Gold & Platinum

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)
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Allmusic
Christgau's Record Guide	A

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.

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 , 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