Sold Date: May 26, 2016
Start Date: April 8, 2016
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Original 1968 London Records pressing of the Rolling Stones album, Beggars Banquet (PS 539)
AMG 5 STARS:  forsook psychedelic experimentation to return to their blues roots on this celebrated album, which was immediately acclaimed as one of their landmark achievements. A strong acoustic Delta blues flavor colors much of the material, particularly "Salt of the Earth" and "No Expectations," which features some beautiful slide guitar work. Basic rock & roll was not forgotten, however: "Street Fighting Man," a reflection of the political turbulence of 1968, was one of their most innovative singles, and "Sympathy for the Devil," with its fire-dancing guitar licks, leering  vocals, African rhythms, and explicitly satanic lyrics, was an image-defining epic. On "Stray Cat Blues,"  and crew began to explore the kind of decadent sexual sleaze that they would take to the point of self-parody by the mid-'70s. At the time, though, the approach was still fresh, and the lyrical bite of most of the material ensured 's place as one of the top blues-based rock records of all time.
Condition: the gatefold sleeve grades VG, with light ring wear and the owners initials on the upper corner of the sleeve and on the label- see photos. The record also grades VG.
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