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Numbered, Limited Edition 1977 Smash Remains Southern Rock Legends Finest Hour: Includes Whats Your Name, "I Know a Little," and That Smell!"
One of TONEAudio Magazine's 2012 Best Audiophile Pressings!
Last Album Made By Original Members Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines, Mastered on Mobile Fidelity's World-Renowned Mastering System and Pressed at RTI!
Triple-Guitar Front of Steve Gaines, Gary Rossington, and Collins Remains Rocks Most Formidable Assembly of Six-String Players!
Street Survivors remains Lynyrd Skynyrds finest hour, and for many reasons. The last album recorded with original vocalist Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines, who passed away in a tragic plane accident three days after its release, the 1977 set is both mythical for its historical significance as well as infallible songwriting quality. Then theres the triple-guitar front of Collins, Gary Rossington, and Steve Gaines, which, together, comprise the most formidable combination of lead six-string players assembled on an original album. Add in freshly inspired performances and classic Muscle Shoals production, and you have a timeless work of art.
Mastered from the original master tapes and pressed at RTI (the best record plant in North America), Mobile Fidelity Silver Series' limited edition LP presents Skynyrds landmark effort in a dynamic, organic, soulful, and balanced sound that puts the musicians on a wide soundstage that will make you think they are standing on a stage in your room. In particular, Van Zants reenergized singing comes through with utmost clarity and verve. The complex web of guitars is now unraveled, with each of the instrumentalists possessing their own space, allowing their contributions to assume a transparency that further lends to the musics impact. Background vocals, too, rise up above what had heretofore been an artificial ceiling.
Produced by iconic producer Tom Dowd, Street Survivors is drenched in earthy vibes and live-from-the-floor rawness, the sense of spontaneity and interplay underlining the groups taut albeit loose material. Rebounding from 1975s solid yet semi-formulaic Nuthin Fancy and the following years equally hot Gimme Back My Bullets, Skynyrd comes out firing on Street Survivors and never let up. The septets nucleus was never better its lamentable that this stands as the lineups only studio record together, but the music here makes you all the more thankful for the chance to at least hear them reach their potential at least once.
Gaines incredible abilities spur on his mates, which respond with strong ideas and even stronger performances. Melodies are sharp, hooks are abundant, rhythms in command. An atmosphere of blues, rock, country, gospel, and soul informs the arrangements, and those three guitarists play as if their lives depended on getting everything just right. Songs flow with an effortless ease, and whether its the slithering organ-backed rollick of I Never Dreamed, swampy drug-abuse warning That Smell, or autobiographical honky-tonk Aint No Good Life, Skynryd clicks on all cylinders. Swagger, swing, and strut. What an album.
Honor Van Zant and Collins memories, and revisit a Southern rock masterpiece, by acquiring this collectable version of Street Survivors.
About Silver Series: Coming from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, the MoFi Silver Label Vinyl Series features an eclectic mix of recordings. This series is mastered and cut on the famous Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab state-of-the-art Tim de Paravacini-designed mastering system. Vinyl is pressed at RTI on audiophile-grade standard vinyl and are numbered limited-editions. Future releases will continue to stretch stylistic boundaries, as the MoFi Silver Label continues to explore music from many different genres. Expand your musical horizons with the Silver Label!
Features:
Limited Edition
Numbered
Gatefold jacket
MoFi Silver Label Vinyl Series
Mastered and Cut on the famous MoFi Sound Lab state-of-the-art Tim de Paravacini-designed mastering system
Pressed at RTI on Audiophile-Grade Standard Vinyl
One of TONEAudio Magazine's 2012 Best Audiophile Pressings
Musicians:
Ronnie Van-Zant, vocals
Gary Rossington, guitar
Artimus Pyle, drums
Allen Collins, guitar
Billy Powell, keyboards Leon Wilkeson, bass
Steve Gaines, guitar, vocals
Musicians on "One More Time":
Ronnie Van-Zant, vocals
Allen Collins, guitar
Gary Rossington, guitar
Ed King, guitar
Rick Medlock, drums, back-up vocals
Greg Walker, bass
Tim Smith, back-up vocals
Leslie Hawkins, back-up vocals
Back-up Singers "The Honkettes" on "That Smell":
Cassie Gaines
Jo Billingsley
Leslie Hawkins
Selections:
Side A:
1. What's Your Name
2. That Smell
3. One More Time
4. I Know A Little
Side B:
5. You Got That Right
6. I Never Dreamed
7. Honky Tonk Nighttime Man
8. Ain't No Good Life
Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida
Numbered, Limited Edition 1977 Smash Remains Southern Rock Legends Finest Hour: Includes Whats Your Name, "I Know a Little," and That Smell!"
One of TONEAudio Magazine's 2012 Best Audiophile Pressings!
Last Album Made By Original Members Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines, Mastered on Mobile Fidelity's World-Renowned Mastering System and Pressed at RTI!
Triple-Guitar Front of Steve Gaines, Gary Rossington, and Collins Remains Rocks Most Formidable Assembly of Six-String Players!
Street Survivors remains Lynyrd Skynyrds finest hour, and for many reasons. The last album recorded with original vocalist Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines, who passed away in a tragic plane accident three days after its release, the 1977 set is both mythical for its historical significance as well as infallible songwriting quality. Then theres the triple-guitar front of Collins, Gary Rossington, and Steve Gaines, which, together, comprise the most formidable combination of lead six-string players assembled on an original album. Add in freshly inspired performances and classic Muscle Shoals production, and you have a timeless work of art.
Mastered from the original master tapes and pressed at RTI (the best record plant in North America), Mobile Fidelity Silver Series' limited edition LP presents Skynyrds landmark effort in a dynamic, organic, soulful, and balanced sound that puts the musicians on a wide soundstage that will make you think they are standing on a stage in your room. In particular, Van Zants reenergized singing comes through with utmost clarity and verve. The complex web of guitars is now unraveled, with each of the instrumentalists possessing their own space, allowing their contributions to assume a transparency that further lends to the musics impact. Background vocals, too, rise up above what had heretofore been an artificial ceiling.
Produced by iconic producer Tom Dowd, Street Survivors is drenched in earthy vibes and live-from-the-floor rawness, the sense of spontaneity and interplay underlining the groups taut albeit loose material. Rebounding from 1975s solid yet semi-formulaic Nuthin Fancy and the following years equally hot Gimme Back My Bullets, Skynyrd comes out firing on Street Survivors and never let up. The septets nucleus was never better its lamentable that this stands as the lineups only studio record together, but the music here makes you all the more thankful for the chance to at least hear them reach their potential at least once.
Gaines incredible abilities spur on his mates, which respond with strong ideas and even stronger performances. Melodies are sharp, hooks are abundant, rhythms in command. An atmosphere of blues, rock, country, gospel, and soul informs the arrangements, and those three guitarists play as if their lives depended on getting everything just right. Songs flow with an effortless ease, and whether its the slithering organ-backed rollick of I Never Dreamed, swampy drug-abuse warning That Smell, or autobiographical honky-tonk Aint No Good Life, Skynryd clicks on all cylinders. Swagger, swing, and strut. What an album.
Honor Van Zant and Collins memories, and revisit a Southern rock masterpiece, by acquiring this collectable version of Street Survivors.
About Silver Series: Coming from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, the MoFi Silver Label Vinyl Series features an eclectic mix of recordings. This series is mastered and cut on the famous Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab state-of-the-art Tim de Paravacini-designed mastering system. Vinyl is pressed at RTI on audiophile-grade standard vinyl and are numbered limited-editions. Future releases will continue to stretch stylistic boundaries, as the MoFi Silver Label continues to explore music from many different genres. Expand your musical horizons with the Silver Label!
Features:
Limited Edition
Numbered
Gatefold jacket
MoFi Silver Label Vinyl Series
Mastered and Cut on the famous MoFi Sound Lab state-of-the-art Tim de Paravacini-designed mastering system
Pressed at RTI on Audiophile-Grade Standard Vinyl
One of TONEAudio Magazine's 2012 Best Audiophile Pressings
Musicians:
Ronnie Van-Zant, vocals
Gary Rossington, guitar
Artimus Pyle, drums
Allen Collins, guitar
Billy Powell, keyboards Leon Wilkeson, bass
Steve Gaines, guitar, vocals
Musicians on "One More Time":
Ronnie Van-Zant, vocals
Allen Collins, guitar
Gary Rossington, guitar
Ed King, guitar
Rick Medlock, drums, back-up vocals
Greg Walker, bass
Tim Smith, back-up vocals
Leslie Hawkins, back-up vocals
Back-up Singers "The Honkettes" on "That Smell":
Cassie Gaines
Jo Billingsley
Leslie Hawkins
Selections:
Side A:
1. What's Your Name
2. That Smell
3. One More Time
4. I Know A Little
Side B:
5. You Got That Right
6. I Never Dreamed
7. Honky Tonk Nighttime Man
8. Ain't No Good Life
Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida
