Beggars Banquet

Always loved album and the holder was unique. packed well withno damage.

Nice Hybrid Sacd of the Stones Beggars - the sound is excellent - also it's a Japan edition - the price very good -

My personal favorite Stones album sounding better than ever in a terrific fete of packaging. Really cool stuff. I’ll never use the floppy single but how great is it just to have? Plus the faux album disc holder and great vintage pics make for a big win for this edition and I have bought this in multiple formats and multiple remasters over the years. This is El Supremo.

Sounds good. The flexi disc is meaningless to me and even annoying to listen to. It's on the second cd anyway. Since the replica packshots of the two Japanese 7” single picture sleeves (“Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and “Street Fighting Man”) are there, why not include the stereo/mono versions of “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and "Child Of The Moon" and the single mix version of “Street Fighting Man” on the second disc. I'm glad to see the invitation slip case. I kind of missed that cover and prefer it to the bathroom wall. So now we have the best of both worlds as far as the cover. The cds are held by a spindle holder that is stuck on a round plastic of the same material as the flexi disc. That's why the picture looks like a little LP with the record label on it.

Even after five decades, Beggars Banquet remains my favorite Rolling Stones album. It retains the youthful energy of their first batch of 60s LPs, but also starts to allow a little Dylan influence into the music - and all to great effect. Jig Saw Puzzle, Salt of the Earth, No Expectations, and the monster Sympathy For The Devil, which features one of Keith's deceptively simple yet devastating masterpieces of a guitar solo. Jimmy Miller had come on board as producer, and in short order, would have also produced Sticky Fingers and Let It Bleed. While the band is sadly without the services of Brian Jones, who by this point, had drugged himself into near non-coherence, for almost all of the album. His beautiful slide part on the aching No Expectations is just about his only contribution to the record. That essentially makes this the work of the four man version of the Stones, with practically all guitars being handed by Keith. The new remaster, which is what we have here for the 50th anniversary of the album is crystalline and mighty. Beautiful, fun packaging includes some 45 picture sleeves, a mono and a stereo version, and some other contemporaneous ephemera, makes this one to treasure. And the music, for me, is the Rolling Stones at their very best.

Best sound I have ever heard of this recording,really takes me back.

If you have the means to play this on a multi channel SACD system, buy this IMMEDIATELY! Sound is amazing! Not a multi channel SACD, but still sounds perfect.

if you have the means to play a SACD, then I advise you to get this version.

Schnelle Lieferung wie immer. Für Sammler ein Muss. Spielt auch im normalen CD-Player aber SACD, Alter. Genial. Danke fürs zuhören.

10/10 Speed of delivery low price compared to UK seller Amazing Thankyou will order Again Soon!

There are many versions of this classic album on the market. Most are good, some bad & few exceptional. This version is somewhere between good & exceptional. The sound is tight, crisp & clear. The tracks are (no surprise) fantastic. This album introduced the Stones to a new generation - a generation that was unaware of anything the Stones did prior. However most who read this will probably want to hear more about the SACD term applied to this version. SACD is a Sony product designed to take the standard stereo version into the surround sound world. however due to the particular mastering of some older albums only stereo is available not to mention also the fact that most people were still committed to the only stereo equipment they were aware of - equipment that did not support this newer technology which was hidden in sub layers designated as hybrid SACDs. Are you confused yet? well so was I for a long long time. An SACD can provide a multi channel experience when the original album masters permit. Like many others, I came across hybrid SACDs & repurchased them to get this Super Audio sound promised only to hear the same quality already in my collection (eg I purchased a Sympathy for the Devil multi channel SACD & tried real hard to hear some quality upgrade only to be disappointed once again). Life went on until one day after purchasing a new blu ray player I decided to listen once again to Sympathy; to my astonishment I heard maracas coming from one speaker, congas from another, more congas from another, guitar & piano from another then found myself in the center of my room right smack dab in the middle of the music. I felt like I was in the studio with the Stones. But I digress & return to the subject at hand- this SACD 2 channel stereo version of this album. It is(to my ears) cleaner, crisper &better than the standard cd but not as enjoyable as that multi channel version (for that you require a Sony SACD player to get the sound promoted). You will get a great sound with a standard CD player because this is a hybrid version and standard CDs at lower prices will give you the same great experience. I am now on a personal quest to discover more about this SACD technology. For those still reading this review you may not be aware that blu ray versions of certain albums are out there at exorbitant prices that purport to be superior to compete with this SACD technology. More changes are coming (the vinyl record is a temporary aberration)

La obra cumbre de los Rolling Stones con la última participación de un genio, Brian Jones

very cute and mostly extra songs