'''''Skynyrd's First and...Last''''' was the original name of the [[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''''', which wasbeing expanded to include eight additional tracks – four of which were previously unreleased and four which would appearbe re-recorded onfor ''[[(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)]]''. As the renamed title suggests, the album was recorded at [[Muscle Shoals Sound Studio]] in [[Alabama]]. ThisOriginally album was originally plannedintended to be their debut album beforeit gettingwas shelved, making ''(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)'' their actual debut. The album was certified Gold on 9/8/78{{Clarify|reason=ambiguous date format|date=February 2016}} and Platinum on 11/10/78{{Clarify|reason=ambiguous date format|date=February 2016}} by the RIAA.
The albumalbums contains early band recordings from 1971 and 1972. It is considered an essential album by most fansMany of the band, according to many, as the tracks are eitherexclusive notto available on otherthese albums, andbeing latereither withotherwise the 1998 re-releaseunreleased, containsor original versions of songs later re-recorded songs that are on thefor other studio albums,{{Clarify|reason="either" without "or"|date=February 2016}} which are now all on one album. However, a few of these early tracks were later released on compilation albums, such as ''[[Best of the Rest (Lynyrd Skynyrd (album)|BestLynyrd ofSkynyrd theBox RestSet]]'' in 1982 (1990 on CD) and again on the [[Germany|German]]-based [[Repertoire Records]] release ''[[Old Time Greats (Lynyrd Skynyrd album)|Old Time Greats]]'' in 1997.
