A mirthful moment in the exchange captured over the telephone, halfway around the world, while the band was busy recording the yet-unnamed album Beggars Banquet in Olympic Studios, Jagger was asked "What do you think is the future direction of your music?" And with no hesitation, he responded "Sideways." The flexi is included in the 50th Anniversary Limited Edition SACD package (as well as vinyl package) worldwide, making it available for the first time outside Japan. The rare artifact's title translated to "'Hello, This Is Mick Jagger!' LONDON to TOKYO April 17, 1968" has been restored and reissued on flexi disc with a picture sleeve lovingly restored to look just like the original. The flexi disc captures a telephone interview between Mick Jagger and a representative of King Records in Tokyo, the distributor of London Records in Japan. Recently remastered by eleven-time Grammy winner Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering Studios, the SACD audio is the exact product of his work, with no loss of fidelity whatsoever.
In an SACD player, the laser pick-up automatically reads the SACD layer in Direct Strem Digital (DSD) format, while a standard CD player's laser pick-up will automatically read through the SACD layer to the CD layer in Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) format. The discs will play flawlessly on any SACD compatible or standard CD player. During the year of release, Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone declared it "the best record they have yet done" and "an achievement of significance in both lyrics and music."Įach of these hybrid layered discs includes the entire musical content in both Super Audio CD (SACD) as well as standard CD, providing for complete backward and forward hardware compatibility. Beggars Banquet has a special place in the history of the band, as it is the final album completed with the original lineup of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Billy Wyman and Charlie Watts. Recorded between March and July of 1968 at Olympic Sound Studios in London, mixed at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles, Beggars Banquet was the first Stones album produced by Jimmy Miller, and marks the start of what is considered their most prolific album era. This SACD set is a Japanese release, imported into North America in a limited quantity. Special elements of the package include: replica packshots of two Japanese 7" single picture sleeves ("Jumpin' Jack Flash" and "Street Fighting Man") and both versions of the Beggars Banquet sleeve art are included. This bespoke packaging is manufactured in Japan and is of the highest quality to match the SACD audio. The SACD package itself is designed to look like a miniaturized replica of the 12" gatefold double-vinyl edition, sized to be a convenient 7" gatefold, and contain 2 hybrid SACDs, a flexi disc and expanded packaging elements exclusive to this edition. It comes on the heels of the Novemdomestic release of Beggars Banquet (50th Anniversary Edition) on limited-edition vinyl, CD and digital formats. Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - "Street Fighting Man" - Rated 301/500!ĪBKCO Records releases The Rolling Stones' Beggars Banquet (50th Anniversary Edition) on limited edition hybrid Super Audio CD. Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 58/500! Typical order times are located within the product description.ĥ0th Anniversary Edition On Hybrid Stereo/Mono 2SACD! It is not guaranteed.Ī Special Order item is an item that we do not stock but can order from the manufacturer. When an item is Out Of Stock and we have an estimated date when our stock should arrive, we list that date on our website in the part's description.
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