{"product_id":"the-rolling-stones-beggars-banquet-vinyl-lp","title":"The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet [Vinyl LP]","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet [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, Gatefold, Stereo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7120481\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBarcode:\u003c\/strong\u003e 018771204817\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Blues Rock \/ Rock \/ Classic Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e ABKCO Music \u0026amp; Records\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOriginally Released:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6 December 1968\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReissue Released:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2022\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\u003eBeggars Banquet\u003c\/em\u003e is the sixth studio album by The Rolling Stones — released on 6 December 1968 on Decca Records in the UK and London Records in the US — and the album on which the band definitively redefined themselves for the second half of the 1960s and beyond. After the psychedelic diversion of \u003cem\u003eTheir Satanic Majesties Request\u003c\/em\u003e (1967), producer \u003cstrong\u003eJimmy Miller\u003c\/strong\u003e — recruited on the recommendation of Traffic's Steve Winwood — guided the Stones back to their roots in American blues, country and R\u0026amp;B, with a rawness and directness that felt both timely and timeless. The result was immediately acclaimed as one of their greatest achievements, and its reputation has only grown: \u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e magazine ranks it \u003cstrong\u003enumber 58 on the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time\u003c\/strong\u003e, and it is widely regarded as the first instalment of their creative peak, running through \u003cem\u003eLet It Bleed\u003c\/em\u003e (1969), \u003cem\u003eSticky Fingers\u003c\/em\u003e (1971) and \u003cem\u003eExile on Main St.\u003c\/em\u003e (1972).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album opens with one of the most recognisable recordings in rock history. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Sympathy for the Devil\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — developed in the studio from a Bob Dylan-influenced acoustic sketch into a rolling samba-percussive epic, with Mick Jagger adopting the first-person voice of the devil as narrator across a lyric surveying centuries of human atrocity — runs for six and a half minutes and remains one of the most discussed, interpreted and covered rock songs ever recorded. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Street Fighting Man\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — written during the Paris student uprising of May 1968 and recorded on a cassette tape by \u003cstrong\u003eKeith Richards\u003c\/strong\u003e as a deliberately lo-fi demo, with the cassette distortion retained in the final mix — became the album's lead single and a defining anthem of political upheaval, reaching number 48 in the US despite being banned by several American radio stations. The acoustic Delta blues of \u003cstrong\u003e\"No Expectations\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — with \u003cstrong\u003eBrian Jones'\u003c\/strong\u003e exquisite slide guitar work, among the last significant recordings he made before his departure and death in 1969 — and \u003cstrong\u003e\"Prodigal Son\"\u003c\/strong\u003e (a Robert Wilkins cover) anchor the album's folk and blues heart, while \u003cstrong\u003e\"Stray Cat Blues\"\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003e\"Jigsaw Puzzle\"\u003c\/strong\u003e push into harder electric territory. The closing \u003cstrong\u003e\"Salt of the Earth\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — written by Jagger and Richards as a tribute to working people and performed partly by Richards in an uncharacteristic lead vocal — brings the album to a dignified, hymn-like conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album's original release was itself accompanied by controversy: the intended sleeve — a toilet wall covered in graffiti — was rejected by Decca and replaced with a formal dinner party photograph at the band's insistence, a compromise that only added to the album's mythological status. The recording sessions at \u003cstrong\u003eOlympic Sound Studios in London\u003c\/strong\u003e in the spring and summer of 1968 were the first with Jimmy Miller and the first to fully incorporate \u003cstrong\u003eCharlie Watts'\u003c\/strong\u003e drumming as a structural element rather than a supporting one — a shift in the band's rhythmic approach that would define their work for the following decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cstrong\u003eABKCO reissue\u003c\/strong\u003e — sourced from the \u003cstrong\u003e2018 50th anniversary remaster\u003c\/strong\u003e, as indicated on the label (Ⓟ \u0026amp; Ⓒ 2018 ABKCO Music \u0026amp; Records, Inc.) — presents the album on \u003cstrong\u003e180 gram black vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e in a \u003cstrong\u003egatefold sleeve\u003c\/strong\u003e, manufactured at \u003cstrong\u003eGZ Media in the Czech Republic\u003c\/strong\u003e (confirmed from the \"Made in Czech Republic\" sticker on the shrinkwrap). ABKCO Music \u0026amp; Records — the label that has held the rights to the Stones' pre-1971 catalogue since Allen Klein's original deal — has maintained this title in continuous print, and this is the current standard edition.\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\u003eSympathy for the Devil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo Expectations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDear Doctor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eParachute Woman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJigsaw Puzzle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStreet Fighting Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProdigal Son\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStray Cat Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFactory Girl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSalt of the Earth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCredits\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMick Jagger – Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeith Richards – Guitar, Bass, Vocals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrian Jones – Slide Guitar, Harmonica, Sitar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBill Wyman – Bass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharlie Watts – Drums\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNicky Hopkins – Piano\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJimmy Miller – Producer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlyn Johns – Engineer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabel – ABKCO Music \u0026amp; Records\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The Rolling Stones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57515430707587,"sku":"18771204817","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0932\/9757\/4275\/files\/b31f30dc-d48c-44fc-97f0-85f04ce18f5a.webp?v=1772798945","url":"https:\/\/vikingrecords.co.uk\/products\/the-rolling-stones-beggars-banquet-vinyl-lp","provider":"Viking Records Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}