Beggars Banquet

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Karnbach, James; Bernson, Carol (1997). The Complete Recording Guide to the Rolling Stones. Aurum Press Limited. ISBN 1-85410-533-7. Oct 2023 Album Accreds" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 23 November 2023. Photography, Barry Feinstein. "Barry Feinstein Photography". Barry Feinstein Photography. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021 . Retrieved 18 February 2021. Beggars Banquet also marked the Stones’ first transitional period. The following year, Jones would be found dead in a swimming pool at 27.

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] a b Unterberger, Richie. " Beggars Banquet – The Rolling Stones". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021 . Retrieved 12 June 2021.Rolling Stone Greatest Albums of All Time 2003 List". Archived from the original on 6 July 2017 . Retrieved 1 October 2020. Swedishcharts.com – The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 December 2022. Brown, Phill (July 2000). "Phill Brown, Recording the Rolling Stones' Classic, Beggar's Banquet". tapeop.com. TapeOp. Archived from the original on 19 July 2016 . Retrieved 27 July 2016. There is, however, a poignancy to the album. Though it marked the start of a period of musical creativity and excellence for The Rolling Stones, Beggars Banquet also saw the last album appearance of founder and original leader Brian Jones, who drowned seven months after the album’s release, at the age of 27. The album cover for Let It Bleed was among the ten chosen by the Royal Mail for a set of ‘Classic Album Cover’ postage stamps issued in January 2010.

Despite its appeal, the song has at least one hater: Jagger himself. “I don’t really like it that much,” he admitted to Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner in 1995. “I’m not sure if it has any resonance for the present day.” Whether this was a fair assessment of its message, or if it even really fits on Banquet, Richards’ grinning two-chord riff is a language anyone can understand. When Beggars Banquet was completed, both the UK’s Decca Records and London Records in the US rejected the planned cover design – a graffiti-covered lavatory wall. The band initially refused to change the cover, resulting in several months’ delay, but by November, the Stones gave in, allowing the album to be released in December with a simple white cover imitating an invitation card, complete with an RSVP.a b c d e f g h i DeCurtis, Anthony (17 June 1997). "Review: Beggars Banquet". Rolling Stone. New York. Archived from the original on 31 January 2002 . Retrieved 9 July 2013.