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THEY GOT THAT RIGHT. THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT LIVE GREATEST HITS THAT ANY 70s ROCK FAN NEEDS FOR HIS/HER COLLECTION. PERFECT PRODUCTION QUALITY AND SOUND.
live 3 guitar driven southern rock.living in the south this comes(along with nugent double live gonzo) with your your birth certificate,so you have to listen to it during your life.
Hay, III I remember when they closed with "Free Bird" we all just wanted it to never end.Samuel M. From the second row, center, I was at the Fox Theatre when One more from the Road was recorded. It was a magical night.
If you add up several factors(1-crappy Peavey amps 2-Exhaustion from too many years of ridiculous touring schedules 3-playing the songs "like the record" with no room for spontaneity or creativity 4-Artimus Pyle is a weak timekeeper on the drums)and throw in horrible production from Tom Dowd(the most overrated and bad producer of that era; he also ruined Cream),this is the weakest of the Skynyrd albums. If you must have it, search around for a cheap copy in your favorite used disc store. Ok, Skynyrd fans; get out your knives. The best live recordings are to be found on the Collectibles disc from a '73 radio show. Me, I'm gonna go put on Nuthin' Fancy (their best) and TURN IT UP. The dirty secret about this band is that they really weren't that great of a live act. Yes, you heard me right.
There is so much quality high-energy rock and roll on this album that it boggles the mind. When Lynyrd Skynyrd first appeared on the scene, I was working oil in Louisiana and Mississippi. 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.
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. I'm not going to get into silly speculation about which Southern band best represents the soul of the region. 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 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. This is truly a classic among live rock albums. At the time, I was almost strictly into jazz though most of my co-workers were almost strictly into rock and roll. There is no need to rehash what most other reviewers have said.
Every song, including the overplayed Free Bird and Sweet Home Alabama is a winner. On this album, every song came alive in a way I never heard on their studio records. Man, do I ever.
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