The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967) [London 820 129-2, 1986]

Album Review:

Their Satanic Majesties Request is the sixth studio album by The Rolling Stones and was released on 8 December 1967 by Decca Records in the United Kingdom and the following day in the United States by London Records. Its title is a play on the "Her Britannic Majesty requests and requires…" text that appears inside a British passport.

Begun just after Between the Buttons had been released, the recording of Their Satanic Majesties Request was long and sporadic, broken up by court appearances and jail terms. Starting with this release, non-compilation albums from the band would be released in uniform editions across international markets.

Released in December 1967, Their Satanic Majesties Request reached #3 in the UK and #2 in the US (easily going gold), but its commercial performance declined rapidly. It was soon viewed as a pretentious, poorly conceived attempt to outdo The Beatles and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (released June 1967), often explained by drug trials and excesses in contemporary musical fashion, although McCartney and Lennon did provide backing vocals on "Sing This All Together." At this point, the album was the first (and only) album produced by the Stones themselves. The production, in particular, came in for harsh criticism from Jon Landau in the fifth edition of Rolling Stone Magazine, and the Stones turned to Jimmy Miller to produce their subsequent albums. The response of the audience and the growing rejection of the flower power scene by Jagger and Richards would mean a turning point for the Stones: in 1968 the Stones would return to the hard driving blues that earned them fame early in their career.


Album Details:

Artist: The Rolling Stones
Album: Their Satanic Majesties Request
Label: London Records
Catalogue #: 820 129-2
Format: CD
Type: Album
Country: France
CD Release Date: 1986
Original Release Date: 1967
Number of Discs: 1
Language: English
Time: 44:13
Rating: 4 stars (allmusic.com)
Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: British Invasion, Rock & Roll, British Psychedelia, Psychedelic, British Blues, British Invasion, Blues-Rock


Track listing:

All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.

01. Sing This All Together – 3:48
02. Citadel – 2:51
03. In Another Land (Bill Wyman) – 3:13
04. 2000 Man – 3:08
05. Sing This All Together (See What Happens) – 8:34
06. She's a Rainbow – 4:35
07. The Lantern – 4:23
08. Gomper – 5:09
09. 2000 Light Years from Home – 4:45
10. On with the Show – 3:46


Personnel:

The Rolling Stones

* Mick Jagger- lead vocals, backing vocals, percussion
* Brian Jones - percussion, flute, mellotron, organ, electric dulcimer, saxophone, recorder, guitar
* Keith Richards - guitars, bass guitar, mellotron, backing vocals
* Charlie Watts - drums, percussion, tablas
* Bill Wyman — bass, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocals on "In Another Land"

Additional personnel

* Nicky Hopkins - piano, harpsichord, organ, mellotron
* John Paul Jones — string arrangement on "She's a Rainbow"
* Eddie Kramer — percussion
* Ronnie Lane — backing vocals on "In Another Land"
* Steve Marriott — backing vocals and acoustic guitar on "In Another Land"
* John Lennon — vocals on "Sing This All Together"
* Paul McCartney — vocals on "Sing This All Together"
* Anita Pallenberg — vocals
* Ian Stewart — organ
* Uncredited musicians — strings and brass







Lineage:

SilverCD -> EAC -> WV -> AvaxHome


Extra info:

- Cuesheet files included (WAV & wv).
- EAC extraction LOG file included.
- Codec used for lossless compression: WavPack 4.60.1
- Samplerate: 44100 Hz Stereo / Bitrate: 16 bits.
- Full artwork, 300 dpi, jpg format in highest quality.
- No tracks could be verified as accurate, I have a french pressing which is not very common like the german pressings.
- To decode WV to WAV, execute "Restore WAV File.bat".