THE ROLLING STONES – BEGGARS BANQUET LP – Nr MINT UK 1968 UNBOXED DECCA STEREO

Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
(Decca Records  1968  SKL4955  Stereo  Unboxed Decca Label)
Matrix No’s: XZAL-8476-2K / XZAL-8477-2K – UK Pressing

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality  apart from the odd light pop/crackle)

G&L Gatefold Sleeve in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
– a little wear to edges/corners, light crease on top right corner – back cover has a small discolouration mark in bottom left corner
Patents Pending in bottom right corner on back cover
Original Poly-Lined Inner Sleeve with no splits

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. The original line-up was vocalist Mick Jagger, multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones, guitarist Keith Richards, bassist Bill Wyman, and drummer Charlie Watts. After Brian Jones death, Mick Taylor replaced him and he in turn was replaced by Ronnie Wood. Bill Wyman later retired and Charlie Watts passed away in 2021.

Beggars Banquet is the seventh British and ninth American studio album by English rock band The Rolling Stones. It was released in December 1968 by Decca Records in the United Kingdom and London Records in the United States. The album was a return to roots rock for the band following the psychedelic pop of their 1967 album Their Satanic Majesties Request.

Track listing

All songs written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.

Personnel

The Rolling Stones

• Mick Jagger – lead and backing vocals, harmonica on “Parachute Woman” (outro)
• Keith Richards – acoustic, electric and slide guitars, bass guitar on “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Street Fighting Man,” backing vocals, lead vocals on opening of “Salt of the Earth”
• Brian Jones – slide guitar on “No Expectations”, harmonica on “Parachute Woman”, “Dear Doctor” and “Prodigal Son”, mellotron on “Jigsaw Puzzle” and “Stray Cat Blues”, sitar and tamboura on “Street Fighting Man”, backing vocals on “Sympathy for the Devil”
• Charlie Watts – drums, backing vocals and cowbell on “Sympathy for the Devil”, clave on “No Expectations”, tabla on “Factory Girl”
• Bill Wyman – bass guitar, backing vocals and maracas on “Sympathy for the Devil”

Additional personnel

• Nicky Hopkins – piano, tack piano, organ
• Rocky Dijon – congas on “Sympathy for the Devil”, “Stray Cat Blues” and “Factory Girl”
• Ric Grech – fiddle on “Factory Girl”
• Dave Mason – shehnai on “Street Fighting Man”, mellotron (mandolin setting) on “Factory Girl”
• Jimmy Miller – backing vocals on “Sympathy for the Devil”
• Watts Street Gospel Choir – backing vocals on “Salt of the Earth”