tracks

Introduction / Workin' For MCA
I Ain't The One
Saturday Night Special
Searching
Travellin' Man
Simple Man
Whiskey Rock-A-Roller
The Needle And The Spoon
Gimme Back My Bullets
Tuesday's Gone
Gimme Three Steps
Call Me The Breeze
T For Texas
Sweet Home Alabama
Crossroads
Free Bird
Introduction / Workin' For MCA (Alternate Take)
I Ain't The One (Alternate Take)
Searching (Alternate Take)
Gimme Three Steps (Alternate Take)
Call Me The Breeze (Alternate Take)
Sweet Home Alabama (Alternate Take)
Crossroads (Alternate Take)
Free Bird (Alternate Take)

notes

Recorded live at the fabulous Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia.
Tracks 1-1, 1-6, 1-7, 2-5 to 2-8 recorded July 7, 1976.
Tracks 1-2, 1-3, 1-5, 1-8, 1-9, 1-12, 1-13, 2-3, 2-4, 2-9, 2-10 recorded July 8, 1976.
Tracks 1-4, 1-10, 1-11, 2-1, 2-2, 2-11 recorded July 9, 1976.

Original double LP released as MCA-2-6001, September 13, 1976.

Tracks 1-6, 1-9, 2-4 to 2-11 are deluxe edition bonus tracks.
Track 1-6 originally released on Legend (1987).
Track 1-9 originally released on Anaheim Stadium promo single (1977).
Tracks 2-4 to 2-6 are previously unreleased.
Tracks 2-7, 2-8, 2-10, 2-11 originally released on Skynyrd Collectybles (2000).
Track 2-9 originally CD reissue bonus track (1996).

Deluxe edition mixed at Mad Hatter Studios, Los Angeles, CA, May 2001.
Audio restoration, assembly and digital mastering at Audio Mechanics, Los Angeles, CA.
Pro Tools digital audio repairs at Mad Dog Studios, Burbank, CA.
Tape baking and digital transfers at Penguin Recording, Eagle Rock, CA.
Very special thanks to Larkin Collins Sr. for providing the original 2", 16-track master tapes.

Includes 28 page booklet.

℗ 2002 MCA Records Inc., © 2002 MCA Records Inc., a Division of UMG Recordings Inc. Made in the EU. ℗ © 2001 MCA Records

credits

Art Direction [Deluxe Edition] – Vartan (4)
Art Direction [Original Album] – George Osaki
Artwork [Original Album Cover Illustration] – Sandy Okuma
Backing Vocals [Singers] – Cassie Gaines, Jo Billingsley, Leslie Hawkins
Bass – Leon Wilkeson
Coordinator [Deluxe Edition Production Coordination] – Margaret Goldfarb
Design [Deluxe Edition] – Mike Diehl,
Drums – Artimus Pyle (2)
Engineer [Audio Restoration], Edited By [Assembly], Mastered By [Digital Mastering] – Doug Schwartz
Engineer [Pro Tools Digital Audio Repairs] – Scott Oyster
Engineer [Tape Baking And Digital Transfers] – John Strother, Rose Landauer
Executive-Producer [Deluxe Edition] – Andy McKaie
Guitar – Allen Collins, Gary Rossington, Steve Gaines
Harmonica – Sam McPherson (tracks: 1-10)
Keyboards – Billy Powell
Liner Notes [Original Album] – Cameron Crowe
Mixed By [Deluxe Edition Assistant Mix Engineer] – Mike Weaver
Mixed By [Deluxe Edition] – Kevin Elson
Other [Chief Electrician] – Jim Spradlin
Other [House Manager] – Ted Stevens
Photography By [Original Album And Deluxe Edition] – Neal Preston
Photography By [Original Album Jacket Photo Collage] – Fred Valentine, John Kehe
Producer [Original Album] – Tom Dowd
Reissue Producer [Deluxe Edition], Other [Deluxe Edition Essay And Photo Research] – Ron O'Brien
Vocals – Ronnie Van Zant
Voice [Introduction] – Alex Cooley (tracks: 1-1, 2-4)

companies

Recorded At – The Fox Theatre, Atlanta
Mixed At – Mad Hatter Studios
Pressed By – Sony DADC

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