Gold & Platinum

Gold & Platinum was a 2-disc best of/hits compilation by Lynyrd Skynyrd. It was released in 1979 and is now out of print. The compilation spans their peak years from 1972–1977.

Gold & Platinum
Greatest hits album by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Released	December 1979
Recorded	1972–1977
Genre	Southern rock, boogie rock
Length	84:09
Label	MCA
Lynyrd Skynyrd chronology
Skynyrd's First and... Last (1978) Gold & Platinum (1979) Best of the Rest (1982)
Alternate cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	A[2]

The album contains three live tracks from the band's critically acclaimed One More from the Road: "Gimme Three Steps", "I Ain't the One", and "Free Bird".

An Alternate version of the album [3], with different artwork, substituted the original 1973 studio recording (from (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)) of "Free Bird" (timed at 9:08) for the much longer live track (timed at 14:10).

The album was certified Gold on 3/25/1980, Platinum on 8/18/1980 and 3x Platinum on 7/21/1987 by the RIAA.

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Down South Jukin'" (Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 2:12
2. "Saturday Night Special" (Ed King, Van Zant) – 5:08
3. "Gimme Three Steps" (Live) (Allen Collins, Van Zant) – 5:18
4. "What's Your Name" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 3:31
5. "You Got That Right" (Steve Gaines, Van Zant) – 3:46
6. "Gimme Back My Bullets" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 3:28
7. "Sweet Home Alabama" (King, Rossington, Van Zant) – 4:44
8. "Free Bird" (Live) (Collins, Van Zant) – 14:10 / (Alternate) "Free Bird" - 9:08

Disc two

1. "That Smell" (Collins, Van Zant) – 5:47
2. "On the Hunt" (Collins, Van Zant) – 5:25
3. "I Ain't the One" (Live) (Rossington, Van Zant) – 3:17
4. "Whiskey Rock-a-Roller" (King, Billy Powell, Van Zant) – 4:23
5. "Simple Man" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 5:57
6. "I Know a Little" (Gaines) – 3:28
7. "Tuesday's Gone" (Collins, Van Zant) – 7:32
8. "Comin' Home" (Collins, Van Zant) – 5:30

• Disc 1, Track 1 and Disc 2, Track 8 from Skynyrd's First and... Last (1978)
• Disc 1, Track 2 and Disc 2, Tracks 2 and 4 from Nuthin' Fancy (1975)
• Disc 1, Tracks 3 and 8 (not on Alternate) and Disc 2, Track 3 from One More from the Road (1976)
• Disc 1, Tracks 4-5 and Disc 2, Tracks 1 and 6 from Street Survivors (1977)
• Disc 1, Track 6 from Gimme Back My Bullets (1976)
• Disc 1, Track 7 from Second Helping (1974)
• Disc 2, Tracks 5 and 7 (and on Alternate: Disc 1, Track 8) from (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) (1973)

Live Songs

• Disc 1, Track 3 recorded 7/9/1976 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia
• Disc 1, Track 8 and Disc 2, Track 3 recorded 7/8/1976 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2011). "Gold & Platinum - Lynyrd Skynyrd | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: L". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 1, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. "Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gold & Platinum; Discogs". discogs.com. 1979. Retrieved 10 May 2020.