Beggars Banquet - Original 1968 10-track Stereo Vinyl LP

Rare original 1968 UK Decca stereo 10-track LP on the generic dark blue and silver printed company labels with:

1a. labels has large unboxed Decca and 'ffss' circle logo on top and 'Full Frequency Stereophonic Sound' silver stripe right above center hole.
1b. copyright information is to the far left of centre hole - matrix info/catalogue number to the far right - publishing year and J/T taxcode at bottom label.
this is as such the first issue - the Decca label used a label for this album which normally was used in the start 1965 - summer 1966 period... afterwards sporadically.

Vinyl has machine stamped matrix info is:
Side 1: XZAL-8476-1K
Side 2: XZAL-8477-1K
this copy is as such from the first batch of albums pressed using the first master matrice - K is the symbol used by mastering engineer Tony Hawkins.

Vinyl is held in a generic era specific protective company inner and outer laminated 'Garrod and lofthouse' gatefold picture sleeve with 'Patents Pending' text.

Condition:VG+(+) (Vinyl and Labels)/VG++ (Cover):
Vinyl is nice close to near perfect with some light and inaudible surface lines and paper scuffs.
Labels has a couple to a handfull of spindlemarks - more pronounced on side 1 than side 2.
Cover is in near perfect condition with only laminate wear - one laminate crease to the far front right and a little laminate shelling on spine from the repeatedly closing ad opening of the gatefold.


Tracklisting:

Side 1:
1. Sympathy For The Devil
2. No Expectations
3. Dear Doctor
4. Parachute Woman
5. Jigsaw Puzzle

Side 2:
1. Street Fighting Man
2. Prodigal Son
3. Stray Cat Blues
4. Factory Girl
5. Salt Of The Earth

Credits:

The Rolling Stones:
Mick Jagger - lead and backing vocals, harmonica on "Parachute Woman" (outro)
Keith Richards - acoustic, electric and slide guitar, bass guitar on "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Street Fighting Man," backing vocals, lead vocals on opening of "Salt of the Earth"
Brian Jones - slide guitar on "No Expectations", harmonica on "Parachute Woman", "Dear Doctor" and "Prodigal Son", Mellotron on "Jig-Saw Puzzle" and "Stray Cat Blues" and sitar and tanbur on "Street Fighting Man", backing vocals on "Sympathy for the Devil", tambourine on "Dear Doctor"
Charlie Watts - drums, backing vocals and cowbell on "Sympathy for the Devil," clave on "No Expectations," tabla on "Factory Girl"
Bill Wyman - bass guitar, upright bass on "Dear Doctor" and "Parachute Woman," backing vocals and maracas on "Sympathy for the Devil"

Additional Musicians:
Nicky Hopkins - piano on "Sympathy for the Devil," "Stray Cat Blues," "Salt of the Earth," "Jigsaw Puzzle," and "No Expectations", organ on "No Expectations"
Rocky Dijon - congas on "Sympathy for the Devil," "Stray Cat Blues," and "Factory Girl"
Ric Grech - fiddle on "Factory Girl"
Dave Mason - shehnai on "Street Fighting Man", mellotron (mandolin setting) on "Factory Girl"
Jimmy Miller - backing vocals on "Sympathy for the Devil"
Watts Street Gospel Choir - backing vocals on "Salt of the Earth"

Technical Credits:
Jimmy Miller - Production
Eddie Kramer, Gene, Glyn Johns - Engineers
Tony Hawkins - Mastering

Artwork:
Tom Wilkes - Cover Design
Michael Joseph - Photography