Clayson, Alan (2008). The Rolling Stones: Beggars Banquet. Billboard Books. ISBN 978-0-8230-8397-8. Photography, Barry Feinstein. "Barry Feinstein Photography". Barry Feinstein Photography. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021 . Retrieved 18 February 2021. In August 2002, ABKCO Records reissued Beggars Banquet as a newly remastered LP and SACD/CD hybrid disk. [55] This release corrected a flaw in the original album by restoring each song to its proper, slightly faster speed. Due to an error in the mastering, Beggars Banquet was heard for over thirty years at a slower speed than it was recorded. This had the effect of altering not only the tempo of each song, but the song's key as well. These differences were subtle but important, and the remastered version is about 30 seconds shorter than the original release. To finance his three months in court, Mills had to dip into 4AD’s cash reserves, but felt so guilty about it, he gave half of the label’s shares to Watts-Russell. In March 1990, the judge ruled in Mills’ favour: “You could see this enormous weight being lifted from Martin’s shoulders,” recalled Watts-Russell. “In the pub afterwards, we all had tears in our eyes.” But then, just a year later, another crisis hit when Rough Trade’s distribution system collapsed. For scores of indies such as 4AD, hundreds of thousands of pounds were lost in debt, threatening a tidal wave of bankruptcies across Britain’s music business. As indie bosses screamed in endless crisis meetings, Mills and others calmly won majority support to set up a new distribution company, RTM, whose profits paid off everyone’s debts within 18 months.

Beggars Banquet was first released in the United Kingdom by Decca Records on 6 December 1968, and in the United States by London Records the following day. [20] Like the band's previous album, it reached number three on the UK Albums Chart, but remained on the chart for fewer weeks. [21] The album peaked at number five on the Billboard 200. [22] For an idea of what kind of weird and wonderful talent has recently emerged from around these five campfires, just think The White Stripes, The xx, M.I.A., The Libertines, Kurt Vile, Vampire Weekend, Cat Power, Antony And The Johnsons, Alabama Shakes, Bon Iver, Sleaford Mods, FKA Twigs, Future Islands, The Lemon Twigs, Warpaint… But probably the most poignant symbol of all, is that in the decade when EMI was carved up and sold to Universal and Sony, the world’s most popular artist, Adele, was on the Beggars flagship, XL Recordings. Yes folks, our pop icons may be dying, but the future of British independent music is looking up. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.

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Easlea, Daryl (2007). "The Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet Review". BBC Music. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016 . Retrieved 11 March 2016. It was released once again in 2010 by Universal Music Enterprises in a Japanese-only SHM- SACDversion and on 24 November 2010 ABKCO Records released a SHM-CD version. Just finished playing this all the way through right out of the sleeve. Flat, quiet and static free. This is an excellent reissue. It is about as good as can be. I've been recently listening to my 2nd pressing copy The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet, in fact right before playing this new version. This is maybe better. The timing is correct on this pressing. Before 2008, there was a recording speed error when the masters were first made and it went out uncaught until then. It was 47 seconds longer than it should have been. So the pitch is slightly different. I had already changed my rip of the The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet to the correct time so I have already heard the difference before now. Not earthshakingly different, but noticeable when playing with the different speeds on an A / B studio comparison. Hayward, Mark; Evans, Mike (7 September 2009). The Rolling Stones: On Camera, Off Guard 1963–69. Pavilion. pp.156–. ISBN 978-1-86205-868-2. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017 . Retrieved 17 July 2011.

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a b Unterberger, Richie. " Beggars Banquet – The Rolling Stones". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021 . Retrieved 12 June 2021. Gibbs, Christopher Henry. "Beggars Banquet" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 November 2021 . Retrieved 18 February 2021. a b Katz, Larry (16 August 2002). "Music; Stoned again; Band's early albums reissued in time for tour". Boston Herald. Scene section, p. S.21 . Retrieved 9 July 2013. (subscription required)British album certifications – The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 11 June 2016. Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019 . Retrieved 23 September 2019. Dimery, Robert, ed. (2011). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. London: Cassell. ISBN 978-1-84403-699-8. American album certifications – The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 11 June 2016. Dance music’s origins were intertwined with the post-punk scene and, in 1987, elements of Colourbox produced Pump Up The Volume, under the M|A|R|R|S moniker, a million-unit genre-buster for 4AD that heralded the oncoming rave explosion. Celebrating the windfall, Watts-Russell moved his staff into a refurbished nunnery next door. And thus the Beggars Group continued growing, as neighbouring houses along the residential Alma Road. “You have no idea how nice it was to be separate,” says Watts-Russell. “I actually lived above the office for a few months.” Thanks to the Pixies, Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, Throwing Muses and other acts, 4AD were enjoying such sustained popularity, they even opened a small New York office.