Authorized Bootleg: Live at the Cardiff Capitol Theater - Cardiff, Wales Nov. 04

Performer: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Lynyrd Skynyrd: Leon Wilkeson (vocals, bass guitar); Ronnie Van Zant (vocals); Gary Rossington, Allen Collins (guitars); Billy Powell (keyboards); Artimus Pyle (drums, percussion). As good as Lynyrd Skynyrd's studio albums were, the group was always known first and foremost as a band of road warriors, veterans of the Southern bar circuit who gave their audience a rockin' show each and every time. LIVE AT CARDIFF CAPITOL THEATRE 11/4/75 (part of the AUTHORIZED BOOTLEG series) is no exception, and showcases the band in top form playing songs from its first three classic discs with an easy feel and muscular groove. "Free Bird" and "Sweet Home Alabama" are here, of course, but the band sounds particularly lean, mean, and energized on the shuffling "Whiskey Rock-A-Roller" and a particularly tough version of "Saturday Night Special." Part of Universal's Authorized Bootleg series, this disc captures a concert Lynyrd Skynyrd gave at the Cardiff Capitol Theatre in Wales on November 4, 1975. Skynyrd was supporting their third album, Nuthin' Fancy, and they were operating like a well-oiled machine, giving a tight, focused set that draws pretty equally from Second Helping and Nuthin' Fancy. Surprises aren't the order of the day here, either in song selection or performance -- it's an efficient, entertaining concert by a working band determined to give their paying audience a good show. And that they do -- not a great show, but a good one, one that satisfies even if it's not necessarily memorable. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

During their 1970s heyday, Lynryd Skynyrd emerged as the preeminent practitioners of Southern rock. Their triple-guitar attack and country-tinged songs carved a permanent spot on the playlists of classic rock radio. Since its first release in 1973 their epic hit "Freebird" has received more airplay than anything this side of "Stairway to Heaven." The tragic deaths of visionary lead guitarist Steven Gaines and lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zandt in a 1977 plane crash cut down the band at its peak; but after parting ways for several years, the surviving members re-formed the group, with Van Zandt's little brother Johnny at the helm.

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