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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors [Deluxe Edition]

Primary Artist
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Album Title
Street Survivors [Deluxe Edition]
Release Date
March 4, 2008 
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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Sometimes, expanded Deluxe Editions don't seem to have much of a purpose outside of marketing: the second disc will contain a clearinghouse of B-sides and remixes or a live show, not adding much to the story of the original album. That's not the case with the Deluxe Edition of Lynyrd Skynyrd's final album, Street Survivors -- it's a Deluxe Edition that fills out the final chapter of the original band's career by presenting the complete original version of the album, recorded with legendary producer Tom Dowd at Criteria Studios but scrapped when the group's live sound engineer Kevin Elson argued that these versions sounded lifeless. Read More