SATURDAY NIGHT IN FRISCO
by LYNYRD SKYNYRD
Compact Disc
ZCCD115
Label: ZIP CITY
EXCEPTIONAL 1975 TOUR BROADCAST RECORDING
Following the release of their debut album in August 1973, Lynyrd Skynyrd's fan base continued to grow rapidly, partly due to their opening slot on the Who's Quadrophenia tour in the United States. Their 1974 follow-up, Second Helping, featuring Ed King, Allen Collins and Gary Rossington all collaborating with Ronnie Van Zant on the songwriting, cemented the band's breakthrough. Its single ‘Sweet Home Alabama’, reached #8 on the charts that August. Second Helping reached No. 12 in 1974, eventually going multiplatinum in July of that year. • By 1975, personal issues began to take their toll on the group; in January, drummer Bob Burns left the band after suffering a mental breakdown during a European tour and was replaced by Kentucky native and former US Marine Artimus Pyle. The band's third album, Nuthin' Fancy, was recorded in 17 days and released in March ’74 to great success, being Skynyrd’s first to reach the US Top Ten. Midway through the Nuthin' Fancy tour, guitarist Ed King abruptly left the band after falling out with Van Zant. Van Zant and King's guitar roadie was arrested the day before and spent the night in jail. With his guitar roadie unavailable, King played that night's show with old strings that broke and caused his performance to be substandard, and Van Zant subsequently belittled him in front of his bandmates. • The tour was the group’s first to venture outside the US, and included many dates across Europe throughout November and December 1974, but they returned back to the States for Christmas. The jaunt continued in the New Year on their home-turf however, and during this leg, Skynyrd’s finest show took place at Winterland in San Francisco on 27th April ’75, featuring the band at the top of their game. It was also one of the last shows featuring the original three-guitar line-up, Ed King left, as noted above, shortly thereafter. • Previously unreleased, this entire concert is now available on this new CD.
1. Whiskey Rock-a-Roller/I Ain’t The One 8:40
2. The Needle And The Spoon 5:08
3. I’m A Country Boy 5:08
4. Gimme Three Steps 5:43
5. Don’t Ask Me No Questions 3:53
6. Saturday Night Special 5:53
7. Railroad Song 5:16
8. Call Me The Breeze 7:05
9. Sweet Home Alabama 6:16
10. On The Hunt 7:21
11. Free Bird 12:59
