Lynyrd Skynyrd Band-Gold and Platinum (1979)


Artist: Lynyrd Skynyrd Band

Title: Gold and Platinum

Label: MCA Records

Format: 2XLP

Cat #:MCA2-11008

Year of Release: 1979

Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1979 Embossed Gatefold

Listed Condition: VG/VG+

Sell Date:5/11/21

Sell Price: $7.99

Discogs Last Sold: 2/24/21 $12.00

Low: $8.40

Median: $12.00

Average: $12.99

High: $22.50

Current low price: $4.75 F/G+, $4.99 VG/VG

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 34

Have/Want: 5197/150

Where Sold: Marrero, LA

Time it took to sell: 5 years

Where and When Bought: Worcester Al Bums used early 80s around $6.99

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A

Sad To See It Go: No

As far as compilations go, this one plays well as a fine tribute put together by the surviving members.  Better aesthetically than a rehash of hits, since the live versions from One For The Road are included even with hits like "Free Bird" as well as "Gimmie Three Steps".  My 10 or 11 year old self was a little disappointed not to have the studio version of "Free Bird" on my first Skynyrd album, but life went on.  I got Pronounced for a couple bucks within a couple years anyway.  You want a monumental live version of "Free Bird," check out the Volunteer Jam after the crash version with the surviving members.

The interesting thing with listing to this overview start to finish was hearing the difference between an Al Kooper production and a Tom Dowd one.  Kooper went from "This Diamond Ring" to "Like A Rolling Stone" to his own solo career before discovering, managing, producing and releasing Skynyrd on his MCA distributed Songs of the South label.  You can hear some of the depth of rock 'n' roll history in those records.  Skynyrd was a bit of an anomaly for this reason.  Al helped make it so the Florida redneck couldn't be pinned down.  Think Merry Clayton & Clydie King would be involved?  Well, Skynyrd may have aspired to be Southern Stones, but legend has it the lyrics gave the ladies pause to even be involved in an unabashed defense of George Wallace and Alabama.  

Times change.  With "Saturday Night Special": that gun ain't good for nothing but murder and more importantly, could mess up whiskey drinking in a big way.  By the time I saw them for free at Coney Island in 2009, this nuance was obliterated.  It was the God & Guns tour and the title track had lyrics along the lines of "God and Guns keep us strong/that's what this country/Lord/was founded on/we might as well give up and run/if we let 'em take out God and Guns!" In the background was canned military footage more appropriate for a Pat Robinson missionary recruitment than a Rock Concert.   Although Billy Powell and Leon Wilkeson played on the record they both passed in 2009, only Gary Rossington remained of the original members to tour it.

I'd rather keep Skynyrd content in the 70's for listening purposes.



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