.5-7, 4.4, 4.6, 6.2, 7.4, 7.6-9]
  • mandolin [9], resonator guitar [4.9, 7.13]
  • keyboard [7.1-2, 7.4-9, 7.13, 2.1, 2.4-7, 4.1, 4.4, 4.6, 5.1-13, 3.1, 3.5-7, 1.1-13, 6.1-2, 6.4-11], piano [8]
  • drums (drum set) [1.1-13, 2.1, 2.4-8]
  • engineer [1-8]
  • horn [3, 8]
  • additional [3, 5], percussion [3, 5]
  • background vocals [1]
  • handclaps [8]
  • engineer [1-8]
  • piano [7]
  • background vocals [7], bass [2], bass guitar [1, 3-5, 7-8], electric guitar [3.1, 2.1, 2.5-6, 2.8], guitar [1.6, 2.2, 2.4, 2.7, 3.5-7], slide guitar [5]
  • background vocals [7], electric guitar [2.1, 2.5-6, 2.8, 7.1-2, 7.5, 3.1, 4.1], guitar [3.5-7, 2.2-4, 2.7, 4.4, 4.6, 5.1-13, 6.1-2, 6.4-11, 7.3-4, 7.6-9, 7.13, 1.1-13], vocal [3]
  • handclaps [8]
  • bass guitar [3]
  • producer [7.3, 8.1-4, 8.9-11]
  • mix [11, 13]
  • handclaps [8]
  • harp [4]
  • background vocals [2.2-4, 2.6, 2.8, 3.1], bass guitar [3.5-7, 4.4, 4.6, 6.1-2, 6.4-11, 1.9-13, 2.4, 2.7, 5.1-13, 7.4, 7.6-9, 7.13], electric bass guitar [4.1, 3.1, 2.1, 2.5-6, 2.8, 7.1-2, 7.5], performer [10]
  • producer [1-2, 5, 13]
  • background vocals [1]
  • drums (drum set) [2]
  • handclaps [8]
  • handclaps [8]
  • handclaps [8]
  • background vocals [3], drums (drum set) [3]
  • additional [2], drums (drum set) [2]
  • engineer [1-8], mix [1-8]
  • background vocals [2.3, 3.7], handclaps [8], lead vocals [4.1, 1.1-13, 2.1, 2.5-6, 2.8, 3.1, 6.1-2, 6.4-11, 5.1-13, 7.1-2, 7.5], misc [2.1, 3.1], vocal [5.4, 5.6, 7.3-4, 7.6-9, 7.13, 4.4, 4.6, 3.5-7, 6.2, 2.4, 2.7]
  • additional [2, 4, 6-8], background vocals [2], bass drum [6], bass guitar [2], mandolin [6], mellotron [2], organ [4, 7-8]
  • harmonica [10]
  • electric guitar [1-2, 5], guitar [6.1-2, 6.4-11, 5.1-13, 7.4, 7.6-9, 7.13], lead vocals [5], vocal [1, 8]
  • additional [6], harmonica [6]
  • horn [3, 8]
  • background vocals [2]
  • background vocals [5, 8]
  • background vocals [3], producer [3]
  • handclaps [8]
  • producer [5.4, 5.6, 6.2, 7.1-2, 7.4-12, 4.1-9]
  • horn [3, 8]
  • handclaps [8]

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