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DandelionPowderman
BEGGARS BANQUET
Preproduction:
Early-mid February 1968: Keith Richards' home (Redlands), West Wittering, Sussex, England
February 21-Mid-March 1968: R. G. Jones Studios, Morden, Surrey, England
Recorded:
March 17-April 3, 1968: Olympic Sound Studios, London, England
May 9-23, 1968: Olympic Sound Studios, London, England
June 4-10, 1968: Olympic Sound Studios, London, England
June 24-28, 1968: Olympic Sound Studios, London, England
Postproduction:
July 6-25, 1968: Sunset Sound Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Producer: Jimmy Miller
Chief engineers: Glyn Johns & Eddie Kramer
Released: December 1968
Original label: London Records (Polygram)
Contributing musicians:
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Brian Jones, Nicky Hopkins, Jimmy Miller, Dave Mason, Rocky Dijon, Rick Grech, Marianne Faithfull, Anita Pallenberg, Watts Street (L.A.) gospel choir.
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Brstonesfan
Satanic , imo, is a better album the Sgt. Pepper. The Stones toyed with the Beatles and then discarded them....Beatles fans just can't handle that we are better.
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Thrylan
To me, this is where the "Rollin' Stones" became the Stones. The cut is clear. No more Aftermath- BTB soul searching, experimental wandering. No more Satanic obsurdery...... With BB they do a 180° musically. From this point until decadence sets in, they define Rock. Both technically and aesthetically. Not my favorite Stones album, but an essential part of a 5 album roll, that in my opinion, no person or band has ever equalled.
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Thrylan
Yes.... A young band, caught in a bit of an identity crisis. After being innovators early on, had become increasingly dirivative. In a 3 album span, you can call the light experimentation of AM/BTB v/s Rubber Soul/Revolver a tie, but SG Pepper smokes SM.....I think this is key. I'm sure this motivated Mick quite a bit to get back on firm footing and try to surpass the Beatles in success again. All these things were part of the 180° turn I spoke of. And yes, while I own SM, I listen to it, it's not why I'm a Stones freak. It's a subpar Stones album- and I find bits of it quite absurd.
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Thrylan
Yes.... A young band, caught in a bit of an identity crisis. After being innovators early on, had become increasingly dirivative. In a 3 album span, you can call the light experimentation of AM/BTB v/s Rubber Soul/Revolver a tie, but SG Pepper smokes SM.....I think this is key. I'm sure this motivated Mick quite a bit to get back on firm footing and try to surpass the Beatles in success again. All these things were part of the 180° turn I spoke of. And yes, while I own SM, I listen to it, it's not why I'm a Stones freak. It's a subpar Stones album- and I find bits of it quite absurd.
Not to be combative or anti-Stones here, but I think Rubber Soul is better than Aftermath, and more original as it was recorded and released earlier (though to be fair Lennon-McCartney had already mastered the 2-3 minute songwriting format way before Jagger-Richards). It's debatable, of course, or perhaps a matter of taste.
But Between the Buttons vs. Revolver a tie? Revolver is considered by some better than Sgt. Pepper's (not by me, but by some fans and so-called music critics). The only noteworthy tracks from BTB are 'Ruby Tuesday' and 'Let's Spend the Night Together,' the only ones the Beatles would ever hypothetically consider to be up to par [to include] on their Revolver album. Track by track Revolver is superior to Between the Buttons (again, recorded and released earlier).
I agree, of course, that Sgt. Pepper's album demolishes the Stones 'SM' album...not worthy of comparison, actually. But I still enjoy listening to it, and it's still a noteworthy album in the Stones recording history (and it's still one of the many cultural artifacts of the 1960s).
But I agree, and it is clear, about your point of an identity crisis. Beggar's Banquet represents for the Stones a return to their roots to a degree, though not a necessarily a 180 degree turn (I can't imagine anyone too shocked when Beggar's Banquet was released).
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kleermaker
yes indeed, the series starting with BB and ending with GHS is just overwhelming. That said I also love Aftermath, Between the Buttons and Their Satanic a lot.
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kleermaker
yes indeed, the series starting with BB and ending with GHS is just overwhelming. That said I also love Aftermath, Between the Buttons and Their Satanic a lot.
"ending with GHS" hmm I think you need to back up one album.
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kleermaker
yes indeed, the series starting with BB and ending with GHS is just overwhelming. That said I also love Aftermath, Between the Buttons and Their Satanic a lot.
"ending with GHS" hmm I think you need to back up one album.
deep down he knows that, he's just stubborn about admitting it in public ;-)