Sounds of the South: MCA Years 1973-1988

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

Tracklist

▶CD 1: (Pronounced 'Leh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)
▼CD 2: Second Helping
#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) and UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1974)
produced for:
Sounds of the South Productions
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. and Leeds Music Corp.
4.354:44
2I Need You
engineer and producer:
Al Kooper
recording of:
I Need You
writer:
Ed King (US guitarist, bassist & songwriter), Gary Rossington and Ronnie Van Zant
46:56
3Don't Ask Me No Questions
engineer and producer:
Al Kooper
horn arranger:
Al Kooper
recording of:
Don't Ask Me No Questions
writer:
Gary Rossington and Ronnie Van Zant
43:27
4Workin' for MCA
engineer and producer:
Al Kooper
recording of:
Workin’ for MCA
writer:
Ed King (US guitarist, bassist & songwriter) and Ronnie Van Zant
4.254:49
5The Ballad of Curtis Loew
engineer and producer:
Al Kooper
acoustic guitar and piano and background vocals:
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
lead vocals:
Ronnie Van Zant
recording of:
The Ballad of Curtis Loew
writer:
Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant
publisher:
Songs of Universal
4.54:52
6Swamp Music
engineer and producer:
Al Kooper
drums (drum set):
Bob Burns (Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer)
electric bass guitar and background vocals:
Leon Wilkeson
electric guitar:
Allen Collins, Ed King (US guitarist, bassist & songwriter) and Gary Rossington
keyboard:
Billy Powell
lead vocals:
Ronnie Van Zant
recording of:
Swamp Music
writer:
Ed King (US guitarist, bassist & songwriter) and Ronnie Van Zant
43:31
7The Needle and the Spoon
engineer and producer:
Al Kooper
recording of:
The Needle and the Spoon
writer:
Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant
3.753:54
8Call Me the Breeze
engineer and producer:
Al Kooper
drums (drum set):
Bob Burns (Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer)
electric bass guitar and background vocals:
Leon Wilkeson
electric guitar:
Allen Collins, Ed King (US guitarist, bassist & songwriter) and Gary Rossington
handclaps:
Cockroach (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Gooshie (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Kooder (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Moochie (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Mr. Feedback (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Punnel (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Toby (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Wicker and Wolfman (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
horn:
Bobby Keys (American saxophonist), Trevor Lawrence (70s-90s saxophonist & producer, father of Trevor Lawrence Jr.) and Steve Madaio
piano:
Billy Powell
lead vocals:
Ronnie Van Zant
horn arranger:
Al Kooper
cover recording of:
Call Me the Breeze
lyricist and composer:
J.J. Cale
45:10
9Don't Ask Me No Questions (single version)
recording of:
Don't Ask Me No Questions
writer:
Gary Rossington and Ronnie Van Zant
43:31
10Was I Right or Wrong (demo)
recording of:
Was I Right or Wrong
writer:
Gary Rossington and Ronnie Van Zant
55:33
11Take Your Time
recording of:
Take Your Time
writer:
Ed King (US guitarist, bassist & songwriter) and Ronnie Van Zant
47:29
▶CD 3: Nuthin' Fancy
▶CD 4: Gimme Back My Bullets
▶CD 5: One More From the Road (Deluxe Edition) Disc 1
▶CD 6: One More From the Road (Deluxe Edition) Disc 2
▶CD 7: Street Survivors
▶CD 8: Southern by the Grace of God: Tribute Tour 1987