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1 LUM NOS Release Date: November, 1968 op hart Position: No., reached anuary, 1969 Standout racks: Sympathy for the Devil, Street ighting Man, No xpectations and Salt of the arth Significance: Signified a return to the band s blues roots, forsaking psychedelic experimentation; included songs with social and political commentary that reflected the political turbulence of 1968; incorporated world music elements such as frican rhythms in Sympathy for the Devil. Milestone: onsidered among the greatest blues-based rock albums of all time. lfred Music P.O. ox 003 Van Nuys, alfred.com opyright MMVI by KO Music Inc. xclusively distributed by lfred Music ll rights reserved ISN-: ISN-13:

2 ORWORD t the time of its release at the end of 1968, eggars anquet was widely hailed as a return to form for the Rolling Stones. heir Satanic Majesties Request, released the previous year, was thought to be a noble, but not entirely successful, experiment. Leaving the ethereal and psychedelic behind, the band first entered London s Olympic Studios in March with merican producer immy Miller, who had previously worked with he Spencer Davis Group and raffic. eggars anquet would be rian ones last hurrah with the band prior to his departure and subsequent death. His role in the band had been diminishing, but he is heard playing slide guitar on No xpectations, harmonica on Dear Doctor and Prodigal Son, tamboura on Street ighting Man, and Mellotron on Stray at lues. he album s undisputed and eternal touchstone is its first track, Sympathy for the Devil. ogether with track one ( Street ighting Man ) on the original vinyl album s second side, Sympathy for the Devil encapsulated the political and social turbulence that swept through Western urope and ritain at the time. he frican rhythms and overtly satanic lyric content of Sympathy were the perfect musical underbed for the era. Street ighting Man became the battle cry of the student uprisings that swept the uropean continent, the United States and Mexico; the Stones had provided the soundtrack for a revolution, it seemed. coustic blues resonate through the album with the poignant No xpectations and anthemic Salt of the arth. he only non-original on the album is Prodigal Son a rootsy, honest reworking of Reverend Robert Wilkins song that was first recorded in Memphis in It s an earthy delight that includes guitar work from Ry ooder. Stray at lues, with its sleazy theme of underage cheap thrills, reinforces the band s bad boy image in a most shocking and, perhaps, tongue-in-cheek way. rom a visual perspective, the album has resonated through the decades. he sessions were documented by rench new-wave director ean Luc Godard in the film One Plus One that was retitled Sympathy for the Devil in recognition of the power of the song. he album cover became almost as big a cause célèbre as the provocative songs it was meant to package. he band s choice was a shot of a raunchy toilet stall festooned with graffiti (one note reads O DYLN S DRM, with an arrow pointing to the flush handle). oth the U.K. (Decca) and U.S. (London) labels rejected the art and a standoff ensued with the band that delayed the release. Ultimately, a simple mock invitation in a florid script was used but the rawness of the music powered through the sanitized cover art. eggars anquet proved to be a career landmark for the Rolling Stones. he songs confirmed the agger/richards team preeminence in the field of primal, blues-based rock that would stand for all time.

3 ONNS SYMPHY OR H DVIL... NO XPIONS... 8 DR DOOR...16 PRHU WOMN...20 IGSW PUZZL... SR IGHING MN...2 PRODIGL SON...27 SRY LUS...32 ORY GIRL...30 SL O H RH...37

4 8 NO XPIONS Words and Music by MIK GGR and KIH RIHRDS Moderately slow q = 92 Intro: 31 cous. # # # Gtr. 1!!!!!! #!.!!!!!! % maj7 maj7 3 3 *cous. Gtr. # # # ~~~~~ #. 2 w/slide ~~~~~ !.! n 3 a 31! ~!. n *cous. Gtr. 2 in Open tuning: ➅ = ; ➄ = ; ➃ = ; ➂ = G # ; ➁ = ; ➀ = maj7 D 7 3!!! ➃ # # # # a # 31 9 fr open!.!!! ➃ ➅ n ~~ n.. ## ~~ 3 fr. 1 open!.!!!!! ➄. #. # No xpectations (Renewed) KO MUSI, IN., 8 ifth venue, New York, NY 003 ll Rights Reserved

5 2 SR IGHING MN ll gtrs. in Open D tuning: ➅ = D ➂ = # ➄ = ➁ = ➃ = D ➀ = D Moderate rock q = 6 Intro: fr. fr. Words and Music by MIK GGR and KIH RIHRDS fr. 1 cous. Gtr. 1 (w/dist.) hold throughout 3 1 fr. fr. fr. fr. fr. fr fr. fr. fr. fr. fr. fr. fr Ó Œ 1. v - cous. Gtr. 2 Ó Œ.. Street ighting Man (Renewed) KO MUSI, IN., 8 ifth venue, New York, NY 003 ll Rights Reserved