Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More from the Road
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Free Music Review: Great classic "live" album admits to overdubs to fix mistakes
Hit: 4 Stars
I want SO much to love this album. It was one of the all-time great live releases from the seventies. Arguably still is...but, in reading the new liner notes, the legendary producer Tom Dowd blatantly states, "...we decided to clean it up [ the Fox multi-track tapes ] in a few places. Ronnie touched up some of his vocals and we redid the girls on one or two songs. Allen also wanted to make another pass on his 'Free Bird' solo..." This may seem like very small potatoes to a lot of people, but a true live recording contains NO overdubs ( added tracks or repaired ones ). I don't kid myself that it doesn't routinely happen ( admittedly it would be too tempting, given a twenty-four track recording, not to fix a bum guitar or vocal note here and there )...but how can Ronnie have said, after the Fox shows, "We decided immediately to do an honest live album...no overdubbing..." having just come from doing overdubs in Miami a month after the Atlanta concerts? Interestingly, Kansas recently rereleased its classic live album, Two For the Show, with two band members clearly stating that no overdubs of any kind were done...what is heard is exactly what went down at the concerts, "Warts and All". These Skynyrd tracks remain white hot in enthusiasm and intensity...an occasional wart or zit would merely add to the authenticity of the album for me. And yes, I've flogged this horse long enough! Just be aware, live album purists, that this one technically never was. The irony, after all these years, lies in one of the highlights of this new release being Allen Collins' original lead guitar solo from "Free Bird" ( I've only very recently learned that he overdubbed it on the seventies release ). I'll close this review with another quote from the new liner notes: "...when you hear [ Al's ] original solo, you may wonder why he wanted to do those 29 retakes". A resounding "Amen" to that!Free Music Review: Awesome!
Hit: 5 Stars
I saw Skynyrd in 1974 when Sweet Home Alabama was released and didn't know much about them then. I saw the 2x more and they just got better every time. This new release of One more From the Road is probably the best live album ever! I know that's saying a lot but just close your eyes and you are front row center at the Fox Theater. This should be in everyones CD collection!Free Music Review: One of the most fabulous live recordings in rock
Hit: 5 Stars
I owned this record in Vinyl already for more than 25 yrs. I rate it among the top 5 live recordings in rock, it's really phenomenal! I decided to buy it in CD, where the sound quality is better and I could get as well several alternate takes as a bonus. It's a must!!Free Music Review: 4 1/2 stars. Excellent
Hit: 5 Stars
This two-disc, two-and-a-half hour deluxe edition of Skynyrd's fifth album is perhaps the most enjoyable item in their catalogue. Okay, so it's not highly intellectual music, but there are plenty of big riffs, big hooks, great melodies and smoking solos here.
The songs from the original line-up's last album, which came out the year after this one, are obviously missing, but almost all the best material from their first four LPs is here.
The many, many highlights include wonderful, crisp renditions of songs like "Gimme Three Steps", "I Ain't The One", and "Sweet Home Alabama", and a tough, gritty "Gimme Back My Bullets" which completely outdoes the studio version, as does a terrific, 8-minute "Tuesday's Gone" and a wonderful "Simple Kind Of Man". And this rollicking southern rock-version of "T For Texas (Blue Yodel #1)" is quite irresistable as well.
You'd be forgiven for thinking that Cream did a better Cream on "Crossroads", and I think a ten-minute "Free Bird" might have been better than these two 14-minute "Free Birds", but those are certainly minor complaints. This is a terrific album. The band is tight but powerful, and the sound is top-notch. No Lynyrd Skynyrd fan, casual or diehard, should miss this one.
Great, great stuff, and one of the finest live American rock records of the decade. And a good choice if you're only ever going to invest in one album by Leonard.
Free Music Review: SKYNYRD RULES
Hit: 5 Stars
ONE OF THE GREATEST ROCK BANDS IN HISTORY. THIS WAS RECORDED AT THE FOX THEATRE IN ATLANTA IN 1976. IT CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD IN ALL THEIR SOUTHERN ROCK GLORY AT THE HEIGHT OF THEIR CAREER. IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO A SKYNYRD SHOW BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. THEY TRULY ROCKED THE HOUSE DOWN EVERY TIME THEY GOT ON STAGE. AND THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO THEIR TALENT.