The Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet

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Beggars Banquet is the album that changed everything for the Rolling Stones. From the manner it was recorded at Olympic Studios in Barnes, London, to the track selection, a mixture of rockers (Street Fighting Man), blues numbers (Prodigal Son, No Expectations) & ballads (Salt Of The Earth), the band truly came into their own, & the Rolling Stones music of today is a reflection of what happened in that studio in 1968, they reached their musical manhood. The genesis of the epic song Sympathy For The Devil is well documented in the Jean Luc Goddard film One Plus One. While 1967s Their Satanic Majesties was recorded after Mick & Keiths traumatic & unjust, drugs bust, it was almost too soon to be reflected in their songwriting. Whereas Sympathy For The Devil, & much of Beggars Banquet hint at a defiance at what theyd been through, & a strength from the experience. The album also marks a change in musical direction for the b&, with the debut of Jimmy Miller as producer, who w