The breakup theme of “No Expectations” continues with “Dear Doctor”— albeit in a tongue-in-cheek setting. It begins with Jagger detailing his broken heart — not poetically, but literally, and so much so that it needs to be physically removed and preserved in a jar. The singer looks angry at being thrown to the lions,” he sings. “The bass player, he looks nervous about the girls outside.” If that line is a dig at bassist Bill Wyman’s womanizing nature, it takes one to know one. British album certifications – The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 11 June 2016. Also in 2002 the Russian label CD-Maximum unofficially released the limited edition Beggars Banquet + 7 Bonus, which was also bootleged on a German counterfeit-DECCA label as Beggars Banquet (the Mono Beggars).

When Beggars Banquet was completed, both the UK’s Decca Records and London Records in the US rejected the planned cover design – a graffiti-covered lavatory wall. The band initially refused to change the cover, resulting in several months’ delay, but by November, the Stones gave in, allowing the album to be released in December with a simple white cover imitating an invitation card, complete with an RSVP.As they weave through Lucifer’s narrative without ever mentioning his name (perhaps a little worried about being censored) Jagger takes us through the with a vocal that comes from the pits of Hell. It’s the kind of showing which can convert a non-Stones fan into getting a tongue tattoo. In August 2002, ABKCO Records reissued Beggars Banquet as a newly remastered LP and SACD/CD hybrid disc, remastered to run at the correct speed. In its original version, Beggars Banquet played at a slower speed than it was recorded, which altered not only the tempo but the key of each song. It was released once again in 2010 by Universal Music Enterprises in a Japanese only SHM-SACD version. Canadian album certifications – The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet". Music Canada . Retrieved 11 June 2016.

Joan Baez on the studio album, Blessed Are... Baez included the song in her set during her October 2011 performance for Occupy Wall Street protesters in Manhattan. Austriancharts.at – The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 December 2022. Photography, Barry Feinstein. "Barry Feinstein Photography". Barry Feinstein Photography. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021 . Retrieved 18 February 2021.Beggars Banquet also marked the Stones’ first transitional period. The following year, Jones would be found dead in a swimming pool at 27. Released as a single just as Vietnam War protesters clashed with the cops at the Democratic National Convention, “Street Fighting Man” was a social unrest anthem for the ages. The music’s more interesting than usually given credit, too, from Jones’ droning sitar and tamboura to guest Dave Mason’s bass drum and Indian shehnai. The band held a rambunctious release party for the album’s release at the elegant and historic Gore Hotel in Queen’s Gate, close to the Royal Albert Hall in London. Initially, the band had wanted to launch the album with a party at the Tower of London but with that historic venue unavailable, they opted for the Elizabethan room of the Gore. The band, dressed as beggars, and their VIP media guests, sat down in candlelight to be served a seven-course dinner by a coterie of corset-busting serving wenches. Egan, Sean (2013). Keith Richards on Keith Richards interviews and encounters (1sted.). Chicago: Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1-61374-791-9. Gibbs, Christopher Henry. "Beggars Banquet" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 November 2021 . Retrieved 18 February 2021.

It was released once again in 2010 by Universal Music Enterprises in a Japanese-only SHM- SACDversion and on 24 November 2010 ABKCO Records released a SHM-CD version. Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019 . Retrieved 23 September 2019. The beauty of the Stones was never their reverence, but their cheek at genre conventions. On “Factory Girl,” the Stones knew country and western so well that they weren’t afraid to play it with Eastern, West Indies, or any other kinds of instruments. In August 2002, ABKCO Records reissued Beggars Banquet as a newly remastered LP and SACD/CD hybrid disk. [55] This release corrected a flaw in the original album by restoring each song to its proper, slightly faster speed. Due to an error in the mastering, Beggars Banquet was heard for over thirty years at a slower speed than it was recorded. This had the effect of altering not only the tempo of each song, but the song's key as well. These differences were subtle but important, and the remastered version is about 30 seconds shorter than the original release.Dear Doctor" was recorded at London's Olympic Sound Studios between 13 and 21 May 1968. Despite its appearance on one of the Rolling Stones' more well-known albums, "Dear Doctor" has never been performed live by the band. It appears on the compilation album Slow Rollers. [2] Personnel [ edit ] Clayson, Alan (2006). The Rolling Stones Album File & Complete Discography. Cassell Illustrated. ISBN 1844034941. Offiziellecharts.de – The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 22 December 2022. Fifty years on, this Stones classic remains daring and enveloping; almost nothing sounds like it. This even goes for the rest of Beggars Banquet—“Devil” is a strangeopener for this otherwise spare, minimal album. Charlie Watts said, of the tempo, in the 2003 book According To The Rolling Stones: ‘We had a go at loads of different ways of playing it; in the end I just played a jazz Latin feel in the style of Kenny Clarke, [like he] would have played on A Night In Tunisia – not the actual rhythm he played, but the same styling.’