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Reduced price due to small tears on the company sleeve

Original 1979 UK single in MCA company sleeve and vinyl with solid centre

The Allman Brothers came first, but Lynyrd Skynyrd epitomized Southern rock. The Allmans were exceptionally gifted musicians, as much bluesmen as rockers. Skynyrd was nothing but rockers, and they were Southern rockers to the bone. This didn’t just mean that they were rednecks, but that they brought it all together — the blues, country, garage rock, Southern poetry — in a way that sounded more like the South than even The Allmans. And a large portion of that derives from their hard, lean edge, which was nowhere more apparent than on their debut album, Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd. This 3 track single was released in December of 1979 and features the track Free Bird on the A-Side. The track was written by guitarist Allen Collins and lead singer Ronnie Van Zant. The band had a hit with it when it was released as a single in November of 1974 and it was the bands second Top 40 hit in early 1975, peaking at No. 19 on January 25. It has become Lynyrd Skynyrd’s signature song, the finale during live performances. The record company executives initially felt the song was too long and “wouldn’t get any airplay”, and that they also wondered, Why would you ruin a pretty song like that with a wild LSD-type ending?” Gary Rossington stated that the band refused to change the length of the song and that “we weren’t changing our ways, hell no”. The EP also features a track from Second Helping and another oe from Gimme Me Back My Bullets.

Track list:
1. Free Bird
2. Sweet Home Alabama
3. Double Trouble