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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1	What's Your Name
2	That Smell
3	One More Time
4	I Know a Little

Disc: 2

1	You Got That Right
2	I Never Dreamed
3	Honky Tonk Night Time Man
4	Ain't No Good Life

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Street Survivors appeared in stores in October 1977, just days before Lynyrd Skynyrd's touring plane crashed, tragically killing many members of the band. If the band had lived "Street Survivors" would have been seen as an unqualified triumph, a record that firmly re-established Skynyrd's status as the great Southern rock band. The album achieved gold certification just 10 days after its release. It would later go double platinum. This album is being reissued in 180 gram vinyl.

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.4 x 12.36 x 0.39 inches; 13.97 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Geffen
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 600753550199
Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2015
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ June 5, 2015
Label ‏ : ‎ Geffen
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00XLWENRK
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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James Zinn

Great 180g vinyl release for 2015; one of the best-ever southern rock LPs of all time

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 4, 2015

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Great quiet 180g vinyl re-issue from Universal in 2015. I bought it brand-new from my local record store in a trade-in thing.

This is one of the greatest southern rock LPs ever with not one bad song. It's got well-written tight songs with lots of tight interplay & solos which are just well-crafted. Varying tempos rock to more mellow. But a great ride. Steve Gaines gave them a well-needed boost at the time.

I have an original "flames cover" LP from 1977 before it got re-released after the airplane crash but my old vinyl LP was way scratchy & beat up (not major, and good cover/inserts) but not good enough to enjoy a listen with my vintage Denon turntable & moving-coil cartridge. So I intended to replace it eventually and here is the 2015 UK 180g re-issue and I can say the vinyl is flat/not warped at all (a seeming problem with many 180g vinyl LPs) and other than what I would call some "manufacturing debris" (like vinyl dust or something weird) in which I had to clean the LP on both sides with my Discwasher twice but it still sounded really good once I got it going. A bit of surface noise in spots but not enough to return it, for sure.

Overall, the LP is a pretty good identical reissue of the original "flames cover" but still sounds better than the original LP, to me. I had friends who bought this when it first came out and we listened to it on great 1970s all-analog stereo and this sounds as good or better than that on a good stereo. My original LP came with a standard paper MCA sleeve with a red 2-sided insert which now is what they used to make the sleeve from, the LP is in a sleeve which reproduced that insert. So I put my LP into a MFSL anti-static sleeve to preserve the insert & better protect this LP. Truth is, the original MCA LP pressings from the 1970s-onward were among the thinnest cheapest, crappiest large-corp pressings. So even if you bought this LP new, the probability was high you might have gotten a defective product. I was lucky on this one, and it looks like a really nice quality audiophile vinyl pressing other than that manufacturing debris I had to clean off.

I feel quite glad I bought this edition to replace my old worn-out original LP. You won't regret it either if yours compares to mine.

By the way for anyone else who has the original edition of this LP, did you get the original advertisement insert to order t-shirts and the 8-track (!), cassette, or LP version of this via mail-order like mine has?

I have fond memories of listening to this LP with high-school friends just after the airplane crash and we were just chilled about how great the band was at this time, in their absolute peak (although they had other peaks & valleys) and it all just ended too suddenly. RIP Ronnie, Steve, and all the others.

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ts1979

Not a Repackinging of the Same Album (These are First Recordings)

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 18, 2010

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To say that this is simply the same, original album, "repackaged" with a few bonus songs added is absolutely wrong. This version is not a ploy for more sales of a same product. You simply need to know the background.

"Street Survivors" was recorded twice. The first recording was at Criteria Studios in Florida. The second recording was at Studio One in Doraville, Georgia five months later. The Doraville recording was used for the initial release of the album. The Doraville versions are the ones that we all know, and have heard for years.

In March 2008, the album was re-issued as a two disc package "Street Survivors [Deluxe Edition]". It contains both the initial version (second recording), and the first recorded "Criteria Studios" alternate versions of most of the songs.
This "Street Survivors [Rarities Edition]" is simply the first recordings and bonus tracks of "Street Survivors [Deluxe Edition]", without the added cost of buying the two discs with the initial version. So, if you already own the standard "Street Survivors" album, you can simply buy this album containing all of this newly released material. Good thing, right?

Now, what do you get?
The differences are minor on some songs, with the major difference being a much slower and extended earlier version of "That Smell." Also included are two songs that were recorded for, but not included on the original album, "Sweet Little Missy" and "Georgia Peaches". There are two versions of "Sweet Little Missy" included; demo and final form. Also included is a version of "Honky Tonk Night Time Man," with Ronnie's alternate autobiographical vocal take, entitled "Jacksonville Kid," which is believed to be the last vocal take he ever recorded in a studio.
I did side-by-side sounds comparisons with the Criteria and Doraville recordings. They are definitely different, offering interesting variations on these songs.
The sound quality is not very good on the live songs that are included; however they should be appreciated as simply bonus rare versions for the die-hard fan.

Conclusion?
If you are a casual listener, ...keep walking. The casual fan should buy the basic, initial release of "Street Survivors", or better yet, stick with a greatest hits complilation. However, don't dismiss this album as simply a "repackaging" of the same album.
If you are a diehard Lynyrd Skynyrd fan, this "Street Survivors [Rarities Edition]" is a must. The sound quality is excellent on the Criteria recordings, and offers us the rarity of experiencing these "first" versions of the "last" album of the original members of Lynyrd Skynyrd.

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Richard B. Luhrs

Yes!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 18, 2014

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An entire alternate album by the classic Skynyrd lineup (well, the last one, anyway) is certainly nothing to be ignored, and here it is. LS had pretty well slickened up its act by the time "Street Survivors" was released, so the fact that these original Criteria Studios takes lack the brass overdubs of the final LP versions is in itself a welcome change. (Diehard Skynyrd fan that I am, I've always felt that SS was overproduced and compromised the band's manifest talents as a result). Ronnie Van Zant's self-penned lyrics to the tune of "Honky Tonk Night-Time Man" likewise beat the more by-the-numbers released cover version, leaving one to wonder why these Criteria tapes were abandoned as they were. The biggest revelation of all, however, is the seven-and-a-half-minute complete original version of "That Smell", which might well have given the band a latterday "Free Bird" if left in this form.
Put simply, this disc is an essential addition to any Skynyrd fan's collection, and offers a fascinating chance to hear what the band's most commercially successful album - its success, alas, based in large part upon the horrible tragedy that destroyed LS a mere three days after its release - might have sounded like had the band taken a more rootsy approach to it from the outset. Fellow Skynyrdites, do NOT pass this one up!

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Boris Zhukov

Same main photo with flames from the original!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 10, 2021

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I loved it MCA is on the cover of the LP like the original. I will leave it wrapped up since I downloaded the original plus the enhanced versions.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 17, 2021

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what an awesome insight how they worked what they were looking for, came quick in the mail. I'm very happy with my new cd, thanx guys. keep up the good work!

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Ms Jennifer Francesca Layne.

Street Survivors, the legendary Lynyrd Skynyrd!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 23, 2018

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Another classic album from rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd.
The album contains the great songs What's your name, That smell, I know a little and You got that right.
It was the last album the early members made before the tragic plane crash that claimed the lives of Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines, his sister and backing singer.
They will always be the kings of US Southern Rock, a legendary band!

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steven power

LP excellent Isssue with the label on disc.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 21, 2021

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The L.P. is excellent and is a nice addition to my other Skynerd L.P's. It arrived on time. The sound is really good. Just one thing 'though, the record has side 1 label on both sides of the record.

David Disley

A cracking LP by a brilliant band. Steve Gaines by this point was just ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 25, 2017

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A cracking LP by a brilliant band. Steve Gaines by this point was just finding his feet within the group and it clearly shows on this album. Even though I already own the original release, it's starting to show it's age now, with more than a few pops & crackles, so I decided to replace all my Skynyrd vinyl collection. If you like Southern Rock, then this one comes highly recommended.

Carmel 14

What might have been

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 25, 2020

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Fantastic album from a group at their peak, unfortunately we'll never know what might have been. Steve Gaines took the band up another level with his songwriting and ability to share vocal duties with Ronnie Van Zant, a fantastic lyricist on his own. Not a bad track on the album, i suppose if it was to be their last studio release, they couldn't have bowed out any better.

Kevin M.

Top Album

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 2, 2020

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Bought to replace original album which I lost in the 80s. Still hasn't lost any of its appeal. A top album from a great band at the top of their game. Life can be cruel.
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