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Gimme Back My Bullets (1976)

Where the lyrics of Gimme Back My Bullets take you, and where it was really made.

The album's first title was a pun honoring its producer, Tom Dowd.

Key places

Recording at The Record Plant (1976)

Recording site Record Plant Studios — Part of the album was recorded at The Record Plant in Los Angeles in late 1975, with four tracks taped from late September to early October. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording at Capricorn Sound Studio (1976)

Recording site Capricorn Sound Studio — The rest of the album was recorded at Capricorn Sound Studio in Macon at the end of November 1975, after a three-week European tour. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Gimme Back My Bullets: fourth studio album by American Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Released 2 February 1976 on MCA Records
• Produced by Tom Dowd
• Reached number 20 on the US albums chart
• Certified gold by the RIAA on 20 January 1981

Background

• Recorded about six months after Nuthin' Fancy, with new producer Tom Dowd
• The band had very few new compositions and had to write material in the studio in a hurry
• The band toured Europe for three weeks between the two studio sessions

Recording

• Part of the album recorded at The Record Plant in Los Angeles, four tracks in late September to early October 1975
• Remaining tracks recorded at Capricorn Sound Studio in Macon at the end of November 1975
• Ed King left the band in June 1975, so this album was recorded with two guitarists, Allen Collins and Gary Rossington

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1964 as My Backyard, with Ronnie Van Zant (vocals), Gary Rossington (guitar), Allen Collins (guitar), Larry Junstrom (bass), and Bob Burns (drums).
• Adopted the name Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1968, partly as a mocking tribute to P.E. teacher Leonard Skinner.
• Debut album (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) released in 1973, produced by Al Kooper.

Members

• Core lineup in 1973: Van Zant, Collins, Rossington, Leon Wilkeson (bass), Billy Powell (keyboards), and Ed King (guitar).
• Burns was replaced by Artimus Pyle in 1974; King was replaced by Steve Gaines in 1976.

Career

• Popularized Southern rock with "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Free Bird".
• Career halted on October 20, 1977, when their chartered plane crashed, killing Van Zant, Gaines, and Cassie Gaines.
• Reunited in 1987 with Johnny Van Zant as lead vocalist and continued touring for decades.
• Gary Rossington, the last founding member, died in March 2023.
• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006; Rolling Stone ranked them No. 95 among the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Record World said the title track had a guitar-heavy sound the group was most comfortable with
• Record World said the beat reminded it of Bad Company and that the song rocks with a stormy aggression

Records

• Reached number 20 on the US Billboard albums chart
• Certified gold by the RIAA on 20 January 1981
• Single Double Trouble reached number 80 on the Hot 100 on 27 March 1976
• It was the only album the band released before the 1977 plane crash that did not reach platinum certification
• The album reached gold only in 1981

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The original title was Ain't No Dowd About It, a pun honoring producer Tom Dowd, whom the band called Father Dowd
• Steve Gaines, brother of Cassie Gaines, joined the band in spring 1976 to replace Ed King
• The backing trio was named The Honkettes, but the original sleeve credited them as The Honnicuts
• The album is the only one by the band recorded with two guitarists, Allen Collins and Gary Rossington

Sources: fr.wikipedia.org

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