Free Bird: The Essential Collection

~ Release by Lynyrd Skynyrd (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Sweet Home Alabama
miscellaneous support:
Ronnie Van Zant
engineer and producer:
Al Kooper
drums (drum set):
Bob Burns (Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Leon Wilkeson
electric guitar:
Allen Collins, Ed King (US guitarist, bassist & songwriter) and Gary Rossington
keyboard:
Billy Powell
background vocals:
Merry Clayton and Clydie King
lead vocals:
Ronnie Van Zant
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Geffen Records (in 1974), UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1974) and Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) (in 1974)
produced for:
Sounds of the South Productions
recorded at:
Studio One (Doraville, GA) in Doraville, Georgia, United States (in 1973-07)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 398)
recording of:
Sweet Home Alabama
miscellaneous support:
Ronnie Van Zant
writer:
Ed King (US guitarist, bassist & songwriter), Gary Rossington and Ronnie Van Zant
publisher:
Hustler Inc., Leeds Music Corp., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
4.254:46
2Gimme Three Steps
engineer:
Al Kooper, Bob "Tub" Langford, Rodney Mills and Danny Turbeville
producer:
Al Kooper
bass guitar and electric bass guitar:
Ed King (US guitarist, bassist & songwriter)
drums (drum set):
Bob Burns (Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer)
electric guitar:
Allen Collins and Gary Rossington
guitar [lead guitar]:
Gary Rossington
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Allen Collins
keyboard:
Billy Powell
percussion:
Bobbi Hall
lead vocals:
Ronnie Van Zant
vocals:
Ronnie Van Zant
recorded at:
Studio One (Doraville, GA) in Doraville, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Gimme Three Steps (in 1973)
composer:
Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant
4.454:30
3That Smell
5:49
4What's Your Name
producer:
Tom Dowd and Lynyrd Skynyrd
mixer:
Rodney Mills
drums (drum set):
Artimus Pyle (Lynyrd Skynyrd Member)
electric bass guitar:
Leon Wilkeson
electric guitar:
Allen Collins, Steve Gaines (Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist/vocalist) and Gary Rossington
keyboard:
Billy Powell
lead vocals:
Ronnie Van Zant
recording of:
What’s Your Name
writer:
Gary Rossington and Ronnie Van Zant
4.63:33
5Tuesday's Gone
7:34
6Workin' for MCA
engineer and producer:
Al Kooper
recording of:
Workin’ for MCA
writer:
Ed King (US guitarist, bassist & songwriter) and Ronnie Van Zant
44:48
7Gimme Back My Bullets
recording of:
Gimme Back My Bullets
writer:
Gary Rossington and Ronnie Van Zant
3:44
8Whiskey Rock-a-Roller
4:16
9Swamp Music
3:32
10Double Trouble
2:50
11I Know a Little
3:28
12I Never Dreamed
5:23
13Simple Man
engineer:
Al Kooper, Bob "Tub" Langford, Rodney Mills and Danny Turbeville
producer:
Al Kooper
bass guitar and electric bass guitar:
Ed King (US guitarist, bassist & songwriter)
drums (drum set):
Bob Burns (Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer)
electric guitar and guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Allen Collins and Gary Rossington
keyboard:
Billy Powell
organ:
Roosevelt Gook
lead vocals:
Ronnie Van Zant
vocals:
Ronnie Van Zant
recorded at:
Studio One (Doraville, GA) in Doraville, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Simple Man (in 1973)
writer:
Gary Rossington and Ronnie Van Zant
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music and Songs of Universal, Inc.
4.655:57
14Saturday Night Special
5:10
15Comin' Home
5:29
16Free Bird
recording of:
Free Bird
lyricist and composer:
Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music, Songs of Universal, Inc. and Universal Duchess Music Corp.
9:11