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The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet Audio CD

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Title: Beggars Banquet
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Release Date: 2002-08-27
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Sympathy for the Devil 2: No Expectations 3: Dear Doctor 4: Parachute Woman 5: Jigsaw Puzzle 6: Street Fighting Man 7: Prodigal Son 8: Stray Cat Blues 9: Factory Girl 10: Salt of the Earth

The Best Stones Album of All
If there was ever a Stones' album you needed in your collection, this is the only one. Too bad the Stones departed from R&B in favor of what - psychedelia? (Her Satanic Majesties Request); disco? (Some Girls) new wave? (Emotional Rescue) and where were their heads were thoughout the entire 90's? They could have been the greatest band of the 20th century had they continued in the vein of Beggar's Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and even the convoluted Exile on Main Street, but they just ended up being a concert band, releasing albums just to increase ticket sales. It's the Stones at their creative peak. .


Very good recording
I have both the earlier 1996 Abkco release and this one the 2002 DSD Remaster. This is probably the best Album that the Rolling Stones ever created. . This one is defiantly cleaner and more crisp, the older version however sounds more like the original vinyl with all its flaws and slower running time. . . I definitely prefer this one in the car because it is much easier to understand the words and hear the individual instruments, also the sound is more uplifting.


No Beggars At This Banquet
Still, it is interesting to listen once again to the guys when they were at the height of their musical powers (and as high, most of the time, as Georgia pines). Hey, in 2009 no one, including this reviewer, NEEDS to comment on the fact that The Rolling Stones, pound for pound, have over forty plus years earned their place as the number one band in the rock `n' roll pantheon. This album from the 1964 to 1971 period, moreover, unlike let us say Bob Dylan who has produced more creative work for longer, is the `golden era" of the Stone Age. While this CD has a rather definitive selection of some of "greatest hits" from this period so there are no bad tracks here the stick outs are the super-rock classic "Sympathy For The Devil"(as always), the very epitome of the 1960s quasi-revolutionary style "Street Fighting Man", the bluesy "No Expectations" and a song that has risen in my estimation over the years, "Factory Girl". Need I say more-no beggars need apply here.

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I just rediscovered this
There were only two outright rockers: Sympathy and Street, at least to me back then. I bought this when it came out in 68, but I RETURNED it to the store because my 15 year old ears couldn't stand most of the country tracks. Country music seemed like the lamest possible thing to me then and to hear Mick's ridiculous attempts to sound country only added to my disdain. Flash forward to today. I finally listened to this again and, of course, was blown away. Not only did the country rock sound fine, but I was totally taken by some of Charlie's hard drumming on Parachute Woman and maybe Jigsaw Puzzle, which I didn't appreciate back in the day either. Oh well. Live and learn. I've jumped on the bandwagon for one of the best Stones' records ever.


the stones beggars banquet 1968 classic!!
!!beggar,s banquet was released toward the end of 1968 and was a return to more of the stones trademark sound after satanic majesties in 67. the rolling stones beggar,s banquet is another one of the best albums made in the 60,s. 1967 was a hard year for the stones it was a year of drug busts, that some believe the british press set the stones up for. because satanic majesties got mixed reviews,the stones realized the next album-beggars banquet needed to be a return to form and they did this very well, and around the time they released beggars banquet the stones decided to tape a t. v. special called rock and roll circus at the end of 68. some of the guests on this special were john lennon,the who,eric clapton jethro tull and others. . however for me the great cuts on banquet are;sympathy for the devil,street fighting man,stray cat blues and no expectations!!if you are a stones fan grab this!!!.


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