{"product_id":"rolling-stones-let-it-bleed-vinyl-lp-50th-anniversary-edition","title":"Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed [180g Vinyl LP] (50th Anniversary)","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed [180g Vinyl LP]\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, 50th Anniversary Edition, Stereo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8584-1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBarcode:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0018771858416\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rock \/ Blues Rock \/ Rock \u0026amp; Roll \/ Country Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e ABKCO\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOriginally Released:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5 December 1969\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReissue Released:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 November 2019\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePressing:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180 Gram Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New \u0026amp; Sealed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLet It Bleed\u003c\/em\u003e is the eighth UK studio album by The Rolling Stones — \u003cstrong\u003eMick Jagger\u003c\/strong\u003e (vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, organ), \u003cstrong\u003eKeith Richards\u003c\/strong\u003e (guitar, bass, vocals), \u003cstrong\u003eBrian Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e (autoharp, percussion), \u003cstrong\u003eBill Wyman\u003c\/strong\u003e (bass) and \u003cstrong\u003eCharlie Watts\u003c\/strong\u003e (drums) — released on 5 December 1969 on Decca Records in the UK and London Records in the US, and one of the most celebrated and critically enduring albums of the rock era. Recorded primarily at \u003cstrong\u003eOlympic Sound Studios in London\u003c\/strong\u003e — with additional sessions at \u003cstrong\u003eElektra Studios in Los Angeles\u003c\/strong\u003e — between November 1968 and November 1969 and produced by \u003cstrong\u003eJimmy Miller\u003c\/strong\u003e (Traffic, Blind Faith), it was made during one of the most turbulent periods in the band's history. \u003cstrong\u003eBrian Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e — who appears on only two tracks, playing autoharp on \"You Got the Silver\" and percussion on \"Midnight Rambler\" — left the band in June 1969 and died less than a month later, on 3 July 1969. His replacement, \u003cstrong\u003eMick Taylor\u003c\/strong\u003e (formerly of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers), played guitar on \"Country Honk\", \"Live with Me\" and \"Honky Tonk Women\" (the latter recorded during the same sessions). The album was released three days after the tragedy at the Altamont Speedway Free Festival — at which the Stones had performed while security, provided by the Hells Angels, resulted in four deaths — giving the record's darkness an unbearable contemporary resonance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album entered the UK Albums Chart at \u003cstrong\u003enumber one\u003c\/strong\u003e and reached \u003cstrong\u003enumber three on the US Billboard 200\u003c\/strong\u003e, and has since come to be regarded as among the very greatest rock recordings ever made. It is rated at \u003cstrong\u003enumber 41 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time\u003c\/strong\u003e — one of only three albums in the magazine's top 50 to have been made by the Stones, alongside \u003cem\u003eExile on Main St.\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSticky Fingers\u003c\/em\u003e. Its dominant influence is American roots music: the gospel of \"Gimme Shelter\" and \"You Can't Always Get What You Want\", the Chicago blues of \"Midnight Rambler\", the Hank Williams-inflected country of \"Country Honk\" and the Robert Johnson standard of \"Love in Vain\" (here arranged with country rock instrumentation). David Fricke, whose liner notes accompany this pressing, has described it as the album on which the Stones most completely captured the spirit of their era — both its violence and its beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe record opens with \u003cstrong\u003e\"Gimme Shelter\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — a portentous, slow-burning piece of apocalyptic rock on which \u003cstrong\u003eMerry Clayton\u003c\/strong\u003e's guest vocal, recorded at midnight after Jagger's call to her home, is one of the most viscerally powerful performances in the catalogue, her voice audibly straining on the climactic repetitions of \"rape, murder\". \u003cstrong\u003e\"Midnight Rambler\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — the album's most extended piece at over seven minutes — is a Chicago blues suite that moves through multiple distinct sections, including an extended percussion breakdown, with Jagger's harmonica and delivery creating a genuinely menacing atmosphere across its full length. \u003cstrong\u003e\"You Can't Always Get What You Want\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — closing Side B at over four minutes — opens with the \u003cstrong\u003eLondon Bach Choir\u003c\/strong\u003e before building through acoustic guitar, piano and horn to one of the most anthemic climaxes in rock history; it has served as the closing song at Rolling Stones concerts for over fifty years. The album also contains \u003cstrong\u003e\"Love in Vain\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — Robert Johnson's 1937 blues standard, here given a country-inflected acoustic arrangement — and the hard rocking \u003cstrong\u003e\"Live with Me\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, featuring \u003cstrong\u003eLeon Russell\u003c\/strong\u003e on piano and \u003cstrong\u003eBobby Keys\u003c\/strong\u003e on saxophone, both of whom would become long-term Stones collaborators.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cstrong\u003e50th Anniversary reissue\u003c\/strong\u003e on \u003cstrong\u003eABKCO\u003c\/strong\u003e presents the \u003cstrong\u003e2019 remaster by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering\u003c\/strong\u003e — Ludwig's eleven Grammy wins and long history with rock and blues recordings making him a natural choice for a catalogue of this stature — with lacquers cut by \u003cstrong\u003eSean Magee at Abbey Road Studios\u003c\/strong\u003e, pressed on \u003cstrong\u003e180 gram black vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e, Made in the EU. The sleeve carries the original \u003cstrong\u003eRobert Brownjohn\u003c\/strong\u003e gatefold cover design, with the iconic cake — baked by \u003cstrong\u003eDelia Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e — and the hype sticker in gold and black on the shrinkwrap reading \u003cem\u003e\"50th Anniversary Edition 180g LP\"\u003c\/em\u003e. Includes a plain inner sleeve and a \u003cstrong\u003edigital download card\u003c\/strong\u003e for all 9 tracks in MP3 format (320 kbit\/s) via redeem.thesoundofvinyl.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGimme Shelter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLove in Vain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCountry Honk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLive with Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLet It Bleed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMidnight Rambler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou Got the Silver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMonkey Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou Can't Always Get What You Want\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCredits\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMick Jagger – Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Piano, Organ\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeith Richards – Guitar, Bass, Vocals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrian Jones – Autoharp (You Got the Silver), Percussion (Midnight Rambler)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMick Taylor – Guitar (Country Honk, Live with Me, Honky Tonk Women)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBill Wyman – Bass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharlie Watts – Drums\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJimmy Miller – Producer, Percussion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlyn Johns – Chief Engineer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeorge Chiantz (\"Irish O'Duffy\") – Engineer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBruce Botnick – Assistant Engineer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJerry Hansen – Assistant Engineer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMerry Clayton – Guest Vocals (Gimme Shelter)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeon Russell – Piano (Live with Me)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBobby Keys – Saxophone (Live with Me)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLondon Bach Choir – Choir (You Can't Always Get What You Want)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBob Ludwig – Mastering (Gateway Mastering)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSean Magee – Lacquer Cut (Abbey Road Studios)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobert Brownjohn – Cover \u0026amp; Liner Design\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDavid Fricke – Liner Notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabel – ABKCO\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Rolling Stones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57504343884163,"sku":"18771858416","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0932\/9757\/4275\/files\/926fb017-b9f1-4bb0-9601-ca2e1927ff78.webp?v=1772721749","url":"https:\/\/vikingrecords.co.uk\/products\/rolling-stones-let-it-bleed-vinyl-lp-50th-anniversary-edition","provider":"Viking Records Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}