Southern By the Grace of God: Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour, Vol. 1 [LIVE]

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: March 21, 1988
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B000002O8D
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #121,161 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Japanese only SHM pressing paper sleeve pressing. The SHM-CD [Super High Material CD] format features enhanced audio quality through the use of a special polycarbonate plastic. Using a process developed by JVC and Universal Music Japan discovered through the joint companies' research into LCD display manufacturing SHM-CDs feature improved transparency on the data side of the disc allowing for more accurate reading of CD data by the CD player laser head. SHM-CD format CDs are fully compatible with standard CD players. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lynyrd Skynyrd Turns It Up One More Time, November 8, 1999

By A Customer

The CD which was recorded on the 1987 Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute tour commerorates the tenth anniversary of the plane crash that took the lives of Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, and Dean Killpatrick. Sure the CD doesn't contain all of the songs that the video: THE LYNYRD SKYNYRD TRIBUTE TOUR contains, but the songs it contains make up for what is loss. Included is an introduction by Lacy Van Zant, a "Sweet Home Alabama" featuring Donnie Van Zant and Charlie Daniels, and a breath taking instrumental version of "Freebird" which will stop your heart if you listen to it closely enough. Billy Powell and Artimus Pyle, two older members put their heart and soul in to bringing back memories as do the new ones...also Allen Collins cheers from the sides. Overall this CD may not be as significant or as loaded as "One More From The Road" or "Lyve From Steel Town," but it's still great.

3.0 out of 5 stars Anticlimactic, June 7, 2000

By	jekyllnhyde "jekyllnhyde" (NJ) - See all my reviews

Sure, this has some good performances. But why bother when you can hear the REAL Lynyrd Skynyrd live on ONE MORE FROM THE ROAD? Some fans may want this purely as a tribute to the original band. But to me, without their lead singer & 2 of their guitarists, this is like buying a Rolling Stones CD without Jagger & Richards. It can't compare with the real thing.

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2.0 out of 5 stars TRAVESTY... LET IT STAY HIDDEN, April 17, 2007

By	wally gator "the only" (USA) - See all my reviews

Lynyrd Skynyrd is absolutely one of my favorite bands. They, to me, epitomize what Southern Rock/Bar Rock oughtta sound like. However, I am somewhat of a purist and refuse to listen to anything post Ronnie Van years (itssssaaaa SIN!)
My moms bought this album back in the day, back before I knew anything about Lynyrd Skynyrd. This was my first glimpse of the band, and luckily not my last, because if this was all I knew of Lynyrd Skynyrd.. I probably never would have touched them again. This disc is lousy.
The faults on this bit go on for miles. Ronnie Van must've been proud that he was being a tributed, but was prolly rollin' over to discover it was all a plea to make some of these survivors a little more bread.
They should have come up with a different name... like a tribute name... Kin-of-Skynyrd (I just came up with that in two seconds.. it wasn't hard) they vowed never to use the name Lynyrd Skynyrd again in the seventies, and looky here! 20 years later and the travesty continues... less than a quarter of the original line-up left... constant quarrels between members, on who has the rights to what... real great tribute. Ronnie must be proud.
Thats really not the main problem though. New Skynyrd sounds like a country band.. Real Skynyrd was not a country band... they were a ROCK band... and who has time to listen to the audience sing the entire Free Bird? Certainly not I. Go get ONE FROM THE ROAD live circa '74.. the only live skynyrd you need (good stuff), and leave this one for the other birds....