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One More from the Road | 
 enlarge | Artist: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Label: Mca
Category: Music
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Rating:  49 reviews
Sales Rank: 5212
Format: Deluxe Edition, Live, Extra Tracks
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 5 x 0.6
MPN: 112657
UPC: 008811265724
EAN: 0008811265724
ASIN: B00005NWLO
Release Date: September 11, 2001
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | 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 |
Disc 2
| • | Sweet Home Alabama | | • | Crossroads | | • | Free Bird | | • | Introudction/Workin' For MCA (alternate) | | • | I Ain't The One (alternate) | | • | Searching (alternate) | | • | Gimme Three Steps (alternate) | | • | Call Me The Breeze (alternate) | | • | Sweet Home Alabama (alternate) | | • | Crossroads (alternate) | | • | Free Bird (alternate) |
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Dismissed by some as the redneck Led Zeppelin, yet beloved by a faithful and grassroots following for just that reason, Lynyrd Skynyrd sailed above it all--even the dark tragedy that befell them less than a year after this landmark live set was recorded in Atlanta. A triple-platinum perennial in its classic-rock heyday, this 25th anniversary edition has been digitally restored and authentically remixed on vintage '70s equipment to great effect. The band's performances have also been resequenced to their original running order to accurately recreate the Skynyrd '70s live experience. Even Allen Collins's later-overdubbed intro to their ubiquitous epic "Free Bird" has been restored with the original. Cameron Crowe's original notes are also here, long before Almost Famous, and he insightfully puts the album in its proper historical perspective. But the real premium here is the almost full disc of bonus cuts, including previously unreleased versions of "Simple Man," "Gimme Back My Bullets," "Workin' for MCA," "I Ain't the One," "Searching," and other alternate versions recorded during the Atlanta stand ("Gimme Three Steps," "Call Me the Breeze," "Sweet Home Alabama," "Crossroads," "Free Bird"), but until now scattered elsewhere in the Skynyrd catalog. --Jerry McCulley
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A Truly Classic Live Album November 14, 2008
When Lynyrd Skynyrd first appeared on the scene, I was working oil in Louisiana and Mississippi. At the time, I was almost strictly into jazz though most of my co-workers were almost strictly into rock and roll. Naturally, I heard Lynyrd Skynyrd, both on the radio and at social functions but I always thought they were no more than just OK until I chanced to hear One More From The Road at a party shortly after its release.
THAT is when I became a Lynyrd Skynyrd convert. On this album, every song came alive in a way I never heard on their studio records. I especially was entranced by their renditions of T For Texas and Call Me the Breeze and by the quality of the band's three-guitar assault on the senses.
Now more than thirty years later, I encountered this remastered special edition while trolling for new music and decided to see if I still liked it as much now as back then. Man, do I ever. Every song, including the overplayed Free Bird and Sweet Home Alabama is a winner. There is so much quality high-energy rock and roll on this album that it boggles the mind. There is no need to rehash what most other reviewers have said. This is truly a classic among live rock albums. There is zero filler.
Besides all the great music, this remastered set includes an informative booklet complete with song info, original liner notes, pictures, and an interesting overview of the band's trajectory to super-stardom. I'm not going to get into silly speculation about which Southern band best represents the soul of the region. There are many that vie for the title. But when it comes to a live show, One More From The Road proves that on the best of days, few of them have more grit and fire than did Lynyrd Skynyrd.
 Great classic "live" album admits to overdubs to fix mistakes October 29, 2008
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!
Awesome! October 2, 2008
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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!
One of the most fabulous live recordings in rock July 22, 2008
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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!!
4 1/2 stars. Excellent April 28, 2008
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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.
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