Posted on 05/22/2021 1:53:32 PM PDT by DallasBiff
One of the greatest songs by the stones in the greatest year of music, 1966.
As for mono vs stereo back then just about everything was mastered in mono and an artificial stereo version was released.The first Beatles album that was true stereo was Abbey Road.
i prefer stereo...
the louder the better...
I’d say the peaked from ‘68 - ‘72.
Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main St.
Listened to Beggars Banquet repeatedly Christmas season 1968. My goodness it is so Good. Wore out the grooves. It is on my 610 song travel playlist in my truck, along with the other stones albums you mentioned and a couple of others either complete or individual songs. .
Stones suck.
1968, Sympathy for The Devil .. LIVE.
Hear ya, Beggars is amazing. It was the album where they finally found their unique voice. From ‘62 to ‘64 they were essentially a blues cover band, albeit a very good one. From ‘65 through ‘67 they released some excellent original material, but were inconsistent and tried too hard to be like the Beatles. After Their Satanic Majesties Request (late ‘67), which was a disastrous attempt to emulate Sgt. Pepper, they stopped for a while to re-group, and the result was their first truly original masterpiece, Beggars Banquet (late ‘68). That set them on a run of albums that might be the best in the genre’s history, through Exile in ‘72. Goat’s Head Soup (‘73) and It’s Only Rock n Roll (‘74) had some great material, but their peak had passed. Imo.
Track listing
All songs written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except “Prodigal Son” by Robert Wilkins.
Side one
No. Title
1. “Sympathy for the Devil”
2. “No Expectations”
3. “Dear Doctor”
4. “Parachute Woman”
5. “Jigsaw Puzzle”
Side two
No. Title Length
1. “Street Fighting Man”
2. “Prodigal Son”
3. “Stray Cat Blues”
4. “Factory Girl”
5. “Salt of the Earth”
excerpted from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beggars_Banquet
I just have “Hot Rocks 1964-1971” and prefer the earlier songs.
“What a drag getting on...Outside the door she took four more....”
It’s one of my favorite songs.
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