LYNYRD SKYNYRD "Street Survivors" w/ FLAMES COVER

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LYNYRD SKYNYRD "Street Survivors"  w/ FLAMES COVER   (1977) (ORIGINAL COVER, IMPORT PRESSING)

Several members of the band died in a plane crash that occurred on October 20, 1977, three days after the release of Street Survivors.
The crash killed singer/songwriter Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist/vocalist Steve Gaines, vocalist Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary and co-pilot William Gray. Other band members were injured, some very seriously.   Drummer Artimus Pyle crawled out of the plane wreckage with several broken ribs, but was ambulatory, as were road crew members Kenneth Peden Jr. and Mark Frank. The three injured men hiked some distance from the crash site, through swampy woods, and finally flagged down farmer Johnny Mote, who had come to investigate. Varying accounts have Mote either firing a warning shot into the air or actually shooting Pyle in the shoulder — no report is completely reliable. Pyle claimed in a February 2007 appearance on Howard Stern's Sirius radio program that Mote had shot him; Mote has always denied shooting the drummer. Video of a barechested Pyle at the 1979 Volunteer Jam does not show evidence of a gunshot wound.
The Convair 240 itself had been inspected by members of Aerosmith's flight crew for possible use in the early summer of 1977, but was rejected because it was felt that neither the plane nor the crew were up to standards. In an interview in the book Walk This Way, Aerosmith's assistant chief of flight operations Zunk Buker tells of seeing pilots McCreary and Gray trading a bottle of Jack Daniels back and forth while Buker and his father were inspecting the plane. When Aerosmith's crew heard of Skynyrd's misfortune, they were shocked, but not necessarily surprised. Aerosmith's touring family was also relieved because the band, specifically Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, had been trying to pressure their management into renting that specific plane.
 Street Survivors became the band's second platinum album, and was the #5 top selling album on the U.S. album chart. The single "What's Your Name" reached #13 on the single airplay charts in January of 1978. Lynyrd Skynyrd disbanded after the airplane tragedy. On the original pressing of the cover of Street Survivors was a photograph of the band engulfed in flames. MCA Records, out of courtesy, withdrew the sleeve and replaced it with a cover of the band striking a similar pose against a plain black background.

TRACKS:

What's Your Name?

That Smell

One More Time

I Know a Little

You Got That Right

I Never Dreamed

Honky Tonk Night Time Man

Ain't No Good Life

THIS ALBUM HAS A COUPLE OF MINOR SCRATCHES.  COVER IS IN VERY GOOD SHAPE, JUST SOME MINOR WEAR


NUTHIN' FANCY  (1975)

TRACKS:

ON THE HUNT

CHEATING WOMAN

I'M A COUNTY BOY

SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL

WHISKEY ROCK-A-ROLLER

RAILROAD SONG

AM I LOSIN'

MADE IN THE SHADE

ALBUM HAS SOME MINOR SCRATCHES.   COVER IS WORN, BUT IN TACT


LYNYRD SKYNYRD GOLD & PLATINUM (1979)

TRACKS:

DOWN SOUTH JUKIN'

SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL

GIMME THREE STEPS

WHAT'S YOUR NAME

YOU GOT THAT RIGHT

GIMME BACK MY BULLETS

SWEET HOME ALABAMA

FREE BIRD

THAT SMELL

ON THE HUNT

I AIN'T THE ONE

WHISKEY ROCK-A-ROLLER

SIMPLE MAN

I KNOW A LITTLE

TUESDAY'S GONE

COMIN' HOME

ALBUMS HAVE SOME SMALL MINOR SCRATCHES.  COVER HAS LIGHT WEAR