Southern by the Grace of God indeed

On October 13, 2023, Geffen Records and Universal Music Group is set to release FYFTY, a 4CD/digital 50th anniversary box set that celebrates the enduring legacy of one of rock & roll’s pre-eminent bands, Lynyrd Skynyrd. The career-spanning 50 tracks featured on FYFTY represent the best music the band has offered up to its worldwide fanbase from the beginning.

Within this box set, fans of all eras of Lynyrd Skynyrd can trace the band’s roots by way of their early Muscle Shoals recordings through an abundance of iconic songs that defined the literal soundtrack of the 1970s. From there, listeners can revisit live cuts from the historic 1987 tribute show that ignited the band’s reunion, then continue with the determined last-band standing defiance of fist-pumping latter-era tracks such as “Last Of A Dyin’ Breed” and “Last of the Street Survivors,” and eventually touch back down on earth with a special live performance of “Gimme Three Steps” that was culled from the band’s final show with co-founding guitarist Gary Rossington in November 2022, a previously unreleased live track.

FYFTY comes housed in the sturdy, vinyl-size 12×12-inch format, with a gatefold jacket that holds a detailed 40-page booklet featuring opening notes penned by longtime friend of the band — esteemed rock journalist, screenwriter, and director, Cameron Crowe — along with detailed liner notes and track-by-track analysis by respected Detroit rock journalist Gary Graff. Additionally, FYFTY is filled with unreleased photos of the original and re-formed band, a stirring visual chronicle of Lynyrd Skynyrd then and now.