Description
Offered for sale is 1968 Japanese pressing of Their Satanic Majesties Request by the Rolling Stones, including the original obi.
This is technically a second issue – this one has a Japanese-pressed disc. The first issue, released earlier in 1968, had discs that were pressed in the UK.
About this copy: This copy of Their Satanic Majesties Request is a 1968 Japanese pressing on the Decca label.
The cover is VG++ and close to M- with trace corner wear and slight foxing on the inside of the cover.
The obi is M-. This LP was issued without an insert.
The is M- with a couple of spindle marks on the labels, but no marks on the vinyl. Clean disc!
A nice copy of a rare Rolling Stones LP.
Background: Released in 1967, Their Satanic Majesties Request was the sixth album (in the UK) by the Rolling Stones and their eighth album in the United States. This was the first album by the band to be released in both countries with identical material.
The LP reached #3 on the UK charts and #2 in the U.S. The album was originally released with a lenticular overlay that gave the cover photo a 3D effect.
Allmusic.com gave Their Satanic Majesties Request a 4 star review:
Without a doubt, no Rolling Stones album — and, indeed, very few rock albums from any era — split critical opinion as much as the Rolling Stones’ psychedelic outing. Many dismiss the record as sub-Sgt. Pepper posturing; others confess, if only in private, to a fascination with the album’s inventive arrangements, which incorporated some African rhythms, Mellotrons, and full orchestration. What’s clear is that never before or after did the Stones take so many chances in the studio. … It’s a much better record than most people give it credit for being, though, with a strong current of creeping uneasiness that undercuts the gaudy psychedelic flourishes. In 1968, the Stones would go back to the basics, and never wander down these paths again, making this all the more of a fascinating anomaly in the group’s discography.
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| Country of origin: | Japan |
| Size: | 12″ |
| Record Label: | Decca |
| Catalog Number: |
LSC-192 |
| Year of Release: | 1968 |
| Format: | Stereo |
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