LYNYRD SKYNYRD SECOND HELPING 2d ALBUM RARE ORIG'74 SOUNDS OF SOUTH LP BEAUTIFUL
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LYNYRD SKYNYRD – SECOND HELPING - ORIGINAL PRESSING ON AL KOOPER’S PROPRIETARY “SOUNDS OF THE SOUTH” LABEL – ORIGINAL 1974 MCA/HOME OF THE SOUTH STEREO LP MCA-413
? ORIGINAL US PRESSING
? FEATURES “SWEET HOME ALABAMA”, LYNYRD SKYNYRD’S SIGNATURE TUNE…AND NEIL YOUNG’S (NOT) FAVORITE SONG!
? ORIGINAL YELLOW ‘SOUNDS OF THE SOUTH” LABEL WITH THE “HOME ON THE PRAIRIE” LOGO
? THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
? ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
? CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS
? THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING
? MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) ENDS WITH '-W1/-W1'. ON SOME LABELS, SUFFIX '–1' DENOTES THE VERY FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING)
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Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote the book on Southern rock with their first album, so it only made sense that they followed it for their second album, aptly titled Second Helping. Sticking with producer Al Kooper (who, after all, discovered them), the group turned out a record that replicated all the strengths of the original, but was a little tighter and a little more professional. It also revealed that the band, under the direction of songwriter Ronnie Van Zant, was developing a truly original voice. Of course, the band had already developed their own musical voice, but it was enhanced considerably by Van Zant's writing, which was at turns plainly poetic, surprisingly clever, and always revealing. Though Second Helping isn't as hard a rock record as Pronounced, it's the songs that make the record. "Sweet Home Alabama" became ubiquitous, yet it's rivaled by such terrific songs as the snide, punkish "Workin' for MCA," the Southern groove of "Don't Ask Me No Questions," the affecting "The Ballad of Curtis Loew," and "The Needle and the Spoon," a drug tale as affecting as their rival Neil Young's "Needle and the Damage Done," but much harder rocking. This is the part of Skynyrd that most people forget — they were a great band, but they were indelible because that was married to great writing. And nowhere was that more evident than on Second Helping.
Each record sold will be shipped in brand new anti-static inner sleeve and new outer sleeve bubble wrap, stiffeners and record box.
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