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{{Infobox album

| name = Skynyrd's First and... Last

| type = compilation

| artist = [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]

| cover = SkynyrdsFirstAndLast_LynyrdSkynyrdalbum.jpg

| alt =

| released = September 5, 1978

| recorded = 1971–1972

| venue =

| studio = [[Muscle Shoals Sound Studio]], Sheffield, AL

| genre = [[Southern rock]]

| length = 36:36

| label = [[MCA Records|MCA]]

| producer = Jimmy Johnson, Tim Smith

| prev_title = [[Street Survivors]]

| prev_year = 1977

| next_title = [[Gold & Platinum]]

| next_year = 1979

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = 1998 Re-release cover

| type = compilation

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{{Album ratings

| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]

| rev1Score = {{Rating| 3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r12117 |title=Skynyrd's First And...Last - Lynyrd Skynyrd &#124; AllMusic |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |access-date=14 August 14, 2011}}</ref>

|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''

|rev2Score = B<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: L|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=L&bk=70|access-date=March 1, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>

| rev3 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''

| rev3Score = (favorable)<ref>{{cite webmagazine|url=http://rollingstone.com/artists/lynyrdskynyrd/albums/album/186306/review/5943365/skynyrds_first_andlast |title=Lynyrd Skynyrd: Skynyrd's First and...Last : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone |first=Dave |last=Marsh |workmagazine=web.archive.org[[Rolling Stone]] |year=2011 |access-date=14 August 14, 2011 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014191922/http://rollingstone.com/artists/lynyrdskynyrd/albums/album/186306/review/5943365/skynyrds_first_andlast |archive-date=October 14, 2007 }}</ref>

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'''''Skynyrd's First and... Last''''' was the original name of thea [[posthumous work|posthumous compilation album]] first released in 1978 by the rock band [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]. The original 1978 version of the album is now out of print. In 1998, it was repackaged, renamed and re-released as '''''Skynyrd's First: The Complete Muscle Shoals Album''''', being expanded to include eight additional tracks – fourtracks—four of which were previously unreleased and four which would be re-recorded for ''[[(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)]]''. As the renamed title suggests, the album was recorded at [[Muscle Shoals Sound Studio]] in [[Alabama]]. Originally intended to be their debut album it was shelved, making ''(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)'' their actual debut. The album was certified Gold on 9/September 8/78{{Clarify|reason=ambiguous, date format|date=February 2016}}1978, and Platinum on 11/November 10/78{{Clarify|reason=ambiguous, date format|date=February 2016}}1978, by the RIAA.<ref name=RIAA/>

The albums contains early band recordings from 1971 and 1972. Many of the tracks are exclusive to these albums, being either otherwise unreleased, or original versions of songs later re-recorded for other studio albums. However, a few of these early tracks were later released on compilation albums, such as ''[[Lynyrd Skynyrd (album)|Lynyrd Skynyrd Box Set]]'' and the [[Germany|German]]-based [[Repertoire Records]] release ''[[Old Time Greats (Lynyrd Skynyrd album)|Old Time Greats]]'' in 1997.

==Track listing==

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====Notes on ''Skynyrd's First''====

*Tracks 2-32–3, 10 released on the ''[[Lynyrd Skynyrd (album)|Lynyrd Skynyrd Box Set]]'' (1991)

*Tracks 1, 8-9, 15-1715–17 are previously unreleased

*Track 11 released on ''[[The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd]]'' (1998)

*Tracks 1, 8-9, 15-17 are previously unreleased

*All the rest are from ''Skynyrd's First and...Last''

==Charts==

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|-

!Chart (1978)

!Peak<br>position

|-

| Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|___location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=183}}</ref>

| style="text-align:center;"|89

|-

| Canada

| style="text-align:center;"|35

|-

| US ([[Billboard 200]])

| style="text-align:center;"|15

|}

==Personnel==

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*[[Gary Rossington]] – guitar

*[[Billy Powell]] – [[piano]] (1, 11)

*[[Greg T. Walker]] – [[bass guitar|bass]] (2*, 5, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15-1715–17); backing vocals (2*, 6, 11, 12)

*[[Larry Junstrom]] – bass (2*)

*[[Leon Wilkeson]] – bass (3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 14); backing vocals (3)

*[[Rickey Medlocke]] – [[Drum kit|drums]] (1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15-1715–17); backing vocals (2, 11); lead vocals (6, 12, 16-1716–17); [[mandolin]] (12)

*[[Bob Burns (drummer)|Bob Burns]] – drums (3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 14)

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'''1975/76 overdubs'''

*[[Ed King]] – bass (1, 6); guitar (4, 7, 11, 12, 14)

* [[Cassie Gaines]], JoJoJo Billingsley, Leslie HawkingHawkins – backing vocals (4, 7)

*[[Wayne Perkins]] – guitar (5, 7)

* Randy McCormick – [[Mellotron]] (6)

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== Production personnel ==

* [[Jimmy Johnson (musiciansession guitarist)|Jimmy R. Johnson]] - producer

* Tim Smith - producer

*[[Michael Zagaris]] - photography

==Chart positions==

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

|-

! Chart (1978)

! Peak<br/>position

|-

! scope="row"| AustraliaAustralian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|___location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=183}}</ref>

| stylealign="text-align:center;"| 89

|-

{{Album chart|Canada|35|chartid=0025a|artist=Lynyrd Skynyrd |album= Skynyrd's First and... Last|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 April 2018}}

|-

{{Album chart|UK|50|artist=Lynyrd Skynyrd |album= Skynyrd's First and... Last |refname=UK albums|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 April 2018}}

|-

{{Album chart|Billboard200|15|artist=Lynyrd Skynyrd |refname=Billboard 200|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 April 2018}}

|}

==Certifications==

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Lynyrd Skynyrd|title=kynyrd's First and...Last|award=Platinum|type=album|certyear=1978|accessdate=December 25, 2021|refname=RIAA}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

==References==