MINT SHRINK 1977 UK WITHDRAWN "FLAMES" COVER LYNYRD SKYNYRD "SURVIVORS" Hard
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Feb 17, 2019
Sold Date
Feb 14, 2019
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$ 10
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ORIGINAL 1977 USA RELEASE
STILL IN ORIGINAL FACTORY CELLOPHANE!
PERFECT!
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LYNYRD SKYNYRD
"STREET SURVIVORS"
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USA - MCA - 3029
BEAUTIFUL MINT-CLEAN USA ORIGINAL (no bar code)
STILL IN ORIGINAL FACTORY CELLOPHANE
1977 issue just before this band were involved in "the airline crash" ... soon, after the plane crash their label immediately withdrew this "flames" cover design, speculating poor taste. ......................................................................................................
The fifth album from the legendary Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd, Street Survivors, was, sadly, the last album recorded by founding members Ronnie Van Zant and Allen Collins, as well as new guitarist Steve Gaines. On October 20, 1977, just three days after the album was released, a chartered plane carrying the three bandmates crashed in Louisiana, taking seven lives in all. The album cover featured a photograph — shot at Universal Studios — of the band engulfed in flames: an image that was hard to ignore as an unfortunate and macabre premonition of the tragedy that soon followed.
At the request of the band’s families, the fiery picture was moved to the back of the album, and a new photo from the same shoot — with the band placed against a black background — was used on the cover.
Street Survivors was going to be the album that would make Lynyrd Skynyrd even bigger stars. They had already dented the mainstream, reaching the Top 10 with "Sweet Home Alabama" in 1974, and picking up a sizable following of Southern rock fans since releasing their 1973 debut. But Street Survivors, released on Oct. 17, 1977, was supposed to catapult them into a whole other realm of rock-star popularity.
The year before, they added a guitarist, Steve Gaines, who also sang and wrote. They sharpened their pop hooks, becoming a more soulful group as a result. And they tinkered with the album to the point where they scrapped the original recordings and returned to a Georgia studio with producer Tom Dowd to tweak all of the songs.
But three days after this fifth album was released on Oct. 17, 1977, the band’s plane went down, killing singer Ronnie Van Zant, Gaines and Gaines’ backup-singer sister Cassie, as well as a crew member and the two pilots. And Lynyrd Skynyrd’s legacy was sealed.
Street Survivors eventually hit No. 5 -- their highest-charting album. Its lead single, "What's Your Name," reached No. 13, their second-highest charting song. Gaines co-wrote and shared vocals with Van Zant on another single, "You Got That Right," and contributed the Southern boogie "I Know a Little."
And the LP holds up as the band’s all-time best, a smart, soulful look at the rock-star lifestyle they were caught up in and growing tired of. "That Smell," one of the album’s most popular songs, is one of Van Zant’s shrewdest, an anti-drug warning written to keep the band, and its hard-partying members, alive. But the “smell of death,” as Van Zant sings, was surrounding them.
Famously, the album’s original cover – featuring the band’s seven members engulfed in flames – was quickly pulled after the accident and replaced by an alternate shot of the group standing in front of a stark black background. Street Survivors has since been reissued with the flame artwork restored. Outtakes have also showed up on various releases over the years, including a 2008 edition of the album featuring the original recordings the band made in Florida before replacing them five months later with the versions heard on the released album. No matter how you hear them, they rank among the band’s most focused and tightest group of songs.
1. "What's Your Name" Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant 3:30
2. "That Smell" Van Zant, Allen Collins 5:47
3. "One More Time" Rossington, Van Zant 5:03
4. "I Know a Little" Steve Gaines 3:26
5. "You Got That Right" Gaines, Van Zant 3:44
6. "I Never Dreamed" Gaines, Van Zant 5:21
7. "Honky Tonk Night Time Man" Merle Haggard 3:59
8. "Ain't No Good Life"
CONDITION: The cover: rated: delicate UK production is MINT in factory cellophane; flat & square with 4 sharp corners = and that's special as it is SO wear prone... there is NO visible wear like normally seen! There are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ...
The vinyl: Rated: M- TOP COPY, smooth and clear, will play GREAT! Both MCA labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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